An Unlikely Story is thrilled to be hosting Kristen Simmons to celebrate the release of her new book, FIND HIM WHERE YOU LEFT HIM DEAD! It's a masterful breakout horror novel for young adult readers that's "Jumanji but Japanese-inspired" (Kendare Blake) about estranged friends playing a deadly game in a nightmarish folkloric underworld. Kristen will be discussing FIND...
Kerri Maher is the USA Today bestselling author of The Paris Bookseller, The Girl in White Gloves, The Kennedy Debutante, and, under the name Kerri Majors, This Is Not a Writing Manual: Notes for the Young Writer in the Real World. She's also the founder of an award-winning journal of YA literature, YARN. Kerri holds an MFA from Columbia University and lives in...
Husband and wife duo Lisa and Matt McMann join us to discuss their newest middle grade books! Rebel Undercover, the third installment of Lisa's The Forgotten Five series, is like X-Men meets Spy Kids, with lots of hijinks, humor, and family drama. Matt’s Terror in Shadow Canyon, book three of the Monsterious series, combines monsters with mystery, perfect for fans of Goosebumps. Lisa...
We're cackling with joy about welcoming Rachel Harrison to introduce her new novel, BLACK SHEEP, a fiery, irreverent horror novel about a woman who must confront her cultish, diabolical family and uncover their many secrets, from the national bestselling horror author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle. Vesper Wright is in hell. The night she gets fired from her...
Authors Anna Staniszewski and Rajani LaRocca join us to discuss their cousin-themed picture books, MY COUSIN'S MERMAID and SUMMER IS FOR COUSINS! Both books are beautiful stories of family and connection that you’re sure to love. Anna and Rajani will discuss and sign copies of their books, as well as answer audience questions! Born in...
Jon Klassen, Caldecott medalist and #1 New York Times author and illustrator, joins us to read and sign his newest creation, THE SKULL, a creepy tale of things that go bump in the night, with a warm note of friendship at its heart. Inspired by a Tyrolean folktale, Jon Klassen combines his talent for deadpan humor with spine-chilling suspense...
Angela and Tony DiTerlizzi have been best friends and creative partners for thirty years and married for over twenty. They live in Amherst, MA, with their daughter, Sophia, and their rescue dogs, Mimi and Pippin. Angela is a beloved author of award-winning, charming, and inspiring picture books including the USA Today bestselling The Magical Yet, Some Bugs, Just Add Glitter, and many others....
The incredible Maggie Wheeler, best known from her acting role as Janice on NBC's hit series Friends, will be joining us alongside illustrator M. Kyle Hollingsworth to share their beautiful new picture book, Ebeneezer Finds A Reason. They will be in conversation with Jeff Kinney, international bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, as well as...
Join An Unlikely Story for a ticketed, in person/virtual hybrid event with Massachusetts illustrator Renée Kurilla in conversation with Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matthew McConaughey (who will be joining us virtually on screen) to discuss their new children’s book, JUST BECAUSE, that explores the contradictions all around us, and how they...
Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a UK Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, an Odyssey Award Winner and two-time honoree, the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors, and...
We're thrilled to welcome Alice Feeney, bestselling author of DAISY DARKER and ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, to introduce her new thriller, GOOD BAD GIRL in which nobody can be trusted and the surprises come fast and furious! A stolen baby, an estranged mother / daughter team, three suspects, two murders, and one victim. As always, Feeney delivers brilliant, shocking...
AARON BLABEY has written many well-loved, bestselling books for children. He is the creator of three hugely successful series for children — the New York Times bestselling The Bad Guys, Pig the Pug, and Thelma the Unicorn. The Bad Guys movie released in 2022. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation with Aaron serving as an executive producer on the project....
