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Authors at JCPL

Patti Callahan Henry

JCPL welcomes Patti Callahan Henry, the New York Times bestselling author of “The Secret Book of Flora Lea” as our first author for 2025!

The first 100 JCPL cardholders to register and attend will receive a copy of "The Story She Left Behind." Please, only one free book per library cardholder. Reciprocal Borrowers are not eligible for the free book. General admission tickets may be reserved by anyone; you do not need a library card to attend. Copies of the author's books will also be available for purchase from Wild Geese Bookshop.

This event will be held at The Historic Artcraft Theatre, 57 N. Main St., Franklin.
Tickets are free and can be reserved here.

Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times, Globe and Mail, and USA Today bestselling author of seventeen novels. She’s also a podcast host of original content for her novels, Surviving Savannah and Becoming Mrs. Lewis. She is the recipient of The Christy Award “Book of the Year”; The Harper Lee Distinguished Writer of the Year and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year for Becoming Mrs. Lewis. She is the co-host and co-creator of the popular weekly online Friends and Fiction live web show and podcast. Patti also was a contributor to the monthly life lesson essay column for Parade Magazine. She’s published in numerous anthologies, articles, and short story collections, including an Audible Original about Florence Nightingale, titled Wild Swan narrated by the Tony Award winner, Cynthia Erivo. 

​A full-time author, mother of three, and grandmother of two, she lives in Mountain Brook, Alabama with her husband, Pat Henry.

Greek's Pizzeria & Tapp Room - Franklin will be selling personal pizzas with cheese, pepperoni, or sausage for $10 in the Historic Artcraft Theatre lobby before the event. They are donating $1 for each pizza they sell to JCPL. Doors open at 6!

*Please contact Kelly Staten (kstaten@jcplin.org or 317-738-9835) with accessibility or interpretive needs.