GERALDINE BROOKS
Thursday, October 6 at 7:30pm
$25
With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks brings us her rich and absorbing new work of fiction about the life of King David. Brooks has the uncanny ability to transform characters from history, and David’s journeys throughout The Secret Chord are a saga of faith, desire, family, ambition, and betrayal. Brooks is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of March, People of the Book, Caleb’s Crossing, and Year of Wonders. She also has published three works of nonfiction: Nine Parts of Desire, Foreign Correspondence and The Idea of Home. Brooks and her husband have two sons, two dogs, three alpacas and a mare.
Sponsored by Eileen Schneider Edelman, Fox Family Foundation
JENNIFER WEINER
Wednesday, October 19 at 7:30pm
$25
Jennifer Weiner’s books have spent more than five years on the New York Times bestseller list with over 11 million copies in print in 36 countries. She has written 17 novels including, In Her Shoes which was turned into a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. Hungry Heart is her first foray into nonfiction where she takes the raw stuff of her personal life and creates a collection of essays on modern womanhood as uproariously funny and moving as the best of Tina Fey, Fran Lebowitz and Nora Ephron.
Sponsored by Cindy Becker in Memory of her mother, Barbara Platzer, Todd Siwak & Gianna Jacobson
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Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is able to promote events year-round, featuring talented, best-selling, award-winning authors and entertainers. This leads to the Festival receiving local and national recognition as the premiere Jewish Book Festival in the United States. Thank you for your support! Our sincere appreciation for sponsorships received after the printing of this brochure.