Authors On The Town
Monday, September 19 - 8:30 - 10:00 pm
Dystopian State Brewing Co. - 611 So. Baker St.
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Amanda DuBois / The Complication
Seattle lawyer and activist Amanda DuBois makes her authorial debut with The Complication (Girl Friday Press/IPS), the first book in a new mystery series featuring Seattle attorney Camille Delaney. What starts as a simple investigation into Camille’s friend’s surgery gone wrong unravels something much darker—a trail of unexplained deaths at the hands of two unscrupulous surgeons. Amanda DuBois is a practicing attorney and founder of the Full Circle Scholarship, which provides students whose lives have been impacted by the justice system with tuition assistance to Seattle University Law School. |
Sarah Penner / The London Séance Society
Best-selling author Sarah Penner follows her blockbuster debut, The Lost Apothecary, with The London Séance Society (Park Row/HarperCollins), a spellbinding gothic whodunit featuring a talented and much sought-after medium and her understudy who team up with the powerful men of the Séance Society to solve a high-profile murder. As the case goes on, they begin to suspect that they are not merely there to solve a crime, but they are perhaps becoming entangled in one themselves. The London Séance Society will be published in April, 2023. |
Alison Cochrun / Kiss Her Once for Me
Who doesn’t like a little romance at the holidays? Alison Cochrun’s Kiss Her Once for Me (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) is a charming Yuletide tale of finding love in unexpected places when you’re willing to take a risk on something real. Alison Cochrun is a former high school English teacher and a current writer of queer love stories, including her debut novel, The Charm Offensive, which Entertainment Weekly described as “a heart-in-your-throat romance that pulls you intractably into its orbit.” Cochrun lives in the Portland area. |
Dylan Tomine / Headwaters: The Adventures, Obsession and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman
From the Russian Arctic to Patagonia, from Cuba to his home waters of the Salish Sea, fly fisherman Dylan Tomine takes readers on a quest for fish and adventure in Headwaters: The Adventures, Obsession and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman (Patagonia/IPS). Along the way, he muses on fatherhood, fish and their survival, and the need for environmental awareness. Tomie is a Patagonia fly fishing ambassador and conservation advocate. He is also the author of Closer to the Ground. |
Stephanie Clifford / The Farewell Tour
Bestselling author Stephanie Clifford tells the story of one woman’s rise to fame in the world of country and western music in The Farewell Tour (Harper), as Lilian Waters hits the road one last time. As she nears her last stop, she thinks of all the steps it took to get to the top, and all the things she left behind. Stephanie Clifford is an award-winning investigative journalist in addition to a novelist; her debut novel was Everybody Rise. The Farewell Tour will be published in March, 2023. |
Amy Spalding / For Her Consideration
Critically-acclaimed writer Amy Spalding makes her adult novel debut with For Her Consideration (Kensington/PRH), a funny, flirty and heart-warming tale set in the glamorous world of Hollywood. Nina has put her dreams aside to work a talent agency job, until a surprise meeting with out-and-proud actress Ari changes everything. Amy Spalding is the author of several novels for young adults, including We Used to Be Friends. For Her Consideration will be published in February, 2023. |
Jane Kirkpatrick / Beneath the Bending Skies
A perennial favorite at the show, historical novelist Jane Kirkpatrick returns with Beneath the Bending Skies (Revell/Baker Publishing Group). Set mostly in Montana’s Flathead Lake area, this book is based on the true story of Mollie Sheehan Ronan, a woman who dared to defy her father and follow her destiny to a brighter future. Jane Kirkpatrick’s astonishing forty books have sold over a million copies and garnered her many awards, including a Lifetime Acheivement Award from Romantic Times. |
and more to come....