Bailey-King Author Series: Casey Sherman to Visit Thayer

Casey Sherman will be the guest author for the 10th annual Bailey-King Author Series event, which will be held Thursday, April 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Southworth Library; the event will also be held virtually via Zoom. Members of the Thayer community are invited to RSVP by clicking here. 

A Hyannis native, Sherman is a best-selling author, investigative journalist, and true-crime writer as well as an EMMY-nominated television producer. He is the author of several books including The Finest Hours, which chronicles the Coast Guard’s daring 1952 rescue attempt of the SS Pendleton off Cape Cod, and Boston Strong: A City’s Triumph Over Tragedy, which is widely considered the definitive account of the terrorist bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon. His latest books, Helltown and Blood in the Water, both local true-crime stories, were instant best-sellers.

Established in 2016 through the generous support of Amelia and Todd Slawsby ’88, the Bailey-King Author Series celebrates the written word through annual author events at Thayer. The series is named in honor of longtime English faculty members Betty Bailey ’63 and Jim King P ’01, ’04, ’06. 

Past Bailey-King authors include: Derek Green (2017), Dominic Tierney (2018), Kirsten Greenidge (2019), Mira T. Lee (2020), Brit Bennett (2021), Joshua Bennett (2022), Kirsten King ‘10 (2023), Farrah Penn (2024), and Justin Elliott ’03.