Tuesday, September 17, 2024
7:30 PM

Julia Quinn loves to dispel the myth that smart women don’t read (or write) romance. She is the author of nineteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including the wildly popular Bridgerton series. In March 2021, all eight of Quinn’s Bridgerton novels were on the NYT list at the same time, a record (at that time) for an adult fiction author. A Netflix adaptation of the Bridgerton series debuted in 2020. Quinn was inducted into the Romance Writers Hall of Fame in 2009.

Monday, October 28, 2024
7:30 PM

Filmmaker, artist and writer Miranda July is the author of the award-winning short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You (2007), the memoir It Chooses You (2011), and the best-selling novel The First Bad Man (2015). July wrote, directed and starred in the films Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival’s Caméra d'Or award for best first feature film; and The Future (2011). She also wrote and directed the GLAAD Media Award nominated Kajillionaire (2020). Her latest novel is All Fours (2024).

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
7:30 PM

Physician Abraham Verghese is the author of two acclaimed memoirs and the bestselling novel Cutting for Stone (2010), which spent more than two years on the New York Times bestsellers list. In 2015, Verghese received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama for deepening our understanding of the human condition and reminding us that the patient is the center of the medical enterprise. His latest novel is The Covenant of Water (2023).

Thursday, March 6, 2025
7:30 PM

Shelby Van Pelt is the author of Remarkably Bright Creatures(2022), one of the most popular debut novels in recent memory. This story about a widow’s unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus has resonated with readers all over the world and established Shelby as one of the literary world’s rising stars. To date, Remarkably Bright Creatures has sold more than 1.4 million copies worldwide.

Thursday, April 10, 2025
7:30 PM

Iranian American writer Kaveh Akbar is a recipient of multiple Pushcart Prizes and the author of two acclaimed poetry collections including Calling a Wolf a Wolf (2017) and Pilgrim Bell (2021). In 2016, he published the chapbook Portrait of the Alcoholic about his ongoing struggles with addiction, a theme that he continued in his stellar first novel, Martyr!, published in 2024.

Cheyenne and Arapaho author Tommy Orange has been heralded for giving voice to Native Americans living in urban spaces. His astonishing 2018 debut novel, There There, won the National Book Critics Circle Award's John Leonard Prize for the first book by a new voice, and the 2019 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Orange’s much anticipated second novel is Wandering Stars (2024).

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
7:30 PM

Bestselling author Erik Larson’s critically acclaimed book, The Devil in the White City, intertwines the stories of the Chicago 1893 World’s Fair and one of America’s worst serial killers. It remained on the New York Times bestseller lists for a combined total of over six years, won an Edgar Award for nonfiction crime writing and was nominated for the National Book Award. His latest book, Demon of Unrest, offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Fort Sumter.