Fiction writer Peter Grandbois will read from his work Thursday, Feb. 14

Fiction writer Peter Grandbois will read from his work Thursday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. in Wygal's Molnar Recital Hall. Grandbois' first novel, The Gravedigger, a work of magical realism published in 2006, was chosen for the "Original Voices" series by Borders and the "Discover Great New Writers" series by Barnes & Noble. His essays and short fiction have appeared in several magazines and recently received an honorable mention for the 2007 Pushcart Prize. He is assistant professor of creative writing and contemporary literature at Sacramento State University in California and assistant editor for StoryQuarterly and Narrative magazines.