Salem Literary Festival

Highlights include:

An opening conversation between crime novelist and humorist Jim DeFilippi and #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian discussing his new thriller, The Red Lotus.

A virtual Red Carpet, featuring authors presenting throughout the festival weekend, hosted by New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of A Mighty Blaze, Jenna Blum.

Keynote Conversation with Kiley Reid, whose debut novel Such a Fun Age was a New York Times bestseller and is long-listed for the 2020 Booker Prize, and Halle Butler author of The New Me.

Saturday morning Story Hour for children on September 12 will feature live readings by celebrated authors—Calef Brown, Samara Cole Doyon, Rajani LaRocca, and Scott Magoon. Presented with Salem Public Library.

Saturday author panels: Writers writing about their bodies, their minds, their mothers, their sons; exploring identities and examining faiths; launching new books, giving voice to new stories, revisiting frightening tales; uncovering corruption, revealing lies, and discovering truths—authors have it all covered in a weekend of genre-busting, no-holds-barred book talk.

The Festival’s YA Day, Sunday, September 13th will feature 22 authors of young adult literature including the highly acclaimed Marie Rutkoski, New York Times bestselling author of the Winner’s Curse trilogy; Tiffany D. Jackson, winner of the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award and nominee for the NAACP Image Award; and Anna-Marie McLemore, William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist and nominee for the Stonewall Honor and the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature.