Denise Kiernan | Obstinate Daughters

ABOUT THE EVENT

Tickets include a copy of Obstinate Daughters, guaranteed entry to the event, and a seat in the reserved section. Denise will be in conversation with Wiley Cash and will sign books after the program.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City challenges the traditional mythology of the American Revolution by bringing to light the essential role women played in the fight for independence.

We think we know the history and the figures of the American Revolution—the founding fathers and the great leaders—but we’ve only been told half of the story.

Spanning from early colonial resistance through the founding of the United States, Obstinate Daughters widens the lens through which we've observed the American Revolution by recognizing the women who played a vital part in the fight for our independence. Because without these heroic individuals, armies would not have been funded, bullets not forged, and declarations not signed. Without the stories of these brave humans, history is simply incomplete.

In Obstinate Daughters, readers will meet the woman who picked up a musket and took matters into her own hands; the Cherokee leader who warned settlements of impending attacks; the young women whose ingenuity funded the fight in the South; the newspaper and tavern keepers who kept a fledgling nation informed and motivated; and the woman who fought for her own independence, in a battle within the revolution, to end slavery.

This is the most intriguing, compelling, and long overdue history that’s never been told, and the undersung roles of these characters serve as a touchstone for all of us who feel our contributions go unnoticed. Kiernan masterfully carves out a place in history for impactful females and reminds us that history is always meant to be challenged.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

DENISE KIERNAN is an author, journalist, and producer who has worked as a writer for more than 20 years. Her previous books—The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City—were instant New York Times bestsellers in both hardcover and paperback. The Last Castle was a Wall Street Journal bestseller, a finalist for the 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. The Girls of Atomic City was a Los Angeles Times and NPR bestseller. She lives in Asheville.

WILEY CASH is the New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home, This Dark Road to Mercy, The Last Ballad, and When Ghosts Come Home. He is a three-time winner of the SIBA Southern Book Prize, won the Conroy Legacy Award, was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize and the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and won the 2025 North Carolina Award for Literature. He lives in Wilmington with his wife, photographer Mallory Cash, and their two daughters.

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