New York Times bestselling author Lesley Kagen spoke at the 2009 Book Club Café on May 19 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. Kagen, a Milwaukee native, is the author of Whistling in the Dark and Land of a Hundred Wonders.
For more information about the author, visit her website or read an interview with Kagen from Vital Source magazine.
Missed the event? Download the Book Club Café Participants Favorite Books of the Year list.
2009 - Lesley Kagen, author of Whistling in the Dark and Land of a Hundred Wonders
2008 - Betsy Carter, author of Swim to Me: a Novel - 2008 Favorite Books of the Year
2007 - Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants - 2007 Favorite Books of the Year
2006 - Sara Rath, author of Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages
2005 - Dean Bakopoulos, author of Please Don't Come Back from the Moon
2004 - Elizabeth Berg
2003 - Deborah Blum, author of Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection
2002 - Patty Loew, author of Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal
2001 - Margaret Drabble - afternoon appearance
2001 - Jane Hamilton - evening appearance
2000 - Bob Kann, author of Celebrating 125 Years of Madison Public Library
1999 - Margaret George
1998 - Jacquelyn Mitchard