Bookends & Beginnings is thrilled to welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Lev Grossman for a celebration of his latest paperback release! The Bright Sword, a dazzling fantasy epic named a best book of 2024 by the New York Times, NPR, Vanity Fair, Time, and Oprah Daily, is a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium.
Lev will be joined in conversation by Julia Glass, author of the National Book Award-winning novel Three Junes. Their discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
LEV GROSSMAN is the author of the #1New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy, which has been published in 30 countries and adapted as a TV show on SYFY. He’s also a screenwriter and the author of two children’s books, The Golden Swift and The Silver Arrow, and his journalism has appeared in Time, Vanity Fair, theWall Street Journal, and the New York Times, among other places. He lives with his wife and children in New York City.
JULIA GLASS is the author of six previous books of fiction, including the best-selling Three Junes, winner of the National Book Award. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Glass is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Emerson College. She lives with her family in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
