Holy Family University will welcome critically acclaimed fiction and creative nonfiction novelist Liz Moore in its Distinguished Writers Series on Wednesday, Apr. 3 at 6:30 PM at Holy Family University’s Education and Technology Center Auditorium (9801 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114).

The event is free and open to the public. Those wishing to attend should reserve their place using the Registration Form.

Guests should arrive at the Education and Technology Center on Holy Family’s Philadelphia campus by 6:15 PM.  Free parking is available in the Holy Family Hall parking lot.

About Liz Moore

Moore is the critically acclaimed writer of four novels, including her most recent work, Long Bright River, which was published by Riverhead Books in January 2020. The novel became an instant New York Times and international bestseller and was selected by Barack Obama as one his favorite books of 2020. A television adaptation of the book is currently underway. She won the Medici Book Club Prize and Philadelphia’s Athenaeu Literary Award, among others. Moore has also served on the faculty at Holy Family University.

“We are excited to welcome Liz back to campus as part of the Distinguished Writers Series this spring,” said Keith Kopka, Assistant Professor and Program Director for the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Holy Family University. “Her work is among the very best in contemporary fiction, and we look forward to her sharing her writing with our students, as well as with the Philadelphia community.”

About the Distinguished Writers Series

The Holy Family University Distinguished Writers Series, led by Kopka and Assistant Professor Raena Shirali, is committed to bringing visiting authors and scholars to the Northeast Philadelphia campus each academic year for free, public readings and student-centered events as a way to promote diversity and social awareness. Through its dedication to the Holy Family University mission and core values of community, respect, integrity, experiential learning, vision, and service, the Distinguished Writers Series offers an intellectual environment that fosters the free exchange of ideas with writers, scholars, and thinkers of different backgrounds, ethnicities, viewpoints, and writing styles.

Previous artists featured in the series include R.O. Kwon, Ananda Lima, Raquel Salas Rivera, Carmen Maria Machado, Krys Malcolm Belc, Airea D. Matthews, Torrey Pines, and Yolanda Wisler, among others.

Learn more about Holy Family University — a private institution in the Catholic tradition with campus locations in Philadelphia and Newtown — and how it enrolls more than 3,600 students at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels and was rated the 2023 Safest College in Philadelphia by Niche.com.