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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4 block color author photos of Jennifer J. Chow, Ellie Alexander, Gigi Pandian, and Lee Hollis

Cozy Con 2024

Join us for a night of sleuthing, fun and cozy mysteries. SLCL’s second annual event celebrating the light, humorous subgenre of suspense fiction, Cozy Con 2024 will feature popular authors: Jennifer J. Chow- “Ill-Fated Fortune” A Magical Fortune Cookie Mystery, Ellie Alexander- “Sticks and Scones” A Bakeshop Mystery, Gigi Pandian- “A Midnight Puzzle” A Secret Staircase Mystery, and Lee Hollis- “Death of a Gingerbread Man” A Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery.

Friday, November 8, 2024
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
“The Lost World of the Dinosaurs: Uncovering the Secrets of the Prehistoric Age” book cover and color author photo of Armin Schmitt

Armin Schmitt

Dinosaurs. No other class of animals captures the hearts of both children and adults alike. Paleontologist Armin Schmitt brings us a firsthand account of the latest research on dinosaurs and their lives millions of years ago, including his spectacular global excavations and fascinating discoveries in the field. “The Lost World of the Dinosaurs” is an all-encompassing exploration traveling back in time into the world of the primeval giants, tracing their earliest origins, their astounding two-hundred-million-year reign and their infamous demise.

Monday, November 11, 2024
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II" book cover and color author photo

Abbott Kahler

Bestselling true crime writer Abbott Kahler weaves a chilling, stranger-than-fiction tale worthy of Agatha Christie about European exiles hoping to create a utopian paradise in the Galápagos Islands, but descending into outrageous chaos and ultimately murder. With a mystery as alluring and curious as the Galápagos itself, “Eden Undone” explores the universal and timeless desire to seek utopia—and lays bare the human fallibility that, inevitably, renders such a quest doomed.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"Citizen Cowboy" book cover and color author photo

Steven Watts

Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri, Steven Watts presents a probing biography of one of America's most influential cultural figures. Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of entertainment in the early twentieth century. Through vaudeville, the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway, radio, and Hollywood movies, Rogers built his reputation as a folksy humorist whose wit made him a national symbol of the common people. Though a friend of presidents, movie stars and industrial leaders, it was his bond with ordinary people that endeared him to mass audiences.

Monday, November 18, 2024
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
“Business or Pleasure” book cover and color author photo of Rachel Lynn Solomon

Rachel Lynn Solomon

Bestselling author Rachel Lynn Solomon shares a steamy romantic comedy. Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in "ghostwriter" until she attends a signing for a book she wrote—and the author doesn’t even recognize her. Following that with a spectacularly awkward hookup with a charming man she meets at a bar, she decides this is one night better off forgotten. Unfortunately, her next project is ghostwriting a memoir for a C-list actor who now makes a living appearing at fan conventions. Chandler knows him better from their one-night stand of hilarious mishaps.

Thursday, December 5, 2024
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch
"Water, Water" book cover and color author photo of Billy Collins

Ticketed Event: Billy Collins

In this collection of sixty new poems, former Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins writes about the beauties and ironies of everyday experience. Common and uncommon events are captured here with equal fascination, be it a cat leaning to drink from a swimming pool, a nurse calling a name in a waiting room, or an astronaut reciting Emily Dickinson from outer space. With his trademark lyrical informality, Collins asks us to slow down and glimpse the elevated in the ordinary, the odd in the familiar. It’s no surprise that The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal both call Collins one of America’s favorite poets.

Friday, December 13, 2024
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Clark Family Branch