Lopez Bookshop and “SHARK REEF” literary journal are delighted to present Lopez writers Karen Fisher and Laurie Parker plus “SHARK REEF” co-editor Jeremiah O’Hagan at the Local Writers Read event at Lopez Bookshop, Friday, June 3, at 7 p.m.

“Audiences know they can count on hearing good writing at these events,” said “SHARK REEF” founder Lorna Reese, “and being surrounded by books is the perfect ambience.”

Karen Fisher came to Lopez in 1998. “SHARK REEF” was the first publication to feature her writing. “To have an independent literary journal of this size and caliber on a tiny island,” Karen says, “is a testament to the love, devotion, and creative energy to be found here.” Her first novel “A Sudden Country,” was a PEN/Faulkner finalist and winner of the Washington State Book Award. Karen is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and works as a teacher, novel coach and editor. Her current projects include a second novel, a memoir, poetry and a libretto.

Laurie Parker moved from Los Angeles to Lopez Island in 1999 and has transitioned from a film-producing career to writing screenplays and fiction. She is currently at work on her novel “Triptych,” and she is also writing on a TV series in development called “The Stags,” about the music scene in the Pacific Northwest. Parker has written a number of screenplay adaptations including Alice Sebold’s memoir “Lucky” and Jane Smiley’s novel “Horse Heaven.”

“I’m very grateful to live in such a creative community with a literary journal and an independent bookstore,” said Parker.

Jeremiah O’Hagan, a journalist at a weekly newspaper and an English teacher at an alternative high school, has co-edited prose submissions for “SHARK REEF” since 2012. He lives on Camano Island.

“I think the magic of reading and writing is the startling places it whisks our brains and emotions, most notably the places inside ourselves that we’ve forgotten or didn’t know about in the first place,” said O’Hagan. His introductions to each issue of the journal showcase his skill as an essayist. O’Hagan’s first publication in “SHARK REEF,” an essay entitled “Crash,” was selected for inclusion in the anthology “Being: What Makes a Man.”

Local Writers Read is free and open to the public; donations to “SHARK REEF” are welcome. For more information visit lopezbookshop.com.