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Cocktails and conversations with your favorite authors

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    The Transcendentalist

    July 12, 2021 /

    Tequila | Yellow Chartreuse | Lavender Bitters   Download recipe (pdf)    

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    Sarah Sullivan
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    The Catcher

    May 27, 2021 /

    Rye Whiskey • St. George • Lime • Angostura Download recipe (pdf)

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    Sarah Sullivan
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    Hemingway in Brazil

    May 27, 2021 /

    Cachaca • Luxardo Liquor • Grapefruit Download recipe (pdf)

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    Sarah Sullivan
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    The Distant Dead

    April 1, 2021 /

    Mezcal • Cocchi • Cointreau • Lime • Absinthe Download recipe (pdf)

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    Sarah Sullivan
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    A Thoreau Examination

    April 1, 2021 /

    Armagnac • Amaro Nonino • Carpano Antica Download recipe (pdf)

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    Sarah Sullivan
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    Plagiarism

    February 25, 2021 /

    Rum • Coffee • Chocolate Bitters Download printable recipe card

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    Sarah Sullivan
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    Paper Plane

    February 25, 2021 /

    Bourbon • Aperol • Amaro Nonino • Lemon Download printable recipe card

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    Sarah Sullivan
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    Days Gone By

    January 12, 2021 /

    Nikka Days • Chartreuse • Club Soda Download printable recipe card

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    Sarah Sullivan
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    New York Sour

    January 12, 2021 /

    Bourbon • Lemon • Red Wine Download printable recipe card

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    Sarah Sullivan
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    Sweater Weather

    December 22, 2020 /

    Whiskey • Maple Syrup • Autumn Bitters Download printable recipe card

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    Sarah Sullivan
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2021 Fall Season

September 5, 7 PM ET – Jane Healey, Naomi Hirahara, Pam Jenoff, Mark Sullivan

September 26, 7 PM ET – Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen, Hank Phillippi Ryan, P.J. Vernon

October 10, 7 PM ET – John Copenhaver, John Lescroart, Vanessa Lillie, Sarah Strohmeyer

October 17, 7 PM ET – Tori Eldridge, Lori Rader-Day, Jonathan Santlofer, Lisa Unger

November 7, 7 PM ET – Linwood Barclay, Tamron Hall, Wanda M. Morris, Lynne Reeves

November 21, 7 PM ET – Erica Ferencik, Derick Lugo, Jenny Milchman, Carl Nixon

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Our Authors

Taylor Adams · Tasha Alexander · Esther Amini · Brian Andrews · Finola Austin · Linwood Barclay · Melanie Benjamin · James Benn · Damyanti Biswas · C.J. Box · Lucy Burdette · V.M. Burns · Ellen Byron · Michele Campbell · Lorenzo Carcaterra · Emily Carpenter · Steph Cha · Jennifer J. Chow · Abby Collette · Megan Collins · Liv Constantine · John Copenhaver · Julie Carrick Dalton · Fiona Davis · Aya de Leon · Jeffery Deaver · Karen Dionne · Samantha Downing · Tori Eldridge · J.T. Ellison · Hallie Ephron · Allen Eskins · Erica Ferencik · Joseph Finder · Elyssa Friedland · Lisa Gardner · Kellye Garrett · Ann Garvin · Daryl Wood Gerber · Tess Gerritsen ·  Alexia Gordon · Andrew Grant · Heather Gudenkauf · Tamron Hall · Rachel Howzell Hall · Julia Heaberlin · Jane Healey · Patti Callahan Henry · Edwin Hill · Naomi Hirahara · Joe Ide · Joshilyn Jackson · Amanda Jayatissa · Pam Jenoff · Nancy Johnson · Stephen Mack Jones · Marjan Kamali · Alma Katsu · Ausma Zehanat Khan · Angie Kim · William Kent Kruger · Mary Kubica · Jon Land · Caroline Leavitt · John Lescroart · Vanessa Lillie · Derick Lugo · Greer Macallister · Clare Mackintosh · Christina McDonald · Jenn McKinlay · Hannah Mary McKinnon · John McMahon · Kristina McMorris · Susan Mallery · Mia P. Manansala · Nadine Matheson · Jenny Milchman · Megan Miranda · Jacquelyn Mitchard · Jess Montgomery · Wanda M. Morris · Paula Munier · Kelly Mustian · Amy Sue Nathan · Carl Nixon · B.A. Paris · Sarah Penner · Gary Phillips · Lara Prescott · Lori Rader-Day · Deanna Raybourn · Lynne Reeves · John Elder Robison · Renee Rosen · Kaira Rouda · Wade Rouse · Hank Phillippi Ryan · Jonathan Santlofer · Kelly Simmons  · Julia Spencer-Fleming · Lori Nelson Spielman · Riley Sager · Jessica Strawser · Sarah Strohmeyer · Mark Sullivan · Cynthia Swanson · Peter Swanson · Sarah Stewart Taylor · Aggie Blum Thompson · Lisa Unger · P.J. Vernon · David Heska Wanbli Weiden · Wendy Walker · Kate White · Lauren Wilkinson · Lauren Willig · Emily Winslow

Did you know?

Back Room events begin with a quick round-robin game of not-quite 20 questions with our featured authors. Wonder what their answers will be?




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