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If you’re reading this, I’m in the car! I’m headed to San Diego for the KPBS Book Festival, and then I’ll be in Huntington Beach with Fonda Lee. Come say hello!! More details below—but first…

Spread Me is Out in Paperback

Spread Me came out in paperback this week!! I can’t believe this book is nearly a year old already. Thank you so much to everyone who celebrated with me. If you haven’t already gotten your copy… what are you waiting for? 

“Small Wonder” by Meg Elison

We were blessed with a new Meg Elison story this week! “Small Wonder” is superb. Meg Elison’s signature effortless prose really shines in this one—it flows so smoothly you won’t feel the barbs until they’re in your skin.

August 22: San Diego, CA
KPBS San Diego Book Festival

I loved my time in San Diego last month so much that I got home and decided to make a U-turn. Come see me at the KPBS Book Festival!

Let’s bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing great books! KPBS San Diego Book Festival on the University of San Diego campus is a free event for book lovers of all ages. Attendees will enjoy panel discussions with award-winning authors, activities, live entertainment, exhibitors including local authors and independent booksellers, and more.

University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park Way
San Diego, CA 92110

August 26: Huntington Beach, CA
In Conversation with Fonda Lee

I get to be in conversation with the LEGENDARY Fonda Lee, one of my favorite authors of all time PERIOD, about The Last Contract of Isako. Come join us!

Barnes & Noble
7881 Edinger Ave #110
Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Featured New Release: Spread Me by Me!

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Currently Reading: Armaveni by Nadine Takvorian

Nadine loves stories and her mother loves to tell them–all but one. Nadine would give anything to learn about her family's history in Armenia and Turkey–where they came from and how they came to America–but it is just too painful for her parents. All Nadine knows is that they were caught up in the Armenian genocide.

Until one day the dam bursts. And through that flood of stories and memories, and a trip back to their people's homelands, Nadine discovers a key to unlocking her own heritage and the courage to speak up when injustice rears its head again. 

Told in interwoven historical, contemporary, and fantastical sequences, Armaveni is a gripping graphic novel debut and a much-needed historical document.

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