# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Steve Fox in Conversation with Laura Bird 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: About the Book: Award winning author Steve Fox returns with These Are My People, where some houses are dask, some are bright and smell of busy kitchens, and some have rooms beyond a looking glass. People crash trucks and make snow angels and spill coffee and buy pottery and self-starve and roam basements and day-drink at nursing homes and can smell broken love through brick walls and make apple pies for new neighbors. Whirling and wondrous, these stories show Fox at the peak of his powers.

About the Steve Fox: Steve Fox is the winner of the Rick Bass Montana Prize for Fiction, the Zona Gale Award for Short Fiction, The Great Midwest Writing Contest, the Jade Ring Award, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Fiction Contest, and the Midwestern Gothic Summer Flash Contest. His fiction has been read on Wisconsin Public Radio and appeared in New Ohio Review, MQR, Whitefish Review, and others. His short-story collection, Sometimes Creek, was published by Cornerstone Press in January 2023 and received the 2023 American Book Fest Best Book Award, was a finalist for the Chicago Writers Association 2023 Book of the Year Award. His newest story collection, These Are My People (Cornerstone Press), published December 2025, was named Finalist for the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award. Steve lives in Wisconsin with his wife, three boys, and one dog.

About Laura Bird: A Milwaukee native, Laura Anne Bird is the middle grade author of Crossing the Pressure Line and Marvelous Jackson. She lives in Madison with her husband. These days, their house feels pretty quiet since all of their kids are away at college. Laura serves as an ambassador for Wisconsin Book Festival, and she's co-founder of the Great Midwest Book Group. Laura is active on Instagram @laura_at_the_library, where she posts book reviews and celebrates all things literary.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/madison/steve-fox-in-conversation-with-laura-bird/200030468529044
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, contests, kids, dog, science-fair
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Madison
- **state**: WI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1863 Monroe St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53711
- **lat**: 43.0646
- **long**: -89.41708
- **full address**: 1863 Monroe St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53711

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Steve Fox in Conversation with Laura Bird  being held?
  - **A:** Steve Fox in Conversation with Laura Bird  takes place on Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 1863 Monroe St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53711.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Steve Fox in Conversation with Laura Bird ?
  - **A:** Steve Fox in Conversation with Laura Bird  is organized by Mystery to Me.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Steve Fox in Conversation with Laura Bird  is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Madison, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Steve Fox in Conversation with Laura Bird  sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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