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#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds joins us in a conversation about Twenty-Four Seconds From Now, a YA love story. Moderated by Karen Hewitt, a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and cultural strategist. SCHEDULE
5:30 p.m. | Seating begins, book sale by Prologue Bookshop
6:00 p.m. | Main Event
6:45 p.m. | Audience Q&A
7:00 p.m. | Book sale and signing
🔗 This event is free and open to all, but registration is required: https://events.columbuslibrary.org/event/15030751
🎥 This special event will be live streamed, for one time only, on the Columbus Library YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/columbuslibrary
📒 Readers are limited to ONE item, purchased from Prologue Bookshop on site. Please purchase a book to join the signing line. Signing limitations are subject to change.
📍 Main Library (96 S. Grant Ave.)
⏰ Thursday, Feb. 5 from 6–8 p.m.
✍️ See the 2026 Author Lineup: https://www.columbuslibrary.org/authors-at-the-library/
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of many award-winning books, including Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, All American Boys (with Brendan Kiely), Long Way Down, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (with Ibram X. Kendi), Stuntboy, in the Meantime (illustrated by Raúl the Third), and Ain’t Burned All the Bright (with artwork by Jason Griffin). The recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and multiple Coretta Scott King honors, Reynolds is also the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. He has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Late Night with Seth Meyers, CBS Sunday Morning, Good Morning America, and various media outlets. He is on faculty at Lesley University, for the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington, DC.
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