Come hear Laura Sims, author of How Can I Help You - talk about her recent book, do a reading, as well as answer some Q & A!

How Can I Help You - The lives of two librarians become dangerously intertwined in this razor-sharp exploration of human nature and the lure of artistic obsession. 

The book was A New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Book Riot, CrimeReads, and LibbyLife Best Book of 2023.

You can read more reviews here. Request a copy of the book from the BCCLs catalog here. Read an e-book or listen to the audiobook version on Libby here.

About the Author

Laura Sims is the author of HOW CAN I HELP YOU, a New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Book Riot, and CrimeReads Best Book of the Year; a LibraryReads Top Ten Books of July; and an Amazon Editors’ Pick for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense. Sims’s first novel, LOOKER, was included on “Best Books” lists in Vogue, People Magazine, Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly, and more, and is now in development for television by eOne and Emily Mortimer's King Bee Productions. An award-winning poet, Sims has published four poetry collections; her essays and poems have appeared in The New Republic, Boston Review, Lit Hub, and Electric Lit. She and her family live in New Jersey, where she works part-time as a reference librarian and hosts the library’s lecture series.