Local author Christopher T. George has agreed to speak to the Annapolis Chapter meeting of the Maryland Writers’ Association on May 15, 2013. He will speak on his life and successes as a writer, particularly his book Terror on the Chesapeake: The War of 1812 on the Bay. His talk will be on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in room 205 at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
The meeting is open to the public and free to MWA members and first-time guests. The Annapolis MWA chapter typically meets the third Wednesday of every month in room 205 at Maryland Hall. For more information visit: www.marylandwriters.org.

About the author:
Christopher T. George was born in Liverpool, England in 1948. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland, near Johns Hopkins University with his wife Donna. Chris is the editor of the Journal of the War of 1812 and a co-editor of Loch Raven Review, an on-line quarterly literary magazine.. He is featured in the History Channel’s “First Invasion: The War of 1812.” He is working with Dr. John McCavitt on a biography of Major General Robert Ross. See the website The Man Who Captured Washington – General Robert Ross. He is historian for the Havre de Grace Bicentennial project and is an advisor to both the Maryland and Baltimore County Bicentennial projects. He regularly gives talks on the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake Bay region. Chris tweets at hashtag @cthompsongeorge