An Afternoon with Author Christina Kovac - In-person

at the Olney Library

Join Olney Library as we celebrate the release of Christina Kovac's second novel, "Watch Us Fall" (Simon & Schuster; Dec 2 2025)

“A stunning work of suspense that’s impossible to put down. Christina Kovac masterfully combines a twisty missing person mystery, a heartbreaking love story, and an insightful exploration of the nature of obsession and trauma. I loved this novel.”
—Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls and Miracle Creek, on Watch Us Fall

Join Olney Library for an exciting program with AUTHOR CHRISTINA KOVAC, who lives in our community & is an Olney Library regular!

NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BUT SEATING IS LIMITED. Hope you can join us.

Q&A and light refreshments to follow. Copies of Kovac's book will be available for purchase/signing.  

Kovac's 2nd novel, Watch Us Fall, a psychological thriller based in Georgetown, will be released on December 2, 2025. Learn about the evolution of Kovac's career: when she started writing, and how she later pivoted from journalism to published author. She'll also highlight her passion for the thriller genre; her writing process; and for aspiring authors, the challenges of plot pacing/timing, crucial to mystery & thriller novels.

For seventeen years, Christina Kovac managed Washington, DC, newsrooms and produced numerous crime and political stories in the District. Her career as a television journalist began with Fox Five’s Ten O’Clock News, and after that, the ABC affiliate in Washington and NBC news. Her first book, The Cutaway, a DC newsroom thriller, was published in 2017 and is on Olney Library's local author shelf and available as e-audio in MCPL's Hoopla catalog. The Cutaway received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Booklist raved, “Former D.C. newsroom manager Kovac knows her milieu and portrays it vividly in this smart, absorbing mix of media, politics, and mystery, with twists and turns to the end.”

Learn more about Christina Kovac by visiting her website. (Photo: Tina Krohn)

Sponsored by Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, MD, Inc.

Questions about this program? Contact the Olney branch at 240-773-9545.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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