Author Events
Corbon Addison This attorney and activist’s new book, The Garden of Burning Sand, tells the story of a young rape victim who seeks justice. University Book Store – Bellevue, 990 102nd Ave. N.E., 425-462-4500, bookstore.washington.edu, Wed., May 14, 6 p.m.
Rick Atkinson
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 concludes his WWII trilogy. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., 652-4255, townhallseattle.org, $5, Wed., May 14, 7:30 p.m.
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Authors Gone Wild On hand will be Garth Stein (The Art of Racing in the Rain), and Erik Larson (In the Garden of Beasts), Jennie Shortridge (Love, Water, Memory), Stephanie Kallos (Sing Them Home), Peter Mountford (The Dismal Science), and Frances McCue (The Car That Brought You Here Still Runs). Live music follows. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., 386-4636, spl.org, Free, Sat., May 17, 7 p.m.
Gil Bar-Sela
What Makes a Family? is an interactive children’s book that introduces different family models. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., 800-335-7323, bookstore.washington.edu, Tue., May 20, 7 p.m.
Joseph Boyden
The Orenda is his historical novel of battling Indian tribes in pre-colonial Canada. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., 624-6600, elliottbaybook.com, Mon., May 19, 7 p.m.
Sam Chaltain Charter schools aren’t mentioned in the title, but they’re surely addressed in his Our School: Searching for Community in the Era of Choice. Seattle Central Library, 7 p.m.
James A. Cole The former naval architect shares his expertise in the evolution of fishing vessel design in Drawing on Our History: Fishing Vessels of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. University Book Store, Mon., May 19, 7 p.m.
Anna Dewdney New from the creator of llama llama books is Nelly Gnu and Daddy. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., 366-3333, thirdplacebooks.com, Fri., May 16, 5:30 p.m.
First Loves Tour Three Young Adult-category authors discuss their books about love and relationships: The Chapel Wars (Mary Leavitt), Open Road Summer (Emery Lord), and Fool Me Twice (Mandy Hubbard). Third Place, Thu., May 15, 7 p.m.
Steven Galloway
The Confabulist is a novel about the life and sudden death of Harry Houdini. Third Place, Mon., May 19, 7 p.m.
Peter Heller He returns with his second novel, The Painter, in which a philosophical fisherman gets caught in a gunfight. Elliott Bay, Tue., May 20, 7 p.m.
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Joshua Howe The Reed College prof will discuss his Behind the Curve: Science and the Politics of Global Warming. Town Hall, $5, Mon., May 19, 7:30 p.m.
Linda Lawrence Hunt Her grief memoir is Pilgrimage Through Loss: Pathways to Strength and Renewal after the Death of a Child. Elliott, Sat., May 17, 2 p.m.
Sam Kean His new science tome is The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery. Town Hall, $5, Tue., May 20, 6 p.m.
Kevin O’Brien
Tell Me You’re Sorry is a new thriller about mysterious suicides and mass murders. Elliott Bay, Fri., May 16, 7 p.m.
Ruth Reichl
Delicious! is a food-themed novel from the famed former restaurant reviewer. (A separate, special noon lunch event at Dahlia Lounge is sold out.) Book Larder, 4252 Fremont Ave. N., 397-4271, booklarder.com, Thu., May 15, 6:30-8 p.m.
Samantha Shannon
The Bone Season is the debut thriller from this 21-year-old writer. University Book Store, Thu., May 15, 7 p.m.
Rick Springfield From the musician and former heartthrob, his debut novel Magnificent Vibration follows a young man who steals a self-help book. University Book Store, Wed., May 14, 7 p.m.
Eva Stachniak She reads from and discusses her new Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great, a follow-up to The Winter Palace. Elliott Bay, Thu., May 15, 7 p.m.
Mark Stein This historian takes us through political panics from Salem to the present day in American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us and Why. 7:30 p.m.
Adelle Waldman
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. is a witty novel about a young male’s sexual mores. Elliott Bay, Wed., May 14, 7 p.m.
