October 18, 2003
CASA CLUB PRESENTS AUTHOR
Author Stephen Elliott will be speaking twice Saturday October 18th.
At 2pm at the CASA Kid Walk (http://kidwalk.humboldtcasa.org/).
He will read from his book "A Life Without Consequences," a semi-
autobiographical novel based in part on Stephen's own experiences
as a ward of the court in Chicago. His second presentation will be on
the HSU Campus at 8pm in Rm 113 Nelson Hall East, where he will be
available for Q&A after his presentation.
Stephen Elliott left home at thirteen and, after a year sleeping on the roof of a convienance store on Chicago's Northside he was made a ward of the court and channeled through various large and small group homes and institutional learning facilities.
Against all odds, he earned his Bachelors degree at the University of Illinois and went on to obtain a Master of Arts degree from Northwestern University. To support his writing habit he has since worked as a stripper, a cabdriver, a bartender, and a marketing executive.
Stephen Elliott has recently been awarded the 2001 Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, offered to emerging writers in fiction and poety.
You can find out more about Stephen Elliott at http://www.stephenelliott.com/