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SUMMARY:W.H. Chizmar: Them
DESCRIPTION:Join Curious Iguana on Wednesday\, August 12\, from 6:00-7:00 pm at Frederick Book Arts Center to celebrate bestselling thriller author W.H. Chizmar and his solo debut novel\, Them! This post-apocalyptic novel centers on a man trying to preserve his humanity while surviving in a changed America. W.H. Chizmar will discuss his writing process and solo debut\, then answer questions and sign books. Copies of Them will be available for purchase at the event.  \nLocation: Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S. Carroll Street\, Frederick\, MD 21701 \nThis event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event. \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: The solo debut from the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting\, a post-apocalyptic/survival horror novel written in the bestselling traditions of Stephen King’s The Mist and Josh Malerman’s Bird Box. \nA top-secret government project hits upon a revolutionary idea for transporting matter across the vast reaches of the universe\, and it succeeds in bringing something back. Something alive. Soon\, mankind’s reign comes to an abrupt halt when a truck hauling a very special shipping container overturns and rolls off the highway\, unleashing an otherworldly horror upon an unsuspecting New England countryside\, where it cannot be contained… \nSeveral years later\, an unidentified man emerges from the rubble of humanity\, seeking other survivors and a shred of hope amid an eerie and lonely landscape. He travels by night up the rural East Coast\, discovering Americana ruins and encountering monsters the likes of which no one has survived. Scarred and molded by the cruel horrors of this new natural order\, he must face his own dwindling humanity and pray that any others out there have not become monsters themselves… \nAbout the author: W. H. Chizmar is the New York Times bestselling coauthor (with Richard Chizmar) of Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting\, as well as numerous short stories and essays. He lives in Maryland with his Bernese Mountain Dog\, J.J. (short for James Joyce).
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/w-h-chizmar-them/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Andie Burke: So It Grows
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to celebrate local romance author Andie Burke on Tuesday\, September 22 from 6:00-7:00 pm at Frederick Book Arts Center! Join us to hear about Andie’s new novel\, So It Grows. The story follows new plant shop owner Felicity as she teams up with her hot business rival Nicolas to face off against a greedy developer threatening both their businesses. Andie will be in-conversation with Chip Pons\, USA Today bestselling author of Dearly Departed. Following their conversation\, Andie will answer questions and sign books. Copies of So It Grows will be available for purchase at the event. We are thrilled that Take Root is joining us with some plants for sale from their local shop! Take Root is a welcoming and vibrant interior plant shop located in the heart of historic Downtown Frederick\, MD specializing in a variety of stunning houseplants and accessories. \nLocation: Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S. Carroll Street\, Frederick\, MD 21701 \nThis event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event. \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: A cozy small town business-rivals-to-lovers romance about finding joy where you least expect it. \nFelicity Gallagher thought inheriting her aunt’s plant shop would be the fresh start she needed after the worst year of her life. She never expected that the trendy\, mac and cheese themed restaurant next door–and its inconveniently hot chef–might be her downfall. \nNicolas Holm-Bozic is arrogant\, presumptuous\, and just flat out gets under her skin. Felicity has made ignoring him an art form—until the exploding popularity of his restaurant leads to renewed interest in Felicity’s quirky corner of Kansas. Now\, a greedy developer is threatening both their businesses with a towering parking garage that could steal the sunlight from her plants. With her shop’s future in jeopardy\, Felicity must join forces with her least favorite neighbor. \nAs the pair fight back\, Nic and Felicity’s formerly contentious relationship blooms into something new\, but hidden battle scars\, old secrets\, and a devastating storm threaten everything they’ve built. Will they choose to cut and run\, or are they finally ready to put down permanent roots? \nAbout the author: ANDIE BURKE writes books that kick-off with hilarious disasters and end in swoon-worthy happily ever afters. She’s the USA Today bestselling author of With Stars in Her Eyes\, Fall for Him\, and Fly with Me. She lives in Maryland with her partner and two kids and also works as a pediatric radiology nurse. \nAbout the moderator: Chip Pons grew up in a small lake town in Northern Michigan\, where he discovered the kind of stories that make you believe in magic\, love\, and second chances. Now based in Washington\, DC with his dream of a husband\, he writes romances rooted in queer joy and the belief that everyone deserves their happily ever after.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/andie-burke-so-it-grows/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk / Signing
