OF LOCAL NOTE ... Kathrynn Dennis of Palo Alto has written a romance novel, "Dark Rider," a story of a dark lord, a fair lady and an estate under siege.
AUTHOR, AUTHOR ... Author events at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park this month include David Michaelis ("Shulz and Peanuts") at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9. Page Stegner ("The Collected Letters of Wallace Stegner") appears at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, discussing his late father who was a noted author, environmentalist and writing teacher at Stanford. Popular mystery writer Clive Clussler ("The Chase") appears at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13. Naomi Wolf ("The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot") appears at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14.
MORE AUTHOR, AUTHOR ... Author events at Books Inc. in Mountain View this month include Shannon Biggs and Jason Mark ("Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grass Roots") at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8. Christopher Kimball ("America's Best Lost Recipes") will appear at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15. Kimball is the host of "America's Test Kitchen" on PBS.
Items for Book Talk may be sent by the last Wednesday of the month to Don Kazak, Title Pages editor, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302 or e-mailed to dkazak@paweekly.com.
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