About this Event
Third Place Books welcomes Peyton June, Alex Ritany, H.D. Carver, and Taylor Hobbs to our Ravenna store for a conversation about their new books: Peyton's X-Files-inspired queer thriller , Alex's body-swapping tale of love and identity , H.D.'s story about friendship and grief on the Pacific Crest Trail, and Taylor's road trip through the joy and pain of sisterhood .
Please note: Heartbreak and Other Organ Failures will not be available until its release date on August 4, but guests are welcome to pre-order!
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About The Monsters We Made. . .
"Easily the best book I've read all year." —Logan-Ashley Kisner, author of Old Wounds
"As eerie and haunting as it is heartfelt, The Monsters We Made is a masterpiece." —Taylor Grothe, author of Hollow
"It’s one part horror, one part heartfelt, and all freaky eldritch conspiracy." —K. Valentin, author of An Amateur Witch’s Guide to M**der
Two friends must uncover the truth about the bloody reappearance of a cryptid in this queer, X-Files-inspired thriller from the author of Bad Creek.
To save her family’s struggling ranch, 18-year-old Claire fabricates a video of her hometown’s legendary alien cryptid, Old Lucky, that grabs the attention of paranormal vloggers Lenny and Evan. Lenny is plagued with doubts about their channel’s future, so catching Old Lucky might just be her chance at finding something real.
After Evan deserts Lenny, believing the investigation to be a hoax, Claire agrees to “help” Lenny uncover the history of Old Lucky—and preserve her deceit. But the more the girls are drawn together and the more clues they unearth, the more secrets rise to the surface. The cows are being mutilated, the ranch hand has disappeared, and the strange lights in the sky are back. Something inhuman lurks in Scarberry, where danger lives close to home. The Monsters We Made is an eerie and suspenseful exploration of one town’s dark history and the people who brought it back to life.
About Maybe Tomorrow I'll Know. . .
A boy is trapped in a time loop—and in a girl’s body—in this heartfelt and wryly humorous love story.
Laurie wakes up in a girl’s body with no memories, driving down an unknown highway, and promptly crashes the car. Thankfully, a handsome stranger named Gideon comes to his rescue. It’s awkward for Laurie to pretend that he’s a girl, but at least this is the scariest thing he’ll ever have to deal with.
Except the next morning—and every morning after—Laurie wakes up barreling down that same highway. He re-meets Gideon every day, with no idea who this girl whose body he’s inhabiting even is. Only one thing is clear: he’s on a countdown. Laurie has been given only one hundred days to get back in the right body, break the time loop, and not fall for Gideon while he does it.
Maybe Tomorrow I’ll Know is a funny, deeply felt exploration of love, identity, and what it means to move through the world in a body that is truly yours.
About We Became Wild. . .
"Navigates the untamed wilderness of teenage girlhood with fierce honesty." —Joy McCullough, New York Times best-selling author of Blood Water Paint
"Explores the wild—in our hearts and in nature, deftly excavating joy hidden beneath the rubble of grief.” —Rebekah Faubion, author of Lost Girls of Hollow Lake
Reeling from the death of their best friend, two girls hike the Pacific Crest Trail in her honor in this fierce young adult debut.
Seventeen-year-old Lottie Mitchell is a liar. She might also be a horrible person—because someone good wouldn't have caused the death of her best friend, Val. Messina, Lottie's other best friend, has her own secrets to worry about—she's running from her terrifying, abusive stepfather. When the friends learn that Val had planned to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, they set off into the desert with Val’s ashes and her beloved copy of Wild to fulfill her dream. The only problem, aside from being woefully underprepared for the treacherous terrain and the fast-approaching fire season, is that without Val playing peacekeeper, Lottie and Messina are at each other's throats. The secrets they carry are heavier than their packs, and they’re going to have to find their trust in each other—and themselves—if they’re going to survive.
We Became Wild is a gripping, feral story about grief, friendship, and what it means to be a woman alone in the world.
About Heartbreak and Other Organ Failures. . .
Sisters Kaley and Zoey take a madcap road trip in this tender young adult debut about illness, family, and hope.
There is no one in the world that Kaley loves more than her older sister Zoey, who has developmental disabilities and medical complications. When the sisters learn that Zoey needs a new kidney but is at the bottom of the transplant list, they set off on a madcap family road trip to find their estranged father, who might agree to donate. Nothing will stand in Kaley’s way—with Zoey’s health stable, Kaley can follow her boyfriend to an out-of-state college next fall.
Then Kaley learns that her mom has her own plans for the sisters’ futures. Kaley must reconcile the caretaker role she was born into with the desire to discover her own identity, and decide what she’s willing to do for the person she loves most.
Heartbreak and Other Organ Failures is a coming-of-age adventure set in the fast lane and a heartfelt, hilarious celebration of sisterhood.
Peyton June is an author and illustrator whose most recent novel is Bad Creek. When she’s not writing, she enjoys riding her fifty-year-old Schwinn bicycle, collecting antique photographs, and ghost hunting. She lives outside Seattle, Washington.
Alex Ritany is a lifelong reader and writer. When they’re not at the keyboard, you can find them hosting tabletop game night, working on illustrations, or at their other keyboard composing music. Alex’s love of art, music, and the western Canadian landscape regularly spills into their writing, which tends to feature complex friendships, twisty romances, and explorations of queerness. They live in Calgary with their roommate, cat, and dice collection. Dead Girls Don’t Say Sorry is their debut novel.
H.D. Carver grew up in North Texas. A reluctant reader, she didn’t fall in love with books until she was eighteen, when her senior year English teacher reached out with the right one. She now lives outside Los Angeles in the wildland-urban interface with her family of artists. When she isn’t writing, she can be found wandering trails, bookstores, or the stacks at her local library, always in search of the magic that comes from getting lost—either in a book or in nature.
Taylor Hobbs is the 2024 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship winner and author of the short story, The Contingency Daughter. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her family.
About Third Place Books
Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.
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Third Place Books Ravenna, 6504 20th Avenue Northeast, Seattle, United States
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