E-mail a friendMay 13, 2005
Actor-director Henry Winkler discusses his education struggle with dyslexia. Best-selling author Anne Lamott reflects on living through grief, struggle and triumph.
Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler
Best known to millions as "The Fonz" on TV's Happy Days, Henry Winkler has enjoyed an award-winning career as an actor, director and producer, spanning some three decades. He grew up in New York and began his career in commercials. Winkler works with numerous children's groups and is a founding member of the Children's Action Network. He's also written a series of best-selling children's books, inspired by his own struggle with dyslexia. The latest in the series is Hank Zipzer: The World's Greatest Underachiever.
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott's best-selling books have been about such personal subjects as alcohol and drug abuse, single motherhood and Christianity. A Guggenheim fellowship recipient, she's been a book reviewer and a California restaurant critic. The San Francisco native has also taught at writing conferences across the U.S. In her latest book, Grace (Eventually), Lamott recounts the roadblocks in her walk of faith, and, for the first time, one of her novels, Hard Laughter, will be dramatized on stage this spring.