Local Authors
The Library is proud of the large number of authors and writers in the Wilmette Community. We are pleased to offer a number of resources and showcase opportunities for our local authors.
Wilmette Writers Group
Perfect your craft in this writing workshop featuring group critique and technique instruction.
Group members include practitioners of the novel, short story, memoir, creative nonfiction, and poetry genres. Julie West Johnson, formerly a New Trier English teacher, facilitates the group. The group meets Sunday evenings during the school year, and on Tuesdays in the summer. Search our calendar for the next meetings.
Local Author Events
The Library hosts occasional group and individual book talks to highlight our local authors and promote their work in the community. For more information about the process of featuring your book on the Library’s events calendar, please fill out our form.
Adding Your Book to the Collection
For information about having your book added to the Library’s collection, please contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The following authors live(d) in or near Wilmette and have works in the Wilmette Public Library's collection:
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Novelist Plus
Use Novelist Plus to find book recommendations, series information, and readalikes. Accessible from home with your Wilmette or Kenilworth library card.
