Story Is the Thing

The Program

6:00 - Reception with the authors

6:30 - Readings, discussion, and Q&A

7:30 - Book signing

Looking to discover your new favorite author? Join us for our signature reading series, Story Is the Thing, to hear four stellar Northern California fiction authors read from their debut and latest titles.

Looking to discover your new favorite author? Join us for our signature reading series, Story Is the Thing, to hear four stellar Northern California fiction authors read from their debut and latest titles.

Our guests are Grant Faulkner for his “flash novel,” something out there in the distance, a collaboration with the photographer Gail Butensky about two lovers on a road trip through the American desert; Vanessa Hua for her riveting and deeply heartfelt new novel Coyoteland; Lindsay Kent for My Twin the Murderer, her psychological thriller deeply rooted in the history of Menlo Park and the surrounding region; and, finally, J.P. Lacrampe for Valet, his whimsical novel about a helper robot and his 35-year-old ward’s madcap adventure.

The Lineup

Grant Faulkner is the co-founder of Memoir Nation (and also the co-host of the Memoir Nation podcast), the co-founder of the Flash Fiction Institute, the co-founder of 100 Word Story, and an executive producer on America’s Next Great Author. He was also Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for 12 years. He has published three books on writing: The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story; Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo; and Brave the Page, a teen writing guide. He’s also published All the Comfort Sin Can Provide, a collection of short stories, Fissures, a collection of 100-word stories, and Nothing Short of 100: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story. His “flash novel,” something out there in the distance, a collaboration with the photographer Gail Butensky, recently came out.…