Event date: 

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 - 7 p.m.

Iowa City author Jeff Biggers will read from his new thriller (co-written with director/screenwriter Andrew Davis), Disturbing the Bones. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly describes Disturbing the Bones as "(A) thrillingly cinematic collaboration between The Fugitive director Davis and journalist Biggers... Intense, vivid action...By the time the breathless denouement rolls around, readers may find they've been up all night.”

Jeff Biggers is the American Book Award-winning author of many works of investigative journalism, history and theater, including Reckoning at Eagle Creek, winner of the Delta Prize for Literature and the Brower Award for Environmental Reporting, and the recent In Sardinia. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and on NPR.

Andrew Davis (not present for event) was raised on the south side of Chicago. He is the acclaimed director and screenwriter of numerous films, including Holes, Under Siege, Code of Silence, The Package, A Perfect Murder, and The Guardian, and whose landmark film, The Fugitive, chosen in 2020 by Los Angeles Times readers as the ultimate summer film, was nominated for seven Academy awards including Best Picture.

"Andrew Davis is a cinematic master, and Jeff Biggers is a brilliant scribe of wild places. Together, they have created a thriller that will keep you up all night.” —Luis Urrea

(This event was previously scheduled for Nov. 7)