In celebration of Independent Bookstore Day, we want to recognize a few authors for their support of indies! Authors love independent bookstores for some of the same reasons the rest of us do: they are hubs for community, their booksellers make fantastic recommendations, and they are great physical spaces to celebrate love of books.
Many authors also attribute part or all of their success to the Indie booksellers that handsell their books to customers and champion their work to communities around the country.
These awesome authors have spoken out about what bookstores mean to them:
Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere
Christine Mangan, author of Tangerine
Laini Taylor, author of Strange the Dreamer
Emma Straub, author of Modern Lovers
Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods
Jewell Parker Rhodes, author of Ninth Ward and Ghost Boys
Dan Pink, author of When
Veronica Henry, author of How to Find Love in a Bookshop
Cecelia Ahern, author of PS, I Love You
Nicole Krauss, author of Forest Dark
John Lescroart, author of Fatal
Gabrielle Zevin, author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Finn Murphy, author of The Long Haul
Kirby Larson, author of Hattie Big Sky
Ross McMeekin, author of The Hummingbirds
Daniel José Older, author of Shadowshaper
Alex Gino, author of George
Kheryn Callender, author of Hurricane Child
Francisco X. Stork, author of The Memory of Light
