Join us at the beautiful Stone Mountain Arts Center for our 8th Annual Evening with Maine Authors to benefit Camp Susan Curtis!

The evening will begin with a cocktail hour followed by a wonderful buffet dinner in the Maine Concert Hall. After dinner, a current CSC Staff Member will share reflections about their camp experience followed by the evening’s feature presentation of readings by authors Monica Wood and Lily King.

All proceeds from the event will benefit Camp Susan Curtis, a non-profit organization that provides a free 10-day overnight summer camp experience to Maine children facing economic hardship.* At CSC, Maine children build self-confidence, find belonging in a supportive community, develop a lifelong connection to nature, and gain the leadership and life skills they need to discover their full potential, through a nature-based curriculum.

Author Bios:

Monica Wood is a novelist, memoirist, and playwright; the 2019 recipient of the Maine Humanities Council Carlson Prize for contributions to the public humanities; and a recipient of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Distinguished Achievement Award for contributions to the literary arts. Her widely anthologized short stories have won a Pushcart Prize and been featured on public radio. She also writes books for writers and teachers. Her nonfiction has appeared in Oprah, New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Parade, and many other publications.

Lily King is the award-winning author of five novels. Her most recent novel, Writers & Lovers, was published on March 3rd, 2020, and her first collection of short stories, Five Tuesdays in Winter, will be released on November 9, 2021. Her 2014 novel Euphoria won the Kirkus Award, The New England Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. Euphoria was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times Book Review. It was included in TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2014, as well as on Amazon, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, and Salon’s Best Books of 2014.

We would also like to recognize the following organizations for generously sponsoring this event: Great Northern Docks (Presenting Sponsor), Chalmers Insurance, Oxford Federal Credit Union, Main Eco Homes, Norway Savings Bank, and Hancock Lumber.