Authors

About Adrian Arancibia

Some of Adrian Arancibia's Books

About Al Valdez, Ph. D.

Some of Al Valdez, Ph. D.'s Books

About Ann Hazard

Ann Hazard, travel writer, chef, and author, is passionate about all things Mexican. A third generation Baja Aficinada, Ann has followed her father and grandfather's footsteps up and down the New World's longest peninsula since she was nine. Ann is the author of Baja Magic Dos, Cartwheels in the Sand and Agave Sunsets. She and Terry, her photographer husband, live in Buena Vista, Baja California Sur.

Some of Ann Hazard's Books

About Anna Marie

Some of Anna Marie's Books

About Anne Bullard

Some of Anne Bullard's Books

About Arlene Ripley

Some of Arlene Ripley's Books

About Arnold Small

Some of Arnold Small's Books

About Audrey Schumacher Moe

Audrey Schumacher Moe is a watercolor painter and author of Beachwalk and Desertwalk. Her books are illustrated with delicate and detailed watercolors. She uses only cake paints of the kind found in children's paint boxes. Audrey holds a B.A in English and history from Lawrence University in Wisconsin and a B.S in art and design from Woodbury University in California. Before her career in writing, she worked as a teacher, librarian, and interior designer.
Audrey and her husband live in Desert Hot Springs, California where they enjoy the serenity and peace of the desert along with Karnak, their cat, and Sheba, their 100 pound Rhodesian Ridgeback dog.

Some of Audrey Schumacher Moe's Books

About Barbara Marrs

About Bardford Hollingsworth

Some of Bardford Hollingsworth's Books

About Bernard Guillas

Bernard Guillas is Executive Chef of the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club and landmark Marine Room restaurant in La Jolla, California. An avid culinary explorer and fearless adventurer, he shares his journey throughout the seven continents in his first cookbook Flying Pans. His roster of impressive credits include appearances in Food Arts magazine, and the television series, "Rising Star Chefs" and "Great Chefs of the World." He was also awarded Chef of the Year by the national publication Chef magazine. Bernard's philanthropic pursuits include Slow Food, the Beard House Foundation, Chaine des Rotisseurs, AIWF, and other international charities. To Bernard, food is a magnificent voyage and an opportunity to weave together cultures. His philosophy is "a good cook is like a sorcerer who dispenses happiness on a plate."

Some of Bernard Guillas's Books

About Beth Neely

Some of Beth Neely's Books

About Bette Blaydes Pegas

Bette Blaydes Pegas has always been fascinated by the natural world, and particularly by the life and work of Charles Darwin. Her new memoir, Chasing a Dream in the Galapagos: A Personal Evolution, unites her two passions: writing and nature. A grant writer and educational associate in Sanchez & Associates, Pegas lives with her husband in El Cajon, California where she is working on a collection of short stories.

Some of Bette Blaydes Pegas's Books

About Beverly Factor

Beverly Factor has traveled the globe photographing the mysterious world below the ocean's surface.  A certified Naui dive master for over 20 years, Beverly gave up the corporate life and took a chance.  She followed her heart and made her dream of traveling the world to photograph exotic undersea life come true.

Some of Beverly Factor's Books

About Brad and Kristine Denton

Brad and Kristine Denton have lived in the South Bay area for over 20 years; spending the last 6 years in Rancho Palos Verdes. Hiking the Peninsula trails together for years, they have become supporters of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, the Audubon Society and the Sierra Club. When they are not working, the couple enjoy hiking, bird watching and sailing with their two young girls.

Some of Brad and Kristine Denton's Books

About Brian Lane

Some of Brian Lane's Books

About Carl Palm

Carl Palm is a 4th-generation Californian and long-time student of the state's colorful history. He is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Toronto, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the author of The Great California Story: Real-Life Roots of an American Legend.

Some of Carl Palm's Books

About Carlos Rosas

Some of Carlos Rosas's Books

About Carol Sletten

Some of Carol Sletten's Books

About Charlene Lopez

Some of Charlene Lopez's Books

About Charline Profiri

Some of Charline Profiri's Books

About Cheryl Klein

Some of Cheryl Klein's Books

About Choral Pepper

Some of Choral Pepper's Books

About City Works Press

San Diego Cityworks Press is a non-profit press, funded by local writers and friends of the arts, committed to the publication of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art by members of the San Diego City College community and the community at large

More information available at www.cityworkspress.org.

