Book & Author Luncheon

Julia London is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous works of romantic fiction and women’s fiction. She is the recipient of the RT Bookclub Award for Best Historical Romance, and a six-time finalist for the RITA award for excellence in romantic fiction. She lives in Austin, Texas with two teens, a Beagle, and an astonishingly big pile of books.

Julia Rosenfeld’s fascination with recipes and ingredients led her to pepper her writing career with gastronomic gigs, including fourteen years as the restaurant reviewer for San Antonio Magazine, a few as the local Zagat editor, and a few as the writing instructor at The Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio. In 2014, she coauthored her first cookbook, Texas Hill Country Cuisine: Flavors from the Cabernet Grill Texas Wine Country Restaurant, with chef Ross Burtwell. Since 2015, she has introduced countless guests to the city’s chefs, artisans, and producers through her culinary tour company, Food Chick Tours.

Lindsay Leslie is the award-winning children’s author of SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A LIBRARY, DUSK EXPLORERS (an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner, Bank Street Best Book of 2021 with Outstanding Merit, and Amazon Editors’ Pick), NOVA THE STAR EATER, THIS BOOK IS SPINELESS, and ROCK AND MOSS: THE PHYSICS OF FRIENDSHIP. Her next picture book, GUS ❤ THE BUS (illustrated by Geeta Ladi), is slated for summer 2025 with Sleeping Bear Press. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, sci-fi/fantasy novelist Ryan Leslie, two teenagers, two fur-beasts, and a guinea pig.

Amanda Churchill is a writer living in Texas. Her work has been featured in Hobart Pulp, Witness, River Styx, and other outlets. She was a Writer’s League of Texas 2021 Fellow and holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of North Texas. The Turtle House is her first novel.