The Amish Cook and Other Plain People: Meet the Journalist and Author

Join author and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Kevin Williams, editor of *The Amish Cook* column which appears weekly in the Dayton Daily News, for a special talk at Wright Memorial Public Library on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m.

Kevin will discuss the history of the column and also his new memoir, *Not So Simple: My Adventures Among the Amish, Mennonites, Shakers and Other Plain People*, which was released in May 2026.

Bring your questions! A book sale and signing will follow.

**About the author:** For 30 years, Kevin Williams has reported on Amish, Mennonite, and Shaker communities across America—a beat that began when he founded a syndicated newspaper column at age 18. His new memoir, *Not So Simple: My Adventures Among the Amish, Mennonites, Shakers and Other Plain People*, tells the story of three decades spent in Plain communities and what that journey taught him about faith, identity, and himself. He is the editor of *The Amish Cook*, a syndicated column in over 40 newspapers including the Dayton Daily News - now in its 35th year of publication - and founder of Amish365.com. Williams is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist for his work with the Washington Post covering the Dayton mass shooting in 2019. He now reports for CNBC and The New York Times.