Join us for the 21st Anniversary of the Literary Award Gala honoring Amor Towles.
As many of you are aware, the Main Library remains closed due to a fire in the parking garage this past June. Without a reopening date yet set and a certain impact to parking, we’ve made the difficult but necessary decision to secure an alternative location for the Literary Award Weekend Gala.
Please note the venue change for this year’s Literary Award Gala
Montgomery Bell Academy
Currey Hall, 4001 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205
We are incredibly grateful to the community members who have stepped up to help us during this time, particularly our board chair, Lucy Haynes and Montgomery Bell Academy. We are incredibly grateful to MBA for their generous in-kind offer to host us. Not only does this provide us with a beautiful setting, but it also highlights the spirit of community that makes this event so meaningful.
The Literary Award Weekend will culminate in the Gala in the Currey Hall at Montgomery Bell Academy. This event promises delightful cocktails, conversation, and a delicious dinner in an elegant setting. NPLF, along with Literary Award Weekend co-chairs Tiffany and Alfred Degrafinreid, Lee Pratt and Neil Krugman, Lindsay and Tyson Moore, invite you to join us in celebrating Amor Towles.
Established in 2004, the Nashville Public Library Literary Award recognizes distinguished authors for their illustrious contributions to the world of books, literacy, and reading. Each year, we bring an outstanding individual to Nashville for a weekend-long celebration honoring their achievements while simultaneously raising critical funding in support of NPL’s essential education and literacy programs and resources.
The Nashville Public Library Literary Award Weekend draws more than 1,000 cultural, political, community, and business leaders from across Nashville and beyond.
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About the Author
Born and raised in the Boston area, Amor Towles graduated from Yale and received an MA in English from Stanford. Having worked as an investment professional for over twenty years, he now devotes himself full time to writing in Manhattan, where he lives with his family. His novels Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Lincoln Highway, and his collection of shorter fiction Table for Two have all been New York Times bestsellers, have collectively sold more than eight million copies, and have been translated into more than forty languages. Both Bill Gates and President Barack Obama included A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway on their annual book recommendation lists.
Rules of Civility (2011) was a New York Times bestseller and was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of the year. The book’s French translation received the 2012 Prix Fitzgerald.
A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) was on the New York Times bestseller list for two years and was named one of the best books of 2016 by the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Chronicle, and NPR. In 2024, Paramount+ released a mini series based on the novel which stars Ewan McGregor.
The Lincoln Highway (2021) debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. The book is being adapted as a feature film by Warner Brothers with Chris Storer, the creator of “The Bear”, writing and directing.
Table for Two (2024), a collection of six short stories and the novella “Eve in Hollywood”, was a New York Times bestseller.
Towles’s short stories have appeared in the Paris Review (#112), Granta (#148), British Vogue, and Audible Originals.
Proceeds from the Literary Award Weekend benefit the Nashville Public Library Foundation’s mission to support and enhance Nashville Public Library.
