"Who Better Than You?" Book Signing & Discussion with Producer Will Packer

Will Packer, Founder and CEO of Will Packer Productions and Will Packer Media is one of Hollywood’s most prolific and commercially successful producers with a wide variety of projects on his slate. He can currently be found on The Hollywood Reporter’s illustrious Forces for Change list which draws attention to the heavyweights in Hollywood pushing for change. Most recently, Packer was listed as a New York Times and USA Today Best-Selling author, for his book, WHO BETTER THAN YOU? The Art of Healthy Arrogance and Dreaming Big, that showcases his powerful and illuminating stories from the front lines of Hollywood, which was released on February 18, 2025

Packer has produced or executive produced a wide range of movies grossing more than $1 billion worldwide at the box office, including “Girls Trip”, “Night School”, and “Ride Along" In 2022, Packer made history as the first Black producer and producing team to preside over the Academy Awards, for which he received an Emmy nomination. On May 21, 2024, it was announced that Packer became one of four new limited partners to the Atlanta Falcons ownership group. Packer is a magna cum laude graduate of Florida A&M University (FAMU).

Judge Glenda Hatchett is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College and Emory University School of Law, where she was an Earl Warren Scholar, Hatchett completed a prestigious federal clerkship in the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, where she was the first Black clerk in that federal court. Hatchett then spent nearly 10 years at Delta Air Lines, where she was the airline's highest-ranking woman of color worldwide. Ebony magazine recognized her as one of the nation's most outstanding women in corporate America.

Hatchett presided over the two-time Emmy-nominated show Judge Hatchett, which is in its 23rd season of national syndication (Sony Pictures Television). Judge Hatchett won a Prism Award for Best Unscripted Non-Fiction Series. Most recently, Hatchett has returned to TV with her new television court series, The Verdict With Judge Hatchett. She presides over the series as a follow-up to Sony's long-running Judge Hatchett. Hatchett is also the author of the National Best Sellers, Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say (Harper Collins, 2003) and Dare to Take Charge (Center Street / Hachette Book Group, 2010).

Validated parking is available in Entra West End parking garage on Park Street.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

44th & 3rd Bookseller, 451 Lee Street Southwest, Atlanta, United States