Reif Larsen discusses his debut novel, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, an imaginative and meticulously crafted novel about a 12-year-old genius cartographer.

T. S. Spivet lives with his family on their ranch just north of Divide, Montana. When late one August afternoon he receives an unexpected phone call from the Smithsonian announcing that he has won the prestigious Baird Award, life as normal (if you consider mapping family dinner table conversation normal) is interrupted. Slipping out before dawn the next morning, T.S. hops a freight train headed east with his sights set on Washington, D.C., and the museum’s hallowed halls.

Larsen's presentation is co-sponsored by Rainy Day Books. The book will be available for sale.