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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"The Cartoonists Club" book cover and color author photos

Ticketed Event: Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud

#1 bestselling cartoonists Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud team up for a one-of-a-kind friendship story about self-expression. Makayla is bursting with ideas but doesn't know how to make them into a story. Howard loves to draw, but his dad thinks comics are a waste of time. Lynda constantly draws in her sketchbook but keeps focusing on her mistakes, and Art simply loves being creative and is excited to try something new. They come together to form The Cartoonists Club, where kids use their creativity for their own storytelling adventures!

Saturday, April 12, 2025
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"Who Believed in You? book cover and color author photos

Ticketed Event: Dina Powell McCormick and Senator David McCormick

All successful leaders stand on the shoulders of their mentor giants—people who saw something in them they may not have seen in themselves. David McCormick, US Senator from Pennsylvania, and Dina Powell McCormick, former Deputy National Security Advisor, share how transformative mentoring can be the unifying force in our country that helps build a new generation of values-based leaders. 

Sunday, April 13, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing" book cover and color author photo

Mary-Frances O’Connor

Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and sorrow, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor specializes in the study of grief, and in “The Grieving Body” she shares vital scientific research, revealing imperative new insights on its profound physiological impact. O’Connor combines illuminating studies and personal stories to explore the toll loss takes on our cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems and the larger implications for our long-term well-being.

Monday, April 14, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"The Antidote" book cover and color author photo

Karen Russell

Pulitzer Prize-nominated novelist Karen Russell presents a gripping Dust Bowl epic. “The Antidote” opens on Black Sunday, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing—not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought but beneath its own violent histories. Following the storm, the fates of five characters– a “Prairie Witch,” a Polish wheat farmer, an orphaned basketball star, a talking scarecrow, and a New Deal photographer with a time-traveling camera–become wondrously entangled into a heartbreaking vision of what might have been—and what still could be.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"The Page Turner" book cover and color author photo

Viola Shipman

Viola Shipman is the pen name for award-winning author Wade Rouse, who writes fiction under his grandmother’s name to honor the woman who inspired his writing. Bursting with memorable characters, the latest Viola Shipman novel follows a young romance writer’s journey of self-discovery. Emma Page grew up the black sheep in a bookish household. Her parents, self-proclaimed “serious” authors, mingle in highbrow social circles that look down on anything too popular or mainstream. Hiding her own romance manuscript from her disapproving parents, Emma finds inspiration at the family cottage among the “fluff” they despise: the juicy summer romances that belonged to her late grandmother.

Thursday, April 17, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"The Perfect Divorce" book cover and color author photo

SOLD OUT–Ticketed Event: Jeneva Rose

Bestselling thriller author Jeneva Rose presents a high-stakes game of matrimonial cat and mouse. It’s been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob, and changing careers. After discovering Bob engaged in a one-night stand, Sarah wastes no time filing for divorce. However, amid their ugly separation, new DNA evidence is uncovered in the case against Adam, forcing the police to reopen the investigation and putting Sarah right back in the spotlight.

Friday, April 18, 2025
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch