Meet the Author: LaDarrion Williams & Bones at the Crossroads

Books-A-Million and the Birmingham Public Library present New York Times bestselling author LaDarrion Williams for an unforgettable evening celebrating the release of his powerful new YA novel, Bones at the Crossroads!

Join us for this special launch event featuring a moderated conversation and audience Q&A, followed by a book signing and photo opportunity with LaDarrion.

🎟️Ticket options are available and include the chance to pre-purchase your copy of Bones at the Crossroads. Please note: while a ticket is not required for entry, a book purchase is required to join the signing line.

Don’t miss this chance to meet one of YA’s most compelling new voices and be among the first to dive into a story that’s already making waves. Grab your ticket today!

We can't wait to see you there!

In the sequel to the "unforgettable" (People), New York Times bestselling fantasy debut Blood at the Root, a Black teenager with magical powers returns to Caiman University only to find new dangers and new secrets.

It's Homecoming season at Caiman University, and all 17-year-old Malik Baron wants to do is be a regular college student...or as regular as he can get at a magical HBCU for young, Black Conjurers. He's ready to go to parties, hang out with his new friends, choose a major, and talk to girls. Instead, he's reeling from a summer of revelations, heartbreak and betrayal, and still uncovering the truth about his powers and his legacy.

The family he only just discovered is already fractured beyond repair, and a new relative who shows up on his doorstep brings even more questions. Then there's the mother he risked everything to find, who might be the biggest threat to the life he's trying to build. To protect his new community, Malik joins an elite secret society with roots in ancient magic.

His journey takes him even deeper into his own heritage and the history of the magical world, while bringing him closer to a classmate whose friendship might mean something more, if Malik is ready to let her in. But how can he use powers he can't even control to defend a world he's not sure will ever fully accept him? And as the pressure and danger builds, will he be able to confront the deepening cracks within the magical society, and those building within himself?

LaDarrion Williams is a Los Angeles based-playwright, filmmaker, author, and screenwriter whose goal is to cultivate a new era of Black fantasy, providing space and agency for Black characters and stories in a new, fresh and fantastical way. He is currently a resident playwright/co-creator of The Black Creators Collective, where his play UMOJA made its West Coast premiere in January 2022 and produced North Hollywood's first Black playwrights festival at the Waco Theater Center. Blood at the Root is his first novel. His viral and award-winning short film based on the same concept, is currently on YouTube and Amazon Prime.

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