Author of Tuesdays with Morrie to present lecture at DePauw

By Ken Owen

GREENCASTLE Ind. - Mitch Albom, author of the bestselling books Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven, is scheduled to discuss his latest work, For One More Day at United Methodist-related DePauw University on Monday, Nov. 13. Presented by the Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture Series, Albom's address will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center's Kresge Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

The DePauw address will be Mitch Albom's first in Indiana in conjunction with For One More Day, which is scheduled for release by Hyperion on Sept. 26. The author will appear Oct. 13 at an Indianapolis signing event and reading hosted by Big Hat Books. His DePauw appearance will be a lecture. For One More Day will be available for purchase in the lobby of Kresge Auditorium and Albom will take time to sign books at the conclusion of his address.

Albom's books are touchstones for people of all ages, reminding us of what truly matters in life. Called "a gift to mankind" by the Philadelphia Inquirer and "a wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul" by the Los Angeles Times, Tuesdays with Morrie is Albom's touching memoir of his visits to his dying professor, Morrie Schwartz, and the life lessons learned along the way. Filled with humor and hope, what began as a way for Albom to help Morrie pay his medical bills became an international phenomenon with nearly 10 million copies sold. Translated into more than 30 languages, Tuesdays with Morrie was on the New York Times' national bestseller list for more than four years and is now the bestselling memoir of all time.

In September 2003 Albom released his first novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, which was listed number one on the New York Times bestseller list and sold nearly five million copies in its first year. Sharing his thoughts on loyalty, sacrifice and the importance of acknowledging others, Albom's Five People is a tale of a seemingly ordinary man who dies and discovers, in heaven, how he touched the lives of so many.

In his new novel, For One More Day, Albom explores the themes of family, divorce and regrets, and the wish that we could have one more day with a lost loved one.
Oprah Winfrey made Tuesdays with Morrie into an Emmy Award-winning film starring Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. Albom co-wrote the stage adaptation of the book, which opened off-Broadway in late 2002. In 2004 he wrote the screenplay for The Five People You Meet in Heaven, which was adapted into an ABC-TV movie starring Jon Voight and Ellen Burstyn.

The Ubben Lecture Series has brought distinguished individuals to the DePauw University campus since 1986.

Ken Owen serves as director of communication at DePauw University.

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