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Investigative journalist Brian Barth joins us to talk about Front Street: Resistance and Rebirth in the Tent Cities of Techlandia which takes us on an immersive journey deep into Silicon Valley’s homeless encampments.

IN PERSON SOLD OUT BUT VIRTUAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE: The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Designing Your Life return with a groundbreaking guide to transforming your daily routine into one brimming with joy, purpose, and meaning.

How do we find love? How do we live and love fully? And can we find healing and purpose after loss? Join us in the most romantic week of the year to hear Alison van Diggelen discuss her new book The Love Project with health psychologist and lecturer Kelly McGonigal.

Dr. Elizabeth Vartkessian's clients are guilty of the most heinous crimes. But as Vartkessian tells it, everyone has someone who loves them. Even people who have committed murder. Join us to hear her talk about her new book, The Deserving: What the Lives of the Condemned Reveal about American Justice.

Following the enormous success of our two trivia events last year, we are delighted to invite you to Literary Trivia: Romance Edition!

If you love to cozy up with a good mystery then look no further! We are delighted to welcome five masters of mystery fiction to the stage to reveal their latest titles; where they get their inspiration; and how they decide which clues to divulge and which to keep hidden until you turn to the very last page.

Daisy Hernández joins us to discuss Citizenship, her provocative, personal, blazingly intelligent examination of one of the most vexing questions facing the United States today: Who is, and should be, a citizen?

Drew Daywalt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit, returns to Kepler’s with his laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel–style picture book about a paper fortune teller left behind at recess who ends up saving the day.

Join us to hear Anne Fadiman, one of America’s most beloved nonfiction writers, talk about their new collection of evocative personal essays.

Free! Meet and hear from local authors Claire Oshetsky, Kate Schatz, Parini Shroff, and Mike Trigg.

In time for Apple’s 50th anniversary, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue joins us to tell the iconic company’s life story: how it was born, nearly died, was born again under Steve Jobs, and became, under CEO Tim Cook, the most valuable company in the world.

Join us to hear bestselling author of Swamplandia! discuss her latest epic, The Antidote, with Adam Johnson.

Electronic Frontier Foundation Director and leader in the field of digital privacy rights Cindy Cohn joins us to discuss Privacy’s Defender with technology journalist John Markoff.

Tayari Jones, award-winning author of An American Marriage, shares her unforgettable new novel, Kin, which Ann Patchett has described as “smart and funny and deftly profound.”

#1 New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Front Desk series, Kelly Yang, is back at Kepler’s with her provocative, fast-paced novel about two creative women—a young writer fighting to be heard and an older producer clinging to relevancy—and the age reversal treatment that intertwines both of their lives…

Award-winning author, Devi S. Laskar, joins us to talk about her extraordinary new novel, Midnight, at the War with Alka Joshi.

Dr. Tina Seelig is the bestselling author of What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20. She joins us with her new book, What I Wish I Knew About Luck, an engaging and practical guide to how to become lucky, based on her classes at Stanford and her hugely popular TED Talk.

Leading pain expert Dr. Rachel Zoffness joins us to discuss her new book, Tell Me Where It Hurts, which sets out to bridge the gap between medicine and psychology to get to the heart of understanding—and treating—pain.

USA Today bestselling author of Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Jesse Q. Sutanto, joins us to discuss her fantastic new title Ms Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block.

Preeminent Martin Luther King, Jr., scholar Dr. Lerone A. Martin joins us with Young King, the origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who would lead the nation and change the world.

Dave Eggers, the award-winning and bestselling author of The Circle, Hologram for the King, and The Eyes & the Impossible, returns to Kepler’s with Contrapposto, his sweeping new novel about friendship, love, and the lifelong pursuit of art.