Ellen Barker's new book, Still Needs Work, is about a woman who loses her tech job and spends the next year scrambling to keep her life together.

Maxine Rose Schur lives in Novato. Her book, Star Brother came out in August of 2024. It's about a lonely teenager who makes a discovery that leads to an adventuring rescue mission.

Samantha Schoech book of stories, 'My Mother’s Boyfriends' is a collection about familial and personal relationships. It's full of sympathetic characters who make terrible choices.

Elizabeth Horner Turner lives in San Francisco. Her book, Horsemouth and Aquariumhead, came out in September 2024. It's a chapbook of flash Fictions, which are really short stories that imaginative and sometimes unsettling.

Gloria Huang lives in Palo Alto. Her book, Kaya of the Ocean came out January 7th, 2025. It's about an Asian-American girl in Hawaii who struggles with anxiety... until she discovers some mysterious powers.

Emmerich Anklam lives in Berkeley and works for the independent publishing house, Heyday Books. He’s the editor of Heyday At 50, which was released in September.

Alison Owings lives in San Francisco. Her book, "Mayor of the Tenderloin," came out September 10, 2024. It's essentially a redemption story about Del Seymour, who started Code Tenderloin.

Davis author Jack Gedney dives deep into the lives of California woodland birds in his new book, 'The Birds in the Oaks: Secret Voices of the Western Woods.' It came out on October 15th, 2024.

Berkeley author L. John Harris reads from his new book, "Portrait in Red: A Paris Obsession." It documents his search for the story behind an anonymous portrait of a young girl wearing a red head cover.

Anita Felicelli lives in Mountain View. Her book, How We Know Our Time Travelers, came out on December 3rd, 2024. It's a short story collection about time, memory and desire.