Center of Dreams Out Now!

Discover how one spectacular building project revolutionized Miami, how one man’s moxie helped turn a fractious tropical city into a cultural capital of the Americas. In Center of Dreams, New York Times bestselling author Les Standiford tells the inspiring story of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

Find out more and read reviews of Center of Dreams here!

"Studio Standiford" by Carol Garvin

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The Latest

Based on the book by Les Standiford, The Man Who Invented Christmas was released November 22nd, 2017 in the United States and December 1st, 2017 in the United Kingdom. Watch the trailer and learn more here!

In addition, a new edition of The Man Who Invented Christmas has been released! See this page for more.

The paperback edition of Water to the Angels was released on February 1, 2016. See the Water to the Angels page for more.

Read Les' homage to the great John D. MacDonald published in the Sarasota Herald Tribune on March 6, 2016.

"Every good story is personal." —Les Standiford, quoted in Writing Advice from Masters: Writing in Paradise