Tucson Festival of Books

Sydney Graves



Cheryl Nichols

Sydney Graves is a pseudonym used Kate Christensen, an Arizona native and the author of eight novels, most recently, "Arizona Triangle." Her fourth novel, "The Great Man," won a PEN Faulkner Award for Fiction. She has also published two food-centric memoirs, "Blue Plate Special" and " How to Cook a Moose." Her essays, reviews, and stories have appeared in a wide variety of publications and anthologies.

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Awards: PEN / Faulkner Award, 2016 Maine Literary Award for Memoir


Scheduled events:
Secrets & Lies Mystery
A good mystery fits together like a puzzle, each piece a clue that leads you closer to the dangerous truth. These award-winning mystery series writers keep you guessing to the last page of their new books.

Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Sydney Graves, Jennifer Dornbush, Mary Keliikoa
Moderator: Deborah J. Ledford
SW Books of the Year - Fiction
A woman looks for a missing friend. An alcoholic musician can’t get rid of a mysterious four-legged visitor, and a teen wonders about the stranger at the edge of town. These three novelists will tell us about stories that became Southwest Books of the Year.

UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Sydney Graves, Marcela Fuentes, Willy Vlautin
Moderator: Tom Zoellner
SW Books of the Year - Food and Memory
Food is a thing of tradition, family, love, identity, and sometimes of resistance. In this panel, three noted students of food in all its aspects, come together to share their knowledge. Chef Silvana Salcido Esperza, Melani Martinez, and Kate Christensen, will talk about their adventures at table.

UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 16, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Southwest Books of the Year
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Sydney Graves, Silvana Esparza, Melani Martinez
Moderator: Gregory McNamee

Books:
The Arizona Triangle
A Jo Bailen Detective Novel
Mystery / Thrillers
HarperCollins
January 2024
ISBN 9780063379992
304 pages

Welcome Home, Stranger
A Novel
Fiction / Literature
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
December 2024
ISBN 9780063299719
224 pages