Admit it, you’ve wondered what kind of conversation Margaret Atwood and Carl Hiassen might have. It’s OK, so have I. But soon, that curiosity will be sated. On September 17, the celebrated authors will come together for a highly anticipated tête-à-tête at the New York Public Library.

Atwood may drop some wisdom on her new tome, MaddAddam, the futurisitic finale of her dystopian series that started with 2003’s Oryx and Crake (a Booker Prize finalist) and continued in 2009 with The Year of the Flood (longlisted for the IMPAC Award). Hiaasen may talk about his latest  bestselling foray into crime fiction, 2013’s Bad Monkey, which New York Times critic Janet Maslin called "wall-to-wall hilarity."