The Lion's Roar: Ep. 15.5, Special Edition for June 26, 2009

On Thursday, June 25, 2009, from noon to 1:00 p.m., 2009 South Carolina First Novel Prize Winner Brian Ray discussed his novel Through the Pale Door at the South Carolina State Library as part of the South Carolina Center for the Book's Speaker at the Center series. Through the First Novel Prize, a program of the S.C. Arts Commission, the Humanities Council SC and the South Carolina State Library, Ray's first novel, Through the Pale Door, was published by the Hub City Writers Project, an award-winning independent press in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The story is about a young artist who works at her dad's steel mill for one summer following the unexpected death of her mother, all while stumbling through her first romance with a muralist who paints the mill at night. Through the Pale Door is available on Amazon.com. For more information about Ray, his work and upcoming events, visit www.brianrayfiction.com. Brian Ray grew up in Marietta, Ga., and now lives in Greensboro, N.C., where he is completing a doctorate in English. He earned his master?s degree in fine arts from the University of South Carolina, where he taught courses in writing and literature. Brian was a 2007 winner of the S.C. Fiction Project and his stories have appeared in Louisiana Review, Green Mountains Review and Storyteller magazine.