Monday, December 14, 2026 · 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Event Center (105) — 235 Pleasant St., Marblehead, MA
Our new Local Author Spotlight series features up-and-coming writers from the community and continues with mystery writers McKie Campbell and Marblehead's own Norman Birnbach for an engaging evening of readings, conversation, and Q&A about their work and writing process. Their stories will take you from the wild fjords of Alaska to the gritty streets of 1980s New York City. Space is limited, and registration is required. Please register below. McKie Campbell lived in Alaska for thirty years where he worked for the legislature, was Deputy Chief-of-Staff for the Governor, and the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. In Washington D.C., Campbell was the Staff Director of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a Visiting Fellow at the Energy Policy Center of the University of Chicago. He’s also an avid pickup basketball player and an active outdoorsman and sailor, having sailed across the Atlantic and won the Spirit of Adventure - Around Admiralty distance race more times than anyone else. He is an Active Member of the Mystery Writers of America. “Clean Slate” is the story of losing everything, the necessity and cost of violence, and the redemptive…
Age 15.