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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Katee Robert / Wicked Beauty
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Katee Robert returns to her Dark Olympus series with Wicked Beauty (Sourcebooks Casablanca), a decidedly hot twist on an ancient tale. Achilles and his friend Patroclus are vying to fill Ares’ place on Olympus, but the beautiful Helen has plans of her own. Katee Robert is the author of numerous contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels, including the Deal with a Demon and Twisted Hearts series. |
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Martha Brockenbrough / To Catch a Thief / Frank & the Masked Cat
Seattle children’s author Martha Brockenbrough will have a busy spring with two new books, one for middle-graders, and one for beginning readers. In To Catch a Thief (Scholastic), 11-year-old Amelia must track down who stole her town’s good luck charm, a dragonfly staff, before Dragonfly Festival is cancelled and her family loses everything. Early readers will be charmed by Frank and the Masked Cat (Levine Querido/Chronicle), starring the rather persnickety cat hero of Frank and the Bad Surprise. To Catch a Thief will be published in April, 2023, Frank and the Masked Cat in February. |
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Bess Lovejoy / Northwest Know-How: Haunts
Looking for something a little more unusual for your next vacation spot? Bess Lovejoy takes readers to some eerie places in Oregon and Washington in Northwest Know-How: Haunts (Sasquatch Books/PRH). From hotels to graveyards, to lighthouses to ships at sea, Lovejoy offers the stories behind the hauntings in this truly unique guide. Bess Lovejoy is also the author of Rest in Pieces, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, Lapham’s Quarterly, Atlas Obscura, and elsewhere. |
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Marilyn Morgan / Trailblazing Black Women of Washington State
Trailblazing Black Women of Washington State (Arcadia Publishing) is an enlightening and entertaining chronicle of the women who, with their lists of “firsts,” paved the way for subsequent generations. Seattle writer, historian and photographer Marilyn Morgan honors the women whose contributions as teachers, politicians, artists and activists have left a lasting impression on Washington history. Marilyn Morgan is also the author of Seattle Historic Houses of Worship, and she has worked for various media and organizations. |
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Meghan Joyce Tozer / Night, Forgotten
Night, Forgotten (W by Wattpad Books/Macmillan) by Meghan Joyce Tozer is a deeply intense psychological thriller about a young woman coming to grips with the aftermath of a sexual assault. Although Julie’s life had not been perfect before, everything changed after that one awful night. Tozer is the author of UnSlut: A Diary and a Memoir and has been a featured guest on ABC with Katie Couric, CNN, and NPR's Here and Now. She lives in San Francisco’s East Bay. |
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Iain Lawrence / Fire on Headless Mountain
Fire on Headless Mountain (Margaret Ferguson Books/Peachtree) is the thrilling story of an 11-year-old boy, separated from his brother and sister and alone in the wilderness, as a wild fire grows ever closer. Guided by the lessons he learned from his late mother, a science teacher, he just might have a chance to survive. Iain Lawrence is the author of numerous books for young readers, including The Wreckers and Deadman’s Castle. He lives in the Canadian Gulf Islands. |
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Ashley Spires / The Most Magnificent Idea
Ashley Spires’ heroine of The Most Magnificent Thing, a little girl who loves to make things, returns in The Most Magnificent Idea (Kids Can Press/Hachette). With her dog at her side, this little girl is always so full of ideas, she can hardly keep up. Until one day, when the ideas just don’t come…. Ashley Spires is the author of many books for children, including the P.U.R.S.T. graphic novel series and The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do for younger readers. |
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Gabi Snyder / Count on Us!: Climate Activists from One to a Billion
Young readers will see how a movement is built one person at a time in Count on Us! (Barefoot Books). This is an optimistic lesson about environmental activism and the multiplying power of numbers for little ones (and their adults) who want to make a difference in our planet’s future. Gabi Snyder is the author of several books for children, including Two Dogs on a Trike and Listen. She lives in the Willamette Valley. |
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Aida Salazar & Molly Mendoza / Jovita Wore Pants
In Jovita Wore Pants (Scholastic Press), young readers will be fascinated with and inspired by the life of Jovita Valdovinos, a real-life heroine of Mexican history. The award-winning team of author Aida Salazar and illustrator Molly Mendoza brings this lively story of a girl who defied the rules to brilliant life. Aida Salazar is the author The Moon Within and Land of the Cranes. Molly Mendoza illustrated the Ignatz and Eisner Honor-winning graphic novel Skip. |
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