Yosha Gunasekera

 The best mystery novels stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page, haunting you with their questions and revelations
– Agatha Christie

Sunday, September 20th at 8pm ET – Sunday, September 27th at 8pm ET on eBay

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Sunday, September 20th at 8pm ET – Sunday, September 27th at 8pm ET

Auction 1

  • Signed & Personalized Trade Paperback Book

    • The Midnight Taxi 
  • Value: Priceless
  • Free Shipping via USPS:
    (US) Shipping (only)
  • $15 starting bid

Auction 2

  • 30 (thirty) minute Zoom Call with Yosha- preferably with a book club but we’re flexible!
  • Value: Priceless
  • To be set up between Yosha the library, and the winner at the end of the auction
  • Shipping – NA
  • $30 starting bid

Author’s Biography

Yosha Gunasekera is a Sri Lankan-American attorney who represents people who have spent decades behind bars for crimes they did not commit. She teaches a course at Princeton University focused on wrongful conviction and exoneration. Yosha is a former Manhattan public defender and has written and spoken extensively on the criminal legal system. She lives in New York City with her husband.

Learn more about Yosha on her website.

Reminder:

The live auction will be from Sunday, September 20th at 8pm ET – Sunday, September 27th at 8pm ET on eBay. You can bid anytime during that week on eBay. 

You can find all of the details of the auction – bidding, shipping, etc – on our FAQ page.


Yosha Gunasekera has generously donated swag to the Friends of the Ashland Public Library for our online Mystery/Thriller Swag Bag Auction 2026, helping raise funds to support our library programs for all ages. We are so grateful!

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