California Authors & Book Reviews

The Authors section features California authors and their works. Most books are non-fiction and are especially useful to those interested in California history and travel.

Author Craig MacDonald is our SeeCalifornia.com book reviewer. The former San Diego Union reporter (and Pulitzer Prizes nominee) has written 24 books on subjects ranging from hobbies to his favorite topic, the California gold rush.

NEW! BAMBOOZLED by Lance Martin

Adkins, Jan Batiste 

• African Americans of San Jose and Santa Clara County

Alt, Jeff

• Four Boots, One Journey

Anderson, Bill

• BASEBALL — Great American Pastime — Through the Eyes of Artist Bill Anderson
   
• 40 Years of Catalina in New Book

Anderson Design Group - Joel & Nathan Anderson

• 59 Illustrated National Parks

Andrews, Lori

• I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did

Baker, Hal

• To Be a Painter

Bible, Karie  Marc Wanamaker & Harry Medved

• Location Filming in Los Angeles  

Borrman, Laura Smith

• Iconic San Francisco Dishes, Drinks & Desserts

Boyer, Don

• The Power of Mentorship Series

Brey, Karen

•  Images of America: Campbell

Chapman, Robin

• California Apricots-The Lost Orchards of Silicon Valley
   
• Historic Bay Area Visionaries
  
  
• The Valley of Heart's Delight, True Tales from Around the Bay

Choy, Philip

• Chinatown San Francisco California Travel Guide

Clark, Wesley H. & Michael B. McDaniel

• True Tales from Burbank

Clune, Brian & Bob Davis

• GHOSTS AND LEGENDS OF CALICO

Conaway, Peggy

• IMAGES OF AMERICA: LOS GATOS

Crane, Patricia

• Casino SIDEMEN

Davis, Lenard

• Lido Isle—An Illustrated History
• Newport

De Wolfe, Evelyn

• Line of Sight | Klaus Landsberg | His Life and Vision

Dramov, Alissandra

• Historic Buildings of Downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea

Dunnigan, Frank

• Classic San Francisco (From Ocean Beach to Mission Bay)

Echeverria, Emiliano & Walter Rice

• San Francisco Powell Cable Cars

Epting, Chris

• The Orange County Fair—A History of Celebration

Fregulia, Carolyn

• ITALIANS OF THE GOLD COUNTRY

Friedmann, Jonathan

• Jewish Gold Country

Fuerte, Luis

• Louie, Take a Look at This! My Time with Huell Howser

Gaslamp Quarter Association

•  San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter

Geary, George

• MADE IN CALIFORNIA—The California-born Burger Joints, Diners, Fast Food & Restaurants That Changed America

Geissinger, Terri Lynn

• Images of America: Bodie, 1859-1862

Harman, Dianne

• Blue Coyote Motel- fiction

Heller, Claudia & Alan

• Curiosities of the California Desert

Hellewell, Skip

• Loving Laguna

Henderson, Jason and Adam Foshko

CALIFORNIA TIKI-A History of Polynesian Idols, Pineapple Cocktails & Coconut Palm Trees

Heywood, Mike

• Walter Knott & Family—Knott's Berry Farm
   
• A History of Orange County
   
• Orange County's Connections to Chickamauga

Hoberg, Donna

• Resorts of Lake County

Horton, Jason

• ABANDONED & HISTORIC: LOS ANGELES-Neon & Beyond

Iverson, Diane

• The Mystery of Blackbird Pond

Johnson, Bob

• San Jose

Kalafatis, Joanna

• Abandoned Northern California
  
• Abandoned Southern California

Kirkpatrick, Kathy  

• American Prisoner of War Camps in Northern California 

Kramer, Carol

• Images of America: CALAVERAS BIG TREES

Langs, Richard

• Tilden Regional Park

Little, Rich

• Little by Little, People I've Known and Been

Lobb, Charles

• Images Of America—Torrance Airport

Lorey III, Frank

• A Guide to the Gold Rush Country of California

Lynch, David K., PhD

• Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault

MacDonald, Craig

• MacDonald book excerpts

Martin, Lance

• Seriously? The Art of Rejection

Mayer, Robert

• Without Risk There's No Reward

McCosker, Mary and Salon, Mary

• Images of America: LAFAYETTE

Montoya, Carina Monica

• Images of America: PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN CALIFORNIA

Morgan, Judith; Costello, Julia; Manna Salvatore

• Images of America: ANGELS CAMP and COPPEROPOLIS

Muth, Deborah

• Santa Cruz Through Time

Nunn, Cynthia Ackley

• Abandoned Randsburg

O'Brien, Tricia

• San Francisco Giants

O'Hare, Sheila and Berry, Irene

• Santa Cruz, California

Osterberg, Deborah

• Historic Tales of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park (Big Trees Grove)

Palazzo, Robert

• Ghost Towns of Death Valley

Pedick, Joe

• Expect the Unexpected

Radanovich, Leroy

• Images of America: YOSEMITE VALLEY 

Raugh, Jr., Harold E.

• Fort Ord

Richardson, Jeffrey

•  HOWARD HUGHES & The Creation of Modern Hollywood

Riordan, Richard

• The MAYOR, by Richard J. Riordan

Rubin, Jordan S.

• Make a Positive Change In Your Diet and In Your Life

Saltzgaver, Harry

• 20 Years of Salt (in a 10 pound bag)

Saxton, Bob

• Guru of Barefoot Running Shares Secrets of Shoelessness

Schneider, John

• Bay Area Radio

Schweyer, Carmel Barry- and Alvarez, Alycia

• Mining Camps of Placer County

Seltzer, Jerry and Coppage, Keith

• BAY AREA ROLLER DERBY

Serato, Bruno

• The Power of Pasta, A Celebrity Chef's Mission to Feed America's Hungry Children

Shepherd, Kim

• The Bite Me School of Management

Shueh, Sam

• South Santa Clara County

Smothers, Marcy Carriker

• Eat Like Walt - The Wonderful World of Disney Food
   
• WALT'S DISNEYLAND (A Walk in the Park with Walt Disney)

Sommers,  Art | John Knox and April McDonald-Loomis

• Early Auburn

Sonderman, Joe

• California Dreamin' Along Route 66

Stapp, Cheryl Anne

• The Stagecoach in Northern California

Stern, Michael

• I Had a Ball—My Friendship with Lucille Ball

Stock, Ron

• Marblehead

Tatterson, Susan

• Abandoned Nevada

Thompson, Mark

• SINATRA'S TAYLOR

Timmons, Shelli

• The Ghostly Tails of the Queen Mary

Trobits, Monika

• BAY AREA COFFEE-A Stimulating History

Twain, Mark

• The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Walker, Jim

• Pacific Electric Red Cars

Walker, Xan Blood

• Abandoned East Bay

Watson, Lisa Crawford

• Legendary Locals of Carmel-by-the-Sea

Willinger, Andy

• Abandoned California

Ybarra, Evie

• California's Haunted Central Coast

Zambrano, Mark

• Surfing in Huntington Beach

BOOKSTORE

• Mystery Ink in Huntington Beach, Ca Bookstore

Hardy, Phil - Singing for My Supper, The Greatest Self Help Book Ever Written

Schaadt, Mike, Dr. Stefan Harzen, Dr. Barbara Brunnick - An Ocean of Inspiration – The John Olguin Story