Mary Lou Sanelli will be sharing her new book “In So Many Words” from her new collection of Essays which has been nominated for a PNW award. Sanelli gives voice to the exquisite nuances of the day- to-day as well as the larger struggles we face while always managing to leave us feeling less worried, certainly less alone, and much more hopeful. She emphasizes that what she believes: the most personal is the most universal. She writes on that basis and what remains are insightful gems, as touching as they are wise.

Robert Dugoni is the New York Times and #1 Amazon bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite police series, the Charles Jenkins espionage series, the David Sloane legal thriller series, the Keera Duggan legal series and the William Shumacher historical series set in 1933 Seattle. His stand-alone novels include The World Played Chess, and The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, a literary novel that was named Suspense Magazine’s 2018 Book of the Year. His novels have been optioned for movies and television series and garnered many awards. Robert’s books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty languages. Visit his website at https://www.robertdugonibooks.com.

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Tessa Jensen earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from BYU-Idaho and has been practicing massage therapy for over a decade and distance running for over two decades. She loves Jesus, her family, friends, talking, crafting, baking, and making others laugh. She published her memoir, Liberated from Silence, in March 2022.

Lisa Labovitch, a History Specialist who manages the Everett Library Northwest Room will be speaking. One of the most frequent questions she receives at the library is how to preserve your family’s history. She will discuss options and techniques.

Lya Badgley was born in Yangon, Myanmar to Montana parents who fostered a household rich in critical thinking and creativity. Lya moved to the PNW in the eighties, where she became an integral part of the Seattle arts and music scene. In the nineties, following a decade as a struggling poet and musician, she returned to Southeast Asia as a videographer on a clandestine expedition, interviewing Burmese insurgents. A year later, she directed Cornell University’s Archival Project, microfilming documents at Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide to help bring war criminals to justice. Upon completing this project, she managed the first foreign-owned venture of its kind, opening the 50th Street Bar & Grill Restaurant in Yangon, Myanmar. Since then, Lya has embraced roles as a proud mother, an elected city council member and a dedicated environmental activist. She is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and Hugo House. Her debut novel, “The Foreigner’s Confessions,” released in 2022, was a finalist for the prestigious 2023 Nancy Pearl Best in Fiction Award. Her second novel, “The Worth of a Ruby,” released in 2023 is also garnering significant acclaim. Lya currently resides in Snohomish, Washington and is working on her third novel set in Bosnia.