May 28: Political cartoonist David Horsey to discuss new novel during Edmonds Author Talk

Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, columnist and author David Horsey will discuss his acclaimed new novel, Beach of Stars, during the Thursday, May 28, Edmonds Author Talk at the Edmonds Waterfront Center.

In Beach of Stars, a college kid working a summer job in Mexico takes a beer to a young woman on a secluded beach. It’s a simple, whimsical act that sets off a chain of events that, 20 years later, lures the man from his career in city politics into a search for the now-fugitive woman.

A two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, Horsey is now based at The Seattle Times after a long career at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and six years as a political commentator for the Los Angeles Times. His work is syndicated by Tribune Content Agency.

Besides winning Pulitzers for the Post-Intelligencer in 1999 and 2003, Horsey was a Pulitzer finalist in 1987 and again in 2014 after joining the LA Times. Also in 2014, he received a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for his cartoons on social justice issues. Horsey took first place in the Best of the West journalism competition for his columns about the 2008 presidential campaign.

Beach of Stars was published in December 2025. He has published 11 books of cartoons, including his four most recent: Refuge of Scoundrels (2013), Top of the Ticket (2016), Drawing Apart (2020) and Unhinged USA (2024).

Horsey holds a bachelor of arts in communications from the University of Washington. His career in Seattle and Los Angeles has taken him to national political party conventions, presidential primaries and debates, the Olympic Games, the Super Bowl, assignments in Europe, Japan and Mexico, and two extended stints working at the Hearst Newspapers Washington Bureau.

As a Rotary Foundation Scholar, Horsey earned a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. He has been awarded honorary doctorates from both Seattle University and the University of Kent, and he has been recognized as one of the 150 most distinguished graduates of the University of Washington.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Waterfront Center, located at 220 Railroad Ave. in Edmonds.

Tickets are $7.50 per person. People can reserve their seat online here. Walk-ins are welcome on the night of the event and are based on available seating. Online ticket sales end 4 p.m. May 28.

Subtitles and closed captioning will be provided for guests who are deaf and hard of hearing. The Waterfront Center also offers assistive listening devices available to check out or connect with a smart phone.

The event is co-sponsored by the Edmonds Waterfront Center, the My Neighborhood News Group and the Edmonds Bookshop.