Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins
Online ticket sales for this event are closed, but tickets are still available at the door. Box Office opens 30 minutes in advance of the program.
Author of five novels, including Egyptologist, and The Song is You, Arthur Phillips was born in Minneapolis and educated at Harvard. He has been a child actor, a jazz musician, a speechwriter, a dismally failed entrepreneur, and a five-time Jeopardy champion. His first novel, Prague, was named a New York Times Notable Book, and received The Los Angeles Times, Art Seidenbaum Award for best first novel. Arthur’s work has been translated into twenty-five languages and is the source of three films currently in development. His fifth book, The Tragedy of Arthur, was published in paperback in the spring of 2012.
Individual tickets are $40 for balcony and $50 for main floor. An exclusive wine/appetizer post-reception with the author can be purchased for an additional $25 for Thursday night lectures. Friends of HCL members can receive a discount of $5 per ticket and $10 per subscription. To receive your discount, please call 612.543.8112.
The award-winning Pen Pals Author Lecture series is the longest running and one of the most highly regarded literary series in the Twin Cities. All proceeds benefit the Friends of HCL and the Hennepin County Library system.
Sponsors: Comcast, GdB, Mpls.St.Paul, KARE-11, and Marquette Hotel.
