In Conversation with Chris Gooch

This is an in-person event.

Join us at the 53rd Street Library for an exciting conversation with Chris Gooch, author of the post-disaster action-packed coming-of-age graphic novel In Utero, which has been described as "Akira meets Aliens, and Annihilation meets Evangelion." 

Take a journey through selections of the book and hear all about the process, the inspiration, and the creative challenges that led to this fascinating book!

Copies of In Utero will be available for sale and signing.

In Utero

Twelve years after a disastrous explosion, young Hailey is dropped off by her mum at a holiday camp in a dilapidated shopping mall. Alienated from the other kids, she connects with an eerie older teen named Jen… but soon dark horrors awaken, and the two new friends are caught up in a cataclysmic battle between two terrifying creatures who have been lying dormant all this time.

One of Australia’s most acclaimed young graphic novelists, Chris Gooch expertly crafts a taut and intimate thriller about mothers and daughters, the monstrous and the mundane, and the power of friendship in the midst of catastrophe.

Chris Gooch

Chris Gooch is a cartoonist based out of Melbourne, Australia. His first graphic novel, Bottled, was published by Top Shelf in 2017, followed by a short story collection, Deep Breaths (2019) and second graphic novel Under-Earth (2020). All three books received a Ledger award for excellence in Australian comics, while Under-Earth additionally received the Aurealis Award for Best Graphic Novel and was named one of the American Library Association's Best Graphic Novels for Adults.