Florence Festival of Books Keynote Speaker: Amy Stewart


On Friday, September 28 at 7 p.m., join fellow readers and writers at the Florence Events Center for a special evening event with New York TImes bestselling author Amy Stewart. This event is the perfect kick-off for your visit to the Florence Festival of Books. Tickets are just $8 in advance! 

Amy Stewart is the New York Times best-selling author of nine books, including Girl Waits with Gun and the rest of the Kopp Sisters series, which are based on the true story of one of America’s first female deputy sheriffs and her two rambunctious sisters. Her popular nonfiction titles include The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Plants, and Flower Confidential.

She lives in Portland with her husband Scott Brown, a rare book dealer. They own an independent bookstore called Eureka Books, which is so independent that it lives in California while they live in Oregon.

Amy’s books have been translated into seventeen languages, one of which she can actually read.   Her 2009 book Wicked Plants has been adapted into a national traveling exhibit that terrifies children at science museums nationwide.

Her mother is very impressed that she was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, the American Horticulture Society’s Book Award, and an International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Award. In 2012, she was invited to be the first Tin House Writer-in-Residence, a partnership with Portland State University, where she corrupted young minds in the MFA program.

Learn more about Amy Stewart and her books at www.amystewart.com.