To Be Read: Cozy Up for Winter Edition

Presented by Park Books on Main and Carroll County Public Library.

Featuring Jenni L. Walsh, Lee Kelly, Victoria Schade, Jennifer Thorne, and Stephanie Burns.

December is the perfect time to stock up on books for your TBR (to be read) pile for the cold winter ahead! Join our conversation with bestselling authors Jenni L. Walsh, Lee Kelly, Victoria Schade, Jennifer Thorne, and Stephanie Burns. A book signing will follow the talk, with titles available for purchase from Park Books on Main. 

About Jenni L. Walsh

Jenni is the USA TODAY bestselling author of historical novels Becoming Bonnie, Side by Side, A Betting Woman, The Call of the Wrens, Unsinkable, and Ace, Marvel, Spy. She also writes books for children, including the nonfiction She Dared series and historical novels Hettie and the London Blitz, I Am Defiance, By the Light of Fireflies, Over and Out, and Operation: Happy.

About Lee Kelly

Lee Kelly is the author of City of Savages, a Publishers Weekly "Best of Spring 2015" pick and a VOYA Magazine "Perfect Ten" selection; A Criminal Magic, which was optioned and developed for a television series by Warner Bros.; The Antiquity Affair, co-written with Jennifer Thorne; With Regrets; and her latest, My Fair Frauds, co-written with Jennifer Thorne. She holds her MFA degree from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

About Victoria Schade

Victoria Schade is an author, speaker, and dog trainer known for her upbeat approach to living and working with dogs. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, Reader’s Digest, The Bark, and many dog-specific publications. Her works include Secrets of a Dog Trainer, Life on the Leash, Unleashed Holiday, and Pick Me.

About Jennifer Thorne

Jennifer Thorne is the USA TODAY bestselling author of Diavola, Lute, and Newbourne Park (2026), as well as several books for younger readers under the name Jenn Marie Thorne. With Lee Kelly, she is the co-writer of historical fiction novels The Starlets, The Antiquity Affair, and the forthcoming My Fair Frauds (2025) and The Midnight Show (2026).

About Stephanie Burns

Stephanie Burns holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a BA in Theater Studies, both from Emerson College. When she’s not dreaming up stories of her own, she is championing women authors as the COO of the award-winning Tall Poppy Writers. She lives on the south shore of Massachusetts, where she plots by the ocean with her almost-famous beagle, Ollie Twist. Far from the A-List is her debut novel.