GBF Hosts April 16 Event with Brian Jay Jones, author of “Jim Henson: The Biography”

By Jennie Cottrell | Published March 10, 2014

From Buzzfeed quizzes that help you figure out which Muppet you are to a Christmas album (with John Denver) that many adults in their 30s and 40s remember from their childhood to a forthcoming movie, “Muppets Most Wanted,” the Muppets remain a cultural icon with which almost any (if not all) Americans have a relationship. This, despite the fact that the Muppets’ creator, Jim Henson, passed away almost 25 years ago!

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is excited to announce that this spring we’ll be hosting an event with Brian Jay Jones, author of the national bestseller “Jim Henson: The Biography.”

WHAT: An evening with Brian Jay Jones, author of “Jim Henson: The Biography”
WHEN: Wednesday, April 16, at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Gaithersburg Public Library, 18330 Montgomery Village Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Tickets are not required. Books will be sold at the event by Politics & Prose.

About his experience writing this book, Brian wrote: “I also had the pleasure of interviewing all five Henson children and his widow, Jane—who passed away earlier this year—as well as countless colleagues, friends, and collaborators. We spoke in living rooms in London, workshops in New York, and film studios in Burbank. We talked over breakfast in hotels and brunches in diners. And when we couldn’t meet in person, we talked on telephones and Skype, or wrote each other e-mails. Almost to a person, everyone was open, honest, and thoughtful about Jim and his work—and, as you can probably imagine, many were also very, very funny.” (from Amazon.com)