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Kevin O’Brien

Nov

7

2025

Phinney Holiday Bookfest Saturday Nov. 22 2- 4 pm

Phinney Books‘ annual Holiday Bookfest, featuring two dozen local authors signing their books at the Phinney Neighborhood Center in Seattle, will be held Saturday, November 22, 2025 from 2:00- 4:00 pm. Follow the Holiday Bookfest on Facebook and Instagram for updates and reminders.   Authors include: Lauren Appelbaum, Jessixa Bagley, Bonny Becker, Martha Brockenbrough, Kira …

Nov

17

2023

Phinney Books’ Holiday Bookfest
Saturday Nov. 18

Phinney Books welcomes you to the 14th annual Holiday Bookfest featuring dozens of authors signing their books. Along with the author signings, a selection of authors will be reading from their books, and Greenwood’s Bureau of Fearless Ideas tutoring center will create an interactive Bookmakers Space, where new or seasoned writers can put together a …

Jul

30

2019

Kevin O'Brien, Jennie Shortridge, and Garth Stein at a 2016 Seattle7Writers party

Seattle7Writers Making a Big Splash at Seattle Bookstores July 30, 2019

It’s midsummer and high time to celebrate the publication of a new thriller by Seattle writer Kevin O’Brien. While he ventured to Lopez Island for his last novel, They Won’t Be Hurt, many of the twists and turns of his new book, The Betrayed Wife, take place in Seattle, including a key scene at the Century Ballroom, …

Jun

1

2018

Eartha Kitt reading

Seattle 7 Writers Summer Bookfest 6/2/18 at Eagle Harbor Books

SUMMER BOOKFEST is coming! On Saturday, June 2, take a trip to Bainbridge Island for Seattle 7 Writers’ Summer Bookfest 2018 from noon to 2 PM at Eagle Harbor Books, starring over 20 award-winning, bestselling authors. They’ll be selling and signing their books, and chatting with you. In addition to all those great personalized books …

Jan

5

2017

Kevin O'Brien at Seattle Mystery Bookshop

Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Top 10 Features Local Authors

Happy news from Seattle author Kevin O’Brien’s Facebook page to start the new year off right: TOP TEN: Seattle Mystery Bookshop has announced its Bestsellers for 2016–and I’m pumped YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE is among the top ten bestselling mass market paperbacks. Among the top ten bestselling hardcovers is my friend and fellow Seattle …

Nov

6

2015

Seattle7Writers Holiday Bookfest

27 Authors reading, signing, singing, baking for Seattle7Writers Holiday Bookfest

Saturday, November 21st, 2015 from 3-5 pm Phinney Neighborhood Center (6532 Phinney Ave. N. Seattle, 98103) Think about holiday shopping.  Imagine malls.  Parking.  Crowds.  Now imagine a Saturday afternoon in  November, walking up the deliciously worn wooden  steps of the Phinney Neighborhood Center to find a  boutique bookstore, created especially by local indie  bookstore Secret …

Nov

19

2014

Seattle7Writers Holiday BookFest
11/22, 3-5 pm

Join the Seattle7Writers Saturday November 22  for a literary kick-off to the holidays like no other: the fifth annual Seattle7Writers Holiday BookFest!  The line-up features 28 fantastic authors from the Pacific Northwest, including current NYT Bestseller Daniel James Brown, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan, 2014 Washington State Book Award Winners Suzanne Selfors, David Laskin, and …

Sep

30

2014

2

remarks

Seattle Fêtes Garth Stein and
“A Sudden Light”

Happy book birthday to Garth Stein’s A Sudden Light! A delightful crowd gathered Monday night in the historic Stimson-Green Mansion, inspiration for a prominent setting in the novel that Maria Semple (Where’d You Go, Bernadette) describes as “a grand, gorgeous, multi-generational epic of the Pacific Northwest.”

May

14

2014

Kevin O'Brien at Seattle Mystery Bookshop

Autographed Books at Local Bookstores

Local authors, like New York Times bestselling author Kevin O’Brien pictured at left, are great supporters of local, independent bookstores. The great news for fans is that autographed copies are often available right on the shelf. For example, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, home to that great wall o’ Kevin shown in the picture, usually has signed …

Jun

15

2011

A Few Questions for the Supergroup Seattle7Writers

Beginning as a weekly coffee date between Jennie Shortridge and Garth Stein, the Seattle7Writers has turned into a league of superfriends in the writing world. The group includes nine core members and more than 30 “friends.” To give you a sampling of who we’re dealing with, writers who support the group include Tom Robbins, Jim …

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