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Feb. 17 Owen Egerton on panel for the Future Forum and TX Book Fest

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February 17, 2009 East Coast/West Coast Smackdown: Lit Edition: Author Owen Egerton will speak on a panel, “Hollywood vs. New York: Three Writers’ Perspectives,” with 2 fellow screenwriter/novelists. This event is jointly presented by the LBJ Future Forum and the Texas Book Festival. Sarah Bird moderates.

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Owen Egerton Featured in SEU Hilltop Views

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:09:10 +0000

October 29, 2008 Egerton delivers laughs, enlightenment: “Enthusiastic writers, future comedians and somber students in need of a pick-me-up now have a home to explore the world of comedy at St. Edward’s University.”

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Owen Egerton Voted Best Local Author 2008

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October 17, 2008 Owen Egerton Named Best Local Author 2008: The Austin Chronicle readers have spoken, and Owen Egerton has once again been voted Best Local Author in the Chronicle’s 2008 Best of Austin Readers Poll.

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Owen Egerton Named Best Austin Writer 2007

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October 12, 2007 Owen Egerton Voted Best Local Author: Austin readers name Owen Egerton, author of How Best to Avoid Dying, Best Author in the Chronicle’s 2007 Best of Austin Issue.

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Inside Scoop Live Interviews Owen Egerton, How Best to Avoid Dying

admin — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:42:02 +0000

August 2007 Inside Scoop Live, Up Close and Personal with Owen Egerton: Juanita Watson of Reader Views interviews Owen Egerton, author of the satirical short story collection, How Best to Avoid Dying.

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Reader Views Interviews Owen Egerton

admin — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:56:29 +0000

July 2007 Reader Views Interviews Owen Egerton, How Best to Avoid Dying: Today, Tyler R. Tichelaar of Reader Views is pleased to be joined by Owen Egerton, author of the short story collection, “How Best to Avoid Dying.”

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Owen Egerton in Philadelphia City Paper

admin — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:47:26 +0000

July 18, 2007 On the DL, Owen Egerton: Sometimes it’s OK to laugh when people die — in fiction, anyway. Imagine a spelling bee where wild pigs devour the contestants when they miss a word, or a church camp where every other week a counselor dies in a freak accident meant to emotionally manipulate the campers into accepting Christ. Owen Egerton created these and many more twisted scenarios in his short story collection, How Best to Avoid Dying, and he hopes that when he reads them to you, you will snicker.

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Owen Egerton in BLOW Magazine

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:21:51 +0000

July 2, 2007 Owen Egerton headlines Houston’s BLOW magazine: Get a sneak peek here.

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Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying on Best-Sellers list

admin — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:30:14 +0000

June 16, 2007 Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying makes Local Best-Sellers List

“More popular than Khaled Hosseini or Ian McEwan, and nearing the status of Cormac McCarthy.” -Alison Kothe, BookPeople, in response to How Best to Avoid Dying’s recent status as their second best-selling fiction title

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Owen Egerton on the Austin Chronicle Cover

admin — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:34:11 +0000

June 15, 2007 Egerton makes the cover of the Austin Chronicle’s Summer Reading Issue, and an Excerpt from How Best to Avoid Dying inside: From “The Martyrs of Mountain Peak” Kent is dead. All the kids at the camp are crying and singing and praying. They don’t know that it was my turn, not his.

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