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MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her generation, proving her "fearless and toughly lyrical" voice in novels, memoir, and nonfiction. Her books, including Salvage the Bones, Sing, Unburied, Sing, and Where the Line Bleeds, are largely set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, where she grew up and still lives.

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Towles's novels Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow were New York Times bestsellers and named to several "best books of the year" lists.

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Tommy Orange is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel There There, a multi-generational, relentlessly-paced story about a side of America few of us have ever seen: the lives of urban Native Americans.

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Tayari Jones's An American Marriage has been a 2018 Oprah's Book Club Selection, a instant New York Times bestseller, and a National Book Award finalist. This story of a marriage torn apart by a wrongful conviction has been called "haunting ... beautifully written" (the New York Times Book Review) and "brilliant and heartbreaking ... unforgettable" (USA Today).

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Paula McLain's critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling novel The Paris Wife has been a publishing phenomenon. It paints a more complex portrait of Ernest Hemingway than many of us have come to expect, through the eyes of his first wife Hadley. Her Circling the Sun told the remarkable story of pioneering horse trainer, adventurer, and aviator Beryl Markham.

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Marlon James won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for A Brief History of Seven Killings, making him the first Jamaican author to win this prestigious literary award. In the work, James combines masterful storytelling with brilliant skill at characterization and an eye for detail to forge a bold novel of dazzling ambition and scope.