Erik Larson is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, most recently "The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz." Erik’s "In the Garden of Beasts" is under option by Tom Hanks, for a feature film, and his recent audio-original ghost story, "No One Goes Alone," has been optioned by Netflix. On Oct. 13, Larson will headline the annual H. Louise & H.E. "Ed" Cobb Speaker Series, presented by the Friends of the OSU Library.