2012/2013 Season
Margaret Atwood
International award-winning author of The Handmaid’s Tale
September 10, 2012
www.margaretatwood.ca
Terry Tempest Williams
Conservationist, advocate for free speech, and author of Refuge
November 19, 2012
www.coyoteclan.com
Jeffrey Eugenides
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex and The Marriage Plot
February 7, 2013
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Eugenides
Ann Patchett
Best-selling author of Bel Canto
March 18, 2013
www.annpatchett.com
Billy Collins
U.S. Poet Laureate (2001-2003)
April 2, 2013
www.billy-collins.com
2011/2012 Season
Jonathan Franzen
International best-selling author of Freedom and The Corrections
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
www.jonathanfranzen.com
Roz Chast
The New Yorker Cartoonist & Author
Monday, Nov. 21, 2011
www.rozchast.com
Jeannette Walls
Best-Selling Author of The Glass Castle, an Amazon “Top 10 Book of the Decade”
Monday, Jan. 9, 2012
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Jeannette-Walls/19723841
Armistead Maupin
Acclaimed Author of the Tales of the City series and Michael Tolliver Lives
Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
www.armisteadmaupin.com
Elizabeth Strout
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
www.elizabethstrout.com
2010/2011 Season
Salman Rushdie
Internationally Acclaimed and Controversial Author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight’s Children
Monday, October 4, 2010
www.salman-rushdie.com
Sarah Vowell
Known as the female David Sedaris; Best-Selling Author of Assassination Vacation and The Wordy Shipmates
Monday, November 22, 2010
http://barclayagency.com/vowell.html
Joyce Carol Oates
One of America’s most prolific and honored writers of works such as Black Girl, White Girl and You Must Remember This
Monday, January 24, 2011
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/7275/Joyce_Carol_Oates/index.aspx
Eric Schlosser
Best-Selling Author of Fast Food Nation
Monday, February 7, 2011
Daniel Handler
This Lemony Snicket author is not just for kids!
Monday, March 21, 2011
www.lemonysnicket.com
http://barclayagency.com/handler.html
2009/2010 Season
Khaled Hosseini
New York Times Best-selling Author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
Thursday, October 1, 2009
(rescheduled to January 10, 2010 due to family emergency)
www.khaledhosseini.com
David Wroblewski
2008 Oprah Book Club Selection for The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Monday, November 2, 2009
www.edgarsawtelle.com
Wally Lamb
Critically Acclaimed Best-Selling Author and Oprah Selection for She’s Come Undone and The Hour I First Believed
Thursday, February 4, 2010
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/5579/Wally_Lamb/index.aspx
Jodi Picoult
New York Times Best-Selling Author of fifteen novels, including Nineteen Minutes and the recent Change of Heart
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
www.jodipicoult.com
2008/2009
David McCullough
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Truman, John Adams and 1776
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/David-McCullough/938
Sara Gruen
Best-selling Author of Water for Elephants
Monday, November 10, 2008
(rescheduled to March 24, 2009 due to illness)
www.saragruen.com
Carl Hiassen
Columnist and Best-Selling Author of Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, Flush and Hoot
Thursday, February 19, 2009
www.carlhiaasen.com
Sue Monk Kidd
Best-Selling Author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair
Tuesday, March 24, 2009http://www.suemonkkidd.com/
2007/2008
Frank McCourt,
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Angela’s Ashes, ‘Tis: A Memoir and Teacher Man
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Claire Messud
Acclaimed Author of The Emperor’s Children and The Last Life
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
www.facebook.com/clairemessud
Erik Larson
Best-Selling Author of The Devil in the White City and Thunderstruck
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
www.eriklarsonbooks.com
Anna Quindlen
Newsweek Columnist and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of A Short Guide to a Happy Life and Rise and Shine
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
www.annaquindlen.net
2006/2007
Garry Trudeau
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoonist Best-Knows for Doonesbury
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
J.R. Moehringer
Author of The Tender Bar, selected as one of the top 10 books of 2005 by The New York Times and National Public Radio
Monday, November 20, 2006
Amy Tan
Best-Selling Author of The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Saving Fish From Drowning and The Joy Luck Club
Thursday, February 15, 2007
www.amytan.net
Azar Nafisi
Best-Selling Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Thursday, March 29, 2007
www.azarnafisi.com
2005/2006
Alexander McCall Smith
Best-Selling Author of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and The Sunday Philosophy Club
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/mccallsmith/main.php
Suzan-Lori Parks
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright of the Broadway play TopDog/Underdog, screenplay for Their Eyes Were Watching God and the popular novel Getting Mother’s Body
Monday, November 14, 2005
www.suzanloriparks.com
Michael Cunningham
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist of The Hours and Specimen Days
Monday, February 20, 2006
www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com
Alice Sebold
Best-Selling Author of The Lovely Bones (the movie rights for which were acquired by The Lord of the Rings director) and Lucky
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
http://barclayagency.com/sebold.html
2004/2005
Frances Mayes
Best-Selling Author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany and Bringing Tuscany Home
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
www.francesmayesbooks.com
Frank Rich
Author of Ghost Light, and New York Times columnist, speaking “On Art, Culture & Politics”
Friday, November 19, 2004
www.frankrich.com
Michael Chabon
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Wonder Boys, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
www.michaelchabon.com
Anne Lamott
Best-Selling Author, Bird by Bird, Traveling Mercies and Operating Instructions
Monday, March 14, 2005
http://barclayagency.com/lamott.html