Tucson Festival of Books

J. Ryan Stradal


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J. Ryan Stradal is the author of "Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club," a finalist for the Heartland Booksellers Award. He also wrote The New York Times best-seller, "Kitchens of the Great Midwest," which won the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award and the American Booksellers Association Indie Choice Award for Adult Debut Book of the Year. Those novels frame "The Lager Queen of Minnesota," a finalist for the Heartland Booksellers Award. His shorter writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Granta, The Rumpus and The Guardian. Born and raised in Minnesota, Stradal now lives in Los Angeles. 

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Awards: WILLA Literary Award; ABA Indie’s Choice Award for Debut Fiction; SCIBA Award for Fiction; MIBA Award for Fiction


Scheduled events:
J. Ryan Stradel
Stacks Book Club Author Signing with J. Ryan Stradel

Stacks Book Club LLC, Booth #243 (Seats 1)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 9, 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Fiction / Literature

Author: J. Ryan Stradal
All in the Family
Love to explore the delightful chaos of quirky family dynamics? From big gay weddings to offbeat relatives and family-operated supper clubs in Minnesota, these authors have crafted narratives that breathe life into unconventional family relationships. Today they will explain why stories about family are fun to write ... and so much fun to read.

Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 9, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Byron Lane, Elizabeth McKenzie, J. Ryan Stradal
Moderator: Mary Ellen Flynn
J. Ryan Stradel
Stacks Book Club Author Signing with J. Ryan Stradel

Stacks Book Club LLC, Booth #243 (Seats 1)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 10, 10:00 am - 10:30 am
Fiction / Literature

Author: J. Ryan Stradal
Small Towns and Big Hearts
Authors Bonnie Jo Campbell, Jeffrey Blount and J. Ryan Strandal discuss the process of creating close-knit communities and characters who are determined to save their town no matter the cost.

Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 10, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Jeffrey Blount, Bonnie Jo Campbell, J. Ryan Stradal
Moderator: Meredith Amadee

Books:
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
Fiction / Literature
Penguin
April 2023
ISBN 9781984881076
352 pages
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The Lager Queen of Minnesota
Fiction / Literature
Penguin
June 2020
ISBN 9780399563065
400 pages