Author Event! with Katherine Center

Wed Jun 17 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-07:00

1113 Montana Ave | Santa Monica

Zibby's Bookshop
Publisher/HostZibby's Bookshop
Author Event! with Katherine Center
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Join us at the bookshop with author Katherine Center - talking all about The Shippers!
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About the book:

One of the hottest, fastest-rising rom-com stars delivers her latest swoon-worthy novel about a destination wedding on a cruise ship.
After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship. With the help of a little pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her her first crush and first kiss (and who just happens to be a newly-divorced wedding guest ), and she decides to woo him during the cruise for some long-delayed closure. Only problem is, her sister’s a little busy being a bride at the moment—so JoJo ropes in her childhood bestie, Cooper Watts, to be her wing man. Cooper: who RSVPed no, but then showed up, anyway. Cooper: who left town without a word four years earlier and moved to London. Cooper: who was, if she’s honest, the worst heartbreak of JoJo’s life. It’s bliss for her to see him again, and it’s agony, too—and the more they team up for Project Conquest, the more she obsesses over questions she can’t bring herself to ask.


About the author:

Katherine Center is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels. She writes deep, nuanced, laugh-and-cry rom-coms that brim with hope and healing. Her books have made countless best-of lists, including Amazon’s Top 100 Books of the Year, Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Year, the Indie Next Great Reads List, Goodreads’ Best Books of the Year, Library Reads Hall of Fame, People Magazine's Best New Books, and more. Two of her novels have become global Top Ten movies on Netflix, and a third, The Bodyguard, recently wrapped production. Her spring 2026 book is The Shippers. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.


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1113 Montana Ave, 1113 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, United States

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