An Afternoon with Laura Dave, in conversation with Pia Chatterjee
Saturday April 25, 2026. Noon to 1:30 PM PT
Telegraph Hill Books, 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Litquake, the Writers Grotto, and Telegraph Hill Arts and Literature present an afternoon with Laura Dave, in conversation with Grotto Member Pia Chatterjee to celebrate her newest book, The First Time I Saw Him.
Laura Dave captured readers’ hearts and set their pulses racing with her #1 New York Times bestseller The Last Thing He Told Me, a novel that heralded Dave as the queen of “genuinely moving” (The New York Times) suspense featuring characters with whom readers can't help but fall in love. In The First Time I Saw Him readers learn what happens to Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey.
About the Book:
The riveting and deeply moving sequel picks up right where The Last Thing He Told Me ends —with Hannah catching a glimpse of her missing husband, Owen— propelling readers back into a thrilling drama. As Hannah and Bailey uncover why Owen has reappeared, they are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up to them. Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety—and to find the one way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance.
A gripping, fast paced, and emotionally resonant novel about the power of forgiveness, THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM is an exhilarating sequel to Dave’s global blockbuster that provides readers the answers and reunions that they’ve been eagerly awaiting.
About Laura Dave:
Laura Dave is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Last Thing He Told Me and its sequel, The First Time I Saw Him, which was recently released by Scribner. Laura's novels have sold more than six million copies and have been translated into over twenty languages. The Last Thing He Told Me is now a series on Apple TV+, and two of her other novels are set to be feature films at Netflix. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their son.
About Pia Chatterjee:
Pia Chatterjee is a writer, essayist and a board member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto. Pia's upmarket suspense, All the Happy Families, is a semifinalist for Avid Reader Press 2025 Books Like Us contest. She has won the Ledge prize for fiction and was a finalist for the BreadLoaf-Rona Jaffe Foundation award. Pia's work has appeared in Zyzzyva, CNN, San Francisco Chronicle, 7X7, Hyphen Magazine, and others. Pia, who has a B.A. from Oxford University and an MFA from UC Riverside, lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.