Shari Lane

Pacific Northwest Author

The Story

Giles Anthony Maurice Gibson, Manhattanite and president of ABC Toys, floats through life on a cloud of wealth and privilege.

Until now.

When his company’s negligence results in tragedy, the judge, weary of a world where justice is rarely served, sentences Giles to a year of community service in rural Oregon, and supervised work at Sunnyside Up, a local diner. Renamed “Tony,” and fitted with an ankle monitor to keep him in his place, he must find a way to make amends for the consequences of always choosing the easy way.

Shortly after Giles-learning-to-be-Tony arrives, the curmudgeonly cook finds a dead body in the dumpster behind the restaurant. Tony and the other misfits at the diner are soon suspects, but—though they will eventually work together to figure out “whodunnit”—Two Over Easy All Day Long isn’t a murder mystery, it’s a human mystery, asking how far a person can bend before breaking, and whether breaking isn’t the point, after all. 

ABOUT SHARI

I was reading voraciously by the time I entered kindergarten, and I have been writing for almost as long. My first full-length novel, hand-written at the age of ten and stapled together for my family, followed the adventures of magical guinea pigs.

Whenever and however possible, I surround myself with books, writers, and readers. In addition to being Managing Editor of SHARK REEF Literary Magazine, I am on the Lopez Island Library’s Board of Trustees, and host WORD!, an open mic for local writers.

It is my ardent belief that good writing can provide a much-needed escape, a chance for a cathartic cry or a healing belly laugh. Just as importantly, in these divided and divisive times, I believe stories can build bridges, as we see through another’s eyes, and feel through the beating of another’s heart.  

What people are saying about Two Over Easy All Day Long . . .

  • "Elegant humor, wit, and irony"

    Kip Robinson Greenthal, Author of Shoal Water
    Recipient of the Landmark Prize for Fiction and
    Nautilus Book Awards)

  • "A must-read . . . Sunnyside Up is the kind of place you wish you could frequent"

    Charlotte Rains Dixon, Writing Coach, Author of The Bonne Chance Bakery and Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior

  • " Shari Lane’s novel tells a moving tale of mystery, transformation, and . . . redemption"

    Stephanie Barbé Hammer, author of Pretend Plumber, and Journey to Merveilleux City (Finalist for the Forward INDIES Mystery Book of the Year award)

Upcoming Events

  • Book Launch Party!

    Friday May17, 2024

    5:30 - 8:00 pm

    Lopez Island Library
    2225 Fisherman Bay Road
    Lopez Island, WA

    Music, Friends of the Library Introduction,
    Two Over Easy All Day Long Reading and Book-Signing
    AND EGG DISH POTLUCK!

    With love and support by the Lopez Island Library, Friends of the Library, and Lopez Bookshop

  • Meet the Author

    Sunday May 26, 2024

    2:00 pm

    Griffin Bay Bookstore
    155 Spring Street
    Friday Harbor, WA