Christopher Frizzelle was named one of Seattle’s Most Influential People

 

FrizzLit Book Clubs

Join a welcoming group of people from more than 25 states and five countries as we dive into great works of literature via Zoom. The regulars include writers, musicians, actors, painters, scientists, business leaders, baristas, retirees—you name it.

Christopher Frizzelle has devoted his career to thinking innovatively about literary culture.

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Christopher Frizzelle is legendary for his creativity. As a book critic at The Stranger beginning in 2003, he created a literary column called The Nightstand, and organized live interviews with writers like Jonathan Safran Foer and Zadie Smith in Seattle rock clubs like Chop Suey and Neumos, and commissioned bands to write original music about their books. He went on to be editor-in-chief of The Stranger from 2007 to 2016, where on a shoestring budget he led the scrappy alt-weekly to winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 and to being a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2014. In 2020, he created the FrizzLit Book Club reading great works of literature, which he wrote about in the Washington Post. In 2025, he launched a small press called FrizzLit Editions, in collaboration with art director Corianton Hale. Frizzelle attended the University of Washington and Bennington Writing Seminars. He has an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bennington.

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Two Hours of Music to Read To

The secret sauce of the party is Paul Matthew Moore on piano.

Join by the virtual parties becoming a paid subscriber to the FrizzLit Substack

Wednesday evenings and Saturday brunches at Hotel Sorrento

Art directed by Corianton Hale

Out now from FrizzLit Editions

Nobuko

A groundbreaking debut novel by Trisha Ready

Art directed by Corianton Hale

Out now from FrizzLit Editions

My Animal Kingdom

A memoir by Rebecca Brown

Private bookings

 

Editing services

Copyediting and proofreading services are available. So are creative consultations on works-in-progress of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Private book clubs

Read a classic novel with your friends and meet weekly on Zoom to hear about its author and analyze the text.

Hosting and emceeing

Hire a host with years of experience emceeing galas, moderating panels, and interviewing authors onstage.