I just loved loved Remarkably Bright Creatures, the 2022 best-selling novel by Shelby Van Pelt. Check out my review –> Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt – Read with Jenna – Goodreads Choice Awards – Book Review She’ll be appearing at the Appleton Library in just a few weeks for a Fox Cities Reads event!

Details for the event:

• Who: Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times Bestselling Author
• Where: Appleton Public Library, 200 N Appleton Street
• When: Thursday, March 12, 2026; 6 – 7pm

Van Pelt will be speaking about Remarkably Bright Creatures and will take questions from the audience. Books will be available to purchase from The Book Store and can be signed by the author.

About the Author: When Shelby Van Pelt isn’t writing, she’s herding cats and wrangling children. Her debut novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures (Ecco, 2022) was an Instant New York Times Bestseller and a Read With Jenna Today Show book club pick. In 2023, she was awarded the Heartland Prize for Fiction and the McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize from The Writer’s Center. Remarkably Bright Creatures has sold over two million copies. It has spent, in aggregate, over a year on the NYT Hardcover Bestseller list.

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