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All Pikes Peak Reads Author Visit: Mariko Turk

Name: All Pikes Peak Reads Author Visit: Mariko Turk
Start: 2026-09-19T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-09-19T00:00:00+00:00
Location: PPLD: Library 21c

Presented by Pikes Peak Library District at PPLD: Library 21c, Colorado Springs CO

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This event is part of the America 250 / Colorado 150 celebration. For more 250/150 events, click here.

Sep 19 2026

All Pikes Peak Reads Author Visit: Mariko Turk

All Pikes Peak Read books

Boulder-based author Mariko Turk will talk about her book, I’ll Be Waiting for You, a 2026 All Pikes Peak Reads selection. After the presentation, Mariko will be available to sign books and answer audience questions.

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Books will be sold by Poor Richard's Books & Gifts during the event.

This program is being offered to commemorate the Colorado 150 and US 250 anniversaries.

Mariko Turk grew up in Pennsylvania and studied creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She went on to get her PhD in English from the University of Florida with a concentration in children’s literature. She now lives in Colorado with her husband and daughter.

Her debut novel, The Other Side of Perfect, was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2022 pick. Her next YA novel, I'll Be Waiting for You, won the Colorado Book Award for young adult fiction. Her third book for teens, The Museum of Modern Love, is a Junior Library ... view more »