Literary Libations Gala 2023

Thanks for a great event! Enjoy these photo galleries:

For more information, please contact:

Randall Goble, Director of Engagement
616.647.4146
rgoble@kdl.org

Past Authors

2023

  • Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
  • Susie Finkbeiner, The All-American
  • Stephen Graham Jones, Don't Fear the Reaper
  • Willie Horton, 23: Detroit's Own Willie the Wonder, the Tigers' First Black Great

2022

  • Anthony Almojera, Riding the Lightning
  • Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter
  • Jennifer Chiaverini, Switchboard Soldiers
  • John Searles, Her Last Affair

2021

  • Christopher Cosmos, Once We Were Here
  • Catherine Coulter, Vortex
  • Rebecca Deng, What They Meant For Evil
  • Peter Heller, The Guide

2020

  • Stephen Kiernan, Universe of Two
  • Liz Moore, Long Bright River
  • Alex Kotlowitz, An American Summer

2019

  • Susan Wiggs, The Oysterville Sewing Circle
  • Leif Enger, Virgil Wander
  • Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him
  • Catherine Chung, The Tenth Muse

2018

  • Dale Brown, Price of Duty
  • Lynne Olson, Last Hope Island
  • Wiley Cash, The Last Ballad
  • Lori Rader-Day, Under a Dark Sky

2017

  • Joshilyn Jackson, Almost Sisters
  • Peter Heller, Celine
  • Elizabeth Berg, The Story of Arthur Truluv
  • James Andrew Miller, Powerhouse CAA

2016

  • Michael Harvey, Brighton
  • Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War
  • Susan Elizabeth Phillips, First Star I See Tonight
  • Chris Pavone, The Travelers

2015

  • Laura Lippman, Hush Hush
  • Ron Rash, Above the Waterfall
  • Paula McLain, Circling the Sun
  • Christopher Moore, Secondhand Souls
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