At the San Diego Book Festival on Saturday, August 23, 2025, a packed and enthusiastic audience welcomed author, political leader, and activist Stacey Abrams, giving her several standing ovations during her conversation with moderator and cohost of KPBS’s local Midday Edition, Jade Hindmon. The event, hosted by KPBS, showcased Abrams’ signature blend of storytelling, policy insight, and urgency about civic participation.

“Politics is the tool, and social justice is the mission,” she told the crowd, adding that whether through law, activism, or novels, her through line is always storytelling.

Abrams spoke about her latest legal thriller featuring heroine Avery Keene, which uses the framework of suspense to explore the dangers and promises of artificial intelligence. She explained that AI

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