Club Book will present National Book Award winner Jason Mott and 8 other writers

Club Book, the free writers series hosted by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA), began as a way to bring notable writers to libraries and community centers outside of the Minneapolis and St. Paul downtowns. But with COVID continuing to rear its ugly head, Club Book remains virtual, thus bringing notable writers to anybody who has a computer.

This spring Club Book will host Maggie O'Farrell (rescheduled from last fall), National Book Award winner Jason Mott and seven other writers.

Here's the lineup that will be livestreamed on Facebook at facebook.com/ClubBook.

Maggie O'Farrell
O'Farrell is the author of eight novels, including the much-lauded "Hamnet," and a memoir, "I Am, I Am, I Am." She's the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Costa Novel Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction. (Feb. 23 at noon)

Brendan Slocum
Slocum, a violinist and music educator, is the author of a debut novel, "The Violin Conspiracy," the story of a Black violinist from North Carolina who discovers that his family's beat-up violin is actually a Stradivarius. (March 8 at 7 p.m.)

Victoria Christopher Murray
Author of more than 30 books, Victoria Christopher Murray has been honored with an NAACP Image Award, the Phillis Wheatley Trailblazer Award for African American Fiction, and nine African American Literary Awards. Her newest book is "The Personal Librarian," co-written with Marie Benedict, the story of J.P. Morgan's collection curator. (March 22 at 7 p.m.)

Julie Otsuka
Otsuka's 2011 novel, "The Buddha in the Attic," won the PEN/Faulkner Award and has been translated into more than 20 languages. Her latest novel, "The Swimmers," revisits an earlier theme of the internment camps of American Japanese citizens during World War II, exploring memory and loss. (March 30 at 7 p.m.)

Jason Mott
Mott is the author of "Hell of a Book," winner of the 2021 National Book Award for fiction. The book also won the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction. His 2013 debut, "The Returned," served as the basis for the fantasy drama series "Resurrection," produced by Brad Pitt for ABC Studios. (April 25 at 7 p.m.)

James Rollins
Rollins is the author of adult thrillers, the Jake Ransom series for middle-grade readers and the "Order of the Sanguines" trilogy, co-written with Rebecca Cantrell. He is perhaps best known for his New York Times bestselling Sigma Force series, with the 16th book in that series, "Kingdom of Bones," due in April. (April 28 at 7 p.m.)

Tia Williams
Former beauty editor for Elle, Glamour and Essence, Williams is also the author of the award winning Shake Your Beauty blog. Her books include "The Accidental Diva," "The Perfect Find" and "Seven Days in June." (May 10 at 7 p.m.)