Tanner Humanities Center

Gabrielle Zevin is a novelist whose work explores identity, technology, art, play, and human connection. Her acclaimed novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, follows two friends across thirty years as they build video games and learn about the different forms of success and failure.

A book-signing will follow, courtesy of The King’s English Bookshop.

Gabrielle Zevin’s most recent novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, spent over a year on the New York Times Best Seller List and was chosen a best book of the year by more than twenty-five publications, including the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Time, the New York Times, Slate, the Hollywood Reporter, and Oprah Daily. In 2024, Tomorrow was named to the New York Times list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. She is the author of several critically acclaimed and bestselling novels, including The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Young Jane Young, The Hole We’re In, and Elsewhere. Her books have been translated into over forty languages. She lives in Los Angeles. — gabriellezevin.com

Also featuring Gabrielle Zevin:

• Gabrielle Zevin on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
• “Gabrielle Zevin takes us inside her video game-inspired, juggernaut bestseller” — Los Angeles Times 
• “What makes me happy now: my very old dog” — The Guardian
• “The Secret to Marriage,” read by Sandra Oh — New York Times Modern Love podcast

This event is part of the Utah Humanities Book Festival. Additional support from Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks, and the Salt Lake City Arts Council.

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