# Event Details - **Event Name**: Vanessa Lillie - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join best selling author Vanessa Lillie as we celebrate her latest novel, THE BONE THIEF, in-store on Thursday, December 4th at 6:30pm.About this EventVanessa will be In-Conversation with best selling author of OYE, Melissa Mogollon.You will enjoy an author discussion, followed by an audience Q & A and a book signing, nestled among the stacks at Barrington Books.ABOUT THE BONE THIEFWhen a Native teenager vanishes from her small town--a place with dark ties to an elite historical society--archaeologist Syd Walker is called to investigate...from bestselling author Vanessa Lillie.In the hours before dawn at a local summer camp, Bureau of Indian Affairs archaeologist Syd Walker receives an alarming call: newly discovered skeletal remains have been stolen. Not only have bones gone missing, but a Native teen girl has disappeared near the camp, and law enforcement dismisses her family's fears.As Syd investigates both crimes, she's drawn into a world of privileged campers and their wealthy parents--most of them members of the Founders Society, an exclusive club whose members trace their lineage to the first colonists and claim ancestral rights to the land, despite fierce objections from the local tribal community. And it's not the first time something--or someone--has gone missing from the camp.The deeper Syd digs, the more she realizes these aren't isolated incidents. A pattern of disappearances stretches back generations, all leading to the Founders Society's doorstep. But exposing the truth means confronting not just the town's most powerful families, but also a legacy of violence that refuses to stay buried.ABOUT VANESSA LILLIEVanessa Lillie is the USA Today bestselling author of BLOOD SISTERS, a new series centered on the stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which was a Target Book Clubpick and GMA Book Club Buzz Pick, as well as a best mystery of the year from the Washington Post, Amazon Editor’s and Reader’s Digest. The sequel, THE BONE THIEF, will be released October 28th. Her other bestselling thrillers are LITTLE VOICES, FOR THE BEST and she’s the creator and coauthor of the# 1 Audible Charts bestseller and International Thriller Writers awardnominated, YOUNG RICH WIDOWS series, set in Providence, RI where she lives. Originally from Miami, Oklahoma, Vanessa is a proud citizen of the Cherokee Nation.ABOUT OYEStructured as a series of one-sided phone calls from our spunky, sarcastic narrator, Luciana, to her older sister, Mari, this wildly inventive debut "jump-starts your heart in the same way it piques your ear" (Xochitl Gonzalez). As the baby of her large Colombian American family, Luciana is usually relegated to the sidelines. But now she finds herself as the only voice of reason in the face of an unexpected crisis: A hurricane is heading straight for Miami, and her eccentric grandmother, Abue, is refusing to evacuate. Abue is so one-of-a-kind she's basically in her own universe, and while she often drives Luciana nuts, they're the only ones who truly understand each other. So when Abue, normally glamorous and full of life, receives a shocking medical diagnosis during the storm, Luciana's world is upended.When Abue moves into Luciana's bedroom, their complicated bond intensifies. Luciana would rather be skating or sneaking out to meet girls, but Abue's wild demands and unpredictable antics are a welcome distraction for Luciana from her misguided mother, absent sister, and uncertain future. Forced to step into the role of caretaker, translator, and keeper of the devastating family secrets that Abue begins to share, Luciana suddenly finds herself center stage, facing down adulthood--and rising to the occasion.As Luciana chronicles the events of her disrupted senior year of high school over the phone to Mari, Oye unfolds like the most fascinating and entertaining conversation you've ever eavesdropped on: a rollicking, heartfelt, and utterly unique novel that celebrates the beauty revealed and resilience required when rewriting your own story.ABOUT MELISSA MOGOLLONMelissa Mogollon holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a BA from the George Washington University. Originally from Colombia and raised in Florida, she now teaches at a boarding school in Rhode Island, where she lives with her partner and dog. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/barrington/vanessa-lillie/100001975343456453 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, summer-camps, workshops, kids, dog - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Barrington - **state**: RI - **country**: United States - **location**: Barrington Books - **lat**: 41.73709199999999 - **long**: -71.30467199999998 - **full address**: Barrington Books, 184 County Road, Barrington, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Vanessa Lillie - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/56ed5ae3d8188a1afbc5685bb2eb2eaf1d5a003151841d818bf5d915396fc204-rimg-w1200-h600-dcc1d6d9-gmir.jpg?v=1764045077 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Vanessa Lillie being held? - **A:** Vanessa Lillie takes place on Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm at Barrington Books, 184 County Road, Barrington, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Vanessa Lillie? - **A:** Vanessa Lillie is organized by Jennifer Massotti. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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