Blackwell also will discuss writing and answer questions from students at noon tomorrow in Thompson Hall, Room 331.

Both events are free and open to the public.

Blackwell is a creative writing professor at the University of South Carolina. She is on campus as part of the Artist-in-Residence program, which is administered by the College of Fine Arts and Communication.

Novelist Elise Blackwell

Blackwell, who was born in Austin, Texas, and raised in south Louisiana, has written three novels: Hunger, Grub, and The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish. Her fourth novel, An Unfinished Score, will be released April 6th.