Four Ohio authors will visit Rodman Public Library between August and November as part of the 2025 Fogle Author Series, including Brandon Weis, Katrina Kittle, Sarah Gormley, and David Fierst.
All Fogle Author presentations will start at 6:30 p.m. inside the Rodman Auditorium. Authors will discus their work, answer questions, and then sign books as part of their programs. Books will be available for sale the night of the each author’s visit.
Registration is required to attend each program.
BRANDON WEIS
Monday, August 11 at 6:30 p.m.
Brandon Weis describes himself as a hiker, backpacker, adventurer, weightlifter, movie buff, drinker, Buckeyes fan, runner, hard rocker, partier, binge eater, reader, football guy, and the biggest Lil’ Wayne fan you'll ever meet, among many other things.
Writer is also on his list after he published This is Gonna Hurt: Thru-Hiking the Appalachia Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, and Arizona Trail in a Calendar Year following an epic adventure in 2021, during which he hiked approximately 8,300 miles.
Weis will kick off the 2025 Fogle Author Series when he appears at Rodman Public Library on Monday, August 11 at 6:30 p.m. He will have copies of his book for sale and will sign them following his presentation.
Registration is required to attend his talk.
KATRINA KITTLE
Monday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m.
Katrina Kittle has always thought of herself as a writer.
Even as a young child, she was making up stories about stray animals.
Today, she has six novels – five for adults – to her credit, including her latest, titled Morning in This Broken World that was released in September of 2023 and was an Amazon First Reads pick.
Her other titles include Traveling Light, Two Truths and a Lie, The Kindness of Strangers, and The Blessings of the Animals, as well as Reasons to Be Happy, a novel for tweens.
[Read more about Kittle and an interview with her]
Kittle will talk about her work when she visits Rodman Public Library on Monday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. as part of the annual Fogle Author Series. Most of her titles will be available for sale and she will sign copies that night following her remarks.
Registration is required at attend Kittle’s visit.
SARAH GORMLEY
Monday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Sarah Gormley spent most of her life trying to outrun the persistent self-loathing that plagued her from childhood, convinced that self-worth was something she had to earn by doing rather than being.
After earning a degree from DePauw University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Gormley directed marketing efforts for global brands, including IMAX, Martha Stewart, Girl Scouts of the USA, and Adobe.
When she returned to Salt Creek Farm at age 45 after a successful career in corporate America, she had no idea that detaching from the success she believed defined her, untangling the complicated relationship with her mother, and continuing the hard work of therapy would lead to a wildly transformed life.
Now an art gallery owner, Gormley wrote about her life journey in her first book, The Order of Things: A Memoir About Chasing Joy.
[Read an interview with Gormley]
Gormley will discuss her book as part of the 2025 Fogle Author Series at Rodman Public Library on Monday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Registration is required to attend Gormley's visit.
DAVID FIERST
Monday, November 10 at 6:30 p.m.
David Fierst isn’t out to rewrite history.
Rather, he’s out to show that the history was never recorded properly in the first place in his first book, Hidden Disgrace: Revealing the Distress Signals Covered by North American Indian Myths.
An attorney living in Dayton, the book is the result of a visit to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in April 2014, after which he grappled with understanding the reasons for the harsh living conditions there.
[Read an interview with David Fierst]
Fierst is a graduate of Indiana University and earned a laqw degree from the University of Dayton. He is a U.S. Army veteran and worked in the Ohio Attorney General's Office from2007 to 2021. He now has a private practice in Dayton.