The N.H. Author Series, hosted by the Friends of Dimond Library, will present award-winning author Joseph Monninger Sunday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. in the Dimond Library 5th Floor Reading Room. Local author and humorist Rebecca Rule will interview Monninger in front of a live audience.

The program is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Click here to register.

Monninger has published 11 novels and three non-fiction books, including the memoir “Home Waters.” His newest book “Margaret from Maine” was released in December. In 2008, his young adult novel “Baby” received the best children’s literature award by the Peace Corps Writers, and “Hippie Chick” was awarded a blue ribbon by The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. His third young adult novel, “Finding Somewhere”, was selected as a top book of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews.

A professor of English at Plymouth State University, Monninger's work has appeared in American Heritage, Scientific American, Readers Digest, Glamour, Playboy, the Boston Globe, Sports Illustrated and Ellery Queen, among other publications. He has twice received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and has also received a fellowship from the New Hampshire Council for the Arts. Monninger lives with his wife, Wendy, and his son, Justin, in a converted barn near New Hampshire’s Baker River. For several years his family competed in the New England Sled Dog sprint races and ran a small sled dog business in the White Mountains.

The NH Authors series is held three times a year, bringing writers to UNH who are New Hampshire natives or who live or teach in the Granite State. Light refreshments will be served and both Monninger and Rule will be available to sign their books following the event. The interview includes an opportunity for questions from the audience and will be recorded by New Hampshire Public Television for broadcast and web streaming. For more information, e-mail nh.authors@unh.edu or call 2-1540.