When you read about famous people and events, do you wonder about the people on the fringes? Louis Bayard does! He has written books about Jackie Bouvier (before marrying Jack Kennedy), Mary Todd (before marrying Abraham Lincoln), and a grown-up Tiny Tim. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His most recent book, deemed one of the best books of 2024 by both The New York Times and The Washington Post, is The Wildes, which explores the impact of the famous Oscar Wilde scandal on his wife and sons. Join an intimate dinner with Lou, a Capitol Hill neighbor, and hear about this book, and how this prize-winning author finds his new subjects and researches the fringes.