Each year, the Massachusetts Center for the Book selects winners in various categories of fiction and nonfiction, highlighting the work of authors from Massachusetts. We are pleased to announce that one of the 2024 winners in adult fiction, River Adams, will be joining us on March 12th to discuss their experiences and inspiration for their novel, read excerpts, take questions and sign books.

River Adams (they/them) grew up in late Soviet Russia, pursuing a career as a concert pianist, and came to America at the age of 19 as a Jewish refugee. They graduated from Delaware County Community College in Pennsylvania, earned their BA at Rosemont College and their MTS at Harvard Divinity School, then returned to Philadelphia to teach religious studies and work as a medical interpreter for Russian-speaking patients. Today, having earned an MFA from Emerson College, they live in Massachusetts; care for their noisy family of eight humans, two dogs, and a cat; and write. They are the author of many published short stories and essays and a biography of Leonard Swidler, There Must Be YOU (Resource Publications, 2014).Their debut novel, The Light of Seven Days (Delphinium Books, 2023) was named finalist by the National Jewish Book Awards and an honor title by the Massachusetts Book Awards.
For more, visit their website: riveradamsauthor.weebly.com