With her latest Lady Astronaut novel, The Martian Contingency, Mary Robinette Kowal leans into a feminism that embraces multiculturalism, antiracism, and disability theory, confronting historical stereotypes in both playful and serious ways. Kowal will appear at the 2025 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 18-19.
In The Pecan Children, the two authors behind the pen name Quinn Connor capture the eerie magic of a small Southern town and the twin sisters at the center of its spell. Robyn Barrow and Alexandra Cronin will appear at Novel in Memphis on June 11.
Heather L. Montgomery explores the weird and wonderful world of animal immunology in her latest book for young readers, Sick! The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs.
