Wright Library to host author Gilbert King

About this Event

As a kick-off to the Dayton Literary Peace Prize weekend, Wright Memorial Public Library is pleased to welcome Gilbert King for a public conversation with the author on Friday, November 7, 2025, 5:00 PM, at Wright Library, 1776 Far Hills Avenue in Oakwood, Ohio.

Guests are encouraged to bring a book for signing after the program. In-person attendees may also enter into a drawing to win tickets to the 2025 DLPP Conversation with the Authors event November 8, 2025, at the Victoria Theatre in Dayton (winners can pick up their tickets at the Will Call Window under "Wright Library"). Must be present to win. More event details on the Wright Library Calendar

Wright Library’s Community Room seating capacity is 80, so please arrive early to ensure your seat. 

The November 7th author talk at Wright Library is made possible with support from the Wright Memorial Library Foundation and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. 

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Visit the DLPP Authors section at Wright Library or browse the Wright Library DLPP Collection - titles from past finalists, winners, and runners-up.

About the Author

From Gilbert King's website:

Gilbert King's latest book, Bone Valley, is also the subject of podcast about the murder of Michelle Schofield and the wrongful conviction of her husband, Leo Schofield, who was paroled in 2024 after serving over 30 years for a crime he did not commit.

King’s other books outline cases from the 1940s and 50s where the American justice system failed and dedicated lawyers fought for what was just. 

He is the author of Devil in the Grove, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction in 2013. A New York Times bestseller, the book was also named runner-up for the 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. King has written about race, civil rights, and the death penalty for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Atlantic, and he was a 2019-2020 fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars at the New York Public Library. King’s earlier books include The Execution of Willie Francis (2008), and Beneath a Ruthless Sun (2018). He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.