Books for development

Pulitzer-prize winning author and 1995 St. John’s School graduate Benjamin Moser (pictured) was the featured speaker at the Books for Development Lunch for World Literacy event held at the Junior League of Houston. The evening before the event, John and Linwood Olson hosted a meet-and-greet at their home. Ben spoke to the crowd of more than 100 donors and volunteers about the resilience of books during the annual luncheon that supports Books for Development’s efforts to collect and ship books to countries in East Africa and Central and South America. Ben has won numerous awards for his books, including Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, a biography of the Brazilian novelist, and Sontag: Her Life and Work, a biography of American writer Susan Sontag. This fall, Ben will release a new biography on Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. 

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