Jane Pek, author of The Rivals - one of the "...10 Best Mystery Novels of 2024" (WaPo)
Schedule
Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 04:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
University At Albany | Albany, NY
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Conversation with Jane Pek, whose novel, The Rivals, imagines AI’s dystopian impact on the world of online dating, and one of The Washington Post’s “10 Best Mystery Novels of 2024.” The book’s protagonist, Claudia Lin — mystery novel superfan and, until recently, underemployed English major — has scored her dream job: co-running Veracity, a dating detective agency for chronically online New Yorkers who want to know if their prospective partners are telling the truth.
Unfortunately, along the way, she and her colleagues—tech savant Squirrel, and the elegant and intimidating Becks—have uncovered a far-reaching AI conspiracy. Pek’s first book in the new Claudia Lin series was The Verifiers (2022), also a Washington Post “Best Mystery” of the year.
4:30 p.m. Thursday, February 26
Conversation / Q&A
Campus Center Room 375
University at Albany
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany NY 12222
Free and open to the public.
Books will be available for sale.
A signing will follow the conversation.
More: https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/janepek
Cosponsored by the AI & Society College and Research Center, and the Information Sciences and Technology Department of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC), the Honors College, and the Justice & Multiculturalism in the 21st Century Project of the School of Criminal Justice
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