Author Chris Millis will read from his work on Nov. 6 at Sierra Nevada College’s Tahoe’s Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences building, room 139.

The free event is from 7-9pm.

On Nov. 7, Millis will put on a writing workshop 10am-noon. Cost is free for students, $50 for others. Go online to register.

Millis is the Sierra Nevada College visiting writer and distinguished professor for 2015-16. He is a prize-winning novelist, screenwriter, producer, and cartoonist. His first novel, “Small Apartments”, won the 23rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest, and became a feature film starring Matt Lucas, Billy Crystal, Johnny Knoxville, James Caan, and others. His most recent novel is “God and California”.