2007 NYPL Young Lions YouTube video

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, Ethan Hawke, and other founding members and guests celebrate the 2007 New York Public Library Young Lions Award winner, Olga Grushin, for her remarkable novel, "The Dreamlife of Sukhanov".

"The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award is a $10,000 prize awarded each spring to a writer age 35 or younger for a novel or a collection of short stories. Established in 2001, this annual award recognizes the work of young authors and celebrates their accomplishments publicly, making a difference in their lives as they continue to build their careers. The Young Lions Fiction Award was spearheaded by Young Lions Committee members Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, Rick Moody, and Hannah McFarland." More...

Check out Jennifer's YouTube video slideshow here.

And Jennifer's Flickr photoset here.

Giving back to Kenyon College

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh has established the Zangwill Rudolph and Florence Laye Scholarship, to be given annually to a first generation college student at her alma mater, Kenyon College. In doing so Mrs. Walsh is paying a debt of gratitude to the Kenyon professors who gave her a love of the written word and to her grandparents, immigrants who worked hard to give their family a better life.

"Establishing a scholarship for a particular child in a specific circumstance was incredibly attractive to me," Walsh said. "My grandmother and grandfather came to this country and educated their family with their hard work and sacrifice, and I want to give a student the same opportunity."

View the Kenyon College "50 before 50" article here.

A few photos of Kenyon College here.

NYPL Young Lions 2008 Slideshow

Here is the actual video as posted on youtube:



* Note the image quality is poor, still working on that!

Young Lions Photo Gallery posted on YouTube

A slideshow of the Young Lions awards has been posted to Jennifer Rudolph Walsh's youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jenniferrudolphwalsh - check it out! Apologies for the poor image quality (still learning about uploading video to youtube); original photo gallery can be found here.

Also, for the individual video link, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnXsLFJ_hag

YouTube Channel

Its still very much a work in progress, but Jennifer Rudolph Walsh's YouTube channel features author interviews, trailers of films adapted from her client's works, and the like. Have a look:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jenniferrudolphwalsh