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<p><span>Today on the National Writer Series, Doug Stanton talks with Janet Evanovich, author of The Stephanie Plum series and the Wicked series. Stephanie Plum hit the big screen recently when One For The Money became a film.</span></p>

<p><span>Today on the National Writer Series, Doug Stanton talks with Janet Evanovich, author of The Stephanie Plum series and the Wicked series. Stephanie Plum hit the big screen recently when One For The Money became a film.</span></p>

<p>Downtown Traverse City will soon play host to a homicidal fairy, a he-man adventurer and a female bounty hunter. At least, the authors who created these characters will visit. The new schedule for the National Writers Series was announced today. On the list of visiting authors is Maggie Stievfater - creator of fantasy for young adult readers and New York Times bestseller Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher books. The schedule also features bestselling author Janet Evanovich. She's written a series of novels featuring Stephanie Plum - a bounty hunter in Trenton, New Jersey.

<p>Downtown Traverse City will soon play host to a homicidal fairy, a he-man adventurer and a female bounty hunter. At least, the authors who created these characters will visit. The new schedule for the National Writers Series was announced today. On the list of visiting authors is Maggie Stievfater - creator of fantasy for young adult readers and New York Times bestseller Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher books. The schedule also features bestselling author Janet Evanovich. She's written a series of novels featuring Stephanie Plum - a bounty hunter in Trenton, New Jersey.

Join us for the National Writers Series broadcast, featuring a conversation between authors Paula McClain and Jodi Picoult. They talk about the craft of writing, their inspiration, and why making a movie out of a book is sort of like giving up a baby for adoption.

<p>Today on the National Writers Series, war correspondent, filmmaker and author, Sebastian Junger. Junger has written about the world's most dangerous professions, from sailors to fire fighters to soldiers. His most recent book <em>War</em>, follows an U.S. Army platoon on a 15 month tour through the Korengal Valley Afghanistan.</p>

<p>This week on the National Writer's Series, Paula McLain author of "The Paris Wife".  Set in the 1920's this novel chronicles the marriage of Hadley Richardson and Ernest Hemingway.</p>

<p>Mitch Albom talks about starting his career as a sports reporter, tells of his low expectations for his bestselling memoir Tuesdays with Morrie and tells all you need to know about football legend Bo Schembechler.  </p>

<p>Sarah Brokaw says whatever else is going on in woman's life when she nears forty, their biggest worry is the calendar. The daughter of former NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw, spoke about her book, Fortytude at the National Writer Series in Traverse City this month. Hear an evening with Sarah Brokow on IPR News Radio.</p>

<p><em>From Staff Reports</em></p> <p>Organizers of the National Writers Series have announced some of the authors coming to Traverse City this year.</p> <p>Kicking-off the 2011 series, two writers from the television series "Mad Men" will share stories about writing for the small screen.</p> <p>The series continues with Sarah Brokaw, Paula McLain, Roy Blount, Jr., and an evening highlighting Michigan authors including Michael Delp and Bonnie Jo Campbell.</p> <p>Later this fall, satirist David Sedaris will come to town, and t

<p><em>From Staff Reports</em></p> <p>Organizers of the National Writers Series have announced some of the authors coming to Traverse City this year.</p> <p>Kicking-off the 2011 series, two writers from the television series "Mad Men" will share stories about writing for the small screen.</p> <p>The series continues with Sarah Brokaw, Paula McLain, Roy Blount, Jr., and an evening highlighting Michigan authors including Michael Delp and Bonnie Jo Campbell.</p> <p>Later this fall,

You're invited to join IPR News Radio for the next program in the Traverse City National Writers Series. The program was recorded in the Traverse City Opera House and features New York Times best-selling authors Karl Marlantes and Philip Caputo. The pair published two of the most influential books ever written about Vietman: Marlantes' "Matterhorn" and Caputo's "A Rumor of War."

<p>Coming up on the National Writer's Series will be Peter Matthiessen's talk last month at the Traverse City Opera House. Matthiessen has written numerous works of fiction and non-fiction including The Snow Leapord, At Play in the Fields of the Lord and In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. He won the national book award twice. He's also one of the founders of The Paris Review.  </p>

<p>Coming up on the National Writer's Series will be Peter Matthiessen's talk last month at the Traverse City Opera House. Matthiessen has written numerous works of fiction and non-fiction including The Snow Leapord, At Play in the Fields of the Lord and In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. He won the national book award twice. He's also one of the founders of The Paris Review.  </p>

<p>Coming up on the National Writer's Series, Mario Batali talks about slaving away for other chefs, running fine restaurants in New York and escaping to northern Michigan in the summer. Plus he and the owner of Zingerman's Deli in Ann Arbor swap stories about novelist Jim Harrison and someone in the audience asks if those secret ingredients on Iron Chef are really secret. Find out on the National Writer's Series</p>