Author Discussion with Julie Gerstenblatt

Join Julie Gerstenblatt, In-Conversation with Vanessa Lillie, on Monday, June 15th at 7pm to discuss her newest book THE STARGAZER OF NANTUCKET, nestled among the stacks at Barrington Books.

A copy of THE STARGAZER OF NANTUCKET is included with each ticket purchase.

ABOUT THE STARGAZER OF NANTUCKET

"Filled with tension, excitement, and brilliant plot twists, the story moves at a breakneck pace against the backdrop of Gerstenblatt's meticulous research. Luminous."
--Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Queen

From award-winning author Julie Gerstenblatt, an epic tale of adventure on the high seas, a spunky stowaway, and a family confronting the past to secure their future.

Massachusetts, 1851

Winifred Starbuck wants only one thing: to join her parents on their final merchant voyage--from Nantucket Island to bustling San Francisco, then across the glittering Pacific to the distant ports of China. Yet renowned trade captains Nell and Peter Starbuck have forbidden their daughter from coming aboard on the adventure of a lifetime. So Winnie does what any strong-willed eighteen-year-old would do: she stows away.

Once the ship sets sail, Winnie is plunged into turbulent waters, treachery, and the thrill of life on the high seas. As she drifts farther from shore, and closer to fabled Canton port, she uncovers a long-buried secret--one that reveals the truth behind her parents' desperate fear. And as she continues to chart her own course, she'll have to plumb the depths of her courage to take on a world far bigger--and more dangerous--than she ever imagined.

ABOUT JULIE GERSTENBLATT

Julie Gerstenblatt is the author of Daughters of Nantucket, which won the 2024 New England Society Book Award for Fiction, and The Stargazer of Nantucket. She holds a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her essays have appeared in Huffington Post and Grown & Flown, among others. A native New Yorker who has been visiting Nantucket since childhood, Julie now lives in coastal Rhode Island with her family and one very smart shichon poo.

ABOUT VANESSA LILLIE

Vanessa Lillie is the author of the USA Today bestselling suspense novel, Blood Sisters, which was a Target Book Club pick and GMA Book Club Buzz Pick as well as named one of the best mystery novel in 2023 by the Washington Post and Amazon. The sequel, The Bone Thief, released in 2025, landed a spot on the USA Today Bestseller List.

Her other bestselling thrillers are Little Voices, For the Best and she’s the coauthor of the Young Rich Widows series.

Originally from Oklahoma, Vanessa is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She has fifteen years of marketing and communications experience and enjoys organizing book events in and around Providence, RI where she lives now. She loves connecting with readers and hosts an Instagram Live show with crime fiction authors!