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Join Honorary Chair Belva Davis at the 2012 Authors Dinner

Belva Davis (Honorary Chair), Never in My Wildest Dreams

As the first black female TV journalist in the West, Belva Davis helped change the face and focus of TV news. Now she is sharing the story of her extraordinary life in her new memoir, Never in My Wildest Dreams.
www.belvadavis.com

Honored Authors

Alter, Robert – The Wisdom Books

Robert Alter, a Guggenheim Fellow, has been professor of More…


Baer, Robert & Dayna – The Company We Keep

Robert Baer is a former CIA officer of twenty-one years More…


Barnstone, Willis – Essential Gnostic Scriptures

Willis Barnstone, a Guggenheim Fellow, has been nominated for More…


Bieder, Joan – Jews of Singapore

Joan Bieder teaches courses in television reporting and More…


Blaise, Clark – The Meagre Tarmac

Clark Blaise, Canadian and American, is the author of twenty More…


Bledsoe, Lucy Jane – The Big Bang Symphony

Lucy Jane Bledsoe has traveled to Antarctica three times and has More…


Brinkley, Joel – Cambodia’s Curse

As a young reporter, Joel Brinkley won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for More…


Brown, Lisa – Sometimes You Get What You Want

Lisa Brown is the illustrator and/or author of fifteen children’s and More…


Davis, Belva – Never in My Wildest Dreams

Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism is the story of More…


Dreyfus, Hubert – All Things Shining

Hubert Dreyfus has taught at UC Berkeley for more than forty years and More…


Edgarian, Carol – Three Stages of Amazement

Carol Edgarian is an author, editor, and publisher. She co-founded More…


Fradkin, Philip – The Left Coast

Philip L. Fradkin is the author of eleven books, including More…


Goines, David Lance – The Poster Art of David Lance Goines

The Poster Art of David Lance Goines: A 40-Year Retrospective features More…


Granholm, Jennifer & Dan Mulhern – A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Future

Jennifer Granholm is the former two-term Governor of Michigan State. More…


Harris, L. John – Foodoodles

L. John Harris studied art at UC Berkeley in the late ‘60s. In the More…


Hertsgaard, Mark – Hot: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth

For twenty years, Mark Hertsgaard has investigated global warming More…


Hirst, Robert – Autobiography of Mark Twain

Robert H. Hirst is General Editor and Official Curator of the More…


Keen, Sam – In the Absence of God

Sam Keen is an American author, professor, and philosopher More…


Kelly, Philippa – The King and I

In The King and I, Australian Philippa Kelly uses More…


King, John – Cityscapes

John King began writing for the San Francisco Chronicle More…


Kingston, Maxine Hong – I Love a Broad Margin to My Life

Maxine Hong Kingston, now professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, More…


Krasny, Michael – Spiritual Envy

Michael Krasny, is host of KQED’s award-winning Forum, More…


Lukas, Michael David – The Oracle of Stamboul

Born and raised in Oakland, Michael David Lukas wrote More…


Madonna, Paul – Everything Has Its Own Reward

Artist Paul Madonna produces two weekly strips, All Over Coffee More…


Manso, Peter – Reasonable Doubt

Reasonable Doubt: The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and More…


Mukherjee, Bharati – Miss New India

Bharati Mukherjee, an award-winning Indian-born American writer, More…


Reed, Ishmael – Juice

Ishmael Reed has written over twenty-five books; he’s also a More…


Shiga, Jason – Meanwhile

Oakland’s Jason Shiga was a pure mathematics major at UC Berkeley. More…


Smith, Harriet Elinor- Autobiography of Mark Twain

Harriet Elinor Smith is the lead editor of The Autobiography More…


Turner, William Bennett- Figures of Speech

For the last twenty-five years, William Bennett Turner has taught More…