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The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau: a Palos Verdes Library Adventure featuring NYT and #1 international bestselling author and Friends & Fiction Co-Founder Kristin Harmel

June 27 @ 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

$28.99 – $32.99

About the Live, In-Person, Adventure

Kristin Harmel is beloved around the world as the #1 international and New York Times bestselling author of historical novels such as The Forest of Vanishing StarsThe Book of Lost Names, and The Winemaker’s Wife, and also as the renowned co-founder of the enormously popular Friends & Fiction podcast, and for her very public and courageous battle with breast cancer.

Now you will have the opportunity to meet this very special author at the Palos Verdes Public Library on Friday, June 27, to celebrate Kristin’s new novel, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau.

Registration

This event is FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited. For questions about the event, please contact the Palos Verdes Public Library.

Pre-order your book(s) below to be delivered to you at the event for signing. Books will also be available for purchase and signing at the event.

About the Author and Book

Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling, USA Today bestselling, and #1 international bestselling author of The Forest of Vanishing StarsThe Book of Lost Names, The Winemaker’s Wife, and a dozen other novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and are sold all over the world. Many of her novels have been optioned for film and television.

Kristin has been writing professionally since the age of 16, when she began her career as a sportswriter, covering Major League Baseball and NHL hockey for a local magazine in Tampa Bay, Florida. In addition to a long magazine writing career, primarily writing and reporting for PEOPLE magazine (as well as articles published in numerous other magazines, including American Baby, Men’s HealthWoman’s Day, and more), Kristin was also a frequent contributor to the national television morning show The Daily Buzz. Her first novel was published in February 2006.

Kristin was born just outside Boston, Massachusetts and spent her childhood there, as well as in Worthington, Ohio, and St. Petersburg, Florida. After graduating with a degree in journalism (with a minor in Spanish) from the University of Florida, she spent time living in Paris and Los Angeles and now lives in Orlando, with her husband and son. A breast cancer survivor, she is also the co-founder and co-host of the popular weekly web show and podcast Friends & Fiction.

Her new historical novel, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, is an electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder.

About the Palos Verdes Library

The mission of the Palos Verdes Public Library is:
“We connect. We inspire. We transform. Together.”

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Details

Date:
June 27
Time:
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Cost:
$28.99 – $32.99
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Venue

Palos Verdes Public Library
701 Silver Spur Road
Rolling Hills Estates, CA

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The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau hc book (6.27.25)
This option is for a signed hardcover copy of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau to be delivered to the event for pickup and signing. Due to the special nature of this event, no refunds are available after June 20, 2025.
$ 28.99
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TO SHIP: The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau hc book (6.27.25)
This option is for a signed hardcover copy of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau. Includes shipping within the U.S. after the event. Due to the special nature of this event, nor refunds are available after shipping.
$ 32.99
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