This Pulitzer Prize-winning author will lecture at UGA and visit Cedar Shoals High School

Athenians might just end up rubbing shoulders with a Pulitzer Prize-winning author this November. Colson Whitehead, whose 2016 novel "The Underground Railroad" was showed up on President Barack Obama's summer reading list, will be in town for two days visiting with students at the University of Georgia and Cedar Shoals High School.

The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Department of History will host Whitehead for a lecture at the UGA Chapel at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15. The event is free and open to the public. On Nov. 16, Whitehead will meet with UGA students, then visit Mr. Montu Miller's class at Cedar Shoals High School. Copies of "The Underground Railroad" will be provided to Miller's students courtesy of the University of Georgia Press.

Originally from Manhattan, New York City, Whitehead attended Trinity School and graduated from Harvard University. He wrote for the Village Voice while working on his early novels, and has since produced 10 books including "The Nickel Boys," "Harlem Shuffle" and "Crook Manifesto." Whitehead was featured on the cover of Time magazine's July 8, 2019 issue and has taught at seven universities in the United States.

The UGA Chapel is located at 109 Herty Field. For additional information about the free lecture, visit calendar.uga.edu/event/phinizy_lecture_colson_whitehead.

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