Custer's Trials - T.J. Stiles

T.J. Stiles won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America. In this magisterial biography, Stiles paints a portrait of Gen. George Armstrong Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. This is Stiles’s second Pulitzer for History; he was the 2010 recipient in the category for The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Celebrated short story writer Kelly Link was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her collection Get In Trouble.

Thunder & Lightning - Lauren Redniss

Lauren Redniss is one of the most unique and creative science writers of our time. Her recent work, Thunder & Lightning, is a dazzling illustrated look at the forceful and alluring power of weather. Redniss’ lectures are as transformative as her books, as she retraces her travels to some of the most remote and extreme parts of the globe to experience and report on the weather firsthand.

Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff

Lauren Groff is the award-winning and bestselling author of the celebrated short story collection, Delicate Edible Birds, as well as the author of three novels—The Monsters of Templeton, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers, Arcadia, winner of the Medici Book Club Prize, and Fates and Furies, a finalist for the National Book Award and Amazon’s pick for Best Book of the Year. Groff is a captivating and thoughtful speaker who loves connecting with audiences over discussion of her bestselling works.

Kitchens of the Great Midwest - J. Ryan Stradal

J. Ryan Stradal is a writer of incredible range whose New York Times-bestselling debut, Kitchens of the Great Midwest, is a big-hearted coming-of-age story that delves deep into the American heartland. Stradal’s talks are as generous as his written stories, retracing his unconventional route to writing and filled with anecdotes from his native Minnesota.