Meet UM Author Valerie Laken

Wed, 5/27 @ 6pm
Buckley’s in Belltown (back room)
2331 2nd Ave.
(206) 588-8879

Join us for a fun evening with author and UM grad, Valerie Laken, who is coming to town to promote her new novel, Dream House, which is set in A2. Valerie received an MA in Slavic Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing from UM and also taught at UM. Her first novel was inspired by her own experience buying and remodeling a home in A2 in which a murder had occurred. Come share food & drinks with fellow UM alumni and hear Valerie share her experiences.

Valerie Laken has written the perfect haunted house story for these unnerving times. […] Having assembled the plot machinery for a sturdy thriller, Laken does none of the expected things. Instead, she uses the framework to support an ambitious study of people in search of a home— — “home” being a metaphor for the elusive something that defines and validates the self. — The New York Times Book Review

Please RSVP to michael@umseattle.com.

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