Third Place Books to present Marlon James for discussion of The Disappearers

On December 9, 2026, Third Place Books proudly presents a conversation with Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James about his critically acclaimed novel The Disappearers. 

Following a group of gay men whose lives are shaped by a brutal hate crime in 1980s Kingston, Jamaica, The Disappearers is a transformative epic about violence, retribution, human connection, and survival. KUOW host and senior producer Brandi Fullwood joins in conversation.

Event details:
December 9th at 7pm
Third Place Books at Lake Forest Park
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

General Admission tickets are free; RSVP is required.
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Marlon James is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Disappearers, longlisted for The National Book Award for Fiction and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings; the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf; the New York Times-bestselling Moon Witch, Spider King; The Book of Night Women; and John Crow’s Devil. 

In addition to the Booker Prize, his novels have won the American Book Award, the Los Angeles Times’ Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. 

In 2019, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born in Jamaica, James lives in New York City.

Brandi Fullwood is a host and senior producer for KUOW. She hosts the podcast Seattle Eats about the city’s food scene and produces Seattle Now Arts & Culture on Sundays. Previously, Brandi worked for The World, a co-production of the BBC World Service. She was born in New Haven, CT and now lives in Seattle.