Author Event with Joan Bauer to celebrate This is Epic

Join Anderson’s Bookshop for an author event with Joan Bauer, to celebrate the release of her newest novel, This is Epic, on Tuesday, December 8th at 7:00 pm in our Naperville store.

Event Format

We will begin checking you in approximately 30 minutes before the start time. After a presentation and Q&A with the author, the line will form in numbered order with the following guidelines:

• Posed photo with your camera taken by our staff

• There is a limit of 2 books from home to be signed (unless otherwise stated)

• There is a limit of 1 personalization (unless otherwise stated)

All events have open seating. Your ticket will feature the "seating assignment" you selected at check-out; this is actually your assigned group for the signing/photo line portion of the event. We will ask ticket holders to line up by assigned group, starting with Group A and proceeding alphabetically.

If you cannot attend, you must pick up your book (if included with ticket) at the hosting store within 30 days of the event.  We can ship that book to you for an additional charge of $9.99; please call the store to arrange that.

Pre-registration is required for this event because space is limited.

Anderson’s Bookshop reserves the right to change the format of this event at any time in coordination with the author and publisher. Anderson’s Bookshop assumes no responsibility or liability for any personal injury or other loss you may incur as a result of your decision to attend an event, including the transmission of Covid-19 or related illnesses. 

Failure to treat all participants and staff with courtesy and respect may result in your expulsion from the event. 

Epic Dupree played along . . . until she couldn't.

Everyone thought The Duprees were the perfect family band.

But behind the Billboard chart successes were the family lies, behind those lies were the abuse and gaslighting, and then came the ultimate upending.

And so Epic left her home and her music in Savannah, Georgia, in search of a new city and a new life. She didn't want to sing again. She couldn't. She folded up her voice in a packing box, labeled it miscellaneous, and put it in her storage locker.

Now, ten years later, Epic's manager reaches out because the fans haven't forgotten about The Duprees. People want a reunion. They need one. The money could be amazing. But what about the wounds?

Ten years is long enough to heal the pain.

Well, isn't it?

Joan Bauer is a New York Times best-selling author, screenwriter, songwriter, and speaker who has won numerous awards for her novels.

Joan Bauer is a New York Times best-selling author, screenwriter, songwriter, and speaker who has won numerous awards for her novels. Those prizes include: the Newbery Honor Medal, the American Library Association's Schneider Family Book Award, three Christopher Awards, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literary Prize, the Golden Kite Award of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the St. Katherine Drexel Award of the Catholic Library Association, the New England Booksellers Award; and the Boston Public Library's "Literary Light" Award.Joan has twice participated in the US State Department's Professional Speakers Program, traveling to both Croatia and Kazakhstan. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America East, the Authors Guild, and PEN. She also publishes on Substack: https: //substack.com/@joanbauerhere. Her novels for young people have been featured extensively on state award lists, in addition to appearing on ALA Notable Books, American Bookseller Pick of the List, School Library Journal Best Books, and Smithsonian Notable Children's Books.Her novel Rules of the Road was chosen as one of the top young adult books of the quarter century by the American Library Association. Her classic novel Hope Was Here explores honor in politics as seen through the eyes of a sixteen year-old waitress. Joan's work balances "hope, humor, and relevance" according to The Christophers, an organization that celebrates the humanity of people in a positive way.She lives just outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband Evan and their dog Cleo. She enjoys cooking, hiking, and playing the guitar. For more about Joan, visit her website: www.joanbauer.com.