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SUMMARY:Anna North: Bog Queen
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome New York Times bestselling author Anna North to Frederick on Friday\, October 16 from 6:00-7:00 pm at Frederick Book Arts Center. Join us to hear about her bestselling novel\, Bog Queen\, and learn about female empowerment and the impact of politics on the environment\, from the Iron Age to post-Brexit England. Anna will be in-conversation with Holly Smith\, editor-in-chief of the Washington Independent Review of Books. Following their conversation\, Anna will answer questions and sign books. Copies of Bog Queen will be available for purchase at the event.  \nLocation: Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S. Carroll Street\, Frederick\, MD 21701 \nThis event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event. \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: From the NYT bestselling author of Outlawed\, a forensic anthropologist confronts a strangely well-preserved Iron Age body in this “absorbing\, complex mystery” (People magazine). \nWhen a body is found in a bog in northwest England\, Agnes\, an American forensic anthropologist\, is called to investigate. But this body is not like any she’s ever seen. Though its bones prove it was buried more than two thousand years ago\, it is almost completely preserved. \nSoon Agnes is drawn into a mystery from the distant past\, called to understand and avenge the death of an Iron Age woman more like her than she knows. Along the way\, she must contend with peat-cutters who want to profit from the bog and activists who demand that the land be left undisturbed. Then there’s the moss itself: a repository of artifacts\, with its own dark stories to tell. \nFlashing between post-Brexit England and the druidic order of Celtic Europe\, Bog Queen brims with ancient wisdom as it connects across time two gifted\, farsighted young women learning to harness their strengths in a landscape more mysterious than either can imagine. \nAbout the author: Anna North is the author of America Pacifica\, The Life and Death of Sophie Stark\, and the instant New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Outlawed. She is a senior correspondent at Vox and lives in Brooklyn. \nAbout the moderator: Holly Smith is editor-in-chief of the Washington Independent Review of Books\, as well as a college lecturer\, longtime freelance writer\, and proud “Jeopardy!” bronze medalist. Prior to joining the Independent\, she was managing editor of Maryland Life magazine. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post\, CNBC.com \, Salon\, and elsewhere. She also co-authored the travel guide Seafood Lover’s Chesapeake Bay\, which is ironic since she doesn’t eat fish. Find her on Bluesky at @‌HSmithWrites.
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LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Richard Chizmar: Killing the Boogeyman
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to welcome back bestselling author Richard Chizmar to Frederick on Thursday\, October 22 from 6:00-7:00 pm at Frederick Book Arts Center! Join us to hear about Richard’s novel\, Killing the Boogeyman\, the thrilling conclusion to his bestselling Boogeyman series. Following Richard’s talk\, he will answer questions and sign books. Copies of Killing the Boogeyman will be available for purchase at the event.  \nLocation: Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S. Carroll Street\, Frederick\, MD 21787 \nThis event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event. \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: The terrifying horror trilogy finale to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling series that includes Chasing the Boogeyman and Becoming the Boogeyman from “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste). \nNotorious serial killer Joshua Gallagher—dubbed “the Boogeyman” by the media—has vanished from prison. One moment\, he was locked inside a maximum-security cell; the next\, he was gone\, leaving behind on the wall a crude hangman puzzle and two chilling words: IT’S TIME. \nNow\, days later\, the world is coming apart again. Bodies are turning up near writer and Gallagher confidante Richard Chizmar’s home\, echoing the Boogeyman’s signature horrors. The news frenzy reignites while the police chase shadows…even as Gallagher’s twisted true crime fanbase celebrates online\, acknowledging that he’s something more than human now. \nTo everyone else\, it’s a desperate hunt for answers. To Chizmar\, it’s more like destiny closing in. The evidence\, the sightings\, the voices in the dark all point to one unthinkable conclusion: the Boogeyman never left. And very soon\, Chizmar must come face-to-face with the thing wearing Gallagher’s skin\, and learns all too quickly that some nightmares don’t return—they evolve. \n“Richard Chizmar delves deep into our worst fears and touches the darkness that lives there.” —S. A. Cosby \nAbout the