Tucson Festival of Books

How To Heal a Heart


What does it cost to love when you've been broken? Join authors Julie Leong, Jennifer Lambert and Alix Harrow as they discuss crafting relationships that simmer and ache, the art of emotional intimacy, and why sometimes the slowest burns leave the deepest marks.


Panelists
Alix Harrow

Alix E. Harrow is The New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author of "The Ten Thousand Doors of January," as well as "The Once and Future Witches," "Starling House," and various short fiction....

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Jennifer Lambert

Jennifer K. Lambert lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her husband of over thirty years, his chocolate lab assistance dog, two Maine coon cats who assist no one, and plentiful free-range lizards. Her high fantasy novel, "Never the Roses," fell on her from out of the sky and became a dream come true....

Julie Leong

Julie Leong is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of "The Teller of Small Fortunes" and "The Keeper of Magical Things." The daughter of Malaysian Chinese immigrants, she studied economics and political science at Yale University, and currently works in tech....

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Books:
The Everlasting
Alix Harrow
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
October 2025
ISBN 9781250799081
320 pages
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Never the Roses
Jennifer Lambert
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
July 2025
ISBN 9781250360342
368 pages
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The Keeper of Magical Things
Julie Leong
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Penguin Group
October 2025
ISBN 9780593815946
368 pages
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An almost-mage discovers friendship—and maybe something more—in the unlikeliest of places in this delightfully charming novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Teller of Small Fortunes. More/less