Northshire Books--Manchester, Vermont--Saturday, Sept 17th--6:00 to 7:00 p.m.--In Person

Steve Almond will read from & discuss his new novel All the Secrets of the World - "[A] rollicking, wide-ranging, unpredictable novel--part crime story, part coming-of-age, part satire, part deadly serious." (Rebecca Makkai). He will be joined by Anna Hogeland, author of The Long Answer.

Steve Almond is the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. He teaches Creative Writing at the Neiman Fellowship at Harvard and Wesleyan, as well as Hugo House, Grub Street, and numerous literary conferences. His essays and reviews have been widely published in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, GQ, The Wall Street Journal, Poets & Writers, Tin House, and Ploughshares. His journalism has received numerous awards including the top national prize for feature writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. His short stories have been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, Best American Mysteries, Best American Erotica, and The Pushcart Prize. He serves as a literary correspondent for WBUR and appears on numerous podcasts. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Anna Hogeland is the author of The Long Answer (Riverhead Books). The novel has received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist; the New York Times Book Review called it "breathtaking," and the Sunday Times wrote the book "is a triumph of human portraiture." Her essays have appeared in LitHub, Gloss Magazine, iNews, and elsewhere. She has an MSW from Smith College School for Social Work and a MFA from UC Irvine. She lives in Bennington, Vermont.