Award-Winning Author Appearance

ARE YOU A WRITER ON WHIDBEY? AN AVID READER? AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR PLANET? Don't miss this chance to meet Kay Smith-Blum, author of TANGLES, the multi-award winning debut novel that is centered on the Cold War years at the Hanford Nuclear Reserve. Smith-Blum will personalize your copy of the riveting Cold War thriller, TANGLES. Recent winner of the Best Regional Fiction in the West (across all genres) from the National Indie Excellence Awards and Best Historical Mystery/Suspense from the American Fiction Awards 2025 BookFest, TANGLES serves up important WA State history along with a poignant love story that puts a human face on the radioactive fallout from Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a key but little known component of the Manhattan Project located in Eastern Washington. Come for an autographed copy, but stay for the nuclear revelations, between 11:30 and 3pm, Saturday, May 23rd.