Louise Penny

We can think of at least 20 reasons you should know Louise Penny’s name — one for every mystery novel in her best-selling Chief Inspector Gamache series. But beyond the books, the acclaimed Canadian crime-fiction author made a memorable, and truly badass, move when she canceled her 2025 U.S. book tour in protest of Trump administration tariffs, preserving only one symbolic stop at Haskell Free Library & Opera House in Derby Line, which straddles the international border. Though the in-person event has sold out, virtual viewers can tune in to the writer’s Saturday launch of The Black Wolf, no matter which side of the border they’re on.