Book launch party! Swan Huntley with Brant Cox of The Infatuation

Book launch party! Swan Huntley with Brant Cox of The Infatuation

In person author event with Swan Huntley and Brant Cox at Zibby's Bookshop, 1113 Montana Ave, Santa Monica CA 90403!

By Zibby's Bookshop

Date and time

Wednesday, May 22 · 6 - 7pm PDT

Location

1113 Montana Ave

1113 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Discussion

6:30 PM - 6:45 PM

Q&A

6:45 PM - 7:00 PM

Signing

About this event

  • 1 hour

The Infatuation and Zibby's Bookshop invite you to an exclusive book party celebrating the launch of Swan Huntley's fourth novel, I WANT YOU MORE. Swan will be joined in conversation by Brant Cox, Editorial Lead at The Infatuation.

About the book:

When ghostwriter Zara becomes entwined with celebrity chef client, Jane Bailey, she starts to see the side Jane keeps hidden from the cameras and gets stuck in a plot she never saw coming.

Reeling from the death of her domineering father, Zara Pines accepts a ghostwriting gig for celebrity chef Jane Bailey. Jane, star of the thrifty and wildly popular cooking show 30 Bucks Top, invites Zara to live in her East Hampton estate for the summer. Jane insists she stays--this way, they can truly get to know each other.

As Zara starts to fall for Jane romantically, Jane sloughs off the curated personality she maintains for the media. Zara spends all of her time in Jane's estate, shadowing Jane's life--even wearing Jane's clothes--and the line between the two women grows startlingly faint. Once Jane's façade crumbles and sinister details about her past emerge, Zara watches herself change in ways she never expected. Can Zara get out before Jane subsumes her?

About the speakers:

Swan Huntley is a writer and illustrator living in Los Angeles. Her first illustrated, interactive mini-tome, The Bad Mood Book, was released in 2023. I Want You More is her fourth novel. She is the author of Getting Clean With Stevie Green, The Goddesses, and We Could Be Beautiful. She earned her MFA at Columbia University and has received fellowships from MacDowell and Yaddo, where she was the 2019 recipient of The LeSage-Fullilove Residency. Her work has appeared on Salon, The Rumpus, and Psychology Today, among others.

Since 2015, Brant Cox has been the Editorial Lead for The Infatuation LA, a global restaurant discovery platform with expert recommendations for every situation. In that time, he has written hundreds of reviews and guides, spearheaded major social media campaigns, and become a leading voice in LA food media. He has been seen on-air with KTLA, CBS, KCAL, and Spectrum News, and has moderated panels with Sarah Jessica Parker, Dan Levy, and more. When he’s not eating out for work, you can find him eating out for fun, because a great meal at a great restaurant is one of life’s simplest pleasures.Follow Brant and the Infatuation LA's work at @brantcox @infatuation_LA and infatuation.com.

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