Author Talk & Signing with Ayana Gray

Join Storyline Bookshop for an enchanting evening celebrating the release of three exciting new novels in fantasy, romance, and romantasy! We're thrilled to host authors Ayana Gray ("I, Medusa"), Kate Goldbeck ("Daddy Issues"), and Emily Krempholtz ("Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore") for a panel discussion, Q&A, and book signing.

Hosted by Storyline Bookshop and moderated by Jasmine Sparks and Kenzie Chene, booksellers and avid readers of romance and fantasy! (🤞🏼)

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with fellow readers and immerse yourself in the worlds of fantasy, romance, and romantasy.
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About the author:

Ayana Gray is a New York Times bestselling author. Her works have been translated in a dozen languages across five continents and have received critical acclaim at the state and national level. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she now lives and writes in Arkansas.

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About the book:

From New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine.
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Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents—both gods, albeit minor ones—she dreams of leaving her family’s island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home.In the colorful market streets of Athens and the clandestine chambers of the temple, Meddy flourishes in her role as Athena’s favored acolyte, getting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noticed by another Olympian, Poseidon, the course of Meddy’s promising future is suddenly and irrevocably altered.

When her locs are transformed into snakes as punishment for a crime she did not commit, Medusa must embrace a new identity—not as a victim, but as a vigilante—and with it, the chance to write her own story as mortal, martyr, and myth.

Exploding with rage, heartbreak, and love, I, Medusa portrays a young woman caught in the crosscurrents between her heart’s deepest desires and the cruel, careless games the Olympian gods play.