Tom Bissell is the author, most recently, of The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam, which was selected as one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune, Salon and the Christian Science Monitor. His other books include Chasing the Sea and God Lives in St. Petersburg. Bissell teaches in the MFA program at Portland State University.

The Oregon Book Awards recognize the year’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature.

The finalists for the Oregon Book Awards, and this year’s special awards recipients, will be announced September 14th. Oregon Book Awards finalists will also be featured at this year’s Wordstock Festival on October 9-11th. The winners will be announced at the Oregon Book Awards ceremony on October 26th.

Tickets:
– $17 General Admission to the 2009 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
– $25 General Admission and contribution to the 2009 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
– $50 Patron Ticket to the 2009 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony – Premium seats and contribution to the Oregon Book Awards.
– Tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com
– Order by phone at 1-800-838-3006