Kent County native Ryan Grim, Washington Bureau Chief of The Huffington Post, will be a featured speaker at the Chestertown Book Festival on Saturday, Nov.3, at Emmanuel Church Hall.
Ryan grew up in Still Pond, graduated from Kent County High School and Saint Mary’s College, and is the author of This is Your Country on Drugs, a history of the drug use culture in the United States from opium dens in New York in the 19th century, drug experimentation in the 1960s, and the current controversies on legalization of marijuana.
Ryan is a former staff reporter for Politico.com and the Washington City Paper. He won the 2007 Alt-Weekly Award for best long-form news story for “The Painmaker”, a 2010 Sidney Hillman Award for “The Poorhouse,” and a 2011 Maggie Award for “Behind the Assault on Planned Parenthood.” His article on lobbying over swipe fees will be included in the 2012 Columbia Journalism Review’s Best Business Writing anthology.
The Book Festival runs from 10am-4pm, with Mr. Grim’s discussion beginning at 1:30. All Book Festival events are free and open to the public.
Sam tomlin says
Very sorry to miss this it should be very interesting thanks