Children's author Christopher Paul Curtis will be taking on the role of writer in residence at the University of Windsor this month. (Courtesy: Nicole Markotic/ University of Windsor)
Famed children’s book writer Christopher Paul Curtis will be taking on the role of writer in residence at the University of Windsor this month.
The Michigan-born author, whose work includes numerous magazine and journal articles along with eight books — including three he penned in Leddy Library — will return to campus Friday, March 6, where he will kick off his month-long residency with the writer in residence’s inaugural reading.
Curtis’s first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, was released in 1995 and brought him immediate and well-deserved recognition.
He received the Coretta Scott King Honour Book Award, which recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children that reflect the African American experience by African American authors, and the Newbery Medal, one of the most prestigious awards for children’s literature in the United States.
His second novel, Bud, Not Buddy, also won both awards.
Curtis’s reading will also feature special guests Keegan Dimitrijevic, Margaret Todoroska and Alyssa Woodbridge.
The reading is free and open to the public. It will take place Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m. in the McPherson Lounge, Alumni Hall.
