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The
John Fowles Literary Series
launches this Fall with author Lan Cao on October 13, 2014 in Argyros Forum, 209 A at 7 p.m.

John Fowles serves to promote and advance the discipline of creative writing in all its aspects: fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction and film.

About the Author:
Professor Cao
joins Fowler School of Law after more than a decade on the faculty at William & Mary Law School, where she was the Boyd Fellow and Professor of Law. She clerked for Judge Constance Baker Motley of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She practiced with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York City. Professor Cao was a Ford Foundation Scholar in 1991. She has published scholarly articles in the area of international trade and finance, international economic development, finance and culture in law. She is also the author and co-author of several books and supplements, including the novel
Monkey Bridge
(Penguin 1997), about the Vietnamese War and its impact on a young Vietnamese American girl.

This event is free and open to the public.