BookPeople Presents: Ryan Leslie and Chris Panatier

Please welcome Ryan Leslie and Chris Panatier to celebrate the releases of their respective books The Garden of Before and Shitshow!

This event is free and open to the public.

• Start time: 7:00 P.M.
• Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
• Location: The second floor of BookPeople.

The authors will be signing and personalizing copies of their books after the speaking portion of the event.

• To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.

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About the The Garden of Before:

For Paul Prentice things have gotten much worse. His house was destroyed in the battle with the Koŝmaro. He's on thin ice at his job, where instead of working he loses himself in the Between's computer game, trying in vain to find explanations. His best friend Jay has transformed into a shadowy killer. Corinne and Supriya have vanished. And it appears his wife, Julie, has finally had enough and left him.

Alone and near ruin, Paul receives a familiar visitor with a dire message: they are all back in the Between. Hunted, captured, doomed. For Paul, still wearing the serĉilo's artifact on his wrist, escape was never an option. The game must be played until the end.

In the harrowing conclusion to The Between, Leslie once again invites readers into a mind-twisting world where the most terrifying monsters are the ones let loose inside of us.

About Shitshow:

After his mother is diagnosed with dementia, Sunday McWhorter needs a job with flexible hours and a company vehicle. It just so happens that the local porta-potty company is hiring.

The job stinks, but it’s a solid paycheck that allows Sunday to take care of his mom. Everything goes smoothly until Autumn and the beginning of county fair season, when people start going missing and body parts start being found…inside the very tanks of the porta-potties Sunday is charged with cleaning.

Is there a serial killer? A human trafficking ring? An epidemic of haunted toilets?

Sunday finds out the hard way when the simple job of vacuuming sewage becomes a tussle between worlds.

About Ryan Leslie:

Ryan Leslie oversees research for a large health system, where making stuff up is generally frowned upon. His creative outlet has always been writing fiction. He is the author of COLOSSUS, THE BETWEEN, and THE GARDEN OF BEFORE. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, children’s author Lindsay Leslie, and their two sons.

About Chris Panatier:

Chris Panatier is an artist and writer living in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, daughter and a fluctuating herd of dog-like creatures (one is almost certainly a goat). He writes short stories and novels. THE PHLEBOTOMIST, STRINGERS, and THE REDEMPTION OF MORGAN BRIGHT, published by Angry Robot Books, are available everywhere.

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