Alma Katsu: Fiend

Schedule

Wed Oct 01 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Frederick Book Arts Center | Frederick, MD

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Come for the glamour, stay for the thrills; join us at the Frederick Book Arts Center on Wednesday, October 1 from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm as we celebrate author Alma Katsu’s newest release, Fiend. This story follows the deadly scheming of a rich family running one of the world’s largest import-export companies.
Alma will be joined in conversation by fellow writer Chuck Wendig, author of The Staircase in the Woods. Following their discussion, Alma will answer questions and sign books. Copies of Fiend will be available for purchase at the event but you can also preorder your copy beforehand here: https://curiousiguana.com/product/fiend/
This event is free and open to the public.
For accessibility requests, email [email protected] at least two (2) weeks prior to the event.
About the book: Historical horror maven Alma Katsu turns her talents to the modern world for the first time, in this terrifying tale about an all-powerful family with an ancient evil under its thumb.
Imagine if the Sackler family had a demon at their beck and call.
The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the world, and they’ve always been lucky. Their rivals suffer strokes. Inconvenient buildings catch on fire. Earthquakes swallow up manufacturing plants, destroying harmful evidence. Things always seem to work out for the Berishas. They’re blessed.
At least that is what Zef, the patriarch, has always told his three children. And each of them knows their place in the family—Dardan, as the only male heir, must prepare to take over as keeper of the Berisha secrets, Maris’s most powerful contribution, much to her dismay, will be to marry strategically, and Nora’s job, as the youngest, is to just stay out of the way. But when things stop going as planned, and the family blessing starts looking more like a curse, the Berishas begin to splinter, each hatching their own secret scheme. They didn’t get to be one of the richest families in the world without spilling a little blood, but this time, it might be their own.
About the author: Alma Katsu is the award-winning author of The Hunger (“supernatural suspense at its finest”-NYT) and The Fervor (“a feat of pure storytelling”- NYT). Her books have won or been nominated for the Stoker, Locus, Goodreads, and Shirley Jackson awards and made best books lists at NPR, Library Journal, Oprah, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and more. Her next novel, FIEND (coming 9/16), has been optioned for a TV series.
About the moderator: Chuck Wendig is the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers, The Book of Accidents, The Staircase in the Woods, and more than two dozen other books for adults and young adults. A finalist for the Astounding Award and an alumnus of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, he has also written for comics, games, film, and television. He’s known for his popular blog, terribleminds, and books about writing such as Damn Fine Story. He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his family.
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Frederick Book Arts Center, 127 South Carroll St.,Frederick, Maryland, United States

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