Signed copies of The Left and the Lucky available for purchase courtesy of Roundabout Books

A night of stories and music with Willy Vlautin. Vlautin reads from his latest novel The Left and the Lucky and plays the songs that inspired the novel from Richmond Fontaine, The Delines, and others. 

Willy Vlautin holds a singular place in American fiction. Few writers illuminate the quiet struggles of ordinary people with such compassion. As Ann Patchett puts it, "Vlautin writes about people overlooked by society and overlooked by literature." His new novel The Left and the Lucky may be his most tender and redemptive work yet.  

Vlautin is the founding member of the bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, as well as an award-winning fiction writer. He is the author of eight novels: The Left and the Lucky, The Horse, The Night Always Comes, Don't Skip Out on Me, The Free, Lean on Pete, Northline, and The Motel Life. He is the recipient of the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize and has been inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. His novels have won three Oregon Book Awards, The Nevada Silver Pen Award, and have been included on the Library of Congress's "Great Reads from Great Places" list.

He was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and was shortlisted for the Impac Award (International Dublin Literary Award). Three of his novels, The Motel Life, Lean on Pete, and The Night Always Comes have been adapted as films. His novels have been translated into fourteen languages. Vlautin teaches at Pacific University's MFA in Writing program. Originally from Reno, Nevada, Vlautin now lives outside Portland, Oregon with his wife, dog, and horses.