On Thursday, November 13th, we are excited to welcome Matthew J. Sullivan to our Writers-in-Conversation series.

 

Matthew Sullivan is the author of Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, a national bestseller and winner of the Colorado Book Award. His new novel, Midnight in Soap Lake, is the second in the Midnight Cycle, a series of stand-alone, thematically linked mysteries. A former bookseller and longtime writing instructor, Sullivan’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and Sou’wester, among others. He lives in Anacortes, Washington, with his wife Libby, a librarian. You can find more of Sullivan’s work through this link.

Our interviewer Michael N. McGregor is a Seattle-based author whose book Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax was a finalist for a Washington State Book Award. After growing up in Seattle, he earned a BA in journalism at the University of Oregon and an MFA in creative writing at Columbia University. A former journalist and professor of creative writing, he curates the website writingthenorthwest.com. You can learn more about him and his work, including his latest book, An Island to Myself: The Place of Solitude in an Active Life, and his new novel, The Last Grand Tour, at michaelnmcgregor.com.