Hybrid Author Talk: Female Fantasy, Iman Hariri-Kia

Date and Time

• Thursday, Oct 23, 2025  7pm - 8pm

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East City Bookshop welcomes back Iman Hariri-Kia to discuss her next novel, Female Fantasy, in conversation with Ava Wilder.

Note on Format: This hybrid event will have both an in-person component with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the author during audience Q&A.

ABOUT FEMALE FANTASY

A love letter to romance readers that is in turn chaotic, sexy, and addictively joyful!

"A playful romp and ode to all who believe in true love and happily-ever-afters."—Kirkus, STARRED Review

Joonie has two great loves. Writing fanfic about her favorite fantasy romance series and swooning over its hero, Ryke, a broody, impossibly perfect merman. No real-life boyfriend has ever come close. Why settle for ordinary when your fictional crush is…well, an impossibly hot, impossibly wonderful Ryke?

But then Joonie discovers a secret: Ryke was inspired by a real man. And she's determined to find him. Cue a whirlwind road trip, complete with her brother's aggravatingly hot best friend at the wheel, clumsy kidnappers, psychics, and her fiercely loyal fanfic crew. He doesn't believe in love. She refuses to believe in anything else. And neither is ready for the sparks that start flying.

Filled with crackling banter, laugh-out-loud chaos, and swoony heat, Female Fantasy is an unapologetic ode to the romance genre and the readers who love it. Perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood, Emily Henry, and B.K. Borison.

Iman Hariri-Kia is a writer and editor born and based in New York City. A nationally acclaimed journalist, she covers sex, relationships, identity, and adolescence. You can often find her writing about her personal life on the internet, much to her parents’ dismay. She is a Forbes’ 30 Under 30 honoree and the author of the three novels, most recently the inaugural title from Cosmo Reads, Female Fantasy, which Kirkus Reviews called in a starred review, “a playful romp and ode to all who believe in true love and happily-ever-afters.”

Ava Wilder is the author of Will They or Won't They and How to Fake It in Hollywood. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and their toothless cat.