A Conversation with Sadeqa Johnson

Join us at The Fairfield Library (1401 N. Laburnum Avenue) for an evening with best selling author Sadeqa Johnson. Sadeqa will be in conversation with K.L. Murphy, author of The Great Forgotten. In this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, one American woman’s vision in post WWII Germany will tie together three people in an unexpected way. Sadeqa Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels. Her novel, The House of Eve, was an instant New York Times bestseller, Reese’s Book Club selection, NAACP Image Award nominee, Goodreads Choice Award finalist and Target Book Club pick. Her previous novel, Yellow Wife, was the Library of Virginia’s Literary People’s Choice Award winner, Goodreads Choice Award finalist, Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy finalist, BCALA Literary Award honoree and a Barnes & Noble Book Club selection. Her novel Keeper of Lost Children is on sale February 2026. Originally from Philadelphia, Sadeqa currently lives near Richmond, Virginia. K.L. Murphy is the award-nominated author of The Great Forgotten (January 2026) which Library Journal calls a “[A] moving narrative…” She is also the author of The Detective Callie Forde Mysteries including the forthcoming The Perfect Girls (September 2026), The Murderer’s Girl, and Last Girl Missing as well as the Detective Cancini Mystery trilogy. In addition, K.L. is the author of Her Sister’s Death, a 2023 Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Mystery.