Books by Beavers Fall 2025

1. Alive Day

By Karie Fugett, MFA ’18

When Karie Fugett married her boyfriend, she was a 20-year-old high school dropout, living out of her car in a Kmart parking lot. It was a marriage of both love and convenience. After her husband was severely injured during military service in Iraq, she suddenly found herself thrust into the demanding role of caretaker — navigating the less-than-helpful veterans’ healthcare system and his dangerous addiction to painkillers. Alive Day is both a love story and an unflinching debut memoir. Learn more here.

2. Mapping the Deep

By Dawn J. Wright, ’25 (Hon. Ph.D.)

Take a journey to the most unexplored place on earth with oceanographer and courtesy appointment OSU faculty member Dawn J. Wright, the first Black scientist to visit Challenger Deep. Named one of the journal Nature’s 10 essential science reads of the year. Learn more here.

3. When We Go Missing

By April Henry, ’83

From prolific mystery writer April Henry comes a story about a teenage photographer who stumbles across a camera card filled with pictures of young women — some of whom have gone missing. Henry’s last book was a 2025 Oregon Book Award finalist. Learn more here.

4. Children of Darkness and Light

By Lori Hellis, MFA ’18

From retired criminal lawyer Lori Hellis comes a searching look at the infamous Vallow-Daybell murders — a series of deaths linked to a Mormon fundamentalist doomsday cult. Learn more here.