The Huntsville-Madison County Library Foundation (HMCLF) offers several author events each year to bring awareness to the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library. These events are great opportunities for our community to be entertained by, learn from, and engage in meaningful conversation with best-selling authors of every genre. Author events typically consist of a reading or talk by the author, a question & answer period, and end with a book signing.
Some favorite authors from the recent past include Sean Dietrich, Lisa Wingate, Homer Hickam, and Greg Iles. The Library Foundation loves connecting authors to the great reading community here in Madison County, all while supporting the HMCPL with proceeds from these events.
An Evening with Ashley Winstead
Join us on Wednesday, January 21, at 6:00 p.m. at the Downtown Huntsville Library for An Evening with Ashley Winstead, author of The Future Saints.
Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six and In Five Years, The Future Saints is a beautiful, powerful, and transportive new novel about a music executive desperately trying to bring a rock band back from the brink.
Ashley Winstead is the national bestselling author of This Book Will Bury Me, Midnight is the Darkest Hour, The Last Housewife, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife, The Boyfriend Candidate, and Fool Me Once. Her books have been Library Reads picks, Loan Star picks, Best of Amazon picks, Best of Apple Books picks, and have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, and Library Journal.
This is a ticketed event, and each ticket includes a copy of The Future Saints. For more information or to purchase a ticket, click here.
An Evening with Jennifer Moorman
Do you love reading books filled with magical realism and Hallmark-esque rom-com sweetness? If so, you don't want to miss An Afternoon with Jennifer Moorman. With her signature blend of magical and heartfelt storytelling, USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer Moorman returns with The Charmed Library, a love letter to libraries, favorite childhood stories, and readers who have fallen for fictional heroes.
Join us on Thursday, January 22, at 6:00 p.m. at the South Huntsville Public Library as we sit down with Jennifer and discuss the power of libraries, plot inspiration, and how she brings characters to life.
Jennifer lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is the bestselling author of the magical realism Mystic Water Series, The Baker’s Man, The Magic All Around, and The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds.
This is a ticketed event, and each ticket includes a copy of The Charmed Library. There will be a book signing following the conversation. For more information or to purchase a ticket, please click here.
An Afternoon with Terah Shelton Harris
We're thrilled to host Terah Shelton Harris on Sunday, February 15, at 2:00 p.m. at the Downtown Huntsville Library as we celebrate her new release, Where the Wildflowers Grow.
Just like Terah's other novels, Where the Wildflowers Grow is thought-provoking and heartfelt. This novel is a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.
Terah is an author and former librarian who now writes fiction with bittersweet endings. She is the author of One Summer in Savannah and Long After We Are Gone. Her books have been chosen as a Target Book Club pick, LibraryReads pick, Kobo Best Book, Together We Read pick, Publisher’s Marketplace Buzz Book, and a Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for Best Debut. Terah was also named Target’s first Author of the Year. Where the Wildflowers Grow is her third novel, releasing in February 2026.
This is a ticketed event, and each ticket includes a copy of Where the Wildflowers Grow. There will be a book signing following the conversation. For more information or to purchase a ticket, please click here.
An Afternoon with ReShonda Tate
Celebrate the upcoming release of With Love From Harlem with us as we welcome ReShonda Tate to the North Huntsville Public Library on Sunday, February 21, at 2:00 p.m.
From The Queen of Sugar Hill author ReShonda Tate, With Love from Harlem is a new novel inspired by beloved Harlem jazz performer Hazel Scott and the equal parts exhilarating and tumultuous relationship that changed the course of her life. Set against the pulsing backdrop of twentieth-century Harlem and featuring icons like Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, and James Baldwin, With Love from Harlem is a sweeping, emotionally charged romantic drama, rich with historical detail. She delivers a powerful portrait of love, art, and the price of being unforgettable.
As the national bestselling author of more than 50 books, ReShonda Tate has the credentials and the passion to bring stories to life. She writes both adult and teen fiction as well as nonfiction. Her sophomore novel, Let the Church Say Amen, was made into a film directed by actress Regina King and produced by TD Jakes and Queen Latifah.
This is a ticketed event, and each ticket includes a copy of With Love from Harlem. There will be a book signing following the conversation. For more information or to purchase a ticket, please click here.
