Melissa Gilbert endeared herself to America as Laura Ingalls on the classic TV show, "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-1983). She starred subsequently in numerous made-for-TV movies and served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (2001-2005).

In 2018, she and her husband Timothy Busfield moved to a rustic cottage on 14 acres in the Catskills, where they grow their own food and raise chickens. With self-deprecating humor, she recounts her quest to lead a simpler life— with all of its unexpected mishaps and challenges— in the new book, Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered (2022). Publishers Weekly called the book, “utterly entertaining.”

Her previous books include Prairie Tale: A Memoir and (2009) and the children's book Daisy and Josephine (2014).

7 p.m. Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Campus Center West Auditorium,
University at Albany
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany NY 12222
Free and open to the public. Free parking.
Books will be available for purchase. A book signing will follow the conversation.

More event information, including a parking map, at https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/melissagilbert