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Each month the St. Louis County Library Foundation brings bestselling and award-winning authors from a variety of genres to the library, offering readers exclusive opportunities to meet and engage with their favorite writers.
Unless otherwise mentioned, all events are free and take place at Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Seating is limited; early arrival is highly recommended. Books for signing will be available for purchase at the events. For more information, please call 314-994-3300. |
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TICKETED EVENT
Louise Penny
Author of "A Great Reckoning"
Friday, September 2, 7:00 p.m. - Main Reading Room
INDIVIDUAL TICKET $32 (Admits ONE and includes one copy of "A Great Reckoning")
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PACKAGE TICKET $38 (Admits TWO and includes one copy of "A Great Reckoning")
#1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny pulls back the layers to reveal a brilliant and emotionally powerful truth in her latest spellbinding novel starring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, head of the Quebec homicide department.
Tickets can be purchased through
Brown Paper Tickets. Seating will be offered on a first come, first served basis. Call 314-994-3300 for more information.
The proceeds from this event will benefit the Library Foundation's literacy programs.
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Mary Karr
Author of "The Art of Memoir"
Thursday, September 8, 7:00 p.m.
Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" spent more than a year at the top of the bestseller lists. Karr's latest book, "The Art of Memoir," lays bare her own writing process. It is an elegant exploration of one of today's most popular literary forms-a tour de force from an accomplished master pulling back the curtain on her craft.
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Colson Whitehead
Author of "The Underground Railroad"
Wednesday, September 14, 7:00 p.m.
The Newest Oprah Book Club Selection for 2016
Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead presents a magnificent epic chronicling a young slave's desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. "The Underground Railroad" is at once a kinetic adventure tale of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage, and a shattering, powerful meditation on the history we all share.
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Joseph Heathcott and Angela Dietz
Authors of "Capturing the City: Photographs from the Streets of St. Louis, 1900-1930"
Thursday, September 15, 7:00 p.m.
In partnership with the Missouri History Museum Press
During the first three decades of the 20th century, the St. Louis Street Department generated one of the most extensive troves of photographs ever taken of the city. Examined in "Capturing the City," this superb group of photographs provides a wealth of information on St. Louis during a period of rapid transformation.
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Margaret Peterson Haddix
Author of "Children of Exile"
Presented by the Reading Garden Event Series
Creator of the bestselling Shadow Children series, Margaret Peterson Haddix presents a thrilling science fiction series exploring issues of justice and prejudice. For the past 12 years, adults called "Freds" have raised Rosi and the other children of their town, but now they are all being sent back to their families. Rosi is determined to learn what happened to the charred buildings and maimed citizens of their new town. Grades 4-8.
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Reed Farrel Coleman
Author of "Robert B. Parker's Debt to Pay"
Tuesday, September 20, 7:00 p.m.
Author of the acclaimed Moe Prager detective series, Reed Farrel Coleman has been selected by the estate of Robert B. Parker to continue the popular Jesse Stone series. In "Debt to Pay," Jesse's investigation into the murder of a Boston crime boss opens the door to a confrontation with Mr. Peepers, a crazed assassin with a long-promised vendetta against Jesse.
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Amor Towles
Author of "A Gentleman in Moscow"
Thursday, September 22, 7:00 p.m.
With his breakout debut novel, "Rules of Civility," Amor Towles established himself as a master of sophisticated fiction. "A Gentleman in Moscow" immerses readers in the story of Count Alexander Rostov-an unrepentant aristocrat sentenced by Bolshevik tribunal to life inside a luxury hotel. This singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count's endeavors to learn what it means to be a man of purpose.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
Author of "Here I Am"
Friday, September 23, 7:00 p.m.
From the award-winning author of "Everything is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," "Here I Am" is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between them, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the very meaning of home-and the fundamental question of how much life one can bear.
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Gayle Forman
Author of "Leave Me"
Monday, September 26, 7:00 p.m.
An On-Stage Interview with KMOX radio host Debbie Monterrey
Author of the young adult bestseller "If I Stay," Gayle Forman presents her first novel for adult readers. Maribeth Klein is a working mother who's so busy, she doesn't realize she's had a heart attack. Surprised to discover that her recuperation is an imposition, Maribeth does the unthinkable: she packs a bag and leaves. But, as is often the case, once we get where we're going, we see our lives from a different perspective.
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Garth Risk Hallberg
Author of "City on Fire"
Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 p.m.
Garth Risk Hallberg's ambitious novel is the biggest debut sensation in recent years. New York 1976: a detective investigates a shooting in Central Park. The mystery, as it reverberates through the corridors of power, will open up even the loneliest corners of the crowded city. "City on Fire" is an unforgettable novel about love, betrayal and forgiveness.
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Candice Millard
Author of "Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill"
Thursday, September 29, 7:00 p.m.
2016 Read St. Louis History Selection
At age 24, Winston Churchill was convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England and that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. He enlisted in the brutal struggle against Boer rebels in South Africa only to be taken prisoner a few weeks later. Historian Candice Millard's account of Churchill's daring escape is an epic story of bravery and chance encounters.
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