author: Richard Chizmar is the author of New York Times bestselling novels Chasing the Boogeyman\, Becoming the Boogeyman\, Memorials\, and Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting (cowritten with son\, W.H. Chizmar)\, and coauthor (with Stephen King) of the New York Times bestselling novella Gwendy’s Button Box\, the novel Gwendy’s Final Task\, and the solo novella Gwendy’s Magic Feather. His short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications\, most recently\, the bestselling anthology\, The End of The World as We Know It: New Stories of Stephen King’s The Stand. He is the founder and publisher of the specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense\, Cemetery Dance. He has won two World Fantasy awards\, four International Horror Guild awards\, and the HWA’s Board of Trustees award. Chizmar’s work has been translated into more than fifteen languages throughout the world\, and he has appeared at numerous conferences as a writing instructor\, speaker\, panelist\, and guest of honor. Follow him on X\, Facebook\, Instagram\, Threads\, and Bluesky: @‌RichardChizmar\, or visit his website at RichardChizmar.com.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/richard-chizmar-3/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jenni Howell: Teach Me to Prey
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a thrilling evening on Saturday\, December 5 at Frederick Book Arts Center from 6:30-7:30 pm (doors open at 6 for a meet & greet) to celebrate the second novel from local NYT bestselling YA author Jenni Howell! Teach Me to Prey tells the story of Tara\, a girl bound to the demon Thorn in a deadly deal to keep her sister’s dying heart alive. When her next target is after her for revenge\, Tara must do what it takes to save her sister and herself. Jenni will be in-conversation with fellow NYT bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer. Following their conversation\, Jenni will answer questions and sign books. Copies of Teach Me to Prey will be available for purchase at the event. \nDoors will open at 6:00 pm for a public meet & greet with Jenni Howell. Refreshments will be provided.  \nThis event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event.  \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: A reluctant teenage killer\, the alluring demon she’s bound to\, and the headstrong boy she’s sworn to kill are tangled in a web of dangerous desire and sinister secrets in this dark psychological thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of Boys with Sharp Teeth. \nOne heart for another. One life for another. And only her soul to pay. \nTwo years ago\, Tara Corbane made a deal with a demon. Each lunar eclipse\, she must feed him a lover’s heart torn out by her bare hands—and in exchange\, he keeps her sister’s dying heart alive. A desperate deal that Tara fears is making her more and more like Thorn\, the twisted but tantalizing demon she’s sworn to hate. \nThirty days before the next eclipse\, Tara heads to New Orleans\, where her newest target awaits. But Rian Connach\, the handsome heir to a real estate empire\, is nothing like the others. He’s single\, for starters\, and isn’t out for love but vengeance. He’s hot on the trail of the serial killer he blames for his girlfriend’s gruesome death—a trail that will lead directly to Tara. \nAs the eclipse draws near\, Tara finds herself trapped in a game of cat and mouse. To save her own skin\, she must win the trust and ruin the mind of the beguiling and broken boy hunting her\, all the while fighting her feelings for the demon whose secrets threaten everything she’s ever believed about him\, and herself. With Rian getting closer and closer to the truth\, and Thorn warning of vicious consequences if she doesn’t fulfill their bargain\, time is running out to answer the ultimate question: \nIs Tara the predator\, or the prey? \nAbout the author: Jenni Howell is the New York Times-bestselling author of Boys with Sharp Teeth. Before becoming an author\, she tried out archaeology\, linguistics\, mongoose herding (known to some as “teaching”)\, finance\, and espionage\, but always got bored. Now she writes books\, so her entire world changes every six months—and she will never be bored again. jennihowell.com / @‌byjennihowell \nAbout the moderator: Brigid Kemmerer is the author of New York Times bestsellers Forging Silver into Stars and Carving Shadows into Gold\, and two New York Times bestselling series–Cursebreakers\, which includes A Curse So Dark and Lonely\, A Heart So Fierce and Broken\, and A Vow So Bold and Deadly\, and Defy the Night\, which includes Defy the Night\, Defend the Dawn\, and Destroy the Day. She has also written the contemporary young adult romances Call It What You Want\, More Than We Can Tell\, and Letters to the Lost\, as well as paranormal young adult stories\, including the Elemental series and Thicker Than Water. A full-time writer\, Brigid lives in the Baltimore area with her family.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/jenni-howell-teach-me-to-prey/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk / Signing,Author Talk / Signing|Join Us!
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