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Author Headshot of Gregg Hurwitz with his book cover Nemesis: An Orphan X Novel

The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense

A Virtual Chat with Author Gregg Hurwitz

2025-04-24 19:00:00 2025-04-24 20:00:00 America/New_York The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? Join a conversation with NYT bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us about his Orphan X series and his life as a writer. Reading Public Library -

Thursday, April 24
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-24 19:00:00 2025-04-24 20:00:00 America/New_York The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? Join a conversation with NYT bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us about his Orphan X series and his life as a writer. Reading Public Library -

Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? Join a conversation with NYT bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us about his Orphan X series and his life as a writer.

Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? You’re invited to a riveting conversation with New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us about his Orphan X series and his life as a writer of suspenseful storytelling.

Register to ask the author questions and attend this virtual event.

About the Series:

Orphan X, the series opener, introduces the world to the Nowhere Man. He is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them.

But he’s not merely a legend.

Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Taken from a group home at twelve, Evan was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets—i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man.

Now ten books in, fans cannot get enough of the Orphan X world and Hurwitz can’t wait to tell us all about it. Register now for a conversation you just cannot miss!

About the Author: 

GREGG HURWITZ is the New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of 24 thrillers including the Orphan X series. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages. Gregg currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers (ITW). Additionally, he’s written screenplays and television scripts for many of the major studios and networks, comics for AWA (including the critically acclaimed anthology NewThink), DC, and Marvel, and poetry. Currently, Gregg is actively working against polarization in politics and culture. To that end, he's penned op-eds for The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Bulwark, Salon, and others, and has produced several hundred commercials and creative content which have gotten several hundred million views on digital TV platforms. He also helped write the opening ceremony of the 2022 World Cup.

This program is brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of the Reading Public Library. Thank you, Friends!

Check out more upcoming virtual author talks and enjoy recordings from past events by exploring our Friends Speaker Series page.

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Hours
We're closed Monday April 21 due to Patriots' Day
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(Patriots' Day)
Tue, Apr 22 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Apr 23 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Apr 24 1:00PM to 9:00PM
Fri, Apr 25 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Apr 26 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Apr 27 1:00PM to 5:00PM


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If the Reading Public schools are closed due to snow, all Children's programming will be canceled.

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