The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) Marion Marsh Brown Writers Lecture Series is presented by Marion’s family, Paul and Djel Ann Brown and their children, Randy, Scott and Marietta Luellen. In Marion’s memory, the family wishes to celebrate the joy of reading by bringing a favorite writer to UNO each spring.
About the Series
SAVE THE DATE | April 11, 2023 at 7 P.M. at Baxter Arena
The fifth annual Marion Marsh Brown Writers Lecture Series will feature the world's bestselling author James Patterson along with his wife, Susan Patterson. This event is free and open to the public. To help us gauge attendance, we ask that those who plan on attending RSVP using the form linked below.
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Preorder Your Copy of Their New Book
Preorder your copy of "Things I Wish I Told My Mother" by James and Susan Patterson! You can choose to pick up your book in the UNO Bookstore (April 10 & 11), or Baxter Arena (April 11 only).
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Past Speakers
- Nicholas Sparks (2019)
- Lee Child (2018)
- Cheryl Strayed (2017)
- John Grisham (2016)
About Marion Marsh Brown
Marion Marsh Brown was a mother, author and teacher. She died in 2000 at the age of 92. She published her first book in 1949 and added 18 more to her collection over the course of her life. She wrote and published hundreds of stories. She taught English at UNO (then Omaha University) and supervised student teachers for the College of Education. She married Attorney Gilbert S. Brown. She received numerous honors and awards including the Sower Award. Her books received Literary Guild Awards. In the late 1950s she was named one of the ten most important writers by the National Council of the Teachers of English.
She began writing books when she found there appeared to be few good books for junior high students. Her husband suggested that she write about Nathan Hale as her first book and "Young Nathan" was the result. She followed this book with many books for young readers, including:
- "The Swamp Fox"
- "Dream Catcher"
- "The Life of John Neihart"
- "Sacagawea"
- "Singapore"
- "The Pauper Prince"
- "Only One Point of the Compass"
- "Homeward the Arrow’s Flight"
- "Willa Cather: The Woman and Her Works"
- "Marnie"
- "The Silent Storm"
- "Broad Stripes and Bright Stars"
- "The Brownville Story"
- "Prairie Teacher"
- "Learning Words in Context"
- "Frontier Beacon"
- "A Nurse Abroad"
- "Stuart’s Landing"
- "Young Nathan"