An Evening with Stephen Graham Jones Hosted by: Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library When: Friday, November 20, 2026, 7-9 pm Where: Alpena Community College Granum Theatre, 855 Johnson Street, Alpena, MI 49707 What: Author Event: An Evening with Stephen Graham Jones Tickets for the 2026 Author in the Fall go on sale on Monday, June 22nd, at 11 am. Join the Alpena County Library for a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones. Jones is a Native American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. He is the author of thirty-five or so novels and collections, and there are some novellas and comic books in there as well. Tickets are $25 each and available at the Library or by visiting https://bit.ly/4fDuvcD. Stephen’s been an NEA recipient, has won the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Fiction, the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, the August Derleth British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction, the Western Literature Association’s Distinguished Achievement Award, the American Library Association’s RUSA Award and Alex Award, the 2023 American Indian Festival of Words Writers Award, the Will Rogers Medallion Award, the Locus Award twice, five Bram Stoker Awards, three Shirley Jackson Awards, and six This is Horror Awards. Stephen’s also been inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame; he’s been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and the Eisner Award; and he’s made Bloody Disgusting’s Top Ten Horror Novels, been a New York Times Book Club selection, and been on Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List. He’s the guy who wrote Mongrels, The Only Good Indians, My Heart is a Chainsaw, Earthdivers, I Was a Teenage Slasher, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, and Killer on the Road. Next up will be Off the Reservation. Stephen lives and teaches in Boulder, Colorado. Books will be available for sale courtesy of Parallel 45 Books and Gifts. This event is made possible in part by the Alpena County Community College Foundation. For a complete bibliography and more information about Stephen, visit https://www.stephengrahamjones.com/. *Jessica Luther (she/her) * Assistant Director *Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library* 211 N. First Ave. Alpena, MI 49707 jluther@alpenalibrary.org 989.419.4236 Currently reading: <https://app.thestorygraph.com/currently-reading/sylvia_p77> [image: London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe]