Fort Collins Reads Presents Kirsten Miller

Join Fort Collins Reads in celebrating our 23rd year bringing renowned authors and thought-provoking books to Fort Collins!

We are thrilled to bring author Kirsten Miller to Fort Collins to discuss her recent novel Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books.

The event is on November 1st, at 2pm at the Fort Collins Marriott. Doors open at 1pm. Come early for the basket raffle! Author talk will be followed by book signing.

• General Admission Tickets $20
• Reserved "Author's Circle" Seating Tickets $35
• Reception with Author at Old Firehouse on November 1st, 6-8pm $65
  Reception ticket includes Reserved Ticket to the event on Saturday. Meet the author, chat with other Fort Collins readers, and enjoy drinks and light fare!

Tickets are also available for purchase in person at Old Firehouse Books or Makerfolk in Old Town, Fort Collins. Avoid online fees and pick up a copy of the book at the same time!

PARKING INFO:

Free parking will be available at the Fort Collins Marriott.

ABOUT KIRSTEN MILLER:

Kirsten Miller is the author of over a dozen novels for young people, including the critically acclaimed Kiki Strike trilogy and How to Lead a Life of Crime. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books is her second novel for adults. Her first, The Change, was a Good Morning America Book Club. Kirsten's third adult novel, The Women of Wild Hill, will be published in October, 2025.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking! Kirsten Miller, author of The Change, brings us a bracing, wildly entertaining satire about a small Southern town, a pitched battle over banned books, and a little lending library that changes everything.

Beverly Underwood and her arch enemy, Lula Dean, live in the tiny town of Troy, Georgia, where they were born and raised. Now Beverly is on the school board, and Lula has become a local celebrity by embarking on mission to rid the public libraries of all inappropriate books—none of which she’s actually read. To replace the “pornographic” books she’s challenged at the local public library, Lula starts her own lending library in front of her home: a cute wooden hutch with glass doors and neat rows of the worthy literature that she’s sure the town’s readers need.

What Lula doesn’t know is that a local troublemaker has stolen her wholesome books, removed their dust jackets, and restocked Lula’s library with banned books: literary classics, gay romances, Black history, witchy spell books, Judy Blume novels, and more. One by one, neighbors who borrow books from Lula Dean’s library find their lives changed in unexpected ways. Finally, one of Lula Dean’s enemies discovers the library and decides to turn the tables on her, just as Lula and Beverly are running against each other to replace the town’s disgraced mayor.

“Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books is shaping up to be this summer’s Big Read. Kirsten Miller has that rare ability to take a serious subject and make it very, very funny. I enjoyed this novel and you will too.” — James Patterson

Copies of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books are available at Old Firehouse Books at a 20% discount for those participating in our event.

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