The Familiar: Leigh Bardugo and Adriana Trigiani in Conversation

Join Leigh Bardugo and Adriana Trigliani in conversation about Bardugo's most recent book, The Familiar. A great event for teens and young adults, the Roof will open at 6:30 for refreshments. The conversation will begin at 7:00pm and there will be an opportunity for book signing following.

The Familiar

In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, a lowly kitchen scullion hides a gift for little miracles. But when her employer discovers Luzia Cotado’s secret talent, she demands Luzia use her illusions to win over the royal court. Determined to forge a better life for herself, Luzia plunges into a world of power-hungry nobility, desperate kings, holy men, and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud blur. With the pyres of the Inquisition burning, she must use every bit of her wit and will to win fame and hide the truth of her ancestry—even if that means enlisting the help of the notorious Guillén Santángel, whose own secrets could doom them both.

About the Speakers

Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Familiar, Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology—and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University. For information on new releases and appearances, sign up for Leigh’s newsletter.

Adriana Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Good Left Undone, The Shoemaker's Wife and Lucia, Lucia. Her next novel, The View from Lake Como, will be published by Dutton in July 2025. Her work has been published in thirty-eight languages around the world. An award-winning playwright, television writer/producer, and filmmaker, Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap, adapted her novel, Very Valentine, for television, and directed the award-winning documentary, Queens of the Big Time, among others. Adriana was named Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia by President Sergio Mattarella of Italy. The Library of Virginia awarded her the Patron of Letters degree, their highest honor.

Adriana grew up in the mountains of southwest Virginia, where she co-founded The Origin Project, a year-round, in-school writing program that has served over 25,000 students since its inception in 2014. Trigiani is honored to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family. Visit her website at https://adrianatrigiani.com.

Listen to Adriana and the luminaries of our times discuss the books that built their souls on the “You Are What You Read” podcast, available everywhere. https://linktr.ee/youarewhatyoureadpodcast

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