Molly O'Sullivan celebrates THE BOOK OF AUTUMN at B&N Northgate

Join on Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 at 6:00PM PST as we welcome to discuss and sign her debut fantasy novel, . Molly will be joined in conversation by .

For readers of Adrienne Young, Olivie Blake, Erin Sterling, Hazel Beck, and Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House, a spellbinding debut about ambition, privilege, second chance romance, and ancient magic set at an enchanted school tucked among the red mesas of rural New Mexico, where a formidable pair of magicians are summoned to pursue an alleged killer.

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DISCUSSION ADMISSION - FREE **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

• Admission to the discussion and signing with and .
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• The author will pose for photos during the signing. Photos may be taken from in front of the table. A B&N bookseller will be on-hand to assist.

• will personalize and sign copies of ! Sarah Hawley's backlist will be available for purchase at the event.
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Try as she might, anthropologist Marcella Gibbons can't escape the fact that she's a dimidium, one half of a formidable pair of Magicians, forever tied together to enable the other's powers. After a tumultuous final year at Seinford and Brown College of Agriculture (and Magic) in rural New Mexico, Cella felt more than a little uneasy about returning to the sun-drenched desert campus ever again. She'd cut ties with her other half—the charming and rugged rancher Max Middlemore—and sworn off Magic, academia, and heartache for good.

Until Max turns up at her door, grinning under his cowboy hat for one last favor. Something is shifting at her alma mater, something bigger than anyone understands. One student is dead. Another is floating midair in the infirmary, growling guttural nonsense and terrifying the staff. Their best, perhaps only, chance to intervene requires Cella and Max to work together. But the origins of the disturbances lie centuries ago. To unravel them, Cella will have to confront the truth about her past—and Max. Because she might be challenging a power she could never rival alone . . .

Molly O’Sullivan is a cybersecurity engineer turned speculative fiction writer with a deep love for the natural world, tea, and for characters who, despite everything, still manage to hope. Originally from South Carolina, she has lived all over the country but now resides outside Seattle. Visit her online at MollyOSullivan.com.

Sarah Hawley is the author of Servant of Earth, Princess of Blood, A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon, A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch, and A Werewolf's Guide to Seducing a Vampire. She has a master's degree in archaeology and has excavated at an Inca site in Chile, a Bronze Age palace in Turkey, and a medieval abbey in England. When not dreaming up whimsical love stories, she can be found reading, dancing, or cuddling her two cats.

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