Author talks about her book, 'The First Muslim'


March 13, 2013 · 12:35 PM

Eagle Harbor Books welcomes Seattle author Lesley Hazleton at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14. Hazleton will discuss her topical new book, “The First Muslim.” Hazleton explores the  extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited and remade.

Hazleton reported on the Middle East from Jerusalem for more than a dozen years, and has written for Time, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and Harper’s, among other publications.

Her last book, "After the Prophet," was a finalist for the PEN-USA book Award.

Eagle Harbor Book Company is located at 157 Winslow Way East

For more information, visit www.eagleharborbooks.com.

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