History of Past Author Events


 

 

 

Rick Moody

Thursday, September 2, 7:00 p.m.

The Four Fingers of Death  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Brad Herzog 

Monday, August 30, 7:00 p.m.

Turn Left at the Trojan Horse: A Would-Be Hero's American Odyssey  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

 

Howard Norman  

Wednesday, August 25, 7:00 p.m.

What Is Left the Daughter   BUY NOW


 

 

 

Mary Roach  

Monday, August 23, 7:00 p.m.

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void   BUY NOW  


 

 

 

Carl Hiaasen  

Sunday, August 15, 2:00 p.m.

Star Island   BUY NOW

 


 

 

Vendela Vida  

Wednesday, August 11, 7:00 p.m.

The Lovers   BUY NOW


 

 

 

Doug Dorst  

Tuesday, August 10, 7:00 p.m.

The Surf Guru   BUY NOW


 


 

 

 

Parenting Event: Rafe Esquith  

Friday, August 6, 7:30 p.m.

Lighting Their Fires: How Parents and Teachers Can Raise Extraordinary Kids in a Mixed-Up, Muddled-Up, Shook-Up World  BUY NOW



 

 

 

 

Laura Fraser  

Thursday, August 5, 7:00 p.m.

All Over the Map  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Adrienne McDonnell 

Monday, August 2, 7:30 p.m.

The Doctor and the Diva  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Stefanie Syman 

Wednesday, July 28, 7:00 p.m.

The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America  BUY NOW  


 

 

 

David Carnoy

Tuesday, July 27, 7:00 p.m.

Knife Music  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Youth Event: Maggie Steifvater 

Friday, July 23, 7:00 p.m.

Linger   BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Jeffrey Ma

Thursday, July 22, 7:00 p.m.

The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big in Business  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Teen Event: Ally Carter

Thursday, July 22, 6:00 p.m.

Only the Good Spy Young BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Bruce Henderson 

Wednesday, July 21, 7:30 p.m.

Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Justin Cronin 

Tuesday, July 20, 7:00 p.m.

The Passage: A Novel  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Ayelet Waldman

Friday, July 16, 7:30 p.m.

Red Hook Road  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Allegra Goodman

Thursday, July 15, 7:30 p.m.

The Cookbook Collector  BUY NOW

 


   

 

Susan Moon

Wednesday, July 14, 7:30 p.m.

This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

 

William Powers 

Tuesday, July 13, 7:30 p.m.

Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age    BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Belle Yang

Thursday, July 8, 7:30 p.m.

Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale   BUY NOW


 

 

 

Tatjana Soli

Wednesday, July 7, 7:30 p.m.

The Lotus Eaters  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

 

Dora Calott Wang, M.D.

Tuesday, July 6, 7:30 p.m.

The Kitchen Shrink: A Psychiatrist's Reflections on Healing in a Changing World   BUY NOW

 


   

Nicholas A. Veronico, Betty S. Veronico, Reg McGovern and Janet McGovern

Thursday, July 1, 7:30 p.m.

Redwood City  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Linda Hawes Clever, M.D.

Wednesday, June 30, 7:30 p.m.

The Fatigue Prescription: Four Steps to Renewing Your Energy, Health and Life  BUY NOW


 

 

Barry Eisler

Tuesday, June 29, 7:30 p.m.

Inside Out  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Andrew Beahrs

Monday, June 28, 7:30 p.m.

Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens  BUY NOW

 


 

 
 

Jim Chandler, Tom Barton, Bridget Quigg, and Bobbie Riedel

Saturday, June 26, 2:00 p.m.

Fallen Leaf Anthology  BUY NOW  


 

 

 

Janelle Brown

Thursday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.

This Is Where We Live  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Kathryn Schulz

Wednesday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.

Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Jennifer Egan

Tuesday, June 22, 7:30 p.m.

A Visit from the Goon Squad  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Youth Event: Gail Carson Levine

Tuesday, June 22, 6:00 p.m.

Fairies and the Quest for Never Land BUY NOW


 

Alan Furst

Monday, June 21, 7:30 p.m.

Spies of the Balkans  BUY NOW

 


   

Teen Event: unREQUIRED READING Panel

Friday, June 18, 7:00 p.m. 

BRENT CRAWFORD, Carter’s Big Break  BUY NOW

STACEY KADE, The Ghost and the Goth  BUY NOW  

KRISTEN TRACY, A Field Guide for Heartbreakers  BUY NOW

   

 

 

 

Rom Brafman

Thursday, June 17, 7:30 p.m.

Click: The Magic of Instant Connections  BUY NOW

  


 

 

 

Teen Event: Phoebe Kitanidis

Wednesday, June 16, 7:00 p.m.

Whisper  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Bill Smoot

Tuesday, June 15, 7:30 p.m.

Conversations with Great Teachers  BUY NOW

 


    


 

Reality Bites
Teen Realistic Fiction: Heidi Kling, Nina LaCour, and Jandy Nelson

Thursday June 10, 7:00 p.m.

Heidi R. Kling: Sea  BUY NOW  

 Nina LaCour: Hold Still  BUY NOW

    
   

Jandy Nelson: The Sky Is Everywhere  BUY NOW

 


 


  

 

An Evening of Poetry

Featuring Constance Crawford, Patrick Daly, Phyllis Koestenbaum, Priscilla Lee, and Charlotte Muse 

Wednesday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.

The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems from the San Francisco Bay Watershed  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Summer Pierre

Tuesday, June 8, 7:30 p.m.

The Artist in the Office: How to Creatively Survive and Thrive Seven Days a Week  BUY NOW

 


 

 

John Robbins

Monday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.

The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less  BUY NOW

 

 

 

 

Dinah Cross James

Friday, June 4, 7:30 p.m. 

Journeys: The Art of Dinah Cross James  BUY NOW

 


 

 

  Youth Event: Susan Patron

Friday, June 4, 6:00 p.m. 

Lucky Breaks  BUY NOW


 

 

Elaine N. Aron 

Thursday, June 3, 7:30 p.m.

The Undervalued Self: Restore Your Love/Power Balance, Transform the Inner Voice that Holds You Back, and Find Your True Self-Worth  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Bridget Biscotti Bradley

Wednesday, June 2, 7:30 p.m.

The Green Home: A Sunset Design Guide  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Youth Event: Jennifer L. Holm 

Wednesday, June 2, 6:00 p.m.

Turtle in Paradise  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

David Helvarg

Tuesday, June 1, 7:30 p.m.

Saved by the Sea: A Love Story with Fish  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Julie Orringer

Thursday, May 27, 7:30 p.m.

The Invisible Bridge: A Novel  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Youth Event: Louis Sachar

Wednesday, May 26, 6:30 p.m.

The Cardturner: A Novel About Imperfect Partners and Infinite Possibilities  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Juliet B. Schor 

Wednesday, May 26, 7:30 p.m.

Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth  BUY NOW

 


   

 

Phyllis Theroux

Tuesday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.

The Journal Keeper: A Memoir  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Jack Rakove

Monday, May 24, 7:30 p.m.

Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Sebastian Junger

Sunday, May 23, 1:00 p.m.

War  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Teen Event: Christy Raedeke

Friday, May 21, 7:00 p.m.

Prophecy of Days: The Daykeeper's Grimoire, Book One  BUY NOW


 

 

  Jennie Shortridge

Thursday, May 20, 7:30 p.m.

When She Flew  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Tiphanie Yanique

Wednesday, May 19, 7:30 p.m.

Tiphanie Yanique: How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Parenting Event: Dr. B. Annye Rothenberg

Tuesday, May 18, 7:30 p.m. 

Why Do I Have To?  BUY NOW

Mommy and Daddy Are Always Supposed to Say Yes...Aren't They?  BUY NOW

 

 

 

 

 

Iris Harrell

Saturday, May 15, 11:00 a.m.

Our Forever Home 

 

 


 

 

 

Jane Smiley

Wednesday, May 12, 7:30 p.m.

Private Life  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Candace Bushnell

The Carrie Diaries BUY NOW

Wednesday, May 12, 7:00 p.m.

 


 

 

 

Laurie R. King 

Tuesday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.

The God of the Hive: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes   BUY NOW

 


 

 

Dave Barry 

Monday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.

I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Guy Gavriel Kay

Sunday, May 9, 2:00 p.m.

Under Heaven: A Novel  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Youth Event: Michael Grant

Friday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.

Lies: A GONE Novel  BUY NOW


 

 

 

 

Louise Nayer 

Thursday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.

Burned: A Memoir  BUY NOW

A deeply moving, beautifully written, and transforming story. (Greg Mortensen, author of Three Cups of Tea )

 

 

 

Walter Bortz, M.D.

Wednesday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.

The Roadmap to 100: The Breakthrough Science of Living a Long and Happy Life  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

 

Elizabeth George

Monday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.

This Body of Death: An Inspector Lynley Novel  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Nancy Keeney Forster

Thursday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.

Encounters: A Lifetime Spent Crossing Cultural Frontiers  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Youth Event: Ridley Pearson

Thursday, April 29, 6:00 p.m.

Kingdom Keepers III: Disney in Shadows  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Katie Crouch

Wednesday, April 28 7:30 p.m.

Men and Dogs  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Lisa Shannon

Tuesday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.

A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman  BUY NOW

 

 

 

 

Andre Aciman

Monday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.

Eight White Nights  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Paul Davies

Thursday, April 22, 7:30 p.m.

The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Anne Lamott

Wednesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.

Imperfect Birds  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Terry McDermott

Tuesday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.

101 Theory Drive: A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Christopher Moore 

Friday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.

Bite Me: A Love Story  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

 

Meet & Greet Booksigning with Katherine Howe 

Friday, April 16, 12:00 p.m.

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane  BUY NOW


 

 

 

J. Kirk Boyd

Thursday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.

2048: Humanity's Agreement to Live Together  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

 

Youth Event: Andrew Clements

Thursday, April 15, 6:00 p.m.

We the Children: Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Charlotte Jacobs, M.D.

Wednesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.

Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease  BUY NOW

 

 


 

 

 

Robin Black

Tuesday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.

If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This: Stories  BUY NOW

 


 

     

 

Sue Miller 

Monday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.

The Lake Shore Limited: A Novel  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Kon & Arlene Balin 

Sunday, April 11, 2:00 p.m.

Born Stateless: A Young Man's Story 1923 - 1957  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Heidi W. Durrow

Thursday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Bill Guttentag

Wednesday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.

Boulevard: A Novel  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Malena Watrous

Tuesday, April 6, 7:30 p.m.

If You Follow Me  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Hugh Raffles

Monday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.

Insectopedia  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Steve Poizner

Friday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.

Mount Pleasant: What Happened When I Traded a Silicon Valley Board Room for an Inner City Classroom  BUY NOW

 


 

  

 

Marcia Gagliardi 

Thursday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.

The Tablehopper's Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Francisco: Find the Right Spot for Every Occasion  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

 

Peter Abaci, M.D.

Wednesday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.

Take Charge of Your Chronic Pain: The Latest Research, Cutting-Edge Tools, and Alternative Treatments for Feeling Better  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Paul McHugh

Tuesday, March 30, 7:30 p.m.

Deadlines: A Novel of Murder, Mystery, and the Media  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Jack Bowen

Thursday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.

If You Can Read This: The Philosophy of Bumper Stickers  BUY NOW

A PICTURE MAY BE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS—BUT A FEW CHOICE WORDS CAN SPEAK VOLUMES!


 

 

 

Frances Mayes

Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m.

Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Yoram Bauman

Tuesday, March 23, 7:30 p.m.

The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Volume One: Microeconomics  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Youth Event: Carrie Ryan

Monday, March 22, 7:00 p.m.

The Dead-Tossed Waves  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Anthony Brandt

Saturday, March 20, 2:00 p.m.

The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Blake Charlton

Friday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.

Spellwright  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Anil Ananthaswamy 

Wednesday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.

The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Roy Morris, Jr.

Tuesday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.

Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemons Became Mark Twain  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Lionel Shriver

Monday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.

So Much for That: A Novel  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Kevin & Hannah Salwen

Friday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.

The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back  BUY NOW


 

 

Elif Batuman

Thursday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.

The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Cara Black

Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 p.m.

Murder in the Palais Royal: Aimee Leduc Investigations #10  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Elaine Beale

Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.

Another Life Altogether  BUY NOW


 

 

Raj Patel

Monday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.

The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Timothy Ferris

Thursday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.

The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Eric Puchner

Wednesday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.

Model Home: A Novel  BUY NOW

   


 

 

 

Parenting Event: Ana Homayoun

Tuesday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.

That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and Life  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Youth Event: Jeff Stone

Monday, March 1, 7:00 p.m.

The Five Ancestors Book #7: Dragon  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Adam Haslett

Thursday, February 25, 7:30 p.m.

Union Atlantic: A Novel  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Jon Reider

Wednesday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.

Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting Into College (Second Edition)  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Zachary Mason

Tuesday, February 23, 7:30 p.m.

The Lost Books of the Odyssey: A Novel  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Kelli Stanley

Saturday, February 20, 2:00 p.m.

City of Dragons: A San Francisco Mystery  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Steven Amsterdam 

Thursday, February 18, 7:30 p.m.

Things We Didn't See Coming  BUY NOW


 

 

 

Ethan Watters

Wednesday, February 17, 7:30 p.m.

Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche  BUY NOW

 


    ONE NIGHT - THREE TEEN AUTHORS!  
     

Youth Event: Carrie Jones and Alyx Harvey 'Meet and Greet' 

Friday, February 12, 5:30 p.m.

 

Captivate  BUY NOW

Hearts at Stake BUY NOW

 

 

 

Youth Event: Heather Brewer

Friday, February 12, 7:00 p.m.

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: 11th Grade Burns  BUY NOW

 

 

 

 

 

Katharine Weber

in Conversation with Susan Karl, head of the Annabelle Candy Company in Hayward

Thursday, February 11, 7:30 p.m.

True Confections  BUY NOW


 

 

Free Career Workshop with Elizabeth Wagele and Ingrid Stabb  

Tuesday, February 9, 7:30 p.m. 

The Career Within You: How To Find the Perfect Job for Your Personality  BUY NOW

 


   

Meg Whitman

Monday, February 8, 7:30 p.m.

The Power of Many: Values for Success in Business and in Life  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Carol McClelland

Saturday, February 6, 2:00 p.m.

Green Careers for Dummies  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Joshua Ferris

Friday, February 5, 7:30 p.m.

The Unnamed  BUY NOW

 

 


 

 

Amy Bloom

Thursday, February 4, 7:30 p.m.

Where the God of Love Hangs Out: Fiction  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Terry Castle

Tuesday, February 2, 7:30 p.m.

The Professor and Other Writings  BUY NOW

 


 

 

Rebecca Goldstein

Thursday, January 28, 7:30 p.m.

36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Amy Greene

Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 p.m.

Bloodroot  BUY NOW

 


 

 

 

Carol Sklenicka

Tuesday, January 26, 7:30 p.m.

Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life  BUY NOW


   

Jacob Needleman 

Monday, January 25, 7:30 p.m.

What Is God?  BUY NOW