Name: Book Signing in the Atrium #2
Start: 2026-05-23T16:00:00-0600
End: 2026-05-23T17:00:00-0600

Saturday May 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT

Join a festive and lively gathering of authors at this year's book signing!!!

David Baron
River Selby
Dane Bahr
Cosmo Langsfeld
Steven Dunn
Laura Krantz
Ben Goldfarb
Garrett Peck
Hillary Rosner
Shelley Read
Suzi Q. Smith
Ramona Ausubel

Speakers

Benjamin Percy

Benjamin Percy is the author of seven novels, including The Sky Vault, The Unfamiliar Garden, The Ninth Metal, and Red Moon, as well as three acclaimed short story collections. His craft book, Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction, is widely taught in creative writing programs. His fiction... Read More →

River Selby

River Selby worked as a hotshot and wildland firefighter for seven years, stationed out of California, Oregon, Colorado, and Alaska. They are currently a Kingsbury and Legacy Fellow at Florida State University, where they are pursuing their PhD. Their work has been published in Vox... Read More →

David Baron

David Baronis an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author of The Beast in the Garden and American Eclipse. A former science correspondent for NPR, he has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, and... Read More →

Ben Goldfarb

Ben Goldfarb is an independent environmental journalist, editor, and fiction writer. He is the author of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter. Ben has written for a variety of publications, including Scientific American, Orion Magazine, High Country News... Read More →

Shelley Read

Shelley Read is the author of the international bestselling debut novel Go As A River, translated into thirty-four languages and featured on bestseller lists worldwide. The novel won the 2024 High Plains Book Award for Fiction and the 2023 Reading the West Award for Best Debut, and... Read More →

Laura Krantz

Laura Krantz is a journalist, editor and producer, in both radio and print, and co-founder of Foxtopus Ink. Her podcast, Wild Thing has received critical acclaim from Scientific American, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic, which named it one of the best 50 podcasts in 2018 and 2020... Read More →

Ramona Ausubel

Ramona Ausubel’s fifth book, The Last Animal was a national bestseller, a Barnes & Noble book of the month and named a best book of 2023 by NPR, Kirkus and the Oprah quarterly. Her previous books are Awayland: stories, Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, A Guide to Being Born... Read More →

Suzi Q. Smith

Suzi Q. Smith is an award-winning author, artist, educator, and organizer who lives in Denver, Colorado. While primarily known for her poetry, Suzi is also a singer-songwriter, playwright, and interdisciplinary creative. She has created, curated, coached, and taught for over 20 years... Read More →

Steven Dunn

A 2021 Whiting Award winner, and shortlisted for Granta magazine’s “Best of Young American Novelists,” Steven Dunn is the author of two books from Tarpaulin Sky Press: water & power (2018) and Potted Meat, which was a co-winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards, a finalist... Read More →

Hillary Rosner

Hillary Rosner is an award-winning science journalist who has reported on environmental issues from around the world for National Geographic, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Wired, Audubon, and many others. She specializes in telling complex, science-driven... Read More →

Dane Bahr

Set in Montana, 1935, The Dead Ringer follows Benjamin Kilt, a man left for dead by his bank-robbing half brother—only to return very much alive and bent on revenge. Joined by Bonnie, a thirteen-year-old Indigenous girl he rescues along the way, Kilt’s journey unfolds through... Read More →

Garrett Peck

Garrett Peck is an author, historian, and tour guide in Santa Fe, specializing in adventure travel and historic and cultural interpretation. He leads the Willa Cather’s Santa Fe tour, teaches stargazing, and leads many other tours.

Cosmo Langsfeld

I grew up in the Gunnison Valley, Colorado. My family lived on 38 acres that bordered National Forest land above a ranch, with trails and the outdoors in general being integral to my day-to-day life as a kid.

Saturday May 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Grace Atrium

Community Event, Free

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