South Huntsville Public Library
An Evening with Rachel Hawkins
Monday, February 23, 2026 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Celebrate the upcoming release of "The Storm" with the Huntsville-Madison County Library Foundation and Rachel Hawkins!
The Storm by Rachel Hawkins is a Southern gothic thriller about a decades-old murder in the hurricane-prone town of St. Medard's Bay, Alabama, centered around the historic Rosalie Inn. The plot follows true-crime writer August Fletcher and the woman accused of the murder, Lo Bailey, as they return to the inn to write her story, uncovering buried secrets as another hurricane approaches.
Rachel Hawkins is the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, Reckless Girls, The Villa, The Heiress, and The Storm, as well as multiple books for young readers. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. She studied gender and sexuality in Victorian literature at Auburn University and currently lives in Alabama.
This is a ticketed event, and each ticket includes a copy of The Storm. There will be a book signing following the conversation. For more information or to purchase a ticket, please click here.