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