Bryan + College Station Public Library System presents 2025 Author Series sponsored by the 70th anniversary of the Friends of the Library. For 70 years, Friends have been supporting the library system in many ways. Their advocacy efforts in promoting, encouraging use of library resources, volunteerism and funding opportunities have immensely elevated our services and resources.
2025 Author Series support comes from Friends sponsorship and will feature authors, keynote speakers, special guests, book sales, signings and more. Check back for more author lineups.
Book sale by Hyperbole Bookstore with 10% of proceeds to the Friends. All ages welcome.
Upcoming Authors
Stephen Graham Jones
Author Visit
- When: Saturday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m.
- Where: Clara B. Mounce Public Library, 201 E. 26th St., Bryan, TX
- Cost: Free admission (Please RSVP here.)
The first 50 people to register will receive a free copy of the book, “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.” You must attend the event in person to receive your copy.
Stephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of 35 or so novels and collections, and there’s some novellas and comic books in there as well.
Stephen’s been an NEA recipient, has won the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Fiction, the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, the August Derleth British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction, the Western Literature Association’s Distinguished Achievement Award, the American Library Association’s RUSA Award and Alex Award, the 2023 American Indian Festival of Words Writers Award, the Locus Award, four Bram Stoker Awards, three Shirley Jackson Awards, and six This is Horror Awards. Stephen has also been inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, he’s been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award, and the Eisner Award, and he’s made Bloody Disgusting’s Top Ten Horror Novels.
His most recent horror novel, “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter,” came out in March 2025, and his next is “Killer on the Road” (out in June 2025). Recent books from 2024 include “I Was a Teenage Slasher” and “The Angel of Indian Lake“. His latest short story collection, “The Ones That Got Away“, came out in March 2025, and he had a recent comic book “Earthdivers” in 2023. Stephen is originally from Midland, Texas, and he currently lives and teaches in Boulder, Colorado.
Martha Wells
Author Visit
- When: Saturday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m.
- Where: Larry J. Ringer Library, 1818 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy S, College Station, TX
- Cost: Free admission (Please RSVP here.)
The first 50 people to register will receive a free copy of the book, “Witch King.” You must attend the event in person to receive your copy.
Martha Wells is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than 30 science fiction and fantasy books, along with short fiction, young adult novels, and nonfiction. She began her career in 1993 with the publication of The Element of Fire and has been a prominent voice in speculative fiction ever since.
Her work includes the acclaimed “Murderbot Diaries” series, “The Books of the Raksura“, the Ile-Rien series, and stand-alone fantasy novels such as “Witch King” (Tordotcom, 2023). She has also written media tie-in fiction for “Star Wars”, “Stargate: Atlantis”, and “Magic: The Gathering.”
Wells has received numerous accolades, including the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Dragon, and Alex Awards. Her books have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times bestseller lists, and her work has been translated into over 30 languages. She is a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame.
“The Murderbot Diaries” has earned widespread acclaim. “All Systems Red” won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards for Best Novella, as well as an Alex Award, and was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award. “Artificial Condition” also won the Hugo and Locus Awards and was a Nebula finalist. “Rogue Protocol,” “Exit Strategy,” “Fugitive Telemetry,” “Network Effect” and “System Collapse” have received award nominations and bestseller recognition, with “Network Effect” winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel. In 2025, Tordotcom reissued the series in new compilation volumes.
Wells is a consulting producer on the upcoming “Murderbot Diaries” TV adaptation for Apple TV+, which has been renewed for a second season.
Her fantasy novels have also been celebrated. “The Cloud Roads” was part of a Hugo-nominated series; “The Death of the Necromancer” was a Nebula finalist and an Imaginales Award nominee in translation. “The Element of Fire” earned nominations for the Compton Crook Award and the Crawford Award, and “Witch King” won the 2023 Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel. The sequel, “Queen Demon,” will be published by Tordotcom on October 7, 2025.
Wells has been a guest of honor at many conventions worldwide, including SFeraKon (Croatia), WorldCon (Seattle 2025), WisCon, Eurocon, and San Diego Comic-Con. View the catalog for a list of her titles to check out.
Lisa Wingate
Author Visit
- When: Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m.
- Where: Larry J. Ringer Library, 1818 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy S, College Station, TX
- Cost: Free admission (Please RSVP here.)
The first 50 people to register will receive a free copy of the book, “Shelterwood.” You must attend the event in person to receive your copy.
Lisa Wingate is the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of “Before We Were Yours“, which remained on the New York Times bestseller list for more than two years and has sold over three million copies. She has written more than 30 novels and co-authored the nonfiction “Before and After” with journalist Judy Christie. Wingate’s books have been translated into over forty languages and have appeared on bestseller lists worldwide. “Shelterwood” (2024) marks her thirty-third release.
Wingate is a Goodreads Choice Award winner, an Oklahoma Book Award finalist, and a Southern Book Prize winner. Americans for More Civility, a kindness watchdog organization, selected Wingate as a recipient of the National Civics Award, which celebrates public figures who work to promote greater kindness and civility in American life. “Booklist” summed up her work by saying, “Lisa Wingate is, quite simply, a master storyteller.”
She was inspired to become a writer by a first-grade teacher who said she expected to see Lisa’s name in a magazine one day. Wingate also entertained childhood dreams of being an Olympic gymnast and winning the National Finals Rodeo but was stalled by a mental block against backflips on the balance beam and by parents who stubbornly refused to finance a rodeo career. She was lucky enough to marry into a big family of tall tale enthusiasts who never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Wingate lives in Texas and Colorado with her family and her cuddly teddy bear of a dog, Huckleberry. One of her favorite things about being a writer is connecting with people, both real and imaginary.
