Authors

We are so lucky to live in an area with such a rich literary cornucopia available to us on our doorstep!  Here are a few links to explore including author pages, blogs and literary events.

For a really comprehensive list of Bay Area authors check out Litquake’s author list from the 2008 Festival at http://www.litquake.org/the-festival/author-list-2008/

If you know of something not listed here, please add your comment!

 

Amy Tan, blog in the Red room

http://www.redroom.com/author/amy-tan

 

Armistead Maupin

http://www.armisteadmaupin.com/

 

Ayelet Waldman

http://www.ayeletwaldman.com/

 

California Authors: News and Notes from America’s largest Book Market

http://www.californiaauthors.com/

 

Clive Matson, poet,

http://www.matsonpoet.com/index.shtml

 

Daniel Handler

http://www.redroom.com/author/daniel-handler

 

Dorothy Allison

http://www.redroom.com/author/dorothy-allison

 

Jean Shinoda Bolen

http://www.jeanshinodabolen.com/

 

Khaled Hosseini

http://www.khaledhosseini.com/

  

Bay Area Literary Links

 

826 Valencia

http://www.826valencia.org/

Founded by Dave Eggars to support students ages 6 to 18 with creative writing.

 

Litquake: the San Francisco Festival for Local Authors

http://www.litquake.org/

 

Marin Poetry Center

http://www.marinpoetrycenter.org/welcome.php

 

Northern California Independent Booksellers Association

http://www.nciba.com/links/index.html

 

Poetry Flash

http://www.poetryflash.org/

 

San Francisco Center for the Book

http://www.sfcb.org/

 

 

  

 

Author Interviews

 

Wired for books 

Title Page TV 

Powell’s Books 

The Atlantic 

The Romance Reader

BBC Book of the Week

Beatrice author interviews

Bookwire

CNN books

Bookpage

NPR

National Book Festival podcasts

Bantam Dell podcasts

Authors on Tour Live  podcasts

Fascinating Authors  podcasts

Penguin Group  podcasts

University of California Press  podcasts

Reading Rockets  Video and podcasts

Harvard University Press podcasts

Sterling House Publisher podcasts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mystery Authors 2007

Jonathan Kellerman

[All titles in this list are available at Alameda County Library]

Obsession. Kellerman’s latest in the Alex Delaware series. The author talks about his latest and the series in general here.

Steve Perry

Alexandria Link book promo and chat with the author.
Link to interview here.

James Lee Burke

Burke talks about Detective Dave Robicheaux’s latest adventure.

Michael Connelly

Listen to Michael Connelly interview Detective Harry Bosch about the Echo Park case and his mission.

Alexander McCall Smith

Author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency