Virtual Author Talk: Amor Towles

Tune in as we chat online with New York Times bestselling author Amor Towles about his incredible body of work.

Rules of Civility, published in 2011, was a New York Times bestseller and was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the year's best books. Towles’s second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow, published in 2016, was on the New York Times bestseller list for two years and was named one of the best books of 2016 by a number of leading newspapers. Most recently, in 2021, The Lincoln Highway debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list; it was one of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021 and a Washington Post “Best Book of the Year.” His books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide and have been heralded as irresistible, marvelous, and gorgeously crafted books of beauty.

Amor Towles was born and raised in the Boston area. Having worked as an investment professional for over twenty years, he now devotes himself full-time to writing in Manhattan, where he lives with his wife and two children. His next book, Table for Two, is a collection of short stories to be published in April 2024. He is the 2023 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished  Author Award recipient.

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This is part of a series of author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium.  See all upcoming talks here.

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