Evelyn Clarke celebrates THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF at B&N-Maple Grove!

Join in Maple Grove, MN on Thursday, April 9, 2026, as we welcome to celebrate the release of . In this page turning mystery, six authors on a priate island have seventy-two hours to write the ending that will change their lives.

Evelyn Clarke will be in conversation with Ali Lockhart.

BONUS!: features an exclusive short story following one of the characters from the novel.

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BOOK ADMISSION- $32.71 (Admission + pre-signed copy of THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

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ABOUT THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF:

Arthur Fletch, one of the world’s bestselling novelists, is a reclusive genius known for his iconic protagonists and fiendish twists. When six struggling authors are invited to spend a weekend on his private Scottish island, they arrive to discover a shocking secret: Arthur Fletch is dead . . . and his last book is unfinished.

Desperate to publish the novel, Fletch’s agent and editor have summoned these writers in the hope that one of them will imagine a worthy ending for this final book. To sweeten the deal, they are offering an irresistible prize: in addition to ghost-writing the last chapter––for a mind-boggling sum––they will also help the lucky writer successfully re-launch their own career, guaranteeing future bestsellers. The catch: the writers have just seventy-two hours to finish Fletch’s magnum opus.

Starting is often the hardest part. But getting to the end could be M**der.

ABOUT EVELYN CLARKE:

Evelyn Clarke is a pen name for two writers, both of whom have been published for more than a decade. One is a New York Times bestseller many times over. The other . . . isn't. Speculation is mounting and multiple theories are circulating on social media about the identity of the authors.

ABOUT ALI LOCKHART:

Ali Lockhart is an aspiring romance writer from the Midwest who believes that love stories are for everybody. A voracious reader from the age of four onward, Ali fell in love with romance as an adult and decided to try writing her own - how hard could it be? (It was very hard). When she isn’t writing, Ali is reading and reviewing books for her Instagram account, @ali_learns_to_read, where she enjoys being told she’s wrong in the comments. She lives in Minneapolis with her partner and several plants she’s desperately trying to keep alive.

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