Internationally bestselling author Jodi Picoult will be the Closing Keynote speaker for Bookmarks’ 21st Annual Festival of Books & Authors (September 25-27), along with another group of acclaimed authors joining this year’s festival lineup.

The Closing Keynote, presented by Fader Real Estate, will take place on Sunday, September 27, at 3 p.m. at Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University and will feature a conversation between Picoult and Winston-Salem’s Virginia Evans, the author of the bestselling novel “The Correspondent.” Tickets are $40 (plus taxes and fees) and include a signed copy of Picoult's highly anticipated new novel, “Hollow Bones,” as well as a professional photo with the author.