The Palm Beach Book Festival returns this month, with author panels scheduled for April 14 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach. Before heading to the event, augment your library with titles from some of the participating writers. (561-429-4008)
Dog lovers will adore the work of W. Bruce Cameron. Told from a pup’s point of view, A Dog’s Purpose spent more than a year on The New York Times best-seller list and was turned into a film in 2017.
A Singapore native, Chen now calls San Francisco home. Gretchen, the main character in Soy Sauce for Beginners, pursues a reverse trajectory, leaving a bad marriage in San Fran to return to her family in Singapore.
Dubbed “a master of the modern thriller” by The Boston Globe, Finder has penned many bestselling crime books. His newest work, The Switch, dissects the tangled web one man weaves after accidentally picking up the laptop of a law-breaking senator.
Specializing in children’s literature, Alexander uses hip-hop-inspired poetry to tell the story of basketball-obsessed twins in his 2014 Newbery Award–winning release, The Crossover. His follow-up, Rebound, comes out this month.
This author needs no introduction. A lauded journalist and news anchor whose career spans more than a half century, Rather released What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism in November 2017, almost a year to the date of the election of Donald Trump.
Lee’s debut novel, Everything Here is Beautiful, was met with rave reviews. It chronicles the relationship between two sisters, one of whom suffers from a debilitating mental illness.
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