Author Lauren Groff to hold readings, book signing at Texas State

Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff

By Jack McClellan
Office of Media Relations
April 17, 2018

SAN MARCOS – Best-selling author Lauren Groff will hold readings and book signings at Texas State University’s Wittliff Collections on Thursday, April 19, and the Katherine Ann Porter (KAP) Literary Center on Friday, April 20.

The Wittliff signing will be at 3:30 p.m. on the seventh floor of the Alkek Library. The KAP Literary Center reading will be at 7:30 p.m. in Kyle.

Groff is the author of three novels—The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia and Fates and Furies—the latter a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kirkus Award. She is also the author of the short story collection Delicate Edible Birds, and her stories have appeared in four editions of the Best American Short Stories.

The event is sponsored by the Burdine Johnson Foundation, the Wittliff Collections, the Lindsey Reading Series and the Department of English at Texas State.

For more information, contact Jeremy Garrett at kapliterarycenter@gmail.com.

About Texas State University

Founded in 1899, Texas State University is among the largest universities in Texas with an enrollment of 38,694 students on campuses in San Marcos and Round Rock. Texas State’s 184,000-plus alumni are a powerful force in serving the economic workforce needs of Texas and throughout the world. Designated an Emerging Research University by the State of Texas, Texas State is classified under “Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity,” the second-highest designation for research institutions under the Carnegie classification system.