Mark Chiusano in conversation with Times Union Editor Casey Seiler.

Mark Chiusano started covering Republican George Santos during his Congressional campaign in 2019 as a columnist and editorial writer at the Long Island daily newspaper, New York Newsday.

His forthcoming book is The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos (Nov. 28, 2023).

The publisher calls it a “bizarre, page-turning, and frankly hysterical story.” George Santos said in a tweet, “I’m really hopeful that the reporter I’ve had blocked for over a year has a great imagination.” Chiusano received a PEN/Hemingway Award honorable mention for his story collection Marine Park in 2015.

7 p.m. Tuesday, December 5
Hearst Media Center, 645 Albany Shaker Road, Colonie NY 12205

Free event
Registration required: https://thefabulist.eventbrite.com
NYS Writers Institute event presented in partnership with the Times Union.