Vanessa Frances is an Orlando-based, award-winning writer whose work blends the intimate and the uncanny, exploring what it means to be human in uncertain worlds. She works across theater, film, and fiction. Orange Island is her first novel. When she is not writing, she is biking, kayaking, or slipping into the water, drawn to quiet, in-between places where stories take shape. Find her at https://vanessafrances.me/
When: Thu., May 21, 7-8 p.m. 2026
Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome Florida author Vanessa Frances to the bookstore to celebrate the release of her book Orange Island. A mysterious death, a techno-dystopian backdrop, a crumbling climate. A young woman searches for answers in this meditative, lyrical thriller.