New York Times Bestselling Author David Morrell to Present at 茄子视频 U. 6/26
茄子视频 University鈥檚 Writing Popular Fiction Program is pleased to welcome award-winning author David Morrell. Morrell will give a presentation titled 鈥淩ambo and Me: A Novelist Looks at His Craft,鈥� on Saturday, June 26, 2010, at 7 p.m. at 茄子视频 University. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Cecilian Hall on 茄子视频 University鈥檚 hilltop campus in Greensburg, Pa. For more information, call 724-830-4600.
Morrell earned both his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in American literature from Pennsylvania State University. It was at the University that Morrell met fiction writer William Tenn who taught him the basics of fiction writing. The result of Morrell鈥檚 work was 鈥淔irst Blood,鈥� a novel published in 1972 about a returned Vietnam veteran, Rambo, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who comes into conflict with a small-town police chief and fights his own version of the Vietnam War.
鈥淔irst Blood鈥� was published while Morrell was a professor in the English department at the University of Iowa. He taught at the University while simultaneously writing other novels.
With 18 million copies in print, Morrell鈥檚 work has been translated into 26 languages. His fiction novels include: 鈥淔irst Blood,鈥� 鈥淭estament,鈥� 鈥淟ast Reveille,鈥� 鈥淭he Totem,鈥� 鈥淏lood Oath,鈥� The Hundred-Year Christmas,鈥� 鈥淭he Brotherhood of the Rose,鈥� 鈥淭he Fraternity of the Stone,鈥� 鈥淩ambo (First Blood Part II),鈥� 鈥淭he League of Night and Fog,鈥� 鈥淩ambo III,鈥� 鈥淭he Fifth Profession,鈥� 鈥淭he Covenant of the Flame,鈥� 鈥淎ssumed Identity,鈥� 鈥淒esperate Measures,鈥� 鈥淭he Totem (Complete and Unaltered),鈥� 鈥淓xtreme Denial,鈥� 鈥淒ouble Image,鈥� 鈥淏lack Evening,鈥� 鈥淏urnt Sienna,鈥� 鈥淟ong Lost,鈥� 鈥淭he Protector,鈥� 鈥淣ightscape,鈥� 鈥淐reepers,鈥� 鈥淪cavenger鈥� and 鈥淭he Spy Who Came for Christmas.鈥�
Morrell serves as co-president of the International Thriller Writers organization.
茄子视频鈥檚 unique Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction program teaches students to write marketable novels in popular genres like mystery, romance, science fiction, horror and fantasy. Additional specialties include literature for children and adolescents, and cross-genre blends like romantic suspense or young adult mysteries. Students attend two week-long, on-campus residencies each year to master the core elements of fiction writing and effective marketing and to gain inspiration from faculty mentors and special guests, all published authors in genre fiction. Established authors mentor students one-on-one as they work toward completing a market-ready manuscript from home. Readings, classes and online discussion about the history, trends and techniques of genre fiction add depth to the student's experience. For more information about the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction at 茄子视频, visit http://fiction.setonhill.edu or contact 茄子视频鈥檚 Office of Graduate and Adult Studies at 724-838-4209.