On Saturday, October 11, the Central Library is open to registered Heartland Book Festival attendees only. Regular services, such as hold pickups, public computers and phones, and public meeting rooms, will not be available.
St. Louis-based author Soman Chainani visits schools around the world with the message that reading is the path to a better life. The six novels in his School for Good and Evil series give him plenty of opportunities to do that; they’ve sold more than 4.5 million copies, been translated into 33 languages, and were adapted into a Netflix film airing in more than 80 countries.
Coven, Chainani’s next project, is his first graphic novel, an adventure that follows a witch coven. The three young witches must answer a call for help from the mysterious Red Isle, where two factions are divided by much more than a river.
Chainani discusses his move from novel to graphic novel, a continuation of a spectacular journey that appeals to generations of readers who love fantasy worlds and rooting for true friends who fight their way from darkness back into the light.