About Clint Pustejovsky

Some of Clint Pustejovsky's Books

About Conrad Storad

Some of Conrad Storad's Books

About Craig Springer

Some of Craig Springer's Books

About D.D. Trent

Some of D.D. Trent's Books

About Dan McLaughlin

Some of Dan McLaughlin's Books

About Dan Walker

Some of Dan Walker's Books

About Daniel Reveles

Born in Los Angeles to Mexican-born Parents, Reveles has been in some part of the entertainment industry since he was seventeen - as a recording artist, songwriter, television producer, documentary film director and disk jockey. He stumbled into the Baja California town of Tecate twenty years ago, and has been there ever since.

Some of Daniel Reveles's Books

About David Faulkner

Some of David Faulkner's Books

About David Lamfrom

Some of David Lamfrom's Books

About David Carlberg

David Carlberg, a Southern California native, is a retired microbiologist, who has held positions in both the private sector and in academia. He has worked as a chemist and as an executive for a major pharmaceutical company, as a research scientist in the aerospace industry working in astrobiology and biological warfare detection, as a consultant in the medical device, pharmaceutical, and motion picture industries, and as a professor of microbiology at California State University, Long Beach.
David is the author of four books on microbial genetics and environmental and industrial microbiology. In 1977 he joined the Amigos de Bolsa Chica, an environmental advocacy organization contesting development in the wetland, holding a number of positions on its board of directors, including president in 1979, 1999, and 2008 through 2009.

Some of David Carlberg's Books

About David Valley

Some of David Valley's Books

About Diana Lindsay

In 1966 Diana Lindsay figuratively went into the desert and never came out. That first visit to the Anza-Borrego Desert changed her life and helped to define it. It became the subject of her master's thesis from San Diego State University, which was subsequently published as Our Historic Desert by Copley Books in 1973. A few years later, she co-authored The Anza-Borrego Desert Region, a guidebook to the area published by Wilderness Press in 1978. It is now in its 5th edition. Other titles have been subsequently published.

Some of Diana Lindsay's Books

About Diane Rome Peebles

Some of Diane Rome Peebles's Books

About Dirk Sutro

Some of Dirk Sutro's Books

About Don Howell

Some of Don Howell's Books

About Don Rantz

Some of Don Rantz's Books

About Don and Sharron Brundige

Don and Sharron Brundige wrote their first on-road cycling book, "Bicycle Rides: Los Angeles and Orange Counties," in 1987, after cycling the two counties for fifteen years. Then they set out to cover the entire Southern California on-road area. The "Bicycle Rides" series includes San Fernando Valley, the Inland Empire, San Diego and Imperial Counties, and Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Now retired, the Brundiges enjoy traveling southern California, especially in the Palm Springs region.

Some of Don and Sharron Brundige's Books

About Don D. Christensen

Don Christensen has spent 35 years in public education in Orange County, California, at the high school, community college, and university levels teaching history, political science, anthropology, and coaching men and women's cross country and track and field before retiring. He has 37 years of experience doing archaeological survey, excavation, and rock art recording for a number of cultural resource management companies in California and for the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Forest Service, and the National Park Service in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. Specifically he has 22 years of experience working on projects for the Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, BLM/Arizona Strip, and the Kaibab National Forest. He has published numerous articles in journals and authored technical reports for federal resource agencies. 

Some of Don D. Christensen's Books

About Donald Harrison

Donald H. Harrison was a political writer for the San Diego Union before entering the field of public relations with specialties in politics and tourism. He served as editor-in-chief of the award-winning San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, and was a columnist for the San Diego Jewish Times. Currently the editor and publisher of the online San Diego Jewish World newspaper, the freelance writer, editor, and speaker lives in San Diego with his wife, Nancy.

Some of Donald Harrison's Books

About Donna Lawrence

Donna Lawrence is a dog-lover and a long-time resident of San Diego County, who is now living in Los Angeles. She has written for National Geographic Traveler, the San Diego Daily Transcript, and the San Diego Natural History Museum's Field Notes, among others. With a Master's Degree in Geography, Lawrence has long appreciated San Diego's varied terrain; she enjoyed exploring the county with he husband and their adorable dog Bailey.

Some of Donna Lawrence's Books

About Doyce Nunis, Jr.

