Meet the Author: One Read Keynote Speaker - Sam Weller

Join us for an inspiring One Read Keynote presentation from Sam Weller, bestselling author and authorized biographer of Ray Bradbury. Learn about Ray Bradbury's life and writing style, what it was like working with him for 12 years, and more. 

Sam Weller's books will be available for purchase, and the presentation will be followed by a signing line. 

About Sam Weller:

Sam Weller is a bestselling author, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-winner. He is also the authorized biographer of legendary writer Ray Bradbury. Sam 's book, The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury (William Morrow), was a national bestseller and winner of the 2005 Society of Midland Authors Award for Best Biography. The companion book, Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, was published by Melville House/Stop Smiling Books in 2010.

Weller co-edited the short fiction anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (William Morrow Paperbacks, 2012). In 2014, the graphic novel adaptation of Shadow Show was published by IDW. In 2015, Weller edited Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview as part of Melville House Publishing's critically lauded "Last Interview" series.

Sam worked with the late Ray Bradbury for 12 years.  

Sam is the former Midwest Correspondent for Publishers Weekly magazine. His essays have appeared in the Paris Review, on the National Public Radio Program All Things Considered, Slate magazine, and Huffington Post. He is a regular contributor to Popmatters and the Los Angeles Review of Books. His short fiction has appeared in numerous books, anthologies, literary journals, and magazines, including Printer's Row Journal, Rosebud, Arcturus, the Chicago Reader, and others. Sam’s modern gothic short story collection Dark Black was published in 2020 to rave reviews. He is presently at work on a fantasy novel, and has a screenplay in development with Paramount Pictures.