12 Authors and Their TED Talks
Ever wondered if your favorite author has a TED Talk? In honor of the #TEDReads initiative and National Book Month, check out these twelve authors who have given TED Talks. All of the authors' books are available at The New York Public Library with your free library card.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
TED Talk: The Danger of a Single StoryBrowse Books
Start with Purple Hibiscus
Roxane Gay
TED Talk: Confessions of a Bad FeministBrowse Books
Start with An Untamed State (fiction); Bad Feminist (nonfiction)
Pico Iyer
TED Talk: Where Is Home?Browse Books
Start with
Cuba and the Night (Fiction); Video Night in Kathmandu (Nonfiction)
Isabel Allende
TED Talk: Tales of PassionBrowse Books
Start with The House of Spirits
Lidia Yuknavitch
TED Talk: The Beauty of Being a MisfitBrowse Books
Start with The Book of Joan (fiction); The Chronology of Water (nonfiction)
Mac Barnett
TED Talk: Why a Good Book is a Secret CodeBrowse Books
Start with The Terrible Two
Tracy Chevalier
TED Talk: Finding the Story Inside the PaintingBrowse Books
Start with Girl With a Pearl Earring
Young-Ha Kim
TED Talk: Be an Artist Right Now!Browse Books
Start with Diary of a Murderer
Amy Tan
TED Talk: Where Does Creativity Hide?Browse Books
Start with The Joy Luck Club
Elif Shafak
TED Talk: The Politics of FictionBrowse Books
Start with The Bastard of Istanbul
Karen Thompson Walker
TED Talk: What Fear Can Teach UsBrowse Books
Start with The Age of Miracles
Elizabeth Gilbert
TED Talk: Success, Failure and the Drive to Keep CreatingBrowse Books
Start with The Signature of All Things (fiction); Eat, Pray, Love (nonfiction)