Lucinda Franks, author and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, will share her insights into the Bernard Madoff scandal in a discussion on Thursday, August 13, at 8 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center.

Ms. Franks writes an online column for The Daily Beast. Her unraveling of the Madoff Ponzi scheme, identifying accomplices and the role of family and friends, has garnered national attention. She was on the staff of the New York Times and has written for the New Yorker and the New York Times Book Review and magazine. Her latest book is My Father’s Secret War, about her father, who was a spy during World War II.