Author Talk with Ron Currie In-Person
Meet award-winning Maine author Ron Currie, whose novel The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne is set in Waterville and is now being developed as a Netflix series with Matt and Ross Duffer, creators of Stranger Things, and in August he was shortlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award 2026. His latest novel, We Will See You Bleed, continues Babs' story as she struggles to take control of Little Canada while avoiding violence.
Ron Currie is the author of four novels and one collection of short stories. He has won the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award, the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Library Association’s Alex Award, and the Pushcart Prize.
His books have been translated into fifteen languages, and his short fiction and nonfiction have received recognition in Best American anthologies.
As a screenwriter he worked most recently on the Apple TV+ series Extrapolations and has developed projects with AMC Studios, Amblin Television, and ITV America. He lives in Portland, Maine and teaches in the University of Southern Maine Stonecoast MFA program. (Source: roncurrieauthor.com/about)
Come hear Currie talk about his work, writing, and Maine-set fiction.
Justice on Trial: Literary Thrillers with Ron Currie and Scott Turow
Writers Ron Currie and Scott Turow discuss the themes that shape their literary thrillers. What are the lengths you would go to in order to protect the ones you love? Would you betray the systems you vow to protect? Would you seek revenge? Join Ron Currie ("The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne") and Scott Turow ("Presumed Guilty") as they discuss (in)justice and revenge in American towns, big and small. Moderated by Colleen Shogan.