The 2026 AViD (Authors Visiting in Des Moines) series continues with Maria Semple on Thursday, April 16, at Central Library. This free event begins at 7:00 p.m.
Semple is the bestselling author of Today Will Be Different (2016), Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2012) and This One is Mine (2008). Her newest book, Go Gentle, launched earlier this week. All told, Semple’s novels have been translated into over 30 languages. Before writing fiction, Maria wrote for the TV shows Arrested Development, Mad About You, Ellen, 90210 and others. She lives in New York.
Many thanks to our 2026 AViD sponsors: Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino (Premier Sponsor); Nationwide Foundation, and Steve Jayne and Karen Shaff (Presenting Sponsors); Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey; Brad and Kelly Edmister; Mary K. and Daniel M. Kelly Family Foundation; Bankers Trust; Above + Beyond Cancer; Martin and Shelley Brody; Douglas and Debbie West; Jann Freed and John Fisher; Rachel Stauffer and Jim Lawson; LaRue Maddox; Judy Blank; Dory Briles and Jim Christenson; and Jon and Barbara Yankey.