Margaret Owen: Holy Terrors

Under the Umbrella will be hosting artist and NYT bestselling author Margaret Owen for a reading and grand finale to the Little Thieves series, Holy Terrors! Enjoy a hauntingly good evening with Margaret in coversation with local YA Romantasy author Tricia Levenseller in the Umbrella Cafe.

Margaret has also created art of her own inspired by the book series. These prints will be up for silent auction leading up to the event, with proceeds being donated to Lambda Legal Defense and Education find. Prints will be up in Umbrella cafe leading up to the event, with the winners announced at the signing.

• Ticket is required to attend.
• Book purchase through UTU is required to participate in the signing.

Haven't read the first two books? Pick up Little Thieves and Painted Devils at UnderTheUmbrellaBookstore.com!

Masks are required, and the venue is wheelchair accessible. ASL interpretation will be provided. Please reach out for any accessibility requests.

ABOUT THE LITTLE THIEVES SEREIS

For the last year, the wicked maid Vanja Schmidt has lived a lie. Once the loyal servant of the Princess Gisele, Vanja stole a string of enchanted pearls that transformed her into the glamorous princess, leaving the true Gisele a penniless nobody. Now Vanja leads a lonely but profitable double life, charming the nobility with the pearls’ facade while ransacking their coffers as a wanted jewel thief. All she needs is enough to fund an escape from the god-mothers, Death and Fortune, who took her in as a child—and have come to collect her debt.

Then, one heist away from freedom, Vanja crosses the wrong god. Abruptly cursed to turn into jewels herself, she’s left with just two weeks to make up for everything she’s taken before the curse claims her life. And with a feral guardian half-god, Gisele’s sinister fiancée, and an overeager junior detective suddenly complicating the picture, saving herself will take Vanja’s biggest grift yet.

A wickedly irreverent retelling of “The Goose Girl,” Little Thieves is a YA fantasy about stolen lives, thorny truths, and the horrible girls at the heart of both.

ABOUT MARGARET OWEN

Born and raised at the end of the Oregon Trail, Margaret Owen first encountered an author in the wild in fourth grade. Roughly twenty seconds later, she decided she too would be an author, the first of many well-thought-out life decisions.

The career plan shifted frequently as Margaret spent her childhood haunting the halls of Powell’s Books. After earning her degree in Japanese, her love of espresso called her north to Seattle, where she worked in everything from thrift stores to presidential campaigns. The common thread between every job can be summed up as: lessons were learned.

Fortunately, it turned out that fourth-grade Margaret was onto something. She now spends her days wrestling disgruntled characters onto the page, and negotiating a long-term hostage situation with her two monstrous cats. (There is surprisingly little difference between the two.) In her free time, she enjoys exploring ill-advised travel destinations, and raising money for social justice nonprofits through her illustrations. Find Margaret at https://margaret-owen.com/

ABOUT TRICIA LEVENSELLER

Tricia Levenseller is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Darkness Within Us and several other YA romantasy novels, including Daughter of the Pirate King. Tricia grew up in Oregon, where she spent her childhood climbing trees and playing make believe. She now lives in Utah with her bossy dog, Rosy, where she writes full time. When she’s not writing or reading, Tricia enjoys putting together jigsaw puzzles, playing video games, and finding tasty restaurants to frequent. Find Tricia at https://tricialevenseller.com/ .

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