{"id":2115,"date":"2025-10-23T17:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/?p=2115"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:09:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:09:26","slug":"mystery-writer-matthew-sullivan-to-be-featured-in-the-cascadia-writers-in-conversation-series-november-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/?p=2115","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Writer Matthew Sullivan to be Featured in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series November 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Literary Mystery Writer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Matthew Sullivan<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

author of<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Midnight in Soap Lake<\/a><\/em> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

& Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

in conversation with series host<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Michael N. McGregor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
author of The Last Grand Tour<\/a><\/em> <\/h6>\n\n\n\n

& An Island to Myself: The Place of Solitude in an Active Life<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6:00 p.m., Thursday, November 13<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cascadia Art Museum<\/a>, 190 Sunset Ave, Edmonds, WA 98020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(To order tickets through the Cascadia website, click here<\/a>)<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Sullivan<\/strong>‘s\u00a0first novel,\u00a0Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0was an\u202fIndieNext\u202fpick, a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick, a GoodReads Choice Award finalist, and winner of the Colorado Book Award.\u00a0His second novel, Midnight in Soap Lake<\/a><\/em>, which came out earlier this year, was featured in the New York Times Book Review<\/em>, the Seattle Times<\/em> and Crime Reads<\/em>. Book Three\u00a0<\/strong>of The Midnight Cycle<\/em> is in the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sullivan’s writing has also appeared in\u202fThe New York Times,\u202fPoets & Writers, The Daily Beast,\u202fThe Spokesman-Review,\u202f<\/em>and Sou\u2019wester<\/em>, and his stories have been awarded the Florida Review<\/em> Editor\u2019s Prize and the Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He grew up in a family of eight kids in Aurora, Colorado, and received his B.A. from the University of San Francisco and his M.F.A. from the University of Idaho. After working as a bookseller at Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver and Brookline Booksmith in Boston, he spent 20 years as a tenured instructor teaching writing, literature and film at a rural community college in the high desert of Washington State. He is married to Libby Eastman Sullivan<\/a>, a librarian and artist, and lives in Anacortes, WA, along the Salish Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about Sullivan and his work at matthewjsullivan.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can purchase Matthew Sullivan\u2019s books online at the Edmonds Bookshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

On the second Thursday of each month<\/strong>, host Michael N. McGregor<\/a><\/strong> brings one Northwest writer in front of an enthusiastic audience for a brief reading, a discussion of the author\u2019s work, and a question-and-answer session with engaged literature lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series showcases the wealth of writing talent in the Pacific Northwest<\/strong> by featuring writers from different genres at different stages of their careers who may have been overlooked rather than those readers already know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writers who appear in the series are also featured on WritingtheNorthwest.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series offers a unique chance to hear talented writers speak in-depth about what it means to be an author in the Northwest and why and how they create their works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The conversations take place in one of Cascadia\u2019s beautiful galleries, with Northwest art lining the walls.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cascadia Art Museum<\/strong><\/a> is the only museum dedicated to artists and their works from the Pacific Northwest. Focused on visual art and design from 1860 to 1970, it is committed to the belief that recognizing previously neglected artists who made significant contributions to the region\u2019s cultural identity gives us a fuller and more comprehensive understanding of Northwest art history. The Writers-in-Conversation series signals the museum\u2019s desire to highlight underappreciated Northwest artists in literature as well. The series is sponsored by the Edmonds Bookshop<\/a><\/strong> and Holman<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael N. McGregor<\/strong><\/a> is Seattle-based author whose book <\/em>Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax<\/strong><\/a> was a finalist for a Washington State Book Award. After living his early life in Seattle, he spent 17 years as an award-winning professor of creative writing at Portland State University, where he helped found the MFA in Creative Writing program. A former member of the Advisory Committee for the Oregon Book Awards and Fellowships, he holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Oregon and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in New York. His first novel, <\/em>The Last Grand Tour<\/a><\/strong>, and his first memoir<\/em>, An Island to Myself: The Place of Solitude in an Active Life<\/strong><\/a>, were published earlier this year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: I\u2019m an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local bookstores. If you buy a book through a click on this website, I\u2019ll earn a small commission that helps defray the costs of maintaining WritingtheNorthwest.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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