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Tickets Are Now On Sale To See Best-Selling Author

James Patterson 

on Wednesday, June 17 at 7:30 p.m.

photo by David Burnett

 

   

HARTFORD, Conn. -- As announced last week, The Mark Twain House & Museum is excited to have best-selling author James Patterson appear in Hartford as a benefit for the museum on Wednesday, June 17 at 7:30 p.m.

 

It's a rare on-stage appearance for Patterson, who will engage in conversation with WNPR's Ray Hardman, and it's a special opportunity for his many fans.This incredible event will take place right across the street from The Mark Twain House at Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland Street, Hartford. Free parking is available in the parking lots at The Mark Twain House & Museum and in the church's Woodland Street lot.

 

Tickets are now on sale! To order tickets, please click here or call (860) 280-3130.

 

This rare public appearance is certain to sell out, so be sure to order early!

 

Ticket prices are $60 for the general public, and $50 for members of The Mark Twain House. There will be a limited number of $175 VIP tickets available that include a pre-event reception at the Town & County Club (22 Woodland Street, Hartford--right next door to Immanuel Congregational Church) with an opportunity to meet and greet with James Patterson; premium VIP seating at the event; and a pre-signed copy of one of James Patterson's books.

 

This event is generously supported by The Hartford.

 

About James Patterson 

 

In 2011, it was estimated that one-in-four of all hardcover suspense/thriller novels sold was written by James Patterson. He is the first author to achieve ten million ebook sales and he holds the Guinness record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers of any author. His success isn't based solely on thrillers like the perennially popular Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club, and Michael Bennett series. Patterson is now also the current bestselling author in the young adult and middle grade categories.

 

He's been called the busiest man in publishing, and that's not just because of his own books. For the past decade, James has been devoting more and more of his time to championing books and reading. From the James Patterson Pageturner Awards, to his website ReadKiddoRead.com, to his College Book Bucks scholarships and his regular donations of hundreds of thousands of books to schools here in the states and troops overseas, Patterson has passed on his passion for books and reading and supported those who do the same. 

 

About Ray Hardman

 

Ray Hardman began his broadcasting career at WFSU in Tallahassee, Florida where he served at different times as a producer, Operations manager, and Morning Edition host. Ray joined the WNPR staff in 1996, as a reporter and host. He later became the Music Director for WNPR, and in 2002 he went back to his newsy roots as the host of WNPR's Morning Edition. From 2002 to 2009 Ray divided his time between WNPR and CPTV, first serving as a correspondent on CPTV's news magazine Main Street. He later became the host of Main Street, and from 2005 to 2009 was the host and producer for CPTV's Front and Center with Ray Hardman. Ray holds degrees from St. Mary's College of Maryland and Florida State University. In his spare time, Ray fronts a garage band called The Radiation.  Ray lives in West Hartford with his wife Kathleen, and their sons Benjamin and Jackson.

 

 

The Mark Twain House & Museum (www.marktwainhouse.org ) has restored the author's Hartford, Connecticut, home, where the author and his family lived from 1874 to 1891. Twain wrote his most important works during the years he lived there, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

 

In addition to providing tours of Twain's restored home, a National Historic Landmark, the institution offers activities and educational programs that illuminate Twain's literary legacy and provide information about his life and times.

 

The house and museum at 351 Farmington Ave. are open seven days a week, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. For more information, call (860) 247-0998 or visit www.marktwainhouse.org. 

  

Programs at The Mark Twain House & Museum are made possible in part by support from the Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development, Office of the Arts, and the Greater Hartford Arts Council's United Arts Campaign.