EMILY JANE at Books Inc. Mountain View

Join USA Today bestselling author Emily Jane at Books Inc. Mountain View for a celebration of her new novel, a funny and relevant commentary about our capitalist society, complete with monsters: American Werewolves!Emily will be in conversation with fellow author and friend of the store Julia Vee!

About the book: America’s venture capitalist werewolves meet their match in USA Today bestseller Emily Jane’s third rollicking, genre-defying novel.Many full moons ago, a young American boy with ambition in his belly and the moon in his veins followed his destiny west, determined to carve a path to success no matter the carnage.Two centuries later, a city is captivated by the strange and savage M**der of a young woman. Her roommate, Natasha, no longer able to afford their apartment alone—and hounded by both rumors of wolves and a pop-star’s angry fan-swarm—has resorted to living in her car. There’s nothing left for her…except vengeance.Across town, Shane LaSalle is about to see his wildest dreams come true. He already has a gorgeous apartment and a high paying job in venture capital. Now the partners of Barrington Equity have invited him to board the company’s private jet for an exclusive retreat. But with partnership finally in his reach, Shane realizes he’s losing his taste for just how ruthless and all-consuming the firm is.Epic and electric, American Werewolves brings readers from the wilds of the New World to the opulent board rooms and golf courses of the twenty-first century, where devouring the weak is an American birthright as old as the country itself.

“Quirky and wise, funny and harrowing, Jane’s style is unapologetically unique. American Werewolves is a disturbing commentary on our capitalist society that is scarily relevant today. A must-read for fans of Grady Hendrix.”—Shannon Morgan, author of Her Little Flowers“A compulsive read full of sharp, biting wit. American Werewolves peels back the skin of monsters, revealing that not all wolves are hairy on the inside.”—Abigail Taylor, author of Maryneal, 1962"Unique and utterly heartwarming. It's a little bit women's fiction, a little bit Stranger Things, but it gave me the hopeful, aching sense of wonder that I got from watching ET: The Extra-Terrestrial the first time. Loved every page!"–Ruby Dixon, USA Today bestselling author of Ice Planet Barbarians [regarding Here Beside the Rising Tide]“Nothing is as it seems in Jane’s latest. With lyrical prose and detailed character descriptions […] Jane juggles the fantastical with the ordinary, and readers will relish this clever, heartfelt story about friendship and family.”—Booklist [regarding Here Beside the Rising Tide]“Heartfelt, witty, and secretly romantic, On Earth as It Is on Television is a delightful and poignant story about what it is to be human and what we owe each other.”—Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Paradise Problem [regarding On Earth as It Is on Television]"Like a science-fiction novel that runs in the margins of I Can Has Cheezburger? memes."—Scientific American [regarding On Earth as It Is on Television]“Jane’s novel subverts the classic first-contact story to explore humanity’s responses to uncertainty in the modern age… [an] energetic and contemporary debut.”—Library Journal (regarding On Earth as It Is on Television"Weird and sweet, On Earth as It Is on Television is like a 2020s White Noise: loud and colorful Americana with a sprinkle of apocalyptic doom--plus cats. It takes aliens (or an Emily Jane) to help us see our society for the bizarre, sugary, microplastic-poisoned dream it is.”—Edgar Cantero, New York Times bestselling author of Meddling Kids (regarding On Earth as It Is on Television)

Emily Jane is the USA Today bestselling author of On Earth as it Is on Television and Here Beside the Rising Tide. She grew up in Boise, Boulder, and San Francisco. She earned her BA in psychology from the University of San Francisco and her JD from UC Law San Francisco. She lives on an urban farm in Cincinnati with her husband, Steve; their two children; their cats, Scully and Ripley; and their husky, Nymeria.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Books Inc., 317 Castro Street, Mountain View, United States