Meet Our
SPEAKERS
Rochester Speaker Series is proud to announce the authors for our 2025-2026 series. We cannot wait to welcome them to Rochester and engage in captivating conversations with them.
David Grann
October 7, 2025
David Grann
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Bestselling Author
The Wager, Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann is an award-winning New Yorker writer and the bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager. Revered for nonfiction that jumps off the page, Grann doesn’t just write about incredible people—he walks in their shoes. Whether crossing the ocean or trekking through the Amazon, Grann digs deep to give his stories a pace and intensity unlike any other. In his talks, Grann explores his creative process—from what initially inspires him to investigate a story to his painstaking research and then links the (often) forgotten histories to their relevance to today.​​
Hardcopy Books
Copies of Mr. Granns books are available to purchase from XXX. You will also be able to purchase copies at the event.
Persavil Evert
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Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Percival Leonard Everett II is an American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has described himself as "pathologically ironic" and has played around with numerous genres such as western fiction, mysteries, thrillers, satire and philosophical fiction.
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Hardcopy Books
Copies of Mr. Everts books are available to purchase from XXX. You will also be able to purchase copies at the event.
Persavil Evert
April 7, 2026