Authors of fiction and non-fiction, of novels, poetry, crime drama and explorations of the politics of culture — inspired by Anton Chekov, their mother’s recipes and their demanding professions — writing Chicano lawyers enrich the California bookscape. As part of our continuing series of essays by California authors, Daniel Olivas — writer, editor and Los [...]
Stories in What's Inside:
An essay from the author of Girl Factory
In the latest addition to our library of author essays, novelist and guest author Jim Krusoe writes about what happens when the passage of time and a revelation about a long-forgotten college acquaintance named Wally unexpectedly upend his view of the world. “In some fundamental way everything I had believed: the idea that somewhere, Wally [...]
Twenty-two new
California books were added today to our one-of-a-kind list of California new releases. Don’t miss it!
Fresh for February
Don’t miss our one-of-a-kind list of new California books, updated today with 19 new entries.
An essay from the author of Girl Factory
In the latest addition to our library of author essays, novelist and guest author Jim Krusoe writes about what happens when the passage of time and a revelation about a long-forgotten college acquaintance named Wally unexpectedly upend his view of the world. “In some fundamental way everything I had believed: the idea that somewhere, Wally [...]
Twenty-two new
California books were added today to our one-of-a-kind list of California new releases. Don’t miss it!
Fresh for February
Don’t miss our one-of-a-kind list of new California books, updated today with 19 new entries.



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,