Are you a member of a book club interested in reading Elita? I’d love to support your conversation or schedule a visit with your group. Please contact me through this website for a free reading guide. The guide includes background on the novel’s connection to Washington State history and the real Elita Island (McNeil Island), as well as the mythology of Atalanta (the girl raised by a bear). It also offers questions to begin your group’s discussion of the book.

I encourage you to also check out these profiles and articles about the novel:

“Feral Feminisms in Noir,” The Rumpus (interview with Kristen Millares Young).

“How Story Can Break Free from Landsacpe,” Incidental Noyes, the blog of Northwestern University Press.

“Author Profile of Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum,” Seattle’s Child, by Candice McMillan.

If you’d like to schedule a book club visit, I’m available for digital or (in the Seattle-area) in-person conversations and would love to schedule with you! Please use the contact information on this website to reach me.