Storytime and signing line - popular children's author at Third Place Books next week

It's a full plate at Third Place Books next week, with five authors appearing in the store. 

Third Place Books is in the upper level of Town Center at the intersection of Ballinger Way and Bothell Way in Lake Forest Park.

Here's what's on tap:

Obert Skye

Katfish (Henry Holt)

Monday, September 22 at 6:30pm 

SIGNING LINE TICKET REQUIRED.

AVAILABLE WITH PURCHASE OF KATFISH FROM THIRD PLACE BOOKS.

Children’s author and illustrator of the Creature from My Closet series and the bestselling children’s fantasy adventure series Leven Thumps and the Pillage trilogy, comes a story about a boy trying to set things right with the help of Katfish, a mashup of Katniss from The Hunger Games and the Little Mermaid. 

Dorothy Van Soest

Just Mercy (Apprentice House)

Tuesday, September 23 at 7pm

Just Mercy is a heart-wrenching and ultimately redemptive family drama of forgiveness, destiny, and the true nature of justice. Dorothy Van Soest is a local writer, social worker, political and community activist, as well as a retired professor and university dean. 

Lois Leveen

Juliet’s Nurse (Atria Books)

Wednesday, September 24 at 7pm

Award-winning author Lois Leveen dwells in the spaces where literature and history meet. Leveen’s richly detailed novel offers a wholly original and intriguing take on Romeo and Juliet through the imagined life of Juliet’s faithful nurse, whose secret loves and tragedies rival the young lovers’ own.

Brian Hart

The Bully of Order (Harper)

Thursday, September 25 at 7pm

Set in a logging town on the lawless Pacific coast of Washington State at the turn of the twentieth century, this spell-binding novel tells the story of the Ellstrom family and the violent social and historical forces that tear them apart. Brian Hart is the author of the novel Then Came the Evening. 

Gretchen S.B. 

Hollownton Homicide 

Saturday, September 27 at 6:30pm

Local author Gretchen S.B.’s first book in her new urban fantasy series introduces readers to homicide detective Anthony Hollownton, and his partner Rick Nelson, as they solve a case unlike any they have ever come across, where they must decide if the paranormal truly exists.