Laura Resau: THE ALCHEMY OF FLOWERS (with Nicole Hackett)

The Ivy is delighted to present an evening with Laura Resau, celebrating her debut novel for adults, The Alchemy of Flowers! An enchanting, modern-day take on The Secret Garden, The Alchemy of Flowers is sprinkled with magic and guided by a story of healing, newfound family, and second chances. Oh yeah– and a mysterious job ad, and a French castle.

Nicole Hackett, author of the forthcoming Mom Brain, will join Laura in conversation to highlight all there is to love about this exciting new novel. We’ll have books, of course, and a pop-up bar from Bird in Hand– come kick back and celebrate with us!

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Laura Resau is the author of The Alchemy of Flowers, her debut novel for adults, and eleven acclaimed books for young people. Her novels won five Colorado Book Awards and appear on best-of booklists from Oprah, the American Library Association, and more. Trilingual and with a cultural anthropology background, she’s lived in Provence and Oaxaca, and now teaches creative writing at Western Colorado University. You might find her writing in her cozy vintage trailer in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she lives with her rock-hound husband, musician son, wild husky, a garden of healing flowers, and a hundred house plants. Learn more at www.lauraresau.com

Nicole Hackett is the author of the “cleverly constructed thriller” (Kirkus Reviews) The Perfect Ones and Mom Brain (forthcoming 2026 from Harper Muse). She lives with her husband and two kids in northern Maryland, where she spends her early mornings writing novels and the rest of her days writing biochemical patents. In addition to being an author, she is one of those annoying people who run on vacation.