Book launch! M.A. Wardell's HUSBAND OF THE YEAR

Schedule

Tue Nov 18 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Tropes & Trifles | Minneapolis, MN

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Come see M.A. Wardell in conversation with E.H. Lupton!
About this Event

Join us to celebrate the release of HUSBAND OF THE YEAR, by M.A. Wardell! M.A. will be joined in conversation by E.H. Lupton, author of DIONYSUS IN WISCONSIN.

Ticket cost includes a copy of HUSBAND OF THE YEAR.

Event conversation will be followed by signing with both M.A. and E.H. Your ticket comes with a copy of HUSBAND OF THE YEAR. Limited additional copies of both authors' previous titles will also be available for purchase on-site. (You may also bring from home.)

If you have your heart set on specific additional titles by either author, it is ***highly encouraged*** to preorder copies to be sure to have the specific one you seek!

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About HUSBAND OF THE YEAR:

Exploring themes of love, family, and parenthood, Husband of the Year is a trade paperback original publication featuring all the characters you’ve met and grown to love and is the highly anticipated final installment in the Teachers in Love series—from an author whose "stories are sweetness and spice wrapped into a big, warm hug" (Alice Oseman, bestselling author of Heartstopper).

Family isn't only about blood. It's about the people we choose.

Olan Stone wants nothing more than to spend the rest of his life with kindergarten teacher Marvin Block. And his daughter, Illona, can’t wait to call Marvin her stepfather. They’re bashert—meant to be. However, as the big day approaches, family tensions and unresolved issues put their future together in jeopardy.

Marvin thought he and Olan had everything all figured out. But he’s realizing that their whirlwind romance may not be the foundation for a lifetime commitment after all. As they struggle through the changes that life is throwing their way, will they be drawn closer together or farther apart?


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About the authors:

Writing as M.A. Wardell, LAMBDA Literary Award nominee Matt writes spicy queer rom-coms.​ His goal is to tell adult gay love stories with a diverse representation of flawed and damaged characters who find healing through love. Matt loves rom-coms and has always wished for better representation, so he's writing the stories he wishes existed. The queer men in his stories are flawed and messy. Helping them find their HEA is Matt's passion.

E. H. Lupton (she/they) is a writer living in Madison, WI with her family. When not writing, she entertains herself by running really long, boring races, quilting, painting, and doing martial arts. A three-time graduate of UW-Madison, she holds a BA in philosophy and English and two MAs in library science and Thai studies; as a consequence, she now works in computers because it pays a lot better than the old philosophy factory down the street. She is also half of the hit podcasting duo behind .


Agenda

🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Arrival
🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:05 PM
Intro and welcome
🕑: 07:05 PM - 07:45 PM
Author conversation
🕑: 07:45 PM - 08:00 PM
Audience Q&A
🕑: 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Signing
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Where is it happening?

Tropes & Trifles, 2709 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, United States

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Tickets

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