Author Talk: Kate Clifford Larson
PBS Books is delighted to host this virtual event celebrating the 2022 Library of Congress National Book Festival with Kate Clifford Larson, author of “Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer.”
Kate Clifford Larson is a bestselling author of acclaimed biographies, including “Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero,” “Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter” and “The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln.” Larson has a B.A. and M.A. arts from Simmons University, a Northeastern University master of business administration and a doctorate from the University of New Hampshire. She has appeared in national and international media. Larson is an award-winning consultant for feature films, documentaries, state and national parks, heritage tourism and more. She is currently a Brandeis University Women’s Studies Research Center Visiting Scholar and lives with her family outside Boston. Larson’s latest book, “Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer” was named one of Kirkus Review’s best of 2021 and is featured at the2022 National Book Festival