The Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and MacArthur Genius grant recipient read excerpts from his latest book Harlem Shuffle and from his upcoming sequel. In his conversation with moderator and Dalton's Director of the Creative Writing Program Chris Hood, he talked about his background, writing process, and how he comes up with and develops story ideas. He also answered questions from the audience and autographed books.

Colson’s appearance capped an exciting two weeks of events, which opened with Julianna Margulies P'26 and featured an eye-opening Agents & Authors session.

In case you missed it, check out the links for all three sessions below:

Julianna Margulies (April 12)

Agents & Authors: Secrets of the Book Business (April 21)

Colson Whitehead (April 26)