Some of Doyce Nunis, Jr.'s Books

About Elizabeth Kelemen

About Elizabeth Reid

Some of Elizabeth Reid's Books

About Elizabeth Laul Healey

Some of Elizabeth Laul Healey's Books

About Ella DeCastro Baron

Ella DeCastro Baron is a first generation Filipina American born in Oakland and raised in Vallejo, California. With a BA in English Literature from UC Berkley, Ella moved to San Diego to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. She is a full-time wife and mother of two, a part-time English and Creative Writing instructor at San Diego City College, and an “other-times” published writer in publications such as Fiction International, Sunshine Noir, and City Works Literary Journal. She hopes to continue being a witness to her ethnic upbringing, her faith, her interracial family, and how it may or may not fit together. Itchy Brown Girl Seeks Employment is her first novel.

Some of Ella DeCastro Baron's Books

About Eric Blehm

Some of Eric Blehm's Books

About Eric Kramer

Some of Eric Kramer's Books

About Eric Pahlke

Some of Eric Pahlke's Books

About Eric Peterson

A third generation Californian, Eric Peterson grew up in Los Gatos, a town some 50 miles south of San Francisco. He began college at the University of California, San Diego and completed his degree at Stanford University, earning a bachelor's degree in communication in 1979. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.

Some of Eric Peterson's Books

About Ernest Burrus

Some of Ernest Burrus's Books

About Ernestine De Soto

Some of Ernestine De Soto's Books

About Ernie Cowan

Ernie Cowan began his love affair with the desert as a young reporter for the Evening Tribune, covering Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. He's captured thousands of images of the desert's unique beauty, which have been used in state park brochures, greeting cards, and numerous publications—including Desert Magazine, Western Outdoor News, and the North County Times. Cowan, a former Mayor of Escondido, is VP of Government Affairs for the North San Diego County Association of Realtors.

Some of Ernie Cowan's Books

About Forrest Hylton

Some of Forrest Hylton's Books

About Forrest L. Mitchell

Some of Forrest L. Mitchell's Books

About Frank Todd

Some of Frank Todd's Books

About Frank Wheat

Some of Frank Wheat's Books

About Garner A. Palenske

Some of Garner A. Palenske's Books

About Garrett Burke

Some of Garrett Burke's Books

About Garry Hayes

Some of Garry Hayes's Books

About Gary Clark

Some of Gary Clark's Books

About Gary Mitrovich

Gary Mitrovich is a third-generation native of San Diego and an active member of the San Diego Police Department since 1980. Mitrovich helped establish San Diego Police Historical Association in 1997, of which he is Vice President. In 1984, he received the SDPD's highest honor, the medal for Valor, for aiding in the capture of a man who had murdered two fellow officers. He grew up—and still resides—in what used to be the city of East San Diego.

Some of Gary Mitrovich's Books

About Gary Winters

Gary Winters has written a hundred cross-cultural articles on Mexico. He has won awards for short story, poetry, novel, and photojournalism. In the United States he has won numerous awards and been published in the Mensa Bulletin, several literary journals, and was a poetry contest winner in the Mensa International Journal, distributed in a hundred countries. Gary was the English editor, feature writer and columnist for a bilingual newspaper in Baja California. He was severely censured by immigration officials when he championed Mexican union workers and muchachos selling chicle on the streets of San Felipe. He writes fiction now.

Some of Gary Winters's Books

About George Heinrich

Some of George Heinrich's Books

About George Jefferson

About George Rush, Ph.D.

About Gloria Tveten

Some of Gloria Tveten's Books

About Gordon Gatsil

Some of Gordon Gatsil's Books

About Greg Lawson

Some of Greg Lawson's Books

About Greg Niemann

Greg Niemann, a long-time journalist, is author of the award-winning Baja Legends, Palm Springs Legends, Baja Fever, and most recently Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS. A long-time member of the Outdoor Writers Association of California, he often writes for the San Clemente Journal. Most of his articles are travel- or Baja-related, including numerous fishing and off-road racing articles. When they are not traveling, he and his wife live in Palm Springs.

Some of Greg Niemann's Books

About Greg R. Homel

Some of Greg R. Homel's Books

About Harry Crosby

Harry W. Crosby is a writer and historian whose extensive explorations and archival research have established him as one of the significant authorities on the colorful past of the Californias. His most recent work, Gateway to Alta California: The Expedition to San Diego, 1769 tells of the historic trek which resulted in the founding of San Diego. Other works include The Cave Paintings of Baja California, Antigua California, Portrait of Paloma, and Tijuana: 1964. Crosby is at work on a book about Javier Aguilar, which continues the story of Antigua California and Gateway to Alta California.

