Novelists Amanda Stern and Darin Strauss
Read from BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
in Madison Square Park

This summer, the National Book Awards teams up with the Madison Square Park Conservancy to present "Breakfast" Under the Stars.

Authors Amanda Stern and Darin Strauss will read excerpts from Truman Capote's classic novella
Breakfast at Tiffany's.

If you only know Capote from In Cold Blood or Philip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal in the recent film Capote, you're missing out on one of America's most elegant and accomplished writers of short fiction.

Join us for a summer evening in the park with Holly Golightly and friends on
Thursday, July 27, 6:30 p.m. at Madison Square Park (on 23rd Street between Fifth and Madison).

Free and open to the public.
No tickets or reservations are necessary.
The event will be held rain or shine.
This event is part of the Madison Square Reads series.

	Amanda Stern is the author of the novel, The Long Haul (Soft Skull Press) and founder of The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series, which she continues to curate and host. It has been voted by New York Magazine, NYPress and The Village Voice as the best reading series in the city. Amanda is working on her second novel and she lives in Brooklyn. Amanda's website, www.amandastern.com.
	Darin Strauss is the author of the international bestseller Chang and Eng, and the New York Times Notable Book The Real McCoy, one of the New York Public Library's "25 Books to Remember." His work has been translated into fourteen languages, and he teaches writing at New York University, for which he won a 2005 "Outstanding Dozen" teaching award. Also a screenwriter, Darin sold the rights to Chang and Eng to Disney, and is currently adapting the novel for the screen with the actor Gary Oldman. Darin was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. Darin's website, www.darinstrauss.com.