Best Selling Author - Meg Waite Clayton - Author Event
Thu, Jun 25
|The Book Loft Oak Park
Don't miss bestselling author of eight previous novels, including The Postmistress of Paris, a Good Morning America Buzz Pick and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Meg Waite Clayton.
Time & Location
Jun 25, 2026, 6:30 PM
The Book Loft Oak Park, 1047 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301, USA
About the event
About the Author & Typewriter Beach
Meg Waite Clayton has long been known as a writer of “the very best kind of historical fiction,” with an unmatched talent for crafting a work that “both highlights a little-known moment in the past and resonates powerfully in the present” (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Exiles, on Postmistress). We are honored to share Clayton’s newest novel, TYPEWRITER BEACH (Publication Date: July 1st, 2025; $30.00), the unforgettable story of an unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock’s new star. Set in Carmel-by-the-Sea, and ranging from 1950s Hollywood—in the days of the studio system and McCarthy-era scaremongering—to the #MeToo era of today, TYPEWRITER BEACH is a riveting, heartwarming tale of long-buried secrets; sisterhood and sexism; the importance of free speech, story, and name; and what it means to be family.
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