What if you got to do everything in your life —twice? The heart of Mitch Albom’s newest novel - Twice - is a stunning love story that dares to explore how our unchecked desires might mean losing what we’ve had all along.

Albom takes readers on an unforgettable emotional journey through the life-defining choices we make and our fantasies about changing them. Twice is a poignant tale that will leave readers thinking about love, choices, and redemption from beginning to end.

“Think of Mitch Albom as the Babe Ruth of popular literature, hitting the ball out of the park every time he’s at bat.” — Time

Mitch Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold forty-two million copies in forty-eight languages worldwide. He has written eight number-one New York Times bestsellers—including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time—award-winning television films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and is the recipient of the 2010 Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. He founded the nonprofit SAY Detroit, which provides pathways to success for Detroiters in need through major health, housing and education initiatives. He also founded a dessert shop and a gourmet popcorn line to help fund it. Albom operates Have Faith Haiti, a home and school for impoverished children and orphans in Port-au-Prince, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan. For more information, please visit www.mitchalbom.com.

The first 400 people to register for and attend this event will receive a complimentary copy of Twice, which Mitch Albom will sign.

Elm Street Books will also be on site to sell additional copies of Twice. The library receives a portion of the proceeds from these sales.

Reynolds’ award-winning book, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, was a National Book Award finalist, Carnegie Medal winner, and was named one of the best books of 2019 by NPR, The New York Times, School Library Journal, and more. 

Reynolds’ book, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, written in collaboration with author and historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, is a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing narrative that illuminates the many insidious forms of racist ideas and give readers the tools to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives.

Reynolds currently lives and writes in Washington, DC, and has served three terms as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. For more information on this Speaker, please visit www.simonspeakers.com. 

Along with Shannon Hale, Uyen has created several iconic children’s book series. With Shannon and Dean Hale, she created the middle grade series Princess in Black, and with Shannon, she created the groundbreaking graphic memoirs Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever. Most recently, Shannon and Uyen have written and illustrated the Itty-Bitty-Kitty-Corn picture book series.

LeUyen is the author and illustrator of Big Sister Little Sister, There’s No Such Thing as Little, A Piece of Cake, All the Things I Love About You, The Bear Who Wasn’t There, and Outside, Inside, a chronicle of life in a COVID-bound world. For more information, please visit theauthorvillage.com.