Join us in the dining commons for a quick welcome by conference organizers followed by a Keynote Address by author and producer,
Essie Chambers.
Essie will be available after the keynote to sign books.
Essie Chambers is an award-winning author and producer. Her bestselling debut novel,
Swift River—a
Today Show “Read with Jenna” Book Club pick—won the 2024 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize and was named a best book of the year by
The Washington Post, NPR,
The Boston Globe,
Elle, and others. It was also longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award, The Libby Awards, the New England Book Awards and the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year. She received an Honor Fiction award from The Black Caucus of the American Library Association.
