Help us welcome Northwest author, Kay Smith-Blum, as she presents her historical fiction-environmental thriller novel, Tangles.

Based on classified files not released until the late 1980s, Tangles is the first adult historical suspense novel centered on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the Western hemisphere’s largest environmental disaster site. Hanford’s history of radioactive releases – some intentional and some not – has affected the health of a vast region and its human and animal populations since World War II.

Seattle resident Smith-Blum dedicated 10 months to researching and interviewing experts about the true costs of this government-mandated secrecy that spanned decades and incorporated her findings into a novel. She delivers a genre-defying, home-front story of a region cloaked in secrecy during the Cold War era of fear.

Tangles has been honored as the 2024 Best Fiction Book of the Year by the Literary Global Book Awards and named Best Debut Novel by the American Writing Awards. Smith-Blum’s tale also claimed a bronze medal for Best Adult Book from the Reader’s Choice Book Awards.

6:30pm Meet and greet with the Author
7:00pm Book Reading and Q&A
7:45pm Book Signing

In partnership with A Book for All Seasons. This event is free and open to the public.