Fireside Chat with Local Authors: Katie Tietjen

Join us for readings and discussions with local authors in front of the fireplace in our Reading Room!

This week we will be joined by Katie Tietjen, author of Death in the Details and Murder in Miniature.

About the Author:

Katie Tietjen is an award-winning writer, teacher, and school librarian. Her debut novel Death in the Details—inspired by the real-life mother of forensic science, Frances Glessner Lee—was released in April 2024 and was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. The second book in the series, Murder in Miniature, was published in September 2025. Katie’s earlier manuscripts won the Tassy Walden Award in 2019 and 2020. Her short story “Ivy” appeared in Seascape: The Best New England Crime Stories. A lifelong Connecticut resident, Katie is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She loves reading, spending time with her husband and sons, and snuggling with their pets. Katie is an unrepentant tea snob, but otherwise a very nice person.

Registration is not required to attend this drop-in event.

Sponsored by the Friends of Blackstone Library.

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