Author Event: David Slayton and Barbara Ann Wright

Join us on Friday, May 22nd at 6:00pm as we welcome authors David Slayton and Barbara Ann Wright into our store to sign copies of their books. It will be a night of queer fantastic adventure!

FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026

6:00 – 8:00 PM

REVERIE BOOKS, 5330 MENCHACA RD, AUSTIN, TX 78745

This event is free and open to the public.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

David R. Slayton (he/him) grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where finding fantasy novels was pretty challenging and finding fantasy novels with diverse characters was downright impossible. Now he lives in Denver, Colorado, and writes the books he always wanted to read. His epic fantasy, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea, won the Colorado Book Award. In 2015, David founded Trick or Read, an initiative to give out books along with candy to children on Halloween as well as uplift lesser-known authors or those from marginalized backgrounds. David is a regular speaker and panelist at fan cons and writing conferences.

Barbara Ann Wright writes fantasy and science fiction novels when not ranting on her blog. She has been a finalist in the Foreword Review Book of the Year Awards, the Goldie Awards, and the Lambda Literary Awards. The Pyramid Waltz was one of Tor.com’s Reviewer’s Choice books of 2012, made BookRiot’s 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels By Female Authors, and won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best Lesbian Fantasy. A Kingdom Lost won the 2014 Rainbow Award for Best Lesbian Fantasy Romance, while Thrall: Beyond Gold and Glory won the 2016 Rainbow Award for Best Lesbian Fantasy Romance.

ABOUT THE BOOKS

David R. Slayton is the author of The Adam Binder Novels, including White Trash Warlock, Trailer Park Trickster, Deadbeat Druid, Redneck Revenant, and the forthcoming Backwoods Banshee (October 27, 2026) and The Gods of Night and Day series, including Dark Moon, Shallow Sea and the forthcoming The Silent Paths of Night (June 9, 2026).

Barbara Ann Wright is the author of the Sisters of Sarras series, including The Noble and the Nightingale, The Scout and the Scoundrel, and The Mage and The Monster.

Wild Night Rising: Riding Harleys instead of horses, the Wild Hunt of myth is once again unleashed upon the world. Their ousted leader and a fey cop must join forces to rein in the ride of terror.

Haunted by Myth: When ghost-hunter Chloe seeks an answer to the current spectral epidemic, all clues point to one very famous face: Helen of Troy, whose motives are more complicated than history suggests and whose charms few can resist.