Fireside Chat with Keir Graff
Sat, Dec 13
|Homewood
Acclaimed novelist Keir Graff has published fifteen books under three different names with two different collaborators--he's also an editor, ghostwriter, and book doctor with three decades of publishing experience.
Time & Location
Dec 13, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Homewood, 18063 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL 60430, USA
About the event
Keir Graff recently published his first work of nonfiction, Chicago’s Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and Murder. He usually writes thrillers, mysteries, and contemporary fiction for adults, and adventure novels for younger readers. Recent books include The Royal Game and The Three Mrs. Wrights, both of which were coauthored with Linda Joffe Hull under the name Linda Keir. With James Patterson, he is the coauthor of the middle-grade mysteries The Double Trouble Puzzle and The Poison Puzzle. Working solo, he has published four middle-grade novels, including The Phantom Tower (a Chicago Tribune Best Children’s Book) and The Matchstick Castle (an Illinois Reads official selection). The former executive editor of Booklist, he lives in Chicago, where he is the cofounder of the much-loved literary gathering Publishing Cocktails. With Michael Moreci, he cohosts The Filmographers Podcast. He provides writing advice and book recommendations in his free monthly newsletter, Graff Paper.