BIDDEFORD — Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Maine author Barbara Walsh will speak at the Biddeford Historical Society’s Meetinghouse on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Walsh will talk about her journalism career and her books at the First Parish Meetinghouse, 7 Meetinghouse Road, Biddeford.

A longtime reporter who has worked in Ireland, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Florida, Walsh enjoys writing about Maine’s extraordinary characters. Her newest book, The Lobster Lady: Maine’s 102-year-old Legend, is about Virginia Oliver, the oldest lobster catcher in Maine, and probably in the world.

Walsh’s other books include “Sammy in the Sky,” inspired by her family’s first dog and illustrated by renowned artist Jamie Wyeth; and “August Gale: A Father and Daughter’s Journey into the Storm,” a dramatic sea story and a poignant biography chronicling “the ties that bound her own family despite death and desertion.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Walsh was awarded the Pulitzer for her reporting on convicted killer William Horton Jr. and Massachusetts’ flawed prison furlough program that allowed killers unsupervised weekend furloughs. Her reporting over the years has also earned several national, state, and regional awards, including the Yankee Quill Award for journalism excellence, commending her personally for being “a feisty project reporter who writes about important public matters … and has changed society for the better.”

The event is sponsored by the Biddeford Historical Society, and six of Walsh’s books will be available for purchase following her talk. Checks or cash are preferred.

For more information on Walsh, go to https://barbarawalsh.net/ and for more information on the Biddeford Historical Society, go to https://www.biddefordhistoricalsociety.org/Events.html .