Victoria Redel w/ Laurie Frankel, I AM YOU

Schedule

Sun Oct 12 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

The Elliott Bay Book Company | Seattle, WA

A mesmerizing historical novel, a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation
About this Event

Poet, professor, and writer Victoria Redel visits the store for her latest novel, I Am You, a mesmerizing historical novel, a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and an unforgettable love story that reimagines the life of renowned still life painter Maria van Oosterwijck during Dutch’s Golden Age. Redel is joined in conversation by Laurie Frankel, author of Family, Family.

At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel Dutch family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter Maria sees through Gerta’s ruse, she insists that Gerta accompany her to Amsterdam and help her enter the elite, male-dominated art world.

While Maria rises in the ranks of society as a painting prodigy, Gerta makes herself invaluable in every way: confidante, muse, lover. But as Gerta steps into her own talents, their relationship fractures into a complex web of obsession and rivalry—and the secrets they keep threaten to unravel everything.

This “lush, sexy, absorbing novel” of historical fiction “brings to life two artists who are inextricably linked in passion and competition” (Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood and The Dry Season)

“A stunning accomplishment.” —Michael Cunningham, author of Day and The Hours

A “captivating” lesbian romance set in the “wonderfully atmospheric” art world of 1600s Amsterdam (Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit)

Victoria Redel has written four books of poetry, most recently Paradise; her last novel, Before Everything, was published in 2017. Her short stories, poetry and essays have appeared in Granta, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Bomb, One Story, Salmagundi, O,and NOON among many others. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center. She is a professor in the graduate and undergraduate creative writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.

Laurie Frankel is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of five — going on six — novels. Her new one, Enormous Wings, will be out in May. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and other publications. She is the recipient of the Washington State Book Award and the Endeavor Award. Her novels have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and been optioned for film and TV. A former college professor, she now writes full-time in Seattle, Washington where she lives with her family and makes good soup.

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The Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, United States
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