Renowned writer, critic and essayist Thomas Mallon will speak on Tuesday, December 4, 4-6 p.m., at the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. A reception and book signing will follow.

Mallon is the author of several novels, including Henry and Clara, Bandbox and the recently published Fellow Travelers (Random House, 2007). He has written non-fiction about plagiarism (Stolen Words), diaries (A Book of One’s Own) and the Kennedy assassination (Mrs. Paine’s Garage). His essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly and The New York Times Book Review. He is the recipient of Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships, as well as the National Book Critics Circle award for Reviewing. He is a former deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The event is sponsored by the Department of English. For more information, call ext. 5-2384.