Author Visits
Simon Wood
May 9, 11 a.m. Linden Branch Library
May 9, 2 p.m. Cesar Chavez Central Library
Simon Wood, an award-winning author will discuss how The Big Read's chosen book, "Fahrenheit 451," ranks in the science fiction genre, and will reflect on author Ray Brandbury's techniques in his many other writings.
Author website: http://www.simonwood.net/
Todd Borg
May 23, 2 p.m. Cesar Chavez Library
May 24, 1:30 p.m. Tracy Branch Library
Award-winning mystery-thriller author will discuss his novel "Tahoe Blowup."
From the author's website: "When an arsonist begins lighting deadly forest fires in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Detective Owen McKenna uncovers in the killer the unmistakable signs of what the FBI calls the Homicidal Trinity. Before Owen can capture the killer, the firestarter kidnaps Owen's girlfriend and threatens to burn her and hundreds of others in a fire so big that firefighters call it a Blowup."
Author website: http://www.toddborg.com/
Mary Pearson
May 7, 5:00 p.m. Ceasar Chavez Library
Young Adult author, Mary Pearson will discuss her lastest book "The Adoration of Jenna Fox."
From the author's website: "We all search for our place in this world and how we fit in, but for Jenna Fox that search reaches dark new dimensions when she wakes from a coma and can’t remember who she is. Worse, she doesn’t remember the people who claim to be her parents. There is something curious about them, about the house they all live in--in fact, curious describes her whole life, as she attempts to unlock the secrets of who she was, and who she has become. The Adoration of Jenna Fox is about Jenna’s search for identity, a quest as old as history, but as startling as the future."
Author website: http://www.marypearson.com/
Dr. John Morearty
May 13, 6 p.m. Cesar Chavez Central
Dr. John Morearty will speak tongue-in-cheek about books, following the theme of this year's Big Read. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury examines the future, where society burns books. John Morearty is the author of "Walking to Omega: Tales of a Peacenik Carpenter."
Kenneth D. Ackerman
May 29, 7 p.m. Stockton Civic Auditorium, North Hall
Kenneth D. Ackerman, writer and attorney in Washington D.C., is a 25-year veteran of senior positions in Congress, the executive branch, and financial regulation. He will direct his remarks to the history of civil liberties and individual freedom, the likes of which are covered in "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. His will also discuss his lastest book "Young J. Edgar: Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties."
Author website: http://www.kennethackerman.com/
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