EWU Visiting Writers: William Finnegan

Fresh off his Pulitzer Prize win earlier this month, author and journalist William Finnegan heads to Spokane for a reading as part of Eastern Washington University’s Visiting Writers Series, overseen by Get Lit! Programs. Finnegan, who received his MFA from the University of Montana, has spent his career reporting hard-hitting stories around the world, nabbing major accolades for his work along the way. The latest honor, a Pulitzer in the biography/autobiography category for his adventure memoir Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, is the figurative icing on the cake for Finnegan’s career thus far. A staff writer for the New Yorker since 1987, he’ll read from his work and answer audience questions at this Friday’s reading.