MEET YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS

From best-selling novelists and entertainers to emerging literary talents, the Authors! program beings writers to Toledo to talk about their creative process and the inspiration behind each work.

Presented by the Library Legacy Foundation. Presenting Media: The Blade and Buckeye Broadband. Supporting Sponsor: Buehrer Group. Community Sponsor: Friends of the Library. All ticket purchases are only through the online links below (no branch ticket sales currently.) For assistance or to inquire about being a featured author, call 419.259.5199.

Authors! with Ilyon Woo

(Tu) May 14 | 7 — 8 p.m. | Main Library

Join us for Authors! with Ilyon Woo to learn more about the story behind the lives of William and Ellen Craft and their journey from enslavement to freedom.

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Authors! with Tom Seeman

(Th) May 23 | 7 — 8 p.m. | Main Library

Join us for Authors! with Tom Seeman, a Toledo, Ohio native, who will share his memoir of growing up and defying the odds.

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Authors! with Sebastian Junger

(Th) June 20 | 7 — 8 p.m. | Main Library

Join us for Authors! with Sebastian Junger to hear how a near-fatal health emergency led to this powerful reflection on death - and what might follow.

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Authors! with David Ellis

(Th) July 25 | 7 — 8 p.m. | Main Library

Join us for Authors! with bestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will surprise readers at every turn.

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Explore more than 20 years of bringing noted authors to the local area. Authors! has featured some of the world’s most prolific writers, journalists and activists including Gloria Steinem, David McCullough, Anna Quindlen, Isabel Allende, Neil Gaiman, Sebastian Junger, Nicholas Sparks, Bob Woodward, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Ray Bradbury, John Updike, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., P.J. O’Rourke, Sherman Alexie, Zadie Smith, Henry Winkler, Sue Grafton, Cokie Roberts, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sandra Cisneros, Jacques Pepin and many more!