Gilbert King is the writer, producer, and host of Bone Valley, a narrative podcast about murder and injustice in 1980s central Florida, from Lava For Good podcasts. He is the author of three books, including Devil in the Grove, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A New York Times bestseller, the book was also named runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. King has written about race, civil rights, and the death penalty for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic, and he was a 2019-2020 fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars at the New York Public Library. He lives in Brooklyn.
Bone Valley: An Evening with Gilbert King and Leo Schofield
When: Tue., Nov. 11, 7-8 p.m. 2025
Tombolo Book is thrilled to host award-winning author Gilbert King and Leo Schofield, the man whose wrongful conviction is at the center of King's new book Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida. Based on the hit podcast, Bone Valley dives into the dark heart of rural Florida, where a young man’s life was upended by a tragic miscarriage of justice.
This event will take place at Nova 535 located at 535 Dr M.L.K. Jr St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Single Guest and Two Guest Tickets are available for purchase.