* Independent Booksellers are right up there with librarians as my heroes in life. I am so grateful to my publisher, Penguin Random House, for sending me to the Fall trade shows to meet and talk books with booksellers from both my homes - Seattle and the greater PNW, and San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. These events are always made even more fun by my fawning over authors I adore and then I get all nervous and it’s a real hoot for everyone involved. You guys, I am so excited for WHAT I CARRY. It publishes Januray 21, 2020, and I cannot wait - I love this book so much. We (editors, my agent and I) put our hears into it, and we hope you love it as much as we do. Happy reading, and enjoy these highlights of me meeting someseller/author idols and signing a gorgeous pile of books! Thank you so much NCIBA and PNBA! *