Penelope Niven

Events

Forthcoming: Publication of THORNTON WILDER: A BIOGRAPHY (HarperCollins, 2011)

October 22, 2010: Penelope Niven and Jennifer Niven will give a mother-daughter writing program to benefit BookMarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Details forthcoming.

October 28, 2010, 7:00 PM: Greensboro College, Greensboro, North Carolina. Penelope Niven will speak on "Scaffolding and Soul: Adventures in Writing Biography"

Selected Works

Nonfiction

Carl Sandburg: A Biography
"A powerful and much-needed portrayal of a major American writer and social critic."

--New York Times Book Review

Steichen: A Biography
"Niven complements her own clear, lyrical voice with the eloquent words of Steichen’s contemporaries..."

--New York Times Book Review

Voices and Silences
"Supremely rewarding... A star is born among the classics on acting."

--Kirkus Reviews

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