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Award-Winning Author Brent Hartinger to Speak at Donnell Library's Teen Central on March 27 The Teen Advisory Group at The New York Public Library's Donnell Library Center will welcome acclaimed author Brent Harbinger for a talk on Tuesday, March 27 at 4:00 p.m. The program, "Meet the Author Brent Hartinger," will be presented in Teen Central, located on the Mezzanine of the Donnell Library Center, which is at 20 West 53 Street (between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas). Brent Hartinger is the acclaimed author of The Geography Club , The Order of the Poison Oak , Last Chance Texaco , Grand & Humble , and Split Screen . His books have been nominated for many awards including the LAMBDA award and have appeared on such prestigious lists as Best Books for Young Adults and The New York Public Library's Books for Teen Age. The Teen Advisory Group consists of interested teenagers, who meet with young adult librarians each week to recommend materials they would like the library to provide in Teen Central, to offer insights into what is going on in the teenage world, and to act as Teen Central ambassadors to other teenagers, their schools, and their communities. This program is a part of a free teen "Meet the Author" series held in branches throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. For further information about programs, telephone 212.621.0619 or visit the Library's website www.nypl.org. About Brent Hartinger Mr. Hartinger's many book honors include being named a Book Sense Pick (four times), a TeenReads.com "Best Book" (four times), an IRA Notable Book, a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, a Booklist Top Ten First Young Adult Novel, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, winner of the SCBWI/Judy Blume Grant for a Contemporary Young Adult Novel, and a Bookspan Book Club Main Selection. Also a playwright, Mr. Hartinger's fifteen plays have been produced in dozens of theaters nationwide, and have been selected for inclusion in at least thirty-five playwriting festivals. As a screenwriter, Mr. Hartinger has won many awards, including the $5000 Fort Lauderdale Film Festival Screenwriting in the Sun Award. He has several scripts under option and in the process of studio or network development, including a film version of his novel, Geography Club . Mr. Hartinger lives in Tacoma, Washington with another novelist, Michael Jensen, his partner since 1992. He has counseled dozens of teenagers, both as co-facilitator of Oasis, a 200-member gay teen support organization he helped found, and as a counselor at a group home for troubled young people. Mr. Hartinger is a co-founder of Authors Supporting Intellectual Freedom (or AS IF!), an anti-censorship group, and speaks frequently at schools, bookstores, conferences, churches, and civic groups on the subjects of censorship, writing, and social tolerance; he appeared at some sixty such events last year. He's also on the faculty at Vermont College in the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. About Teen Central Highlights of the collection include circulating books in Chinese and Spanish, a growing collection of graphic novels and manga and popular anime series on DVD. The Learner's Advisory Collection provides materials on career and educational choices. There is a permanent exhibit of the titles listed in the Library's annually published list Books for the Teen Age . Services include Internet access reserved for teens, exhibit space for student artwork and afterschool programs and events. Visits by school classes and other groups by appointment are welcome. Call Teen Central at 212 621-0633. About The New York Public Library ### Contact: Rima Corben at 212.592.7700 or rcorben@nypl.org rc: 3.14.07: nypl020
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