Local literati gathered on Saturday for the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair. Guests came out to meet the authors, purchase their work (perfect for holiday gifts), and support our local writers, which included the Santa Independent’s Local Heroes from Gunpowder Press, David Starkey and Chryss Yost.
Also at the book fair were Brooks Firestone, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Shauna C. Murphy, Elizabeth Foscue, Bryan Snyder, Sue Perry, Becky Brown, Katelyn Yates, Avrom Altman, Betsy J. Green (Independent columnist), Ana Ellickson, George Yatchisin (Independent writer), Bee Bloeser, Erin Graffy, John McKinney, Dale Zurawski, Evelyn I. Ruiz, Eric von Schrader, Perie Longo, John Perlin, Susie Cronin, Jane Hulse, John Holman, Elizabeth Morse, Jessica Winters Mireles, Michelle Detorie, Vince Burns, Jinny Webber, Elayne Klasson, W. Royce Adams, Victoria King Kondos, Karen Telleen Lawton, Cynthia Hamilton, William “Bill” Mackinnon, Marc McGinnes, Betty Fussell, Bonnie Runjavac, Caryl & Jay Casbon, Cecilia Aguirre, Cynthia Waring, Dale Figtree, Darrell M. McNeill, David Unger, Gary Delanoeye, Genevieve A. Antonow, Shirley Lim, Annette Bletcher, Max Talley, Cheri Rae (Independent writer), Nikki Barthelmess, William Johston, Jack Reed, Rachel Correy, Ralph Chapek, Elizabeth Wright, Stephen Figler, Jenny and Harry Bruell, Jess Johnston, Leanne Roth, Lorissa Rinehart, Marilee Zdenek, Patrick Shattuck, Gillian Osborne, Diana Raab, Lisa Angle, and (Independent columnist and Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Melinda Palacio, among others.
Max Talley (who also did the painting for his book cover) and Michelle Detorie at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
A peek inside the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Elizabeth Morse at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Chryss Yost at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Melinda Palacio and Shauna C. Murphy at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
George Yatchisin at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Jinny Webber at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Elizabeth Foscue and Nikki Barthelmess at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Cynthia Hamilton and Erin Graffy at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Josie Levy Martin at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Karen Telleen Lawton at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair on December 2. | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg
