Crowthorne and Sandhurst

Award winning novelist Lionel Shriver is set to delight fans when she visits Crowthorne Library on Thursday October 5.

Lionel's seventh novel, 'We Need to Talk about Kevin', won the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005 and she is as a regular guest on BBC2's Newsnight Review.

‘We Need to Talk about Kevin’ focuses on a mother's anguish over whether she has failed her child.

Born Margaret Ann Shriver she decided she wanted to become a writer at the age of seven and her first novel was published when she was 29.

A graduate of Columbia University, she has written extensively for the Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia Enquirer, Economist and the Guardian.

Now based in London she continues to work as a journalist in spite of the huge impact made by ‘We Need to Talk about Kevin’ which quickly became a best seller that stayed in the book charts for more than a year.

Lionel will give a talk and answer questions about her life, writing career and novels when she meets fans at Crowthorne Library next month.

Ruth Burgess, Head of Libraries and Information, said: "We are delighted to welcome such a high profile writer to Crowthorne Library.

"Fans and newcomers to Lionel's work will get a great insight to her novels and she's had an equally interesting career as a journalist.

"Her visit will be fascinating for anyone interested in books and everyone is welcome to come along."

Tickets for Lionel Shriver's visit are on sale from tomorrow (Saturday September 2) at Crowthorne Library, priced at £2 each to included light refreshments.

Log on to the Council's website: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/libraries for information about the library services and forthcoming events.

Bracknell Forest Borough Council