Writing tips by Thrity

Former BJ reporter turned best-selling author Thrity Umrigar will be on WCPN 90.3 from 9:40-10 a.m. Wednesday, November 8 to discuss writing tips for National Novel Writing Month. The host will be Mike McIntyre.

Also on the program will be writers Claire McMillan and
Lance Parkin.

Thrity’s latest novel is “Everybody’s Son.”

Thrity has been teaching creative writing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland since 2002. Her other works include:

“The Story Hour,” “Bombay Time,” “The Space Between Us,” “If Today be Sweet,” “The Weight of Heaven,” “The World We Found” and “First Darling of the Morning.”

Thrity left India at the age of 21 to attend Ohio State University.

Thrity began her reporting career with the Lorain Journal. Two years later, in 1987, she came to the BJ.