2009 Presenters
Tom Perrotta
Old South Church Sanctuary, 12:30 p.m.
Tom Perrotta is the author of six works of fiction: Bad Haircut, The Wishbones, Election, and the New York Times bestsellers Joe College, Little Children, and most recently, The Abstinence Teacher.
Election was made into the acclaimed movie directed by Alexander Payne and starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick. Perrotta was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay for the movie version of Little Children, which was directed by Todd Field and starred Kate Winslet and Jennifer Connelly.
Perrotta lives with his family outside Boston.
Visit his website at www.tomperrotta.net
Read his Boston Book Festival blog post
