John Doll lives in San Francisco. His novel, "St. James Park," is a 1933 noir set in San Jose, about a kidnapping of a department store heir. It came out August 19th, 2025.

Beverly Burch lives in Oakland. Her book, "What You Don’t Know," is about two women whose antagonism turns into something tender and electric, then catastrophic. It came out in May of 2025.

James Cagney's new book is a blend of genres and a personal archive.

Emile DeWeaver lives in Oakland. His book, "Ghost in a Criminal Justice Machine," came out in May 2025. It's about his journey through prison and what he learned about criminal justice and white supremacy.

Kate Folk lives in San Francisco. Her book, "Sky Daddy," came out on April 8th, 2025. It's about a woman named Linda who's sexually obsessed with airplanes.

Caroline M. Mar lives in Oakland. Her latest poetry collection, "Water Guest," came out on April 1st, 2025. It's about Lake Tahoe, the Chinese who built the transcontinental railroad, and at least a little bit about her struggle with losing her family's ancestral language.

Susanna Kwan lives in San Francisco. Her book, Awake in the Floating City it came out in May. It takes place in a future version of San Francisco that's flooded by years of rain.

Aimee Phan lives in Berkeley. Her book, The Lost Queen came out May 6th, 2025. It's about two girls in San Jose who discover that they are the reincarnated queens of Vietnam.

Wendy M. Thompson lives in Oakland. Her book of poetry, "Black California Gold" came out March 2025. In it she looks at the Black Bay area and explores the ways their presence and displacement has continued to shape the region.

Danielle Teller lives in Palo Alto. Her book "Forged" came out in May 2025. It's about a Gilded Age con artist who steals money from banks in the name of love.