february, 2025
Event Details
You are invited to join HP LitFest in celebrating their 30th anniversary, by attending this year’s community keynote event on February 20, 2025, featuring Mark Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and a former investigative reporter. The event is free to the public and will be held in the Highland Park High School Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.and the program will begin at 7 p.m.
Mark is the acclaimed author of over 18 novels, including the #1 New York Times bestselling “Private” series, which he writes with James Patterson. His beloved book, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, based on the epic tale of forgotten war hero Pino Lella, has resonated deeply with audiences everywhere. Mark’s newest powerful historical novel, All the Glimmering Stars, is inspired by a true story of two teens kidnapped by an African warlord who find salvation and healing through love.
Before becoming a celebrated novelist, Mark was a correspondent at Reuters and a reporter at States News Service, where he served as a backup reporter to the D.C. bureaus of the New York Times, Newsday, and the New York Daily News. He later became an award-winning investigative reporter at the San Diego Tribune, where his unique journalistic style focused on the cultures of the things he was investigating. His first novel, The Fall Line, was named a New York Times Notable Book of the year, a rare honor for a debut author. Later, his breakout novel, The Purification Ceremony, made bestseller’s lists all over the world.
The HP LitFest Committee would like to thank The Wild Detectives for partnering with us in providing keynote author and workshop presenters books available for sale during our two-day festival. HP LitFest is made possible by over 20 years of support from La Fiesta de la Seis.
