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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"Stronger" book cover and color author photo

Michael Joseph Gross

Longtime Vanity Fair contributing editor, Michael Joseph Gross presents a groundbreaking exploration of the central role of muscle in human life and health. With warmth and humor, Gross blends history and firsthand reporting in an inspiring narrative packed with practical information. The research proves that weight training can help prevent or treat many chronic diseases and disabilities throughout the lifespan, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and depression. "Stronger" reveals how all of us, from elite powerlifters to people who have never played sports at all, can learn to lift weights in ways that greatly improve quality of life.

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"Voice of the Ocean" book cover and black and white author photo

Kelsey Impicciche

Professional YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kelsey Impicciche has long captivated fans, with over 1.5M followers across platforms today. This year, Kelsey will add author to her incredible bio. A fresh twist on “The Little Mermaid,” Kelsey's captivating YA novel follows a young siren princess who defies her people to save a human prince, igniting a dangerous romance amid treacherous waters. “Voice of the Ocean” is a sweeping novel of adventure, secrets, magic, and romance

Monday, April 28, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"Strangers in the Land" book cover and color author photo

Michael Luo

Executive editor for The New Yorker, Michael Luo presents a masterful history of the Chinese in America that traces a more than century-long struggle to belong. “Strangers in the Land” tells the story of a people who, beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century, migrated by the tens of thousands. Americans initially welcomed these Chinese arrivals, but, as their numbers grew, horrific episodes of racial terror erupted. At the book’s heart is a shameful chapter of American history: the brutal driving out of Chinese residents from towns across the American West. Today there are more than twenty-two million people of Asian descent in the United States and yet the “stranger” label, Luo writes, remains.

Thursday, May 1, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"From St. Louis to Cooperstown" book cover and color author photo

Ed Wheatley

Baseball fans know the heroics of St. Louis baseball legends like Musial, Dean, Schoendienst, Gibson and Brock. Their images are immortalized on Busch Stadium’s left field wall. But the mural only highlights 13 of the 55 Cardinal franchise players inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. And what about the nine men from the American League’s St. Louis Browns whose plaques also hang in Cooperstown–or the five players from St. Louis’s two Negro League teams, the Giants and the Stars? St. Louis sports historian Ed Wheatley takes readers on a walk through the moments each player had on their road to Cooperstown.

Friday, May 2, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"The Golden Road" book cover and color author photo

William Dalrymple

Renowned British historian William Dalrymple presents a soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia’s under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it. For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilization. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world. In “The Golden Road,” William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India's oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia.

Monday, May 5, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"Hope Dies Last" book cover and color author photo

Alan Weisman

Award-winning environmental journalist Alan Weisman presents a portrait of hope and resilience. In this moving narrative, the bestselling author of “The World Without Us” returns with a book ten years in the making: a study of what it means to be a human on the front lines of our planet’s existential crisis. To write this book, Weisman traveled the globe, witnessing climate upheaval and meeting the people striving to mitigate our past transgressions. He profiles the innovations of big thinkers—engineers, scientists, conservationists, economists, architects, and artists—as they conjure wildly creative, imaginative responses to an uncertain future.

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch