The Northern Monmouth County Branch of the American Association of University Women will hold its annual scholarship luncheon at noon May 7 at the Molly Pitcher Inn, 88 Riverside Ave., Red Bank.
Beatriz Williams, author of “A Hundred Summers,” will be the guest speaker. She will share how she brings her characters to life and weaves her plot lines.
Born and raised in Seattle, Williams was exposed to opera and Shakespeare as a young child by her British father and American mother.
“I was born wanting to tell stories. From the time I could read, I was writing little stories,” Williams said in a press release.
She said being an anthropology major at Stanford University was handy.
“Anthropology is the study of who we are as human beings,” Williams said. “As a storyteller, I strive to make the enormously confusing world around us and our relationships with one another make sense.”
While at Stanford University, she was deeply moved and inspired by Vera Brittain’s World War I memoir, “A Testament of Youth.” World War I figures heavily in William’s debut novel, “Overseas.”
Tickets are $50 through April 17 and $55 after that date, and available at www.aauwnj nmcb.org. Checks can also be made out to AAUW-NMCB and mailed to AAUWNMCB, P.O. Box 398, Red Bank, NJ 07701.
For more information, call 732-933-4855, ext. 5.

