The Miami Book Fair has announced its lineup, with Kenny Chesney, Daniel Silva, and Padma Lakshmi among the authors slated to appear at the festival in November.
Chesney, the country singer known for his hit singles “She’s Got It All” and “There Goes My Life,” will appear at the festival for an “Evening With” event on November 16 to discuss his new book, Heart Life Music.
Silva, whose latest thriller, An Inside Job, was published in July, will make an appearance at the event, as will Lakshmi, author of the memoir Love, Loss, and What We Ate and the children’s book Tomatoes for Neela, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal.
Other headliners include Edwidge Danticat (We’re Alone), Nnedi Okorafor (Death of the Author), Larry Charles (Comedy Samurai), Barry Diller (Who Knew), and Bill McKibben (Here Comes the Sun).
Also making appearances will be Imani Perry (Black in Blues), Karen Russell (The Antidote), Julia Navarro (Story of a Sociopath), Agustín Fernández Mallo (The Nocilla Trilogy), Gary Shteyngart (Vera, or Faith), Tracy K. Smith (To Free the Captives), Jonathan Capehart (Yet Here I Am), and Gretchen Rubin (Life in Five Senses).
The Miami Book Fair will be held at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College from November 16-23. More information is available at the festival’s website.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
