Alice McDermott’s eighth novel, The Ninth Hour, was a finalist for the 2017 Kirkus Prize for fiction. Her seventh, Someone, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Three of her previous novels — After This, At Weddings and Wakes, and That Night — were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. And Charming Billy won the National Book Award. Think McDermott might have a few useful insights to offer you about the literary world? Hear from the author in person at this year’s Washington Writers Conference on May 4-5 in College Park, MD. Click here to register now!

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