"The Search Committee" Book Talk w/ José Skinner

a South Texas Book Festival Event

Author José Skinner shares borderland fiction in "The Search Committee."

In “The Search Committee,” José Skinner takes readers into the uneasy space where university politics meet border realities. When a professor escorts a job candidate across the river for lunch, the trip takes a turn that no one sees coming. The woman vanishes, the professor keeps quiet, and what follows is a chain of cover-ups, assumptions, and consequences that ripple far beyond the classroom.

Skinner, who writes with a sharp eye and a deep understanding of South Texas and the borderlands, delivers a story that blends dark humor with real-world tension. This session offers a look into a novel that isn’t afraid to sit in the uncomfortable and ask hard questions.

Following the session, the author will be signing books in the Computer Lab from 4:00–5:00PM. Book sales will be handled by our exclusive bookseller, The Storybook Garden.

For details about the author and this session, please visit our South Texas Book Festival Website at https://mcallenlibrary.net/stbf2025/schedules/festivalday/jose.