March's Recommended Authors & Books

Nnedi  Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor
Michael Farris Smith
Michael Farris Smith
Nalo  Hopkinson
Nalo Hopkinson
Ramona  Emerson
Ramona Emerson
A talented writer does not necessarily equate to a talented speaker. The authors you see featured on BooksInCommon.org are ones you can count on to be engaging and articulate speakers, as well as top-notch writers. Of course, we can help you secure ANY author you might be interested in hosting. We’ll let you know if an author is particularly funny, or charming, or hip, or passionate, or all of the above. We’ll help you find all the qualities you’re looking for in your next Community Reads pick. We combine first-hand experience with direct feedback from others who have engaged these authors in the past for their own events, to make sure you get just what you’re looking for.

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premier authors


Daniel Bergner

Lauren Beukes

TC Boyle

Roseanne A Brown

Robert Olen Butler

Vinh Chung

Chris Cleave

Karen Dionne

Lian Dolan

Dave Eggers

Diana Gabaldon

Eileen Garvin

Will Grant

Sara Gruen

Martha Hall Kelly

Thor Hanson

Deborah Harkness

Michael Hingson

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Jordan Ifueko

Adam Johnson

Zeyn Joukhadar

Steve Lopez

Gregory Maguire

Lydia Millet

Sy Montgomery

Ben Okri

Sister Helen Prejean

Forrest Pritchard

Daniel Silva

Evelyn Skye

Brando Skyhorse

Karin Slaughter

Jane Smiley

Claude Steele

Garth Stein

Gregory Stone

John Temple

Alice Waters

Teddy Wayne

Andy Weir

Jonathan White

Hillary Whittington



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