“One Enchanted Evening” was House of SpeakEasy’s annual benefit: a Seriously Entertaining evening of sparkling performances and spirited conversation in support of the organization’s mission to connect writers and readers. The program included dinner and a live auction.
Featured writers
Erik Larson is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, including The Devil in the White City, The Splendid and the Vile, and Thunderstruck. His book The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War was published in 2024.
Torrey Maldonado is a regular participant in House of SpeakEasy’s SpeakTogether in the Schools program and has taught for more than twenty years in the Brooklyn community where he grew up. His middle-grade books include Tight, Secret Saturdays, What Lane?, and Hands.
Faith Salie is the author of Approval Junkie: My Heartfelt (and Occasionally Inappropriate) Quest to Please Just About Everyone, and Ultimately Myself. She is an Emmy-winning contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning and a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
