Author Helen Benedict - Peace and Justice Center's 'Cost of War' Series

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Helen Benedict, author of 'The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq' and 'Sand Queen' speaks as part of the Peace & Justice Center's Cost of War Speaker and Film Series. Helen Benedict is the author of six novels and five books of nonfiction. Her latest novel, SAND QUEEN, set in the Iraq War, was published in 2011 by Soho Press. Culled from real life stories of female soldiers and Iraqis, SAND QUEEN offers a story of love, courage and struggle from the rare perspective of two young women on opposite sides of a war. Helen Benedict's books, SAND QUEEN, and THE LONELY SOLDIER, along with her articles about the sexual assault of women in the military, inspired the award-winning documentary, The Invisible War, shown to acclaim at Sundance, 2012. Benedict's work also inspired a landmark law suit against the Pentagon on behalf of victims of military sexual assault, and won the 2010 EMMA award from the National Political Caucus, the Ken Book Award, and the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism.

This event is co-sponsored by the Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans for Peace and the Harris and Frances Block Foundation
 

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