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Virtual Author Talk with Matt Dinniman

Apocalyptic Mayhem, Lava-Spitting Llamas & A Very Sassy Cat

2026-06-11 16:00:00 2026-06-11 17:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Virtual Author Talk with Matt Dinniman Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders. Brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Virtual Pierce County Library -

Thursday, June 11
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-11 16:00:00 2026-06-11 17:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Virtual Author Talk with Matt Dinniman Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders. Brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Virtual Pierce County Library -

Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders. Brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium.

Register here!

Hold onto your heart-patterned boxers! Matt Dinniman, New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular (and just plain wild) Dungeon Crawler Carl series, joins us to chat about his latest book, A Parade of Horribles. 

As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.

Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.”

Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.

Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.

So, Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.

Register now for a fun-filled discussion you won’t want to miss!

About the Author:

Matt Dinniman is a writer and artist from Gig Harbor, Washington. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series along with several other books about the end of the world. 

He doesn’t really hate Cocker Spaniels, and he plays bass in one band.

For more information about upcoming author talks, and to view past recordings, please visit Library Speakers Consortium Author Talks.

    AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |

    EVENT TYPE: | Author event |

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