Book launch party! Swan Huntley with Emily Hampshire (near LA)

The Infatuation and Zibby’s Bookshop invite you to an exclusive book party celebrating the launch of Swan Huntley’s fourth novel, I WANT YOU MORE. Swan will be joined in conversation by actress Emily Hampshire.

About the book:

When ghostwriter Zara becomes entwined with celebrity chef client, Jane Bailey, she starts to see the side Jane keeps hidden from the cameras and gets stuck in a plot she never saw coming.

Reeling from the death of her domineering father, Zara Pines accepts a ghostwriting gig for celebrity chef Jane Bailey. Jane, star of the thrifty and wildly popular cooking show 30 Bucks Top, invites Zara to live in her East Hampton estate for the summer. Jane insists she stays–this way, they can truly get to know each other.

As Zara starts to fall for Jane romantically, Jane sloughs off the curated personality she maintains for the media. Zara spends all of her time in Jane’s estate, shadowing Jane’s life–even wearing Jane’s clothes–and the line between the two women grows startlingly faint. Once Jane’s façade crumbles and sinister details about her past emerge, Zara watches herself change in ways she never expected. Can Zara get out before Jane subsumes her?

About the speakers:

Swan Huntley is a writer and illustrator living in Los Angeles. Her first illustrated, interactive mini-tome, The Bad Mood Book, was released in 2023. I Want You More is her fourth novel. She is the author of Getting Clean With Stevie Green, The Goddesses, and We Could Be Beautiful. She earned her MFA at Columbia University and has received fellowships from MacDowell and Yaddo, where she was the 2019 recipient of The LeSage-Fullilove Residency. Her work has appeared on Salon, The Rumpus, and Psychology Today, among others.

Montreal native Emily Hampshire, known for her role as “Stevie Budd” in the record-breaking Netflix comedy Schitt’s Creek, currently stars in Amazon’s hit drama series The Rig alongside Iain Glen. She also stars in Roku’s mini-series Slip with Zoe Lister Jones, the indie film Fitting In with Maddie Ziegler, and more. Hampshire has won six consecutive Best Supporting Actress awards at the Canadian Screen Awards and a SAG Award for her role on Schitt’s Creek. She is involved in various projects as a writer and producer; developing television projects with Sony based off legendary producer Norman Lear’s catalogue, Elliot Page’s Page Boy Production and Universal, and her recently release and best-selling graphic novel Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch. Her impressive filmography includes roles in 12 Monkeys and feature films like The Death and Life of John F. Donovan and Mother!”

Starts 6PM PT