Kaiulani Lee received her undergraduate degree from American University and an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Bowdoin College in Maine.

Kaiulani Lee studied acting under some of the greatest directors and teachers, including Lee Strasberg, Sandy Meisner, Jerzy Growtowski and Uta Hagan. She has performed and won awards for her work in plays on and off-Broadway. She has been in fifteen feature films and guest-starred in numerous TV series. She has also been a teacher and lecturer at universities across the country.

Kaiulani Lee received her undergraduate degree from American University and an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Bowdoin College in Maine.

Kaiulani Lee studied acting under some of the greatest directors and teachers, including Lee Strasberg, Sandy Meisner, Jerzy Growtowski and Uta Hagan. She has performed and won awards for her work in plays on and off-Broadway. She has been in fifteen feature films and guest-starred in numerous TV series. She has also been a teacher and lecturer at universities across the country.

New York Times Best Seller and literary award winner, Laurie Halse Anderson was born in Postdam, New York. She attended Onandago Community College and Georgetown University, receiving her undergraduate degree in language and linguistics. Before she began writing children's books and young adult novels, she was a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and a freelance magazine writer.

Anderson is probably best known for her novel, SPEAK, which was made into a major film. Although Anderson's novels reach out to young adults, her writing and stories are loved by readers of all ages.

Her special visit to SUNY ADIRONDACK celebrates the publication of her newest novel, FORGE (Atheneum 2010)