Quogue resident and bestselling author Cristina Alger opens the Quogue Library Summer Series in conversation with award winning author Megan Abbott.
Megan Abbott’s eleventh novel, Beware the Woman, heralded as one of the most anticipated books of 2023, is an eerie and prescient story about a family outing that takes a terrifying turn. Her previous works include The Turnout, Give Me Your Hand, You Will Know Me, The Fever, Dare Me, The End of Everything, Bury Me Deep, Queenpin, The Song Is You and Die a Little. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and The Believer. The recipient of numerous awards, Abbott has been called a literary rock star, and critics hail her writing as brilliant, fascinating, taut, unsettling, and clever.
Christina Alger is currently working on her fifth novel. She has generously shared her previous four novels with the Quogue Library including; The Darlings, This Was Not the Plan, The Banker’s Wife and Girls Like Us. Several of her projects have been optioned for film and TV, and critics have proclaimed her writing as cerebral, incisive, breathtaking, and addictive.
Their conversation will be followed by a Q&A and a wine and cheese reception with book sales and signing. $10 per person.
