Upcoming local book events

Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

7 p.m. Sept. 5, Barnes &Noble

These best-selling teen authors are now working together on a Young Reader Series called the Magisterium and are touring to promote book two in a five-part series: “The Copper Gauntlet.” Fans of Harry Potter will enjoy the books, which are full of magic, good and evil, and great characters. The store is at 19401 Alderwood Mall Parkway, Lynnwood.

Uppercase story time

1:30 p.m. Sept. 6, Uppercase Bookstore

Story time with Simon the dog has moved to Sundays at Uppercase Bookshop, 1010 Second St., Suite B, Snohomish.

J.A. Jance

7 p.m. Sept. 8, University Bookstore

The Seattle mystery writer plans to talk and sign books at the store, 15311 Main St., Mill Creek. The New York Times-bestselling author is touring in support of her 51st novel, “Dance of the Bones: A Beaumont and Walker Novel,” published by William Morrow. Jance finally brings together two of her protagonists — Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont and Arizona sheriff Brandon Walker — in this suspenseful novel. The plot centers on two cold cases more than 1,500 miles apart that suddenly become red-hot. Connected with a missing boy’s life at state, Beaumont and Walker join forces to stop a sociopathic smuggler who has eluded justice for decades.

Jonathan Evison

7 p.m. Sept. 9, Third Place Books

Published by Algonquin, Evison’s new novel — “This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!” — has been called “funny, moving, wistful and wise.” A best-selling and critically acclaimed author, who Sherman Alexie has called the “most honest white man alive,” Evison sets his story about the recently widowed 78-year-old Harriet Chance on an Alaska cruise. Harriet spends her time during the cruise visited by the ghost of her husband Bernard and reflecting on her life, a journey that becomes the real voyage. Evison said he wrote the book as a tribute to the courageous women in his life — women who have settled for less, given and given, soldiered on in the face of despair and forgiven beyond reasonable measure. Third Place Books is located at 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park.

Holly Hughes, Mark Rozema

7 p.m. Sept. 17, Edmonds Bookshop

Poet Hughes and essayist Rozema plan to read from their writings during this Edmonds Art Walk event at the book store, 111 Fifth Ave. S. A gillnetter and naturalist, Hughes’ latest work is “Sailing by Ravens,” a poetry collection inspired by 30 seasons of fishing off Alaska. Rozema, photographer who writes about the American West, plans to read from his new book, “Road Trip.”

Jesikah Sundin

Noon, Sept. 19, Uppercase Bookstore

Award-winning Monroe author Jesikah Sundin plans to talk about the story behind “Elements,” the second installment in her “The Biodome Chronicles” trilogy, and sign copies of the novel from noon to 4 p.m. at the shop, 1010 Second St., Suite B, Snohomish.

Youth cultures collide as The Biodome Chronicles continue in a compelling quest for truth, forging a story rich in mystery, betrayal and love. The story takes place along the Salton Sea in California as well as in Seattle and on Mercer Island. The first in the series, “Legacy,” mentions Monroe, Snohomish, and Everett as well. Sundin lives in Monroe with her husband and three children. “Legacy” was the 1996 Monroe High School graduate’s debut novel and winner of four literary awards in science fiction and young adult fiction.

To submit news for the book calendar, contact reporter Gale Fiege: 425-339-3427; gfiege@heraldnet.com.

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