Krista Hanley Live at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove

We are honored to welcome local author Krista Hanley as she shares about her powerful memoir, How to Survive a Mass Shooting: A Columbine Memoir on Saturday, September 12th at 1:00 PM at our Aspen Grove location!

Registration includes the following options:

• A signed Hardcover copy of the book … OR

• A $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book Store

We will have a limited supply of additional books for guests to purchase in store. Only a book ticket guarantees you a copy of the book.

This event includes an opportunity to meet the author, participate in an audience Q&A after the book talk, and get your book(s) signed and personalized. Photos with the author are welcome!

If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store.

ABOUT THE BOOK

How to Survive a Mass Shooting: A Columbine Memoir (Motina Books) chronicles the life of a Columbine High School mass shooting survivor during the days, months, and years that followed. Memories of school and friendships before the event weave through chaos and guilt that erupted in the wake of one of the most notorious mass shootings in the United States. How-to lists are employed throughout the book, borrowing from the self-help genre to break up the narrative and acknowledge the desperate and sometimes-fruitless search for answers and healing.

While our nation continuously faces senseless violence, the memoir aims to widen the discussion on our culture of violence and individual trauma.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Krista Hanley’s work lives at the intersection of trauma, creativity, and empowerment.

A survivor of the tragedy at Columbine High School, she writes and speaks about transforming trauma into meaning. Her debut book, How to Survive a Mass Shooting: A Columbine Memoir (Motina Books 9/2026) explores her life before and after Columbine.

Her award-winning creative nonfiction has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Memoir Magazine, and she has been featured on BBC, NPR, ABC, and Colorado Public Radio.

Krista is the co-owner of We Are Safer Together, where she facilitates trauma-informed self-defense and empowerment programs for individuals, schools, and organizations. With more than a decade of experience in violence prevention training, she integrates somatic awareness, boundary-setting skills, and prevention education into practical, ethical, and trauma-informed safety programming.