Best known for playing Laura Ingalls Wilder in the wildly successful TV series, Little House on the Prairie, which ran for nine years, and nine seasons, Melissa Gilbert has written a wonderful new memoir, Back to the Prairie, a funny, charming, and inspiring account of leaving behind her Hollywood life for a dilapidated cottage in the Catskills, where she and her husband, the actor Timothy Busfield, found sanctuary during covid, and discovered an abiding love for nature, the garden, and the taste of a home grown tomato. Melissa will talk with actor (and festival co-producer) Lucy Taylor about her life and times.

Join us for a short reading and signing over cocktails as we launch Deep Water Literary Fest 2022!

Photo: Eileen Connoly

Please note: due to popular demand this event will now be held on Main Street, in front of the DVAA. There will be seats provided on a first come, first served basis; otherwise standing.