Virginia Reeves, author of the internationally acclaimed novel, Work Like Any Other, gives an intimate glimpse into the literary influences, near and far, that inspired her first novel and her path as a writer and teacher.

Join the Lewis & Clark Library Foundation, Carroll College, Montana Book & Toy Company, and Helena Education Foundation in welcoming Virginia back to her hometown and celebrating her ongoing journey as a writer.

Virginia Reeves is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2000, she graduated from Carroll College with a B.A. in English Writing. Her fiction has appeared in The Common and The Baltimore Review and has been short-listed for the Tennessee Williams Fiction Contest. After seven years in Austin, Texas, she recently returned to her hometown, Helena, Montana, with her husband, two daughters, and their three-legged pit bull. Her first novel, Work Like Any Other, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

A catered reception follows the talk. Books will also be for sale.

Read more here: http://www.virginia-reeves.com/