Check Back in 2026 and Learn About Our Special Guest Authors
Join us for a wonderful gourmet sandwich and salad buffet and meet our acclaimed authors. There will also be book sales, signings, and raffle prizes including a Two Night Luxury Napa Valley experience.
Invite your book club members, aspiring writers, teenagers that are considering writing, and any family or friend that just enjoys reading. You don’t want to miss our Second Authors’ Luncheon, in partnership with Towne Center Books.
When:
April 11, 2026
Where:
Garrè Vineyard, Restaurant, & Event Center
7986 Tesla Rd,
Livermore, CA 94550
All net proceeds benefit our philanthropic programs that we offer throughout the Tri-Valley
Special Guest Authors at 2024 Author's Luncheon
Highlights from our 2024 First Authors’ Luncheon:
- Brian Copeland, Outraged
- Donna Levin, The Talking Stick
- Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
- Gail Tsukiyama. The Brightest Star
Brian Copeland