On March 4, Jean Hanff Korelitz appeared in a lively conversation with Friends board member and author Ellen T. White. Korelitz, whose eight novels include the bestsellers The Plot and The Latecomer, discussed her journey from poetry to prose. She also discussed her works that have been adapted for the screen, including You Should Have Known (The Undoing), starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, and Admission, starring Tina Fey, Lily Tomlin, and Paul Rudd. Korelitz cited her six favorite books of all time, namely: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Housekeeping by Marilyn Robinson, Good Behavior by Molly Keane, and The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth. 

On March 11, David McConnell discussed his novels The Silver Hearted and The Firebrat, as well as his non-fiction book American Honor Killings, which poses confounding questions. Straight and gay guys cross paths in American Honor Killings, and the result is murder. But what really happened? What role did hatred play? What about bullying and abuse? What were the men involved really like, and what was going on between them when the murder occurred? 

A large crowd filed into the Palm Garden on March 18, the final program, to listen to Jeffrey Colvin read selections from his debut novel Africaville. He explained how he does extensive research before starting the first draft to inform and structure the plot. Africaville tells the tale of residents of two small rural communities, one in Alabama and the other near Halifax, Canada, that shared residents due to migration caused by the Revolutionary War, the Underground Railroad, and political turmoil on the island of Jamaica. Colvin is spending a month in Key West as an Artist-In-Residence for the Studios of Key West.