When Joseph O'Neill's novel Netherland was published to great acclaim in 2008—going on to received the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award—it almost felt as though he was a newly hatched author. His publisher responded to the fervent, sudden interest—on very short notice, Seattle was added to a modest-scaled tour in 2008—as it was slowly dawning on people that Joseph O'Neill had indeed written books before, two other novels, and one extraordinary memoir. That last book, Blood-Dark Track: A Family History (Vintage), the story of Joseph O'Neill's two grandfathers—one Turkish, one Irish, both imprisoned for espionage-like charges during World War II—is now newly re-published. While very different from Netherland, it's abundantly clear that a masterful writer has been at work. Joining Joseph O'Neill, in conversation this evening, is Seattle Times book editor Mary Ann Gwinn. "Essential reading ... A fascinating exploration of the personal complexities and private intimacies that lie behind a crude word like 'terrorism.' - The New York Times Book Review. "An enormously intelligent plunge into the WWII era ... We are lucky to have writers like O'Neill, who are willing to recover secrets that the dead so wished we might never know." - The New York Times Book Review.