Thrity joins avalanche of authors in Georgia

Former BJ reporter Thrity Umrigar will be among more than SIX HUNDRED authors at the Atlanta Journal Constitution Decatur Book Festival in Georgia on Saturday, Aug. 30. This is the largest independent book festival in the country.

Thrity will be in the Marriott Conference Center Ballroom at 3 p.m. with author Porochista Khakpour discussing “Love in the Time of Globalization.”

When she returns to Ohio, Thrity will get ready for readings of her 7^th book and 6^th novel, “The Story Hour,” which was published Aug. 19, on Thursday, Sept. 4 in Woodmere, Ohio.

9/4/14: 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble
28801 Chagrin Blvd Woodmere, OH 44122

(216) 765-7520

Bombay, India native Thrity’s previous novels are “Bombay Time” (2002), “The Space Between Us” (2007), “If Today be Sweet” (2008), “The Weight of Heaven” (2010) and “The World We Found” (2012), and all set in the country of her birth, as was her memoir, “First Darling of the Morning”  (2008).

Thrity teaches creative writing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
(216) 765-7520