Lisa Wingate Book Launch

Magic City Books is thrilled to welcome Lisa Wingate for an event to launch her new novel, Shelterwood, on Monday June 3 at 7:00 pm. This ticketed event will be hosted at All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria Avenue.

Lisa Wingate is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours and a 2023 Distinguished Alumna of Oklahoma State University. Her new novel, Shelterwood, is inspired by the untold history of women pioneers in Oklahoma who fought to protect children caught in the storm of land barons hungry for power and oil wealth.

This is a ticketed event, each ticket comes with one (1) hardcover copy of Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate and one (1) seat at the event on June 3.

Shelterwood will be published by Ballantine Books on June 4. All ticket holders will pick up their copy of the Shelterwood at the event on June 3 and other books by Lisa Wingate will be for sale at the event.

At the conclusion of the program, Lisa will sit for a book signing.

All tickets include a copy of the book, there is a limit of four tickets per transaction. Please provide the full name and email address of each ticket holder so that all event notifications and information can be sent to all attendees.

If you have a ticket and are unable to attend the event, you will be able to pick up your book at Magic City Books during normal business hours. The last day for ticket holders to pick up Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate is Friday, July 19, 2024. We will make an effort to have signed books available for pick up but can not guarantee a signed copy.

About Shelterwood:

Oklahoma, 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Augusta Radley knows that her stepfather doesn't have good intentions toward the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home as wards. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees to the woods, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the notorious territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, Ollie and Nessa form an unlikely band with others like themselves, struggling to stay one step ahead of those who seek to exploit them . . . or worse.

Oklahoma, 1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at newly minted Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to balance a career and single parenthood. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than she's faced with local controversy over the park's opening, a teenage hiker gone missing from one of the trails, and the long-hidden burial site of three children unearthed in a cave. Val's quest for the truth wins an ally among the neighboring Choctaw Tribal Police but soon collides with old secrets and the tragic and deadly history of the land itself.

In this emotional and enveloping novel, Lisa Wingate traces the story of children abandoned by the law and the battle to see justice done. Amid times of deep conflict over who owns the land and its riches, Ollie and Val traverse the rugged and beautiful terrain, each leaving behind one life in search of another.

Lisa Wingate is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Before We Were Yours, which has sold more than three million copies and been translated into over forty languages worldwide. The co-author, with Judy Christie, of the nonfiction book Before and After, Wingate is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist and a Southern Book Prize winner. She was named a 2023 Distinguished Alumni of Oklahoma State University. She lives with her husband in Texas and Colorado.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 South Peoria Avenue, Tulsa, United States