Some of Harry Crosby's Books

About Henry Aurand

Some of Henry Aurand's Books

About Iris Engstrand

Iris Engstrand is Professor of History at the University of San Diego. The author of 18 books, papers, and monographs on Southern California and Baja California history, Dr. Engstrand is recognized as the foremost authority on the history of San Diego. Her titles include Inspired by Nature: The San Diego Natural History Museum, and Harley Knox: San Diego's Mayor for the People. Dr. Engstrand received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in history from the University of Southern California. Her academic honors include USD\'s distinguished University Professorship, The Davies Award, plus Awards of Merit from the San Diego and California Historical Societies. She has been awarded fellowships from the Fulbright Commission, and Huntington Library, and research grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Council for the Humanities.

Some of Iris Engstrand's Books

About Jack Brandais

About Jack Innis

Jack Innis is an award-winning local journalist who has made an extensive study of the wonderful and often-times quirky history of San Diego. A long-time surfer, fisherman, and boating enthusiast, he is the local media relations representative of the International Game Fish Association. Formerly editor of the San Diego Log, Innis is a freelance editor and writer who lives in San Diego with his wife and daughter.

Some of Jack Innis's Books

About James Halfpenny

About James L. Lasswell

Some of James L. Lasswell's Books

About Janis Lindsey Huggins

About Jeanne Murphy

Some of Jeanne Murphy's Books

About Jeannette Jurado

About Jeff Tolhurst

About Jeff Tyler

Some of Jeff Tyler's Books

About Jeffrey Garcia

Jeffrey Garcia lives in Carlsbad, California with his wife and two boys. A lifetime surfer, Jeffrey has not missed a single island surf season in over twenty years. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Jeffrey honed his creative skills as a global marketing director in the gift trade.

Some of Jeffrey Garcia's Books

About Jerry Dickey

Jerry Dickey is a retired judicial assistant in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California. He did his academic fieldwork on prehistoric Archaic sites and a historic Spanish presidio in Southern California. He has documented rock art for the Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, BLM/Arizona Strip, and the Kaibab National Forest since 1992. He has recorded rock art in the California desert for the last 25 years.

Some of Jerry Dickey's Books

About Jillian Lund

Some of Jillian Lund's Books

About Jim Brock

Some of Jim Brock's Books

About Jimmy Santiago Baca

Some of Jimmy Santiago Baca's Books

About Joan Brady

Joan Brady is an internationally recognized writer and lecturer. Her best-selling debut novel God on a Harley was translated into seventeen languages, and was endorsed by well-known self-help experts like John Gray (Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus). Since the success of her first novel, Joan has developed an especially large and loyal following in the Latino community. She has since penned an additional six novels, most of which have become best sellers in Spain and Latin America. She has been a guest on many television and radio programs here in the United States, as well as in Barcelona, Spain and in Mexico City, Mexico.

Some of Joan Brady's Books

About Joey Seymour

Joey Seymour recently earned his M.A. in history from the University of San Diego. He also holds a B.F.A. from Chapman University. After working for various professional sports franchises, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Kings, Kansas City Royals and Newport Beach Breakers of World Team Tennis, he decided to focus his attention on blending his love for sports and passion for writing. The combination produced this book, which was originally his master's thesis. Joey and his family currently live in Carlsbad, California.

Some of Joey Seymour's Books

About John Lamb

Some of John Lamb's Books

About John Tveten

About John O'Melveny Woods

John O'Melveny Woods is a successful entrepreneur who attended USC Film School, and has written numerous television shows, screenplays, articles, and non-fiction books. Return to Treasure Island is his first book; his second Jesse James Secret: Codes, Cover-Ups and Hidden Treasure was the basis for the History Channel's highest rated show, and is due out Fall 2010. He lives in Leucadia, California, and has a vacation home that he built in the forest of Washington State

Some of John O'Melveny Woods's Books

About Jon P. Rebman

Jon P. Rebman holds the Mary and Dallas Clark Endowed Chair and has been the Curator of Botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum since 1996. For more than 22 years he has been conducting extensive floristic research in Baja California, Mexico and in San Diego and Imperial counties of California. Dr. Rebman obtained his doctoral degree in botany from Arizona State University; his dissertation research elucidated the systematics of the genus Cylindropuntia (chollas) in the cactus family of Baja California.

Dr. Rebman is the director of the San Diego County Plant Atlas Project www.sdplantatlas.org and identifies/verifies all of the incoming specimens (over 53,000) that are obtained through this multi-year floristic project. He has published many scientific papers on the plants of the southern California/Baja California region including naming and describing many new species in Baja California. As a hobby, Dr. Rebman is a plant photographer and almost all of his photos are available and searchable online at the Museum’s botanical websites: www.bajaflora.org and www.sdplantatlas.org.

Some of Jon P. Rebman's Books

About Joseph N. Davis

Some of Joseph N. Davis's Books

About Joseph R. Tomelleri

Some of Joseph R. Tomelleri's Books

About Judge Dick Murphy

Some of Judge Dick Murphy's Books

About Judith Garfield

Some of Judith Garfield's Books

About Judy Goldstein Botello

Dr. Judy Goldstein Botello is a pediatrician, teacher, and lecturer who works extensively with children and their families throughout San Diego County. She currently works with developmentally disabled children, teaches Western medicine and physiology to acupuncture students, lectures on cross-cultural issues in medicine, and has taught pediatrics at several community colleges and at UCSD. Dr. Goldstein Botello is the author of a critically acclaimed novel, The Other Side: Journeys in Baja California. Her stories and articles have appeared in The Southern Review of Literature, Lear's Magazine, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, and numerous periodicals. She co-wrote More Adventures with Kids in San Diego with her daughter, Kt Paxton, and continues to explore and discover new adventures throughout the southern California region. Botello and her husband live in San Diego County.

Some of Judy Goldstein Botello's Books

About June Allen Reading

Some of June Allen Reading's Books

About Karla Ogilvie

Karla Ogilvie A free-lance author, independent scholar, and award winning photographer, Karla Ogilvie was born and raised in Colorado, where the environment was important to her family. She is a graduate of Colorado State University with an advanced degree in history and a Bachelor's in landscape design. Her writing, as well as many of her photographs, has appeared in California Tour and Travel, horticultural magazines, and Eden, the newsletter for the California Garden and Landscape History society. In addition to her free-lance writing, Karla also works as a garden designer in projects both in the historical and residential areas. She speaks in various garden clubs and most recently spoke at the "Gardening: Histories of Horticultural Practice" meeting in Glasgow, Scotland and at the Garden Club of California in Carlsbad. Now residing in Encinitas, she continues to write and photograph for garden publications, and continues to photograph Encinitas with her cockapoo Cocoa. Karla's greatest joys are spending time with her husband Greg and daughter Torrie.

Some of Karla Ogilvie's Books

About Kathy Adams Clark

Some of Kathy Adams Clark's Books

About Ken Jaques

Some of Ken Jaques's Books

About Kerry Germain

Kerry Germain resides at a well-seasoned beach house on the North Shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i, with her husband Michael, son Jack, and their thirteen year old cat Scrapper. Her adventurous island life along with the birth of her son directed her to children's writing. She is the author of three picture books published by her company, Island Paradise Publishing, created in 2000. She has had two stories published in Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hanson's, Chicken Soup for the Soul Series, Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas and Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 2. She is a member of SCBWI, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and has received two awards for her picture books from The Hawaii Book Publishers Association.

Some of Kerry Germain's Books

About Larry Manfredi

Some of Larry Manfredi's Books

About Leland Fetzer

Leland Fetzer, the son of a part-time mine owner, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He spent thirty years as a San Diego State University professor specializing in Russian. Retired from teaching, Dr. Fetzer built a home in Julian's North Peak, a subject he explored in his collection of essays, A Year in the Cuyamacas. His book, A Good Camp, explores San Diego's Gold Rush in detail; another of his local history titles is Place Name of San Diego County A to Z. Dr. Fetzer is a popular speaker who lives with his wife in San Diego and Julian.

Some of Leland Fetzer's Books

About Linda Pyle

Some of Linda Pyle's Books

About Linda Pequegnat

Linda Pequegnat is a retired research scientist, in the field of Marine Biology, who got her Masters from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This book is her first endeavor in historical research about her favorite place—San Diego. Born in Indiana, she moved to San Diego in 1954, and now enjoys living in La Jolla.

Some of Linda Pequegnat's Books

About Linda Abbott Trapp

Some of Linda Abbott Trapp's Books

About Linton H. Robinson

Some of Linton H. Robinson's Books

About Lora Cline

Some of Lora Cline's Books

About Lowell Lindsay

Lowell Lindsay is CEO of Sunbelt Publications, a major regional source of books on the natural history and cultural heritage of the Californias. He majored in geology from UCLA, holds an MA from West Texas A&M, is past president of the San Diego Association of Geologists, and is treasurer of the national Association of Earth Science Editors. His books include The Anza-Borrego Desert Region; Geothermal Resources of the Imperial Valley; and Geology of Anza-Borrego.

Some of Lowell Lindsay's Books

About Lucile Iverson South

Some of Lucile Iverson South's Books

About M.F. Jones-Ried

About Marc Meyers

Marc A. Meyers, Professor of Materials Science at the University of California at San Diego, has carried out research within his field all over the world. His work with the Center for Explosives Technology Research and the US Army led him to imagine a chain of events which could lead to the frightening scenario in Mayan Mars. Dr. Meyers lives in San Diego and travels extensively in Mexico and Europe.

Some of Marc Meyers's Books

About Marc C. and Maria F. Minno

Some of Marc C. and Maria F. Minno's Books

About Margaret Gooding

Some of Margaret Gooding's Books

About Maria F. Minno

About Marisela Norte

Some of Marisela Norte's Books

About Marshal South

Some of Marshal South's Books

About Marven Patchen

Some of Marven Patchen's Books

About Maureen Gilmer

Maureen Gilmer is among the leading horticultural writers in America. Over the past 25 years she has worked in all phases of horticulture from laborer to landscape architect. Her work has dominated garden book publishing with 15 titles and a nationally syndicated column "Yard Smart." She is an established host and authority on Scripps Television Networks, the author of more than 15 books, a nationally syndicated columnist, and contributes to major magazines.
www.moplants.com

Some of Maureen Gilmer's Books

About Mel Freilicher

About Michael Cassiliano

About Michael Mathes

Some of Michael Mathes's Books

About Michael E. Grimes

Some of Michael E. Grimes's Books

About Michael J. Walawender

Some of Michael J. Walawender's Books

About Middleton Evans

About Miguel Angel de la Cueva

Some of Miguel Angel de la Cueva's Books

About Miguel Del Barco

Some of Miguel Del Barco's Books

About Miguel Leon Portilla

About Nancy Cary

Some of Nancy Cary's Books

About Nathaniel P. Jensen

Some of Nathaniel P. Jensen's Books

About Nelson Anderson

Nelson Anderson, who earned a graduate degree from the University of San Diego, has a diverse background, with experience in science, politics and education. He served two terms as an elected official during the 1990s, first as a city councilman, then in the state House of Representatives. It was then that he suffered his heart attack. Nelson loves baseball, football, cooking, reading, working out, and the beach. He currently teaches high school biology and chemistry. Nelson and his wife Jenny reside near the ocean in San Diego, California.

Some of Nelson Anderson's Books

About Nelson Copp

Nelson Copp is the author of Cycling the Palm Springs Region, co-author of the books Cycling San Diego and Wilderness Basics, and a popular lecturer. A geologist by training, he enjoys helping people "find themselves" he teaches Map & Compass Navigation and GPS classes for many Southern California groups and is a frequent Sierra Club outing leader. Along with biking, his interests include hiking, backpacking, surfing, cross-country skiing, and chasing eclipses all over the globe.

Some of Nelson Copp's Books

About Nicholas Clapp

  Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author Nicholas Clapp has studied, filmed, and written about the deserts of the world. With a master’s degree in cinema from the University of Southern California, his first professional break came when he produced and directed The Great Mojave Desert, a one-hour special for CBS and the National Geographic Society. He has won over 70 major film awards for his documentary work.

    As an author, his distinguished previous publications include The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands and Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen. His interest in the Queen of Sheba drew him to the story of the Queen of Sheba Mine in Death Valley and to its mining engineer, leading to his last work, Who Killed Chester Pray? It was while researching for this book that Clapp discovered the many rare photographs of America’s Last Frontier. With the detailed eye of a cinematographer, Clapp has noted the most exacting details in each of the photographs selected for this book — a final look at life on this Last Frontier.

Some of Nicholas Clapp's Books

About Noah Hughes

Some of Noah Hughes's Books

About Norman C. Roberts

Some of Norman C. Roberts's Books

About Pal Kelemen

Some of Pal Kelemen's Books

About Patricia Daly-Lipe

Although born in La Jolla, California, Patricia spent half her childhood in Washington, D.C., the home of several generations of her mother's family. In 1961, her mother died. Only 18, Patricia returned to Vassar College with a year at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, and earned a B.A. degree in Philosophy.

Later, as a single parent of three children, she raised, raced, and showed Thoroughbred horses. She now rescues thoroughbreds.

Patricia also completed a Masters degree followed by a PhD and has taught University English and writing, written for magazines, had a newspaper column with Beach and Bay Press, and now writes for The Georgetowner/Uptowner newspapers.

She lives in Virginia with her husband and menagerie of dogs, horses, and cats. Author of five books, she was the 2002 winner of San Diego Book Awards Association for La Jolla, A Celebration of Its Past, recipient of the 2004 Woman of Achievement Award La Jolla Branch NLAPW, Best Books Award Finalist, and 1st runner up trophy winner JADA Award Winning Novel Contest 2006 for Forbidden Loves, Paris Between the Wars and more including 2009 2nd prize for Poetry by the Virginia Writers, Inc.

Some of Patricia Daly-Lipe's Books

About Patrick Abbott

Some of Patrick Abbott's Books

About Paul Remeika

Some of Paul Remeika's Books

About Paul Bernstein

Paul Bernstein, MD, was recently elected the San Diego Area Medical Director for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. He is also the Chair of the Head and Neck Division of the American Cancer Society and founder of the Kaiser Permanente Historical Society. His novels have won awards at the San Diego Book Awards, the San Francisco Book Festival, the London Book Festival, and the Asilomar Writers' Conference. He has appeared as a medical expert on Good Morning America, San Diego television, and was featured on the cover of MD Magazine.
www.paulebernstein.com

Some of Paul Bernstein's Books

About Paul Campbell

Paul Campbell was raised in rural Minnesota where he learned to love nature and the outdoors. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and, after serving in the Marine Corps, worked for the Los Angeles County Department of Probation as a Probation Officer and as a social worker for Children's Services. Now retired, he lives in southern California and travels extensively in Mexico and the Southwest U.S. He is the author of Survival Skills of Native California, The Humboldt Celt and Astronomy and the Maya Calendar Correlation.

About Pegas Bette Blaydes

About Philip Pryde

Some of Philip Pryde's Books

About Philip Unitt

Some of Philip Unitt's Books

About Rana Knighten

About Randall D. Babb

About Richard Carrico

Richard Carrico is a principal in the firm Recuerdos Research and a lecturer in the Department of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University and at Cuyamaca Community College. He has an M. A. in History from the University of San Diego and B. A. degrees in History and Anthropology from San Diego State University. While at SDSU, Richard served as the field director for large-scale archaeological excavations at the Bancroft Ranch House in Spring Valley and the Presidio of San Diego above Old Town. He resides in Ramona, California with his wife where he raises wine grapes and makes wine under the Rockhill Vineyard label.

Some of Richard Carrico's Books

About Richard Halsey

Richard Halsey is a noted fire ecologist and trained wildland fire-fighter who has been researching southern California chaparral for over two decades, and is a consultant to environmental and land management agencies. A popular speaker, and instructor at the San Diego Natural History Museum, he coordinates education and research efforts for the California Chaparral Institute. Halsey has been featured on national and regional media, including the Los Angeles Times and Huell Howser's "California's Green" show on PBS.

Some of Richard Halsey's Books

About Richard H. Wiegand

Some of Richard H. Wiegand's Books

About Rigoberto Moreno Santana

Some of Rigoberto Moreno Santana's Books

About Rikki Pierce

Rikki Pierce lives in both Phoenix Arizona and Edmonton Alberta. She derived inspiration for her book from the beautiful southwestern desert that surrounds her and the Native Americans that populate it.

Some of Rikki Pierce's Books

About Robert O'Brien

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About Robert L. Hammer

About Robert V. Hine

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About Roberta Labastida

Roberta Labastida was born and raised in San Diego and is a graduate of San Diego State University. Roberta taught elementary school for over twenty years and during that time co-authored two curriculums on the local Kumeyaay Indians, and wrote and illustrated three children's books about the Kumeyaay. Since she has retired she has dedicated herself to sharing her Kumeyaay knowledge and artifact collection with libraries, schools, and parks, as well as to being a volunteer archaeologist. She has also been art consultant and volunteer art teacher at schools in the Mountain Empire School District, El Cajon Boys and Girls Club and Potrero Library.

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About Roland 'Ro' Wauer

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About Ron Oliver

Chef Ron Oliver travels the world for culinary inspiration but, back in the kitchen, he looks close to home for the freshest flavors. A globetrotter since an early age, Ron holds a unique understanding of how to cook exotic ingredients in a way that tantalizes the American palate. His first cookbook, Flying Pans, captures Ron's balance between ethnic diversity and culinary sophistication. As Chef de Cuisine, Ron has led the prestigious Marine Room in La Jolla to eight titles as Best Restaurant in San Diego. His passion for food and cooking expands to support local schools and to teach food literacy to children by planting sustainable gardens. Ron also spends time crafting unique food-inspired art projects.

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About Ronald J. Pastore

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About Ruth Alter

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About Ruth Evans

Ruth Todd Evans has had a life-long love of plants, gardening and nature. Following her career as a physician specializing in internal medicine and geriatrics, she has been pursuing other passions: art and literature. A former board member of Quail Botanical Gardens, she lives with her husband in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and is currently writing and illustrating another children's book.

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About Ryan Hollister

About San Diego Association of Geologists

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About Scott G Kyle

Scott G. Kyle is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Coastwise Capital Group, LLC, a boutique money management firm headquartered in La Jolla, California. Scott was the cofounder in 1998 of The Active Network, Inc., a sports marketing and technology company that today has more than 3,000 employees worldwide. Scott holds degrees in Economics and International Relations from Tufts University (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa), a General course Degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from Harvard University. Scott is a world champion sailor, and Ironman triathlon finisher, and a third-degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo.

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About Sherry Rogers

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About Steve Kowit

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About Steve Smith

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About Steven Hartman

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About Steven Schwartzman

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About Steven M. Freers

Steven M. Freers is a secondary chemistry teacher in Riverside County, California, and teaches Native American Rock Art courses for The University of California, Riverside. For the past 25 years he has been involved in rock art research and conservation in Riverside and San Diego Counties and has worked closely with Luiseño, Cahuilla, and Kumeyaay tribal societies. In 1994, he co-authored a book on southern California rock art "Fading Images," and served five years as the senior editor for the American Rock Art Research Association. His specialty is the use of anthropometric data to project the stature and gender of the makers of prehistoric hand impressions. The past 14 years have found Steve assisting his two co-authors recording rock art in the Grand Canyon National Park, BLM/Arizona Strip, and the Kaibab National Forest.

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About Susan Peterson

Susan Peterson was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, and has been featured on radio and television. She is a gifted and animated speaker who shares her expertise with various groups around the Southland.

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About Susan K. Mitchell

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About Terry Ruscin

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About Terry and Heather Kraszewski

Terry & Heather Kraszewski grew up in sunny Southern California, soaking up the sunshine, saltwater, and the surfing lifestyle. She has a degree in Early Childhood Development, and owns a surf boutique called Ocean Girl in La Jolla, California, which features her own brand of surf inspired clothing called Surf Angel. Terry's daughter, Heather Kraszewski, was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at four months of age. She has a degree in Film and Television and has worked on many television shows and feature films. Having the beach as her playground, Heather has always felt a strong connection to the sea and the wonderful animals that share the ocean with her.

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About Tim Walsh

Some of Tim Walsh's Books

About Tom Garcia

Tom Garcia is an attorney and co-author of the Daddy's Heroes children's books series. Tom co-founded Daddy's Heroes, Inc. in 2006 with Karun Naga in an effort to help parents share unforgettable sports moments with their children. The concept for Daddy's Heroes was inspired by Tom's nightly bedtime routine with his young son, where he would share his passion for baseball by telling exciting stories about his favorite players. Tom lives with his wife and two children in Santa Barbara, California, where he is at work on a book about the Red Sox.

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About Tom Kirkbride

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About Tom & Patti Higginbotham

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About Trinka Porrata

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About Valerie G. Bugh

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About Wendy Kierstead

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About William R. Gray

About Wolf Berger

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