Every year the Haverhill Public Library picks one book for a community-wide read!
Join us for an afternoon with local author Hannah Selinger! She will talk about her brand new release Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly (publication date March 25, 2025). The talk will be followed by a book signing. The first 10 people to register will receive a free book! Copies of Cellar Rat will be available wherever books are sold.
About Hannah
With over 15 years’ experience in the field, Hannah covers divergent beats, including food, wine, travel, politics, lifestyle, real estate, and parenting. Her high-level print and digital content has appeared in a broad spectrum of notable publications, including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and The Wall Street Journal. A Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers and a graduate of the International Culinary Center, Hannah was a 2022 James Beard Award finalist for the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, a 2020 IACP Award finalist in the category of Narrative Beverage Writing With or Without Recipes, and a 2022 IACP Award finalist in the category of Narrative Beverage Writing With Recipes. Her 2021 Bon Appétit essay, “In My Childhood Kitchen, I Learned Both Fear and Love,” appears in the 2022 Best American Food Writing anthology, edited by Sohla El-Waylly. Hannah has traveled to 25 countries and currently lives in Boxford, Massachusetts with her husband, two sons, two dogs, and one Russian tortoise. Her memoir, Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly, edited by Vivian Lee, will be published by Little, Brown in 2025.
Learn more about Hannah on her website.