Speakers

2009 Scholars Week Banquet Keynote Speaker:

Keynote Speaker:
Western Washington University Alumna Kirby Larson

Kirby Larson is the acclaimed author of the 2007 Newbery Honor Book and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Hattie Big Sky, a young adult novel that was inspired by her great-grandmother, Hattie Inez Brooks Wright, who homesteaded alone in eastern Montana as a young woman. In addition, Larson has written three books for children, including the award-winning picture book, The Magic Kerchief. Her latest book is Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival. Larson graduated from Western in 1976 with a degree in Broadcast Communications.