Author Events

Did you know we have the biggest, number one author event series in the country? 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 noted, all events are free and open to the public. 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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Nicola Yoon - "One of Our Kind" book cover and color author photo

Nicola Yoon

“Get Out” meets “Stepford Wives” in #1 bestselling YA author Nicola Yoon’s first adult novel. Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California hoping to find a community of like-minded people. Jasmyn is surprised to find that Liberty residents seem focused on booking spa treatments and ignoring the world’s troubles. Then she discovers a terrible secret about Liberty and its founders. Frustration turns to dread as her loved ones start embracing the Liberty way of life. Thrilling with insightful social commentary, “One of Our Kind” explores the ways in which freedom is complicated by the presumptions we make about ourselves and each other.

Thursday, June 20, 2024
7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch - CLOSED
Gabrielle Zevin - “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” book cover and color author photo

Ticketed Event: Gabrielle Zevin

An international bestseller and Best Book of the Year from the New York Times and GoodReads, Gabrielle Zevin’s unlikely love story set in the world of video games has captured the hearts and minds of millions of readers. Sam and Sadie–two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before.

Thursday, June 27, 2024
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch - CLOSED
Color photo of Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Patti Callahan Henry & Kristy Woodson Harvey all hugging

Ticketed Event: Friends & Fiction Podcast Team

With “her signature warmth and Southern charm” (E! Online), bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey presents a tender and touching novel about a young woman who discovers the family she has always longed for when she spends a life-changing summer in North Carolina. Friends & Fiction is a community of more than 230,000 readers. Each Wednesday, Mary Kay, Kristin, Kristy and Patti welcome fellow authors to their popular weekly web show, where they discuss the story behind some of the world’s most popular books. If you love books and you’re curious about the writing world, you’ve found the right place!

Friday, June 28, 2024
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch - CLOSED
Tomi Adeyemi - “Children of Anguish and Anarchy” book cover and color author photo

Ticketed Event: Tomi Adeyemi

Named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Tomi Adeyemi is a Hugo- and Nebula Award–winning Nigerian American writer and storyteller. With “Children of Anguish and Anarchy,” Adeyemi presents the earth-shaking conclusion to her globally bestselling Legacy of Orïsha series–a stunning world of dark magic and danger inspired by West African mythology.

Sunday, June 30, 2024
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch - CLOSED
Jodi Picoult - "By Any Other Name" book cover and color author photo

Ticketed Event: Jodi Picoult

#1 bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult presents a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire that centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Young playwright Melina Green has written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. In 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Endowed with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, she is allowed no voice of her own. She begins to form a plan to secretly bring a play of her own to the stage—by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch - CLOSED