The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library Present

CONCORD FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS 2024

Keynote Speaker

Rajani LaRocca

“Connections: Four Books, Four Connections, and the Stories They Inspired”

Join us as we kick off the 2024 Concord Festival of Authors with award-winning author Rajani LaRocca!

Rajani LaRocca was born in India, raised in Kentucky, and now lives in the Boston area, where she practices medicine and writes award-winning books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor winning middle grade novel in verse, Red, White, and Whole. She’s always been an omnivorous reader, and now she is an omnivorous writer of fiction and nonfiction, novels and picture books, prose and poetry. She finds inspiration in her family, her childhood, the natural world, math, science, and just about everywhere she looks. Learn more about Rajani and her books at www.RajaniLaRocca.com. She also co-hosts the STEM Women in KidLit Podcast.

Photo Credit: Carter Hasegawa

For more information on the Concord Festival of Authors, please visit www.concordfestivalofauthors.org.