September 28, 2026, 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Please join us for a fun author chat on all things books, publishing and more.  Erin's book, Hate Follow, will be the featured book.

Erin Quinn-Kong is an author and magazine editor. Her debut novel, Hate Follow (October 2024, William Morrow) was a Gen Padalecki Book Club Pick and was selected to be featured in Hudson News stores in airports across the country. It also published in Taiwan. Currently managing editor of Texas Highways, Erin was previously editor-in-chief of Austin Monthly and an editor at Allure and Us Weekly. She lives in Austin, TX, with her husband and their two children.

Wendi Aarons will also be a guest author interviewing Erin.

Wendi Aarons is an award-winning humor writer and author of I'm Wearing Tunics Now (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2022), Ginger Mancino, Kid Comedian (June 2022, BookBar Press) and Socks (Chronicle Books, 2023).

Wendi has been a speaker on humor and women’s empowerment at SXSW, Texas Conference for Women, Pennsylvania Conference for Women, Massachusetts Conference for Women, Mom 2.0, BlogHer, Ann Richards School for Girls, Texas Book Festival, and more.

Free for all resort guests and Silent Shores Reading Retreat guests.

$25 for day guests.  Please call 512-372-7380 to reserve your spot