Author John Grisham To Appear At Texas Book Festival

AUSTIN, TX — Texas Book Festival organizers announced on Wednesday that best-selling author John Grisham will be at this year's gathering to promote his new novel.

Grisham will discuss his new novel, "The Guardians," at the event. His talk is scheduled at 10 a.m. on Oct. 26 at the First Baptist Church, 901 Trinity St. Tickets to see him are available via the Texas Book Festival website. Each Book Ticket includes one pre-signed copy of the book and admits one person. Book tickets are required to attend this event.

Grisham is the author of 33 novels, including The Pelican Brief, A Time to Kill, and many other #1 bestsellers. Several of his works have been converted into movies, including legal thriller The Firm that starred Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and Jeanne Tripplehorn. He is also the author of one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers.

Grisham is back to form with another legal thriller, The Guardians, which his publisher said "...delivers some of his most inventive twists and turns yet." Set in the small north Florida town of Seabrook, the plot revolves around a young black man who is framed framed for the murder of his lawyer and sentenced to life in prison. The protagonist then writes a letter to Guardian Ministries, and the intrigue unfolds.

Like The Firm, Grisham's latest book centers on familiar territory in the American South. The fictitious Guardian Ministries of his story handles only a few innocence cases at a time, and lawyer/minister Cullen Post is its only investigator. Post travels throughout the South in fighting wrongful convictions and taking cases no one else will touch, but gets far more than anticipated. For one thing, powerful and ruthless people murdered one lawyer 22 years ago. They will kill another without a second thought.

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Book tickets for this session are available now via Texas Book Festival’s website and cost $35. Purchasing a book ticket grants admission for one to the Festival session and one pre-signed hardcover copy of Grisham’s The Guardians. There will be no public signing after the event, and ticket holders’ copies of The Guardians will be distributed before the event. Seating for this session will open at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, and book tickets are required to attend.

The 2019 Texas Book Festival is co-presented by H-E-B and AT&T. Other major sponsors include Central Market, Brigid Cockrum and Family, Kirkus Reviews, Tocker Foundation, Buena Vista Foundation, C-SPAN 2/Book TV, St. David’s HealthCare, Texas Monthly, Austin American-Statesman, and Pentagram.

For more information on the Texas Book Festival, please visit www.texasbookfestival.org, and follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @texasbookfest.

WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m.

WHERE: First Baptist Church | 901 Trinity St., Austin, TX 78701

TICKETS: $35 | Includes pre-signed copy of The Guardians and admission to the event

WEBSITE: www.texasbookfestival.org/john-grisham-october-26

ABOUT TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL

With a vision to inspire Texans of all ages to love reading, the Texas Book Festival connects authors and readers through experiences that celebrate the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination. Founded in 1995 by former First Lady Laura Bush, Mary Margaret Farabee, and a group of volunteers, the nonprofit Texas Book Festival promotes the joys of reading and writing through its annual Festival Weekend, the Texas Teen Book Festival, the Reading Rock Stars Title I elementary school program, the Real Reads Title I middle and high school program, grants to Texas libraries, and year-round literary programming.

The Festival is staged on the grounds of the Texas Capitol each fall and features more than 275 renowned authors, panels, book signings, cooking demonstrations, and children’s activities. The 2019 Texas Book Festival Weekend will take place October 26 - 27. Thanks to generous donors, sponsors, and 1,000 volunteers, the Festival remains free and open to the public. Visit www.texasbookfestival.org for more information, and join the conversation using the hashtag #txbookfest on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @texasbookfest.