They’re not famous for it, but they are famous, and they’ve got books out this month.
Speaker of the US House of Representatives California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi will celebrate the launch of her book Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters with three TV appearances on Monday (NBC’s “Today,” ABC’s “The View” and Comedy [...]
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They’re California authors, too.
Paging the new American Idol
How cool that self-described “word nerd” rocker David Cook claimed the American Idol crown last night. Remember when Simon Cowell rolled his eyes and berated Cook back in February after the singer revealed that he enjoys crossword puzzles in between performances?
Last night the smart kid with a heart of gold pulled off the biggest upset [...]
Scary movies & other stray notes
• LaObserved reports today that Heritage Book Shop, LA’s rare book store, has been sold.
• LAO also notes that Kristin Gore is now an LA writer. “The 30-year-old daughter of former VP Al Gore lives near downtown with husband Paul Cusack, writes for ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Futurama’ and has a new novel, Sammy’s House, [...]
Overheard (fairly) recently at the celebrity spelling bee in San Francisco
• “I believe it’s a very poor writer who can’t spell a word more than one way.” — novelist Tobias Wolff
• “I’m here because I’m a publisher and a writer. This is the scene in which I swim in. And, yes, I’m here because there’s free vodka.” — Heyday Books founder Malcolm Margolin
• “It’s [...]
They’re California authors, too.
Paging the new American Idol
How cool that self-described “word nerd” rocker David Cook claimed the American Idol crown last night. Remember when Simon Cowell rolled his eyes and berated Cook back in February after the singer revealed that he enjoys crossword puzzles in between performances?
Last night the smart kid with a heart of gold pulled off the biggest upset [...]
Scary movies & other stray notes
• LaObserved reports today that Heritage Book Shop, LA’s rare book store, has been sold.
• LAO also notes that Kristin Gore is now an LA writer. “The 30-year-old daughter of former VP Al Gore lives near downtown with husband Paul Cusack, writes for ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Futurama’ and has a new novel, Sammy’s House, [...]
Overheard (fairly) recently at the celebrity spelling bee in San Francisco
• “I believe it’s a very poor writer who can’t spell a word more than one way.” — novelist Tobias Wolff
• “I’m here because I’m a publisher and a writer. This is the scene in which I swim in. And, yes, I’m here because there’s free vodka.” — Heyday Books founder Malcolm Margolin
• “It’s [...]
Meet the authors of the California Authors Directory. Visit the directory to discover writers like Christina Meldrum, a Bay Area attorney whose book Madapple was just released this month. “In debut novelist Christina Meldrum's mesmerizing literary mystery, 
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