We have come to know SUSAN ORLEAN’s unique voice in her many captivating pieces in The New Yorker, where she has been a staff writer since 1992, and in her nine nonfiction books, including The Orchid Thief and The Library Book. In her new memoir, Joyride, she turns her lens on her own life and work with the same honesty and curiosity she used in uncovering and telling the stories of others. The book vibrates with her exuberant interest in the world and her sheer joy at being alive and practicing a craft she loves. She will talk with SVWC Associate Director ANNE TAYLOR FLEMING about finding her creative calling and the hard work of building and sustaining that career and the joy—that word again—of her happy second marriage and motherhood.