Register here for Sara Gruen’s program.

Sara Gruen will open this year’s series in a program at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 24 at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center.

Gruen is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of At the Water’s Edge, Water for Elephants, Ape House, Riding Lessons, and Flying Changes. Her works have been translated into forty-three languages, and have sold more than ten million copies worldwide. Water for Elephants was adapted into a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon, Rob Pattinson, and Christoph Waltz in 2011.