SIGNING EVENT: Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio — The Invisible Parade

It's time to join the party! Adventure awaits readers of all ages on Día de Muertos​ in this stunningly original and lushly illustrated picture book about family, love, and overcoming grief.

Third Place Books presents bestselling superstar Leigh Bardugo and World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award-winning illustrator John Picacio for a special signing-only event to celebrate the forthcoming release of The Invisible Parade. Tickets are required in advance and include pre-order of The Invisible Parade, available August 26th.

SIGNING GUIDELINES (please read before purchasing your ticket):

• All tickets admit 1 person to the signing line and include a pre-order of The Invisible Parade.
• Both Leigh and John will sign a bookplate for The Invisible Parade. Leigh will also sign up to two additional titles per attendee and John will sign up to two prints and/or books. Leigh and John will personalize one item each. Additional pre-signed books by Leigh Bardugo will be available for purchase. Books may be brought from home for the signing.
• Ticket holders may join the signing line between 6 and 8pm. After 8pm, access to the signing line is at the discretion of Third Place Books staff.
• Tickets must be purchased through Eventbrite. Pre-order of the book will not grant you access to the event.
• Candid photos during the signing are okay, but due to limited time with the author, posed photos are not permitted.
• Should tickets sell out, there will not be a standby line. Please join our waitlist through Eventbrite to be notified when tickets are released.
• When The Invisible Parade publishes on August 26th, pre-ordered books will be placed on hold at our Lake Forest Park store. You may request to have your book transferred to our Ravenna or Seward Park location, or shipped to your address for an additional fee.

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Tickets:

Tickets are required in advance. All tickets come with a pre-order of the featured book and admit one (1) attendee.

About The Invisible Parade. . .

It’s time to join the party! Adventure awaits readers of all ages on Día de Muertos​ in this stunningly original and lushly illustrated tour de force about family, love, and overcoming grief from #1 bestselling superstar Leigh Bardugo and World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award-winner John Picacio.

Everyone in the neighborhood was getting ready for the party.Everyone knew somebody on the guest list. . . .This was the day the dead returned.

There’s a party tonight, but Cala doesn’t want to go. While her family prepares for the celebration, Cala grieves her grandfather and tries to pretend she’s not afraid.

But when she is separated from her family at the cemetery, Cala encounters four mysterious riders who will show her she is actually quite brave after all.

Brimming with magic and humor, The Invisible Parade is the first picture-book collaboration between award-winner John Picacio and New York Times bestselling Leigh Bardugo. Set on the night of Día de Muertos, Cala’s story is one of love, loss, and the courage that can be found in unexpected places.

Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Familiar, Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series), which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology—and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.

John Picacio is the Hugo Award-winning co-author and illustrator of The Invisible Parade, created with #1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Winner of nine Chesley Awards, five Locus Awards, the World Fantasy Award, and the Inkpot, he is one of the most acclaimed science fiction/fantasy cover illustrators of the last decade, creating iconic art for works by George R. R. Martin, Rebecca Roanhorse, Michael Moorcock, Silvia Moreno Garcia, Harlan Ellison, and many more. He lives in San Antonio with wife and daughter, where he continues to unearth the astonishing future past of Lotería. (Photo credit: Traci Picacio)

About Third Place Books

Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.