Tucson Festival of Books

Barely Surviving (and Loving It)


Join Sarah Gailey, Rachel Harrison and Catriona Ward as they explore what it really means to survive when the nightmares won't go away. They will discuss how they craft protagonists who face impossible horrors, the many faces of survival, and why making it through the turmoil is in itself a victory.


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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Rachel Harrison

Rachel Harrison is The New York Times bestselling author of "Play Nice," "So Thirsty," "Black Sheep," "Such Sharp Teeth," "Cackle," and "The Return," which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel....

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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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Play Nice
Rachel Harrison
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Penguin Group
September 2025
ISBN 9780593642573
336 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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