Author Visits

Dr. Craig Yorke

Wed, Aug 27 | 7pm | Marvin Auditorium

Dr. Yorke discusses his memoir and history as a Black neurosurgeon who practiced in Topeka for 25 years. His story is about the price of success rather than the weight of bigotry – a story of resilience and self-discovery. His memoir Steep: A Black Neurosurgeon's Journey began as a letter to his sons in response to a moment in a bookstore where he faced the shelves of books on Black Studies and wondered where his history could find shelf space.

Incredible authors who visited in 2025

• Tim Bascom & Laurie Dove, adult fiction and nonfiction
• William Kent Krueger, adult fiction
• Dr. Walt Menninger & Todd Fertig, memoir and historical nonfiction
• Ernie Webb III, true crime
• Jaclyn Westlake, romance

Fantastic authors who visited in 2024

• Lara Avery, adult and young adult fiction
• Elizabeth Farnsworth, memoir and historical fiction
• Dane Kroll, young adult horror, fantasy, sci-fi fiction
• Lisa Scottoline, legal thrillers, historical fiction and nonfiction humor

Amazing authors visited in 2023

• Marcia Cebulksa, memoir
• Emily Cowan, history
• Lamar Giles, young adult thrillers
• Alex Grecian, mystery & thrillers
• Priscilla Howe, folktales
• Craig Johnson, western mysteries
• Janae Marks, middle grade novels
• Rita Woods, Afrofuturism