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The Town of Wellesley has much to celebrate: its prestigious private colleges — Wellesley College and Babson College, a vital public school — Mass Bay Community College, top-tier public elementary and secondary schools, high property values, plentiful green space, a plethora of family-owned businesses, a vibrant business community, a lively restaurant scene, and simply wonderful neighbors and friends.

Indeed, there is much to tout about Wellesley, but did you know that Wellesley has produced an abundance of world renown, award winning writers who have written works of prominence and popularity spanning all genres of literature?

In honor of its gifted writers and illustrators, the Wellesley Free Library (WFL) is engaged in an ongoing project—Wellesley Authors & Illustrators Project—to establish a permanent Collection within the WFL, and we need your help!

Materials in the permanent Collection will include:

  • fiction
  • non-fiction
  • memoir
  • mystery
  • graphic novels
  • biographies
  • screenplays
  • children’s books
  • textbooks
  • poetry
  • academic journals
  • specialized journals
  • oversized books
  • coffee-table books
  • illustrated volumes

Texts in all languages are encouraged.

Please contact the Wellesley Authors & Illustrators Project if you are a current or former resident who is published (or if you know of someone) to join in this meaningful project at wellesleyauthors@minlib.net for additional information.

Author NameBook TitleGenreAuthor/Illustrator
Coes, BenHijack, The Russian, The Island, Trap The Devil, Bloody Sunday, Eye for an Eye, First Strike, The Last RefugeFictionAuthor
Romero, SofiaWe Have Always Been Who We AreShort StoriesAuthor
O’Connell, Linda ReccoWriting My Way Home, Watermelon Moon, Sun Sinking Down Like HoneyPoetryAuthor
Lee, Paula YoungDeer Hunting in ParisMemoirAuthor
Bates, SuzanneMotivate Like a CEO: Communicate Your Strategic Vision & Inspire People To ActNon-FictionAuthor
Rogers, LisaWoodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern GrowsChildren’sAuthor
Gimbel, Phyllis AHealthy Schools: The Hidden Component of Teaching and Learning, Leadership Through Mentoring: the Key to Improving the Confidence and Skill of PrincipalsNon-FictionAuthor