Kepler’s has been hosting authors for over four decades. Our events span the breadth of arts, culture, science, technology, and current affairs. Below is a list of major event tracks and speakers we have hosted over the last few years, and enjoy this slideshow of some of our favorite events.
Business and technology leaders: Daniel Pink, Roger McNamee, Shellye Archambeau, Guy Kawasaki, Dr Fei Fei Li, Ray Kurzweil, Salman Khan, Sylvia Acevedo, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Gary Rivlin, Adam Grant
Historians: Erik Larson, David McCullough, Simon Winchester, Walter Isaacson, Heather Cox Richardson
Novelists from around the world: Margaret Atwood, Kazuo Ishiguro, Barbara Kingsolver, Khaled Hosseini, Amy Tan, Madeline Miller, Mohsin Hamid, Isabel Allende, Salman Rushdie, Ann Patchett, Michael Chabon, Joyce Carol Oates, Julian Barnes, Dave Eggers, Abraham Verghese, Daniel Mason, Rachel Kushner, Colm Tóibín, Kevin Kwan, Jesmyn Ward, Liane Moriarty, Tommy Orange, Kaveh Akbar, Shelby Van Pelt, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kiran Desai, Gary Shteyngart, Andrew Sean Greer
Social commentators: Thomas Friedman, Richard Dawkins, Roxane Gay, Chris Hedges, Bryan Stevenson, Ijeoma Oluo, Dan Lyons, Adam Grant, Nate Silver, Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Adam Aleksic
Scientists, science writers, and physicians: Louise Aronson, Bill Nye, Michio Kaku, Neil Shubin, Mary Roach, Leonard Mlodinow, David Eagleman
Psychologists and wellness: James Doty, Jamil Zaki, Daniel Siegel, Leah Weiss, Sherry Turkle, Ellen Leanse, Lee Daniel Kravetz
Public figures and celebrities: Al Gore, Barney Frank, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Diane Keaton, Karamo Brown, Cheech Marin, Henry Winkler, Jackie Speier, Randy Rainbow, Adam Kinzinger, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, John Green, Chasten Buttigieg, Robert Reich, Bernie Sanders, Joan Baez
Global scholars: Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, Yuval Noah Harari, Michael Shermer, Shirin Ebadi, Francis Fukuyama, Robert Reich, Pico Iyer
Humorists: Dave Barry, Roz Chast, Patricia Marx, Adam Mansbach, Alan Zweibel
Athletes: Jerry Rice, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Julie Foudy, Steve Young
Journalists and media figures: Jane Mayer, Jose Antonio Vargas, Michael Krasny, Nicholas Kristof, Joy-Ann Reid, Connie Chung, Oliver Burkeman, Kara Swisher
Educators: Mary Pipher, Madeline Levine, Peggy Orenstein, Diane Ravitch, Randi Weingarten
Science fiction writers: Neal Stephenson, Peter S. Beagle, VE Schwab, Cory Doctorow, John Scalzi, Annalee Newitz
Mystery writers: Jacqueline Winspear, Alexander McCall Smith, Louise Penny, Walter Mosley, Barry Eisler, Alan Furst
Chefs and food legends: Jesse Cool, Alton Brown
Young adult authors: Marissa Meyer, Sabaa Tahir, Maggie Stiefvater, Sarah J Maas, Anthony Horowitz, John Green, Suzanne Collins, Cassandra Clare, Laini Taylor, Becky Albertalli, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Adam Silvera, Tahereh Mafi, Marie Lu, Stephanie Garber, Tomi Adeyemi, Leigh Bardugo
Children's authors: Rick Riordan, Katherine Applegate, Shannon Messenger, Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers, Jennifer Holm, Patricia Polacco, Kevin Henkes, Todd Parr, Kwame Alexander, Andy Griffiths, Brian Selznick, Shawn Harris, Jon Agee