Meet Leading Authors and Illustrators
KPL welcomes leading and up-and-coming authors and illustrators for discussions, lectures and book signings. Enjoy noted children's authors and illustrators, poets, memoir writers, novelists, local and regional historical writers, award-winning teen authors, and more.
Listen & Learn
Hear authors describe their research and writing process, what inspires them, who influences them, and how they develop their personal style. Enjoy their stories and gain valuable insight into what it takes to write compelling prose.
July 30, 6 pm, Powell Branch Library
Meet bestselling urban fiction writer Earl Sewell. Sewell has written a total of seventeen novels over the past eleven years, and his books have have held steady positions on regional bestseller lists. more...
August 6, 6 pm, Central Library
Meet the Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Walter Dean Myers. Myers will talk about his work and answer questions. Book signing and refreshments. more...
August 7, 3 pm, Powell Branch Library
Meet the Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Walter Dean Myers. Myers will talk about his work and answer questions. Book signing and refreshments. more...
August 19, 6:30 pm, Oshtemo Branch Library
Author and hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis, a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, has hiked over 11,000 miles on 6 continents. Davis will recount stories from her record-setting hike on the Appalachian Trail. more...