Dear book lover, storyteller, creator, writer, or secret dreamer, What will you find at this year’s festival? You may have seen the phrase—over 100 speakers, 50 stellar events, one day—or heard about inspiring entertainment, including The Naruwan Taiko Drummers, DJ...
LOCAL AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT MAY 2021 “A LIGHT TO KILL BY,” by Mikel J. Wilson Millionaire entrepreneur and real estate magnate Blair Geister dies under bizarre circumstances in her sprawling home, Geisterhaus. That same night, a ball of light pops out of a television and...
LOCAL AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT, March 2021 “Kids in Cages,” by Carlos de los Rios What does a Mexican American man see and feel when he’s raised in two worlds? Carlos de los Rios grew up in the affluent California suburb of Pebble Beach, but his parents’ roots, and much of...
Local Author Spotlight: “The Falling Woman,” by Richard Farrell (interviewed by Robin Kardon) LOCAL AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT JANUARY, 2021 “The Falling Woman,” by Richard Farrell Imagine what it must be like—there you are, strapped into your passenger seat on an airplane...
Local Author Spotlight: “Gone,” by Linda K. Olson (interviewed by Robin Kardon) As all of us navigate through a period of challenges none of us ever envisioned, San Diego author Linda K. Olson tells the story of an unimaginable injury followed by the stunning...
Q & A with Summer Festival Speaker Lisa Brackmann and San Diego Writers Festival SDWF: What inspired you to write Black Swan Rising now? LB: I actually wrote the first chapter of Black Swan Rising in mid-2014. I’d just moved back to my hometown, San Diego, and...
