Bestselling Author John Grisham with Author and Political Leader Stacey Abrams - The French Illusion

Kentucky Author Forum 30th Anniversary Season

JOHN GRISHAM is the author of more than fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Framed, Camino Ghosts and The Exchange: After the Firm. His latest, The French illusion, is a suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong—and the nightmare that follows. The search for clues soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA, and French Intelligence trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. John Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. When he’s not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.

STACEY ABRAMS is a New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur and political leader. She served as Minority Leader in the Georgia House of Representatives, and she was the first Black woman to become gubernatorial nominee for a major party in United States history.

Mary Moss Greenebaum is the founder and producer of Kentucky Author Forum. It is sponsored by the Owsley Brown II Family, LDG Development, University of Louisville, Bittners, Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, KERTIS, and the James Graham Brown Foundation. Other partners include Carmichael's Bookstore, Courier-Journal, KET, and Kentucky Performing Arts. 

"Louisville's only cultural program distributed nationally" 

Kentucky Author Forums are made available to PBS member stations nationwide, under the title Great Conversations. Videos are available at www.youtube.com/@kentuckyauthorforum5881. Forums are also recorded as podcast episodes, called Great Podversations, which are distributed by Louisville Public Media, and available on iTunes, NPR, Spotify, Stitcher, and most other podcast apps.

University of Louisville students, faculty, and staff can now purchase discounted Kentucky Author Forum tickets by calling (502) 584-7777. Just mention your UofL affiliation when placing your order. Limit two tickets per ID.

Please note that you’ll need to present your UofL ID at Will Call on the evening of the Forum to receive your tickets.

This is a rental event presented by an independent organization separate from Kentucky Performing Arts. KPA is committed to its core values of inclusivity and welcoming, including freedom of artistic expression.