The Stories We Tell: An Interview with Davis Bunn

  • Sat, Aug 15, 2020 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Pacific Standard Time

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Description

We invite you to join us for a C.S. Lewis College webinar featuring best-selling author Davis Bunn. We will be asking Mr. Bunn about his writing, career, faith, and thoughts on the importance of stories in our relationship with the world around us.

Joining Davis in the conversation will be moderator Amber Salladin. Throughout the webinar, we will be taking questions from the audience. 

This is a virtual event using Zoom. Upon registering, you will receive an email receipt and a Zoom link for the webinar. 

ABOUT DAVIS

Davis Bunn's novels have sold in excess of eight million copies in twenty-four languages.  He has appeared on numerous national bestseller lists, and his titles have been Main or Featured Selections with every major US bookclub.   In the past twelve months, Davis has had multiple titles featured as ‘top picks’ and 'starred reviews' by Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, RT Reviews, and Booklist.

Davis serves as Writer-In-Residence at Regent’s Park College, Oxford University, and until recently was Lecturer in Oxford’s new creative writing program.  In 2011 his novel Lion of Babylon was named Best Book of the Year by Library Journal.  The sequel, entitled Rare Earth,  won Davis his fourth Christy Award for Excellence in Fiction in 2013.  In 2014 Davis was granted the Lifetime Achievement award by the Christy board of judges.  More recently, Trial Run was named Best Book of The Year by Suspense Magazine. He has appeared on the cover of Southern Writers Magazine, Publishers Weekly, and Christian Retailing.  

Davis has written and presented a 40-part series for Moody Radio entitled 'Silent Prayer', which was broadcast nationwide.  Davis lectures around the world on aspects of creative writing.  

In February, America's number-one talk-show host Delilah named Firefly Cove her book of the month.  In March the national magazine Mary Jane's Farm named Firefly Cove one of their top-ten books of 2018.  In the past several weeks Readers Digest has acquired worldwide rights to his latest series, Miramar Bay.  

His first screenplay under contract was the initial draft of what became the Wilberforce feature, Amazing Grace (Walden Media).  Three years ago, Davis co-wrote Unlimited, a contemporary drama starring Fred Thompson in his final film role, released by Pureflix. 

Currently Davis is under contract to write a new television/streaming series based upon his bestselling series, Miramar Bay.  

 

Date & Time

Sat, Aug 15, 2020 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

CS Lewis Foundation