Description

How to Sell Out a Haunted Theater: An Evening with Grady Hendrix

September 23, 2026
Doors Open at 6 pm
Show Begins at 6:30 pm
Fischer Theatre

This is a FREE event. No tickets required; seating is first-come, first-served.

There will be a Q&A and Meet & Greet following Grady’s talk!

Books will be available for purchase in the lobby through Boxcar Books & Vinyl.

This event is made possible by a grant from the Danville Library Foundation.

The Library is committed to making programs accessible to all. If you would like an accommodation, please email the Community Relations Administrator at btruscelli@danvillepubliclibrary.org or call 217-477-5220 ext. 111.

About the Author:

Grady Hendrix is a New York Times bestselling novelist and screenwriter who owns too many paperbacks and not enough shelves. He’s the author of How to Sell a Haunted House, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, and many more. He also wrote Paperbacks from Hell, a history of the horror paperback boom of the seventies and eighties that won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction. His books have sold over three million copies and have been translated into more than twenty languages. You can learn more useless facts about him at www.gradyhendrix.com

About the Host:

Becky Spratford is a Librarian in Illinois. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed blog,  RA for All, writes reviews for Booklist and a horror review column for Library Journal. Becky is the author of three text books for library workers and the Bram Stoker and Locus Award Nominated Why I Love Horror [Saga Press, 2025].  She is on the Shirley Jackson Award Advisory Board and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association, currently serving as the Association’s Secretary and Co-Chair of their Libraries Committee. Becky was named one of the Chicago Tribune’s Chicagoans of the Year in 2025. You can follow Becky on Bluesky @raforall.bsky.social

Our Bookseller:

Boxcar Books and Vinyl is located in Downtown Hoopeston. Visit their website shopboxcarbooks.com and follow them on social media @shopboxcarbooks! Attendees will be able to purchase Grady and Becky’s books in the lobby during the event.