Rachel Hawkins | Authors at the Library
Schedule
Wed Jan 14 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Columbus Metropolitan Library - Reynoldsburg Branch | Reynoldsburg, OH
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New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins visits the library with her thrilling new gothic suspense novel, "The Storm".đź“Ť Reynoldsburg Branch (1402 Brice Rd.)
⏰ Wednesday, Jan. 14 from 6-8 p.m.
đź”— This event is free and open to all, but registration is required: https://events.columbuslibrary.org/event/15045225
✍️ See the 2026 Author Lineup: https://www.columbuslibrary.org/authors-at-the-library/
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m. | Seating opens
5:30 p.m. | Book sale by The Book Loft
6:00 p.m. | Authors at the Library with Rachel Hawkins
6:45 p.m. | Audience Q&A
7:00 p.m. | Book sale and signing
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachel Hawkins is the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, Reckless Girls, The Villa, The Heiress, and The Storm as well as multiple books for young readers. Her work has been translated into twenty-five languages languages and counting. She studied gender and sexuality in Victorian literature at Auburn University and currently lives in Alabama.
ABOUT THE BOOK
St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel that’s survived every one of those storms, and Lo Bailey, the local girl infamously accused of the murder of her lover, political scion Landon Fitzroy, during Hurricane Marie in 1984. When Geneva Corliss, the current owner of the Rosalie Inn, hears a writer is coming to town to research the crime that put St. Medard’s Bay on the map, she’s less interested in solving a whodunnit than in how a successful true crime book might help the struggling inn’s bottom line. But to her surprise, August Fletcher doesn’t come to St. Medard’s Bay alone. With him is none other than Lo Bailey herself. Lo says she’s returned to her hometown to clear her name once and for all, but the closer Geneva gets to both Lo and August, the more she wonders if Lo is actually back to settle old scores. As the summer heats up and another monster storm begins twisting its way towards St. Medard’s Bay, Geneva learns that some people can be just as destructive—and as deadly—as any hurricane, and that the truth of what happened to Landon Fitzroy may not be the only secret Lo is keeping…
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Where is it happening?
Columbus Metropolitan Library - Reynoldsburg Branch, 1402 Brice Rd,Reynoldsburg, Ohio, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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