Texas Book Festival Presents Yann Martel: Son of Nobody

Texas Book Festival and First Light Books are thrilled to host Yann Martel, author of the international sensation and winner of the Booker Prize, “Life of Pi,” discussing his new novel, “Son of Nobody,” in conversation with internationally bestselling author Bret Anthony Johnston at First Baptist Church on Tuesday, April 28, at 7 PM. A book signing will follow the event. “Son of Nobody” is a brilliant and inventive retelling of the Trojan War through the eyes of two unlikely narrators: an ancient soldier and a modern scholar. “Kirkus Reviews” called it “A stunningly imagined revisitation of an ancient past that is every bit as awful as the present.” RSVP at Texasbookfestival.org/events. Yann Martel is the author of “Life of Pi,” the global bestseller that won the 2002 Booker Prize and was adapted to the screen in the Oscar–winning film by Ang Lee. He lives in Saskatoon, Canada. Bret Anthony Johnston is the internationally bestselling author of “We Burn Daylight,” “Remember Me Like This,” and “Corpus Christi: Stories.” He is the editor of “Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creative Writer,” and he wrote the documentary film, “Waiting for Lightning.” He is the Director of the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin, where he holds the Mari Sabusawa Michener Regents Chair in Writing.