Book Signing Happy Hour with Omar Hussain, author of A Thousand Natural Shocks

About this event

Author Omar Hussain joins us to sign copies of his new mystery, A Thousand Natural Shocks! Stop by any time between 3-5pm to purchase a signed copy and enjoy a refreshing beverage from our sister store, Bird in Hand. Named a Goodreads Best Thriller & Mystery of 2025, Omar Hussain’s dazzling debut novel is a mesmerizing meditation on trauma, memory, and identity wrapped in a high-octane thriller. Order A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS here! RSVP here. Omar Hussain is a writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. His debut novel, A Thousand Natural Shocks (Blackstone Publishing, 2025), was recently shortlisted for the Cabell First Novelist Award and named one of the Washington Post’s 10 Best Thrillers of 2025, as well as a “best of” pick from USA Today, the Seattle Times, Goodreads, and BookBub. The Washington Post called it “daring” and Publisher’s Weekly compared it to Philip K. Dick and Thomas Pynchon. He holds an MFA in creative writing from NYU and now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.