Zellerbach, Merla

Community activist Merla Zellerbach has been a panelist on ABC-TV’s Oh My Word, featured columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle (23 years), and Nob Hill Gazette editor (12 years). She’s written 13 books and numerous articles.

Burton, Gabrielle

Gabrielle Burton's new novel is Impatient with Desire: The Lost Journal of Tamsen Donner. She's also the author of the memoir Searching for Tamsen Donner, the novel Heartbreak Hotel, and the screenplay Manna From Heaven.

Chu, David

David Chu grew up in northern California. He received a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a master's degree from Harvard University. He enjoys reading about architecture and currently works as a freelance copyeditor.

Kiefer, Jonathan

Jonathan Kiefer writes about books for SF Weekly and about movies for KQED, San Francisco magazine and The Faster Times. Cold Around the Heart, his book about Bay Area cinema, is forthcoming from City Lights.

James, Scott

Scott James is a columnist for The New York Times and The Bay Citizen. He writes fiction under the pen name Kemble Scott and is the author of two bestselling novels, SoMa and The Sower.