Maureen Corrigan is America’s most trusted and beloved book critic. Her distinctive voice is at once incisive and accessible, like a well-read friend who always sends you home with a good book to read. For more than twenty years Maureen has been the book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air. She is also a columnist for The Washington Post and The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University where her courses are very popular. As a lecturer she’s been described as “brilliant,” “hilarious,” “passionate” and “eloquent.” She is the author of two books of her own; Leave me Alone I’m Reading and So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why it Endures, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by Library Journal. **There will be a book seller available before the event-please arrive early if you would like to purchase a book to be signed by the author after the event** This event is part of the Adult Summer Reading Program at Sonoma County Library. Join our community of readers this summer -- read at least five books from June 1-August 10 to earn a free book and a chance to win awesome prizes! Sign up today at sonomalibrary.beanstack.org and get rewarded for reading! Be sure to check out all of the Adult Summer Reading events in Sonoma County.