About this Event
Mike will be in conversation with fellow local author Kathy Oneto.
Join us to hear these authors discuss their writing process, get a reading from Outage, and participate in an audience Q&A.
About Outage: For fans of Laura Dave's The Last Thing He Told Me and William R. Forstchen's One Second After comes a riveting thriller about an internet blackout that leads one woman into a web of lies and conspiracies and her pursuit for answers.
Rachel Farrell is working from home in suburban Virginia when the internet goes out. Juggling clients, two restless teenagers, and dinner logistics with her husband, Caleb, a DC lobbyist, she assumes it’s just a routine inconvenience.
Then she finds his note, warning they are in danger and not to trust anyone.
When FBI agents show up looking for Caleb, Rachel realizes something far more sinister is underway: a nationwide internet and phone outage, and Caleb’s biggest client—a powerful Chinese semiconductor company—is at the center of suspicion.
As the night wears on with no word from Caleb, Rachel’s unease shifts into something darker. The man she has been married to for two decades may not be who she thought he was. Fearing for their safety, Rachel and her children embark on a harrowing cross-country journey to find Caleb and hear his explanation. But the more she learns, the more she suspects he may be in on the plot.
Following the clues to a remote compound in South Dakota, Rachel begins to piece together the truth about her husband, his business dealings, and a conspiracy that reaches far beyond anything she ever imagined.
In the end, Rachel has no choice but to uncover the real culprit behind the outage before it costs her everything.
Mike Trigg grew up in Wisconsin and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two sons. He earned a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to becoming an author, he worked in the Silicon Valley technology industry for over twenty years. His first novel, Bit Flip, was released in August 2022 to critical acclaim, lauded as a “twisty, acerbic corporate thriller” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “exceptionally well-written” by IndieReader, and “an engrossing novel” by Foreword. Trigg’s second novel, Burner, was released in April 2024 and praised as a “searing, all-too-believable novel” by BookLife Reviews and “a cautionary tale for the digital age” by IndieReader. Trigg’s work has been featured in Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, and Literary Hub. He has been a contributor to TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, and Fast Company, and regularly posts on his author site, www.miketrigg.com.
Kathy Oneto is an executive and life-work coach, speaker, and facilitator who is committed to helping people thrive on their terms, both in life and in work. She is also a strategy executive who bridges her two worlds by applying strategic approaches to life and work decisions and practices.
Kathy started asking questions at a young age about success, ambition, and navigating life and work and has used her work and career as a touchstone to guide decisions at different stages in her life. As she reflected on her adult life and career, she found that she had been intuitively living and working according to the Sustainable Ambition Method. Today, she works with clients and company employees in applying the method and helping them find personal motivation in their work and goals, architect their next life and work arcs, and manage their effort for more resilience and sustainability.
As a strategist, Kathy has had a twenty-five-year career working across business, branding, innovation, and talent. In her work today, she helps organizations illuminate their most compelling value and build strategic road maps to guide sustainable action. Proud of her public education, Kathy has a BS in commerce from the University of Virginia and received her MBA from the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Her writing has appeared in Fast Company, Brandingmag, and MediaPost. She’s been a guest lecturer at the business schools at Berkeley, the University of San Francisco, Duke University, and the University of Colorado.
Kathy lives in San Francisco with her husband and the fog. As a former triathlete and marathon runner, she’s happiest building up her resilience and sustainability outdoors, where you can often find her running in Golden Gate Park, walking the streets of her city or one she’s traveled to, or enjoying the experience of reading with the sun on her face. You can connect with her at SustainableAmbition.com.
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