Welcome Romance Readers
Romance-Con
Saturday, November 7, 2026 | Main Library
Join us for the third annual Romance-Con as we welcome headlining authors Adriana Herrera and Ali Hazelwood for a full day celebrating the stories—and storytellers—you love.
Romance-Con is a free, public event designed for adult readers and fans of the romance genre. No ticket is required for entry which includes an Author Fair, author panel discussions, and activities. Headlining and Featured Author talks will be ticketed but free. Tickets will be available late summer, stay tuned for details about ticket release.
Romance-Con Presents
Part of the broader Romance-Con experience, Romance-Con Presents is a dedicated author series welcoming local and national authors throughout the year.
Headlining Authors:
Adriana Herrera
A USA Today Best Selling and Audie winning author Adriana was born and raised in the Caribbean, but for the last fifteen years has let her job (and her spouse) take her all over the world. She loves writing stories about people who look and sound like her people, getting unapologetic happy endings. The New York Times once called her book “sweet, thoughtful, and delightfully filthy too.”
Ali Hazelwood
No. 1 New York Times Bestselling author, Ali is originally from Italy, lived in Japan and Germany, and eventually moved to the US to pursue a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. She was a professor for about three years, but in 2022 quit to write full time. When Ali isn’t writing you can find her prowling around AO3, binge-watching shows with her three feline overlords (and almost equally feline husband), crocheting, or eating candy.
Featured Authors:
Elizabeth Stephens
The top 10 USA Today bestselling author of All Superheroes Need PR in the Supers in the City series. Her work is best known for diverse casts, epic world-building, and villains—or beasts—who get the girl in guaranteed happily ever afters. When she isn’t tip-tap-typing away, you might find her enjoying the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest or traveling and making adventures of her own with her husband, tiny humans, and doggo, King Louis.
Julian Winters
Bestselling and award-winning author of acclaimed novels, including Running With Lions, a IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award winner; Right Where I Left You, a Georgia Peach Award nominee; as well as adult romances, I Think They Love You and Last First Kiss, a USA Today bestseller. A self-proclaimed comic book geek, Julian currently lives outside of Atlanta where he can be found swooning over rom-coms or watching the only two sports he can follow—volleyball and soccer.
