Saturday, September 6th
1pm CT – Grace Place Stage

Tod Lending is a novelist and an Academy Award® nominated and Emmy winning documentary filmmaker whose work, over 38 years, has broadcasted nationally and internationally on the major networks, screened theatrically and received awards at ‘A’ list national and international festivals, and inspired the creation of federal legislation (The Legacy Act/American Dream Act). Mr. Lending’s debut novel, The Umbrella Maker’s Son, published by HarperCollins in 2025, received excellent reviews from Kirkus (Starred review), Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Journal of Books, Historical Novel Society, MSN, and others. It is also being published in Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.