Lunch with the Authors Update

The Junior League of Morristown, Inc. (JLM) will sponsor its 11th annual “Lunch with the Authors” on Friday May 11, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. 

About Laura Dave

Laura Dave is the author of The First Husband, The Divorce Party and London Is the Best City in America. She has contributed to The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Redbook, Glamour, Self, and NPR’s All Things Considered. She attended The University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with a BA in English, and The University of Virginia, where she earned her MFA. While in school, Laura received several awards for her writing including The AWP Intro Award in Short Fiction.  A New York native, she now lives in Los Angeles.

J. Courtney Sullivan

In her second novel Maine, Sullivan introduces four unforgettable women and the abiding, often irrational love that keeps them coming back, every summer, to Maine and to each other.  Sullivan is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Commencement.  Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, New York magazine, Elle, Glamour, Allure, Men’s Vogue and the New York Observer.  She contributed to the essay anthology The Secret Currency of Love and co-editor of Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists.

About Meg Wolitzer

Meg Wolitzer’s books include The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, and The Wife.   A novel for young readers, The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman, was published in 2011.  Wolitzer's short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize.  She has taught at The University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, Columbia University, Barnard College and Skidmore College.  Wolitzer lives in New York City with her husband, science writer Richard Panek, and their two sons.  Her next novel, The Interestings, will be published in 2013.

Tickets for the event start at $80. A Basket Raffle and 50/50 Raffle will also be held.  Proceeds will support the JLM Scholarship Fund and Community Projects. Each year the JLM awards scholarships to high school seniors who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism, and one scholarship to a woman over the age of 40 who is returning to school.  For more information about The Junior League of Morristown or becoming a member, call 973-529-2266 or visit www.jlmnj.org.

The Junior League of Morristown, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective leadership of trained volunteers.