Sometimes the impact of our actions and interactions can be vaster and longer lasting than we can predict.

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever ― and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.

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Victoria “V. E.” Schwab is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed Shades of Magic series, Villains series, Monster of Verity duology, Cassidy Blake series, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Her work has received critical acclaim and been featured in the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post, and more translated into more than two dozen languages, and has been optioned for television and film. When she’s not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up monsters.

Nisi Shawl is the multiple award-winning author and editor of over a dozen books, including Nebula Award finalist Everfair, two volumes of the New Suns anthology series, and Filter House, co-winner of the 2009 Otherwise Award. Recent titles include the horror collection Our Fruiting Bodies and the middle-grade historical fantasy Speculation.

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Note: Tickets to this event include a copy of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.