The Author Events Series presents Nic Stone | Boom Town 

In Conversation with Tracey Lewis-Giggetts

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl meets P-Valley in Nic Stone’s adult thriller debut about two missing erotic dancers from Atlanta’s most notorious gentlemen's club and the woman committed to finding them.

When Damaris “Charm” Wilburn, a new daytime dancer, is missing for her shift at Boom Town, former headliner Michah “Lyriq” Johanssen suspects something more than a “no call, no show.” As Lyriq’s former headline partner and lover—Felice “Lucky” Carothers—also vanished under similar circumstances, Lyriq decides she’s going to find them.

Delving deeper into Charm and Lucky’s disappearances, Lyriq uncovers a tangled web of deceit, privilege, and power. The line between friend and foe blurs, forcing Lyriq to confront the question: Is finding for these women worth the threat to her own life?

This tantalizing thriller will take you on a heart-pounding and page turning journey through the peaks and valleys of Atlanta’s underworld.

Nic Stone is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin. A Spelman College graduate, Nic lives in Atlanta with her family. Boom Town is her first adult novel.

As a writer and thought-leader, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts offers those who read her work and hear her speak an authentic experience; an opportunity to explore the intersection of culture, identity and faith/spirituality at the deepest levels. As a writer, Tracey has published 25 books including several collaborations with numerous high-profile authors. Her own critically-acclaimed book, Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration (Gallery/Simon and Schuster) won the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional and received rave endorsements from celebrities like Kerry Washington, literary authors like Kiese Laymon and Deesha Philyaw, and features on media outlets like Good Morning America, Essence Magazine, Glamour, and USA Today. Also in 2023, her book Then They Came for Mine: Healing from the Trauma of Racial Violence won the 2023 Wilbur Award, the highest honor given by the Religion Communicators Council, for excellence in the communication of religious issues, values, and themes, in public media. Most recently, Tracey’s dynamic journal/daily devotional, The Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight released on October 29, 2024. 

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