Linda Watanabe McFerrin
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Alison Biggar

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After 10 years of varied employment as a bike messenger, waitress, typesetter, Alaskan cook and bike shop manager, Alison read one of those annoying career help books, Jobs for English…

Tamim Ansary

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The day after the World Trade Center was destroyed, TAMIM ANSARY sent an anguished e-mail to twenty friends discussing the attack from his perspective as an Afghan American. The message…

Bruce Anderson

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BRUCE ANDERSON is the editor of VIA, a travel magazine (with a  circulation of three million readers) for AAA members in five  western states. He has been the editor of…

Isabel Allende

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Born in Peru, Isabel Allende was the daughter of diplomats and raised in Chile. She is the author of the novels Portrait in Sepia, Daughter of Fortune, The Infinite Plan,…

Alice Acheson

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A former publicity director for Simon and Schuster, Alice comes equipped with 30 years experience in publishing. She is now an independent publicist and publishing consultant whose successes include four…

November News and Reviews

Announcements, Press Room
ASJA PANEL: BOOK EDITOR INSIGHTS: PROPOSE, PUBLISH, PUBLICIZE: HOW TO MAKE YOUR BOOK SUCCEED NOV. 2  7PM   MECHANICS INSTITUTE   SAN FRANCISCO _____________________________________________________________  Pitching book ideas to publishers is easier…

Literary Salon: Perry Garfinkel

Events, Salons
Monday, November 6, 2006 Left Coast Writers Literary Salon, 7pm Perry Garfinkel Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA In the tradition of JEFF GREENWALD and WES (SCOOP) NISKER,…

Book Launch: Adina Sara

Events, Launches
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Left Coast Writers Book Launch, 5:30pm Adina Sara Monticello Inn, 121 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA Left Coast Writers® Launch Left Coast Writer Adina Sara’s New…