CANTON -- St. Lawrence University’s Writer’s Series continues with author John McNally at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, in the Sykes Common Room. The event is free and open to the public.

McNally is the author of three novels: After the Workshop, The Book of Ralph and America’s Report Card; two story collections, Troublemakers and Ghosts of Chicago; two nonfiction books, The Creative Writer’s Survival Guide: Advice from an Unrepentant Novelist and Vivid and Continuous: Essays and Exercises for Writing Fiction; and one young adult novel, Lord of the Ralphs.

Three more books are forthcoming: a novel, a collection of personal essays and a memoir about failure. A screenplay he co-wrote is in development with the producer of Winter’s Bone. The graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop is professor and writer in residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

The Writer’s Series is sponsored by St. Lawrence’s Department of English. For more information and a complete list of 2015-16 visiting writers, contact 229-5125 or visit www.stlawu.edu/english.