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Stacy Schiff Receives the 35th Annual Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award

Public Radio Tulsa | By Rich Fisher
Published December 3, 2019 at 2:04 PM CST
Aired on Tuesday, December 3rd.

Our guest is the widely acclaimed writer and historian Stacy Schiff, who is the winner of the 2019 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award. This award is given each year by the Tulsa Library Trust and Tulsa City-County Library. Schiff's bestselling nonfiction works include "The Witches: Salem, 1692," "Cleopatra: A Life," "A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America," and "Saint-Exupéry: A Biography." You can meet Stacy Schiff at a free-to-the-public presentation on Saturday the 7th (starting at 10:30am) at the TCCL Central Library, near the corner of Fifth Street and Denver Avenue. (For more information, call 918.549.7323.)
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Rich Fisher
Rich Fisher is celebrating his 40th year of service to Public Radio Tulsa. Since 2000, he has been the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and previously served as the host of the public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which ran from 1992-2021. Prior to that, he served as music director, a program host and operations director for the station.
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