Last week on October 3, New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand visited us for our very first Author’s Café event. In our tradition of bringing community together to celebrate literacy, audience members experience a lively and memorable discussion about Elin’s newest book Endless Summer: Stories From Days That Last Forever.

At the brand-new UC San Diego’s Park & Market location, attendees dressed in red and white shades of peppermint candy so they could match with Elin, who famously assigns a different color palette for every stop of her book tour. Words Alive staff even set out branded wine glasses filled with peppermints as fun party favors for guests to take home, along with their autographed copy of Endless Summer.

Elin is a seasoned romance novel author, having written nearly 30 books since graduating from University of Iowa Writers Workshop with her MFA in 1998. Most of her books are set in Nantucket Island, where she currently lives with her three children. She plans to retire with her last summer romance in 2024 and become a book influencer.

Thank you to Elin and those at Warwick’s who helped make this event possible! Our longstanding partnership with Warwick’s in La Jolla, the country’s oldest continuously family-owned and operated bookstore, has allowed us to invite world-class authors to San Diego and raise money for our mission of supporting literacy in the local area.

Special thanks to our moderator, Sarah Z. Sleeper, and our sponsors: Geppetto’s Toys, Nordson, The Camp Transformation Center, Laura Galinson & Jodi Diamond, and Mary Weatherup.

We relished connecting to Endless Summer in a powerful way that develops community and connection with one another. Stay tuned to see which author we get to connect with next at our Spring 2023 Author’s Luncheon!