Virtual Author Talk: Kelly and Zach Weinersmith Online
A City on Mars: The Science and Absurdities of Space Settlement with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
New York Times Bestselling Authors, Award-Winning Cartoonist (Zach), and Scientist (Kelly)
Join us for an out-of-this-world virtual conversation with New York Times bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith as they dive into their book, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
Brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium.
Can't make the event? Watch a recording of this author talk at https://libraryc.org/mcl/archive.
- Date:
- Tuesday, November 10, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Branch:
- Virtual
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Virtual Programs
About the Authors:
Zach Weinersmith is best known as the cartoonist of the comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. He also co-wrote the bestselling science books Soonish and A City on Mars with his wife and worked with the artist Boulet to create a children's retelling of the story of Beowulf called Bea Wolf.
Dr. Kelly Weinersmith is an adjunct faculty member at Rice University and is currently President of the Helminthological Society of Washington and the American Society of Parasitologists. Her research on animal behavior and parasites has been featured in The Atlantic, National Geographic, BBC World, Science, Nature, and more. Kelly co-wrote the New York Times bestsellers Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve And/Or Ruin Everything and A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?. In 2024, she and her co-author/husband Zach received a Hugo Award and the Royal Society Trivedi Book Prize for A City on Mars. Kelly is also co-host of the podcast Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe.