QC Reads Events 2025

Join QC Reads for a guest author visit with Martha Hall Kelly at the Mansion at Bald Hill on May 6th at 7pm. Tickets will be available at participating libraries starting on March 3rd. Start checking the calendar to learn about book discussions at QC Reads libraries near you.

Martha’s debut novel Lilac Girls became a New York Times bestseller the week it was published in 2016 and then went on to sell over two million copies and publish in 50 countries. The novel is based on the true story of 72 Polish women who were imprisoned and experimented on at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp and how Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist brought them to the U.S. for rehabilitation and the trip of a lifetime.

Martha followed Lilac Girls with Lost Roses about Caroline’s mother, and Sunflower Sisters about Caroline’s great grandmother, which also became Instant New York Times best sellers.

The Golden Doves, which returns to WWII is now available in paperback wherever books are sold and her upcoming novel The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club arrives spring 2025.

Martha grew up in Massachusetts and now splits her time between Litchfield, Connecticut, Hobe Sound, Florida, and New York City.