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Author-in-Residence 

All of Park City enjoyed this year's Author-in-Residence! Author Daniel James Brown spent two days with every PCHS student, answering their questions and discussing his path to becoming an author (he didn't start until he was over 50!) and how his best-selling book, The Boys in the Boat, came to fruition. Many community members came to class as well, as this was also the 'One Community One Book' selection for Park City this year. And, the free Community Conversation on Tuesday night was packed with Parkites of all ages!

 

PCHS Junior Paige Billow said, "It was a very cool experience to be able to talk to Daniel James Brown about his writing process and how he went about creating this book. It's one thing to get a question answered by your English teacher, but it's another to have it answered by the actual author!"  PCHS English teacher Kelly Yeates agrees. "It was fascinating to hear about Brown's researching process and how meticulously he investigated every detail. Then he explained how he edited all the information down and how he chose to structure the book. I think it really helped students appreciate his writing process and how monumental writing narrative non-fiction really is."

 

Summit County Library also held a book discussion in August. Librarian Kirsten Nilsson noted, "The room was packed with students, parents, senior citizens, community members, rowing coaches, a collegecrew member and even a wo rld-class rower. It was exactly what the One Book OneCommunity Reading Program is all about -- getting a whole community to read and exchange ideas about the same book."

 

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