Tucson Festival of Books

Dark Entities


When darkness takes root, how do characters confront what lurks in the shadows and within themselves? In this session, authors Sarah Gailey, Nghi Vo, and Catriona Ward will explore the terrifying forces their protagonists must face and the impossible choices survival demands.


Panelists
Sarah Gailey

Sarah Gailey is a Hugo Award and British Fantasy Award winner and bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. Gailey's fiction has been published in seven different languages and in dozens of international venues....

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Nghi Vo

Nghi Vo is the author of "Siren Queen," "The Chosen," "The Beautiful, Don't Sleep with the Dead," and "The City in Glass." Her acclaimed novellas of the "Singing Hills Cycle," begins with "The Empress of Salt and Fortune....

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Catriona Ward

Catriona Ward grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen and Morocco. She studied English at the University of Oxford and later earned her master’s degree in creative writing at the University of East Anglia....

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Books:
Spread Me
Sarah Gailey
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
September 2025
ISBN 9781250387332
208 pages
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A Mouthful of Dust
Nghi Vo
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
October 2025
ISBN 9781250386403
112 pages
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Nowhere Burning
Catriona Ward
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
February 2026
ISBN 9781250860057
304 pages
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