Fiction, On the Road Book Events

Devil Inside is about a man who’s back from the dead meets a woman who’s from somewhere even worse in Clay McLeod Chapman’s new horrormance about love, possession, and just a little murder.

Clay McLeod Chapman is the author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, Kill Your Darling, Stay on the Line, What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters, Whisper Down the Lane, The Remaking, and miss corpus. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award. Quiet Part Loud, a 12-part horror podcast from Jordan Peele/Monkeypaw Productions, written by Chapman and Mac Rogers, is available on Spotify.

He currently teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University. Devil Inside is his most recent novel. To learn more, visit him online at www.claymcleodchapman.com

Celebrating National Library Week: Meet Author Carol Hoenig

Mary Calvi, CBS News, says this: “Carol Hoenig is a behind-the-scenes force in the publishing industry.” Take this opportunity to meet Carol, who is the author of Before She Was a Finley, Without Grace, Of Little Faith and The Author’s Guide to Planning Book Events. Her essays are in a number of anthologies. She is President of Carol Hoenig Publishing Consultant, co-owner of On the Road Book Events and co-podcaster on Wildflowers Podcast: Books, Booze and Banter. Her next novel will be published September 2026. You may find out more about her at Carolhoenig.com, but she invites anyone who has questions about the writing or publishing process to bring them to this event and she’ll address them. Books will be available for purchase.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet playwright, screenwriter, and television writer and producer, Kevin Wade

Kevin Wade will join us to discuss Johnny Careless, his razor-sharp debut novel that Carl Hiassen says, “combines grit and wit in a way that conjures Donald Westlake or Robert Parker in full stride.” Wade’s credits include the stage plays Key Exchange, Mr. & Mrs., and Cruise Control, and the screenplays for Working Girl (seven Academy Award nominations), True Colors, Mr. Baseball, Junior, Meet Joe Black, and Maid in Manhattan. For television, he created the ABC television drama Cashmere Mafia and in 2010 joined the rookie CBS drama Blue Bloods as a writer. Starting with the second season and for the rest of the show’s fourteen year-run, Wade served as its showrunner, executive producer, and back-seat driver. Wade will discuss his novel, take questions and sign copies that will be on hand by On the Road Book Events.

Meet Best-Selling Author, Jennifer Weiner

Jennifer Weiner will be launching her latest novel, The Breakaway, with us! An ode to the love of cycling, a poignant examination of family, and a testament to the strength of women’s bonds, The Breakaway is a timely and empowering read about embracing every curve in the road and how breaking from the status quo is sometimes what it takes to forge your own path to happiness.

JENNIFER WEINER is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty books, including The Summer Place, That Summer, Big Summer, Mrs. Everything, In Her Shoes, Good in Bed, and a memoir in essays, Hungry Heart. She has appeared on many national television programs, including Today and Good Morning America, and her work has been published in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Jennifer lives with her family in Philadelphia. Visit her online at JenniferWeiner.com.

Jennifer Weiner will discuss her novel, take questions and autograph copies. A ticket price of $35 includes a copy of The Breakaway. Tickets may be purchased here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/11133077 or call the Madison Theatre box office: (516)323-4444. Open Monday – Saturday, 1pm – 5pm.