The author will speak to the Nashville community about his new release and New York Times bestseller from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, January 27 in the Auditorium. The USN Bookstore is selling his books in anticipation of his visit.
Andrew Maraniss will serve as USN's author in residence in January 2020, spending time with students to help them understand the literary writing process and speak about his works.
Maraniss is the New York Times bestselling author of "Strong Inside," a biography of Perry Wallace, the first African American basketball player in the South Eastern Conference. "Strong Inside" received the Lillian Smith Book Award for civil rights and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Special Recognition Prize for social justice, the first sports-related book ever to win either honor. His new book, "Games of Deception," tells the story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936. Maraniss manages the Sports & Society Initiative at Vanderbilt University and is a contributor to ESPN's sports and race website, TheUndefeated.com. He studied history at Vanderbilt and now lives in Brentwood with his wife and two young children.
He also will hold a book talk for the USN families and the Nashville community from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, January 27 in the Auditorium. This event is free.
In preparation for his visit, the USN bookstore has copies of Andrew Maraniss' books available for purchase in the first floor bookstore and on its website. Books will also be available for purchase at his book talk.
Join the USN Habitat for Humanity Club at 1 p.m. Sunday, November 16 for the 16th Annual Discount Tire Habitat for Humanity 5K at the River Campus. Register here. Tickets are $10 for children under 10, $15 for Middler and High Schoolers, and $25 for adults.
University School of Nashville High School Quiz Bowl teams faced each other to earn top spots in a tournament at Vanderbilt University. Congratulations to Lucia Gellert '27, Liam Mooney '28, Jasmine Horwitz '26, Jackson Green '26, Oren Schwartz '29, and Mason Lack '26.
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