Gold Coast Book Fair: Fiction, Meet History: Bringing the Past to Life

Name: Gold Coast Book Fair: Fiction, Meet History: Bringing the Past to Life
Start: 2026-05-17
End: 2026-05-17

Lauren Willig, Mariah Fredericks, and Rochelle Alers transport readers to vivid historical worlds — from a famous 1800s trial, reimagined as Law & Order meets Hamilton and Burr; to the 1920 murder of gambler Joseph Elwell with Zelda Fitzgerald at the center; to the coming-of-age of three young men on NYC’s Upper West Side across the 1960s–80s. Together, they uncover the human stories hidden in history.

Panelists:
Rochelle Alers
Mariah Fredericks
Lauren Willig

Moderator:
Cheri Totter Mulholland