Words Alive shares many of my own professional and community goals: a commitment to developing literacy and a love for reading a recognition that the human imagination matters and a philanthropic mission to bring the magic of books to young people who may not have those books. What first compelled you to work with Words Alive? Why do you continue to work with Words Alive on the Author’s Luncheon? As a professor who has extensively studied, published, and edited literature-based works, we are excited to welcome him back to our Author’s Luncheon & Fundraiser! His book outlines the history of Western Children’s Literature, looking at stories from Mother Goose fables to J.R.R. Lerer’s many pronounced works is titled Children's Literature: A Reader's History from Aesop to Harry Potter. He is a Guggenheim fellow, a prestigious award for those who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship and ability in the arts. He has several published works that focus on these areas, as well as multiple literature and teaching awards. His studies and teachings focus on Medieval and Renaissance Literature, History of the English Language, Children’s Literature, as well as Shakespeare.

Seth Lerer is a distinguished professor at UC San Diego, where he served as the Dean of Arts and Humanities. Lerer has moderated conversations with Anna Quindlen, Isabel Allende, and Salman Rushdie for the Author's Luncheon & Fundraiser. Seth Lerer will be joining to moderate the conversation with our featured author, and this year marks his fourth time joining us at our signature fundraising event! Since 2014, Dr. Our 15th Annual Author’s Luncheon & Fundraiser is being held on October 19th and will feature best-selling author Mary Kubica.

Children's Literature by Seth Lerer