The 2017-18 William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series continues with an appearance by novelist Maria Semple. The event will take place Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple – Tifereth Israel.
Best-selling author Maria Semple has written three novels, including Where’d You Go, Bernadette, which spent a year on The New York Times best-seller list and won the American Library Association’s Alex Award.
She began her career as a screenwriter for such successful television shows as Beverly Hills, 90210; Saturday Night Live; and Ellen. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her work on the series Mad About You, and for a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on Arrested Development. Her latest novel is Today Will Be Different.
A limited number of free student tickets will be available in person beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Students can show their Case Western Reserve ID at the Tinkham Veale University Center’s first floor information desk to obtain a ticket to that evening’s event.
In addition, students can participate in a personal dialogue with the author Wednesday, March 21, from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom.
Students are asked to RSVP online.
