Robert Olmstead, June 21, 7-8:30 p.m., Falany Performing Arts Center
Robert Olmstead has published eight novels, the most recent being the trilogy of Henry Childs, including “Coal Black Horse,” “Far Bright Star” and “The Coldest Night,” which Casey Affleck have optioned for a film. “Far Bright Star,” a novel that Booklist declared as one of the top 10 westerns of the decade, will be directed by Affleck and star Joaquin Phoenix.
Olmstead has earned many accolades over the course of his writing career, including two Ohioana Book Awards, Amazon Top 100, Kirkus Top 25, Publisher’s Weekly Top 100, a Spur Award for Best Novel from the Western Writers of America, Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction, a No. 1 Pick from Booksense, Senior Arts Fellowships from Ohio and Pennsylvania, Idaho Press Club Award and Black Warrior Review Fiction Award.
