Our Local Author Talk Series is back at the Fig Tree Coffee, Art, & Music Lounge!
Listen in on a different author(s) each session and learn about their individual approach to authorship.
2:00-4:00pm Saturday, January 18 featuring George Cramer
George Cramer is an enrolled descendant of the Karuk Tribe of California. He enjoyed a forty-year investigative career in law enforcement and private and corporate investigations. He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts, earning a Master of Fine Arts / Creative Writing – Fiction. As a licensed Private Investigator, George conducted thousands of investigations throughout the Americas and Asia. He kept his investigative skills honed by volunteering as a Missing Person investigator with a Northern California police department, where he became keenly aware of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW).
2:00-4:00pm Saturday, February 15 featuring Josh Morgan
Josh Morgan lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California with his wife, and two daughters. You’ll often find him running trails through the gold country, and exploring Northern California where his family has lived since the 1860’s. Josh earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of the Pacific and works in higher education. The Folsom Prison Bloody 13 is his first book.
2:00-4:00pm Saturday, March 15 featuring Joan Griffin
Joan lives under the spell of wanderlust. She takes wing, whenever possible, for actual destinations near and far and for literary locales in the pages of books. A native Californian and proud UCLA Bruin, Joan lives in the Northern California foothills of the majestic Sierra Nevada, a world she loves exploring.
Joan navigated her way through two careers—marketing computers, then sailboats—before applying her love of storytelling to her dual passions of teaching and writing. Retired after 25 years of teaching middle school, Joan currently teaches classes in literature and history at the Osher Lifelong Learning Program (OLLI) at both Sierra College and Davis. Joan’s adventure memoir, Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle the John Muir Trail, was recently published by Black Rose Writing. She is currently writing her second memoir about growing up adopted.
For ages 18 & up. No registration required. Seating at The Fig Tree is limited, so arrive early and order a beverage! Call (916) 774-5221 or email [email protected] for more information.
