Ruta Sepetys with Mary Haft

Internationally acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, Ruta Sepetys, has used the prism of historical fiction to create stories that bring unknown histories to life. From Between Shades of Gray to Salt to the Sea to The Fountains of Silence, her work is deeply researched with tightly drawn characters who live the realities that governments and institutions have left submerged. Into this light is Sepetys’ first novel for adult readers, A “Fortune of Sand”, continuing her rich tradition of using shards of history to illuminate truth. Ruta will be joined in conversation with writer and producer, Mary Haft, a Co-Founder of the Nantucket Book Festival and author of “Nantucket: Portrait of an American Town.