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Apr

30

2020

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel

In 1986, 20-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine and disappeared into the woods. He would not have another conversation with another person for the next 27 years. Christopher Knight had no real plan for living in the woods, he just wanted to be alone. But he found a secluded area …

Oct

29

2019

The Green River Killer and Me
by Rene Denfeld

From www.crimereads.com As a young girl I lived on the streets. I woke up in dirt under overpasses. I begged for change. I ate rotting food out of trash cans. I did things I’d rather not remember, to survive. On the streets people look through you—unless they want something more, which is usually bad. Like …

May

20

2019

Furious Hours

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

This is a fascinating true crime story that revolves around three people: a reverend who was accused of multiple murders, the lawyer that defended him, and the author that wanted to tell their story. The author was Harper Lee, and the story of Reverend Willie Maxwell was to be the subject of her second, long-awaited …

Mar

28

2019

The Real Lolita

The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman

This is fascinating historical true crime, in which Weinman shares the real story behind controversial fictional novel Lolita. Weinman tells of Sally Horner’s kidnapping and 21 months of mistreatment at the the hands of a Frank La Salle. Through extensive archival research, Weinman is able to make a persuasive claim that Vladmir Nabakov’s Lolita was inspired …

Jan

15

2019

Ken Armstrong

Trusting in Teamwork: An Essay by 2019 PNBA Award Winner Ken Armstrong

There’s a scene in A False Report I think of often. Stacy Galbraith, a police detective in Golden, Colorado, goes home after work. She tells her husband about a case she’s working—a rape investigation with all kinds of chilling twists. Her husband works at another police department, nearby. He listens, then tells her: We’ve got …

Oct

19

2018

Laurie Frankel's purse and matching WA State Book Award

2018 Washington State Book Award Winners

Washington State Book Awards winners were announced on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at the Seattle Public Library. The Washington State Book Awards honor works of outstanding literary merit by Washington authors. An award is given based on the strength of the publication’s literary merit, lasting importance and overall quality to an author who was born in …

Aug

14

2018

Seattle7Writers Cook Up Some Fun (and Fundraising) with Summer BBQs

Seattle7Writers, the nonprofit collective of Pacific Northwest authors, partners with independent bookstores this summer to introduce readers to favorite authors and raise money for literacy nonprofits. In July, Island Books hosted the Seattle7Writers cookout to benefit Team Read, a nonprofit organization that pairs struggling young readers with trained teen reading coaches for one-on-one tutoring after school and …

Apr

30

2018

The Feather Thief

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

This one has obsessive fly-tiers who are willing to steal feathers from the British Museum of Natural History, a spin through naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s predilection for charting and collecting feathers, and a long-form discussion about the nature of beauty. Wallace, as you may know, was one of the first to propose the idea of …

Feb

12

2018

The Man from the Train

The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James

I have less than zero interest in serial killers, but Bill James, the cranky Kansan baseball analyst, was the J.K. Rowling of my sports-nerd youth, and if that’s what he turns his mind to, I’ll follow. And I’m glad I did. Taking the shards of small-town reporting available to them, he and his intrepid daughter, …

Mar

28

2017

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The Stranger in the Woods

Telling the True Story of a Hermit’s Solitude:
A Q&A with author Michael Finkel

Montana author Michael Finkel delves into the story of Christopher Knight, a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for three decades, in his new book, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. The interview below is from his publisher, Penguin Random House. You can read the …

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