I am EXCITED to announce…

Yesterday I got my book, Make Your Own Darn Good Cookies, placed in the very first bookstore!  The Kingfisher Bookstore located at 16 NW Front Street in Coupeville, Washington.

I’ve wanted to get my book carried by various stores here on Whidbey Island and I was told that Kingfisher LOVES local authors.  When I called the shop on Wednesday I was told to bring my books by any time.  My response to being asked if I was local, I gave a little local-flavour and replied that I was so close I could paddle a canoe across Penn Cove to get there.  I opted to drive instead.
(PSST! I actually got it in the Oak Harbor Ace Hardware, too — they’re at 150 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor, WA 98277.)

Kingfisher Bookstore is located in one of the historic water-side buildings on the middle of NW Front Street in Coupeville here on Whidbey Island.  When I went in I was immediately greeted by Meg Olsen — she couldn’t be more friendly, and she is Full of ENERGY!  Soon following I met her husband, Brad — also a nice guy.  Speaking of ‘also’ — he’s also a merchant sailor and a captain with Royal Caribbean International … yeah, remember when I suggested canoeing across Penn Cove?  I wonder if I scored points with him by talking nautical-stuff …

Meg and Brad started their shop in 2018.  Formerly a liquor store, together they have made it over into a cozy and delightful bookstore.  In between talking with Meg about my book she welcomed and assisted visiting customers — during that time I had a bit of my own look around.  I was pleased to see unfamiliar books I would love to purchase and read along with authors I already enjoy (she had a hardbound Dick Francis book!).  While I was there Meg even invited a customer’s labradoodle into the shop — in fact, she laughingly demanded that he bring his dog in so she could meet it and give it scritches.

I hope Meg and Brad do well with their wonderful neighborhood bookstore and I am happy to have my book carried at Kingfisher Bookstore!

Hey, while you’re reading…

Here’s a fantastic article from when Meg and Brad Olsen started their shop in 2018.