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.

Lori Ostlund lives in San Francisco. Her story collection "Are You Happy?" came out in May 2025. It's about the specter of violence that hangs over women in the queer community, but with humor.

Bonnie Tsui lives in Berkeley. Her book, "On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters," was published in April 2025. It poses the question, what is power in a body? And blends science, culture, and history to answer that question.

Khan Wong lives in San Francisco. His novel, "Down in the Sea of Angels," was published April 2025. It's about a young woman with the psychic ability to know the history of any object that she touches.

Luiza Flynn-Goodlett lives in Richmond. Her poetry collection, "Mud in Our Mouths" came out in March 2025. It's about road tripping to visit family in Tennessee and simultaneously traveling back through many past selves.

Brittany Newell' book, "Soft Core," is about a stripper named Ruth who is plunged into a nocturnal journey through SF’s underground when her ex-boyfriend disappears.

Kat Crosswell lives in Oakland. Her coming of age novel for middle grades, called, "Pieces of Eight: A Harper Family Mixtape," came out in July 2024.