Here are highlights for the fall author season.
Events are listed chronologically with venue addresses included on first reference only. Admission is free unless otherwise noted.
SEPTEMBER
- Rainie Howard ("The Love Habit"), 1 p.m. Sept. 7, the Novel Neighbor (7905 Big Bend Boulevard),
- Z Brewer ("The Chronicles of Viktor Valentine"), 7 p.m. Sept. 6, Spencer Road library (427 Spencer Road),
- Paulette Sankofa ("ºüÀêÊÓƵ Black Women's Quilting & Cuisine"), 6 p.m. Sept. 9, Left Bank Books, 399 North Euclid Avenue,
- Olivia Polk (“Millie the Magical Stone Skipper”), 10:30 a.m. Sept. 10, the Novel Neighbor (7905 Big Bend Boulevard),
- Derek Hyra ("Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur"), 6 p.m. Sept. 10, Left Bank Books,
- Natalie Lloyd, James Ponti & Soman Chainani ("The Witching Wind," "The Sherlock Society" and "Beasts and Beauty"), 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10, Post Event Space, Clark Family library (1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard), and
- Alison Gaylin (“Robert B. Parker’s Buzz Kill”), 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Clark Family library
- Sabrina Blackburry ("Dirty Lying Wolves"), 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Spencer Road library
- John Elizabeth Stintzi ("Bad Houses"), 6 p.m. Sept. 12, Left Bank Books,
- Stassi Schroeder ("You Can't Have It All"), 7 p.m. Sept. 12, Touhill Performing Arts Center (1 Touhill Circle, UMSL), $35,
- Marty Makary, MD, (“Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets it Wrong and What it Means for our Health”), 7 p.m. Sept. 12, Clark Family branch
- Cass Donish ("Your Dazzling Death: Poems"), 6 p.m. Sept. 13, Left Bank Books,
- Missouri Book Festival, Sept. 13-14, Washington, Missouri, various venues. Authors include Ridley Pearson, David Gorden, Kelly Brinkmann, Aaron Wills, Paige Hulsey, Porsche Moran, Kathleen Boswell, Greg Olson, Andrew Hahn and more.
- Rachel Harrison ("So Thirsty"), 4 p.m. Sept. 14, the Lobby at Union Studio (5127 Delmar Boulevard), thenovelneighbor
- TJ Klune ("Somewhere Beyond the Sea"), 7 p.m. Sept. 14, Post Event Space, $34, ,
- Sarah Smarsh ("Bone of the Bone"), 7 p.m. Sept. 17, Left Bank Books,
- Shawntelle Madison ("The Fallen Fruit"), 7 p.m. Sept. 18, Left Bank Books,
- Jenna Levine ("My Vampire Plus-One"), 7 p.m. Sept. 19, location to be announced, $21
- Sara Fitzgerald ("The Silenced Muse: Emily Hale, T.S. Eliot, and the Role of a Lifetime"), 5 p.m. Sept. 19, Left Bank Books,
- Jeffrey Zuckerman, (translator for "Jellyfish Have No Ears"), 7 p.m. Sept. 17, Left Bank Books,
- Carondelet Author Breakfast, 9 a.m. Sept. 21, Carondelet library (6800 Michigan Avenue),
- Kelly Bishop ("The Third Gilmore Girl"), 6 p.m. Sept. 21, Keating Center for the Performing Arts, 801 West Essex Avenue, $35,
- H.W. Brands (“America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War”), 4 p.m. Sept. 22, Clark Family branch
- Carmen Maria Machado ("In the Dream House'), 5:30 p.m. Sept. 25, Hurst Lounge, Washington University (1 Brookings Drive),
- Doan Phuong Nguyen ("A Two-Placed Heart"), 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26, the Novel Neighbor
- Martin Walker (“A Grave in the Woods"), 7 p.m. Sept. 26
- Nicholas Sparks ("Counting Miracles"), 7 p.m. Sept. 27, Clark Family branch, Sold Out.
- Rachel Runya Katz ("Whenever You're Ready"), 7 p.m. Sept. 27, the Lobby at Union Studio,
- Jandy Nelson ("When the World Tips Over"), 6 p.m. Sept. 28, the Lobby at Union Studio,
People are also reading…
OCTOBER
- NiNi Harris (“ºüÀêÊÓƵ Hills”), 6 p.m. Oct. 1, Buder Library, 4401 Hampton Avenue,
- Kate Wylie (“The Ozark Mountain Equestrian Club for Dead Men”), 7 p.m. Oct. 1, the Novel Neighbor
- John Hendrix (“The Mythmakers”), 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2, the Novel Neighbor
- Ashley Herring Blake (“Make the Season Bright”), 7 p.m. Oct. 2, the Novel Neighbor
- Louis Bayard (“The Wildes”), 7 p.m. Oct. 2, Clark Family branch,
- Maria Hawilo (“Dismantling Mass Incarceration”), 6 p.m. Oct. 3, Left Bank Books,
- Charan Ranganath (“Why We Remember”), 7 p.m. Oct. 3, Clark Family branch,
- Dan Jones (“Henry V”), 7 p.m. Oct. 7, Clark Family branch, ,
- Sabaa Tahir (“Heir”), 7 p.m. Oct. 3, the Novel Neighbor
- Lynn Painter (“Nothing Like the Movies”), 6 p.m. Oct. 5, Spencer Road library
- Caleb King (“Teenage Jesus”), 2 p.m. Oct. 6, the High Low, 3301 Washington Avenue,
- Garth Greenwell (“Small Rain”), 7 p.m. Oct. 7, Left Bank Books,
- M.L. Rio (“Graveyard Shift”), 7 p.m. Oct. 7, Left Bank Books
- Sara Raasch (“The Nightmare Before Kissmas”), 7 p.m. Oct. 7, Spencer Road library
- Gillian McAllister (“Just Another Missing Person”), 7 p.m. Oct. 8, Clark Family branch
- Stephen P. Walker (“Lemp: The Haunting History”), 6 p.m. Oct. 9, Carpenter library, 3309 South Grand Boulevard,
- Ally Carter & Erin Sterling (“The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year” and “The Wedding March”), 7 p.m. Oct. 9, the Lobby at Union Studio
- Kate Golden (“A Reign of Rose”), 7 p.m. Oct. 10, TBD
- Tami Hoag (“Bad Liar”), 7 p.m. Oct. 11, Clark Family branch
- Julie Soto (“Not Another Love Song”), 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11, the Novel Neighbor
- Riley Keough (“From Here to the Great Unknown”), 4 p.m. Oct. 13 , Clark Family branch, Sold out
- Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin (“The Bletchley Riddle”), 7 p.m. Oct. 16, Spencer Road library
- Ross Gay (“Inciting Joy”), 7 p.m. Oct. 16, High Low,
- Sacha Mardou (“Past Tense”), 7 p.m. Oct. 16, 7 p.m. Oct. 16, Clark Family branch, ,
- Jessica Joyce (“The Ex Vows”), 7 p.m. Oct. 17, the Lobby at Union Studio
- Ira Sukrungruang (“Talk Thai”), 8 p.m. Oct. 17, Hurst Lounge,
- Lauren Tarshis (I Survived series), 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Clark Family branch
- Alex Evanovich (“Keeper Change”), 2 p.m. Oct. 19, Clark Family branch
- Chad Beguelin (“Showmance”), 7 p.m. Oct. 21, Clark Family branch
- Jessi Gold (“How Do You Feel?”), 7 p.m. Oct. 22, Clark Family branch
- David Sedaris (new readings), 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Stifel Theatre, Market Street, $40-$55,
- Joe Sonderman (“This Day in ºüÀêÊÓƵ History”), 7 p.m. Oct. 22, Spencer Road library
- JoAnna Novak “(“Domestirexia: Poems”) featuring Eileen G’Sell and Safa Khatib (all three poets are local), 6 p.m. Oct. 24, Left Bank Books
- Bessie Flores Zaldívar (“Libertad”), 7 p.m. Oct. 24, the Novel Neighbor
- Tom Clavin (“Bandit Heaven”), 7 p.m. Oct. 28, Clark Family branch
NOVEMBER
- ºüÀêÊÓƵ Jewish Book Festival, Nov. 2-17, venues primarily at JCC, 2 Millstone Campus Drive. Authors include keynote Mickey Bergman, Noah Rinsky, Rueven Fenton, Adam Nimoy, Julia Quinn, Felicia Grossman, R. Derek Black, Sarah Glass, Rossi, Sara Sherbill, Joan Nathan, Daniel Handler and more. Premier pass $150,
- Justine Dorion (“Justine Cooks”) 4 p.m. Nov. 2, Hi-Pointe Theatre (1005 McCausland Avenue), $40 with book,
- Wally and Amanda Koval (“Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures”) 7 p.m. Nov. 2, Hi-Pointe Theatre, $50, 1-2 tickets plus book,
- Glory Edim (“Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me”) 7 p.m. Nov. 2, .ZACK (3224 Locust Street), $31, includes book,
- Cozy Con 2024, authors TBA, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Clark Family branch
- S. Bear Bergman (“Special Topics in Being a Parent: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I’ve Learned about Parenting, Mostly the Hard Way”), 6 p.m. Nov. 12, Left Bank Books
- Michael Boyd and Tom Grady (“Vandeventer Place: Gilded Age Saint Louis”), 2 p.m. Nov. 17, Central Library, training room, 1301 Olive Street,
- Daniel Handler (a.k.a Lemony Snicket) (“And Then? And Then? What Else?”), 7 p.m. Nov. 17, $45, Clark Family branch, presented by ºüÀêÊÓƵ Jewish Book Festival,
- Catherine Lacey (“Biography of X”), 8 p.m. Nov. 17, Hurst Lounge,
- Deborah Taffa (“Whiskey Tender”), 7 p.m. Nov. 22, Clark Family branch, ,