Scott Simon Imagines the Life of a Sniper
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Scott Simon, the host of NPR’s Weekend Edition, has written his first novel: Pretty Birds. The book’s central character is a teenage Muslim girl who becomes a sniper in Sarajevo during the early 1990s—when Scott Simon was covering the siege for NPR.
Events: Scott Simon will be reading and signing books
Tuesday, May 9 at 7:30 pm
The Greenwich Village Barnes and Noble
396 Avenue of the Americas at 8th Street
Events: Scott Simon will be reading and signing books
Tuesday, May 9 at 7:30 pm
The Greenwich Village Barnes and Noble
396 Avenue of the Americas at 8th Street
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