Liam Callanan Reading

Write On is pleased to collaborate with the Friends of Door County Libraries on its successul Book & Author Series, resuming after a long Covid hiatus. Award-winning author Liam Callanan will read from and discuss his latest book, When In Rome. The novel traces the journey of an American real estate agent whose midlife crisis leads her to Rome and an effort to save a struggling convent. Copies will be available for sale and signing.

Liam Callanan is a writer and teacher. His novel, Paris by the Book, a national bestseller, was translated into multiple languages and won the 2019 Edna Ferber Prize. He’s also the 2017 winner of the Hunt Prize, and his first novel, The Cloud Atlas, was a finalist for an Edgar Award. Liam’s work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Slate, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The San Francisco Chronicle, and he’s recorded numerous essays for public radio.  He’s also taught for the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and lives in Wisconsin with his wife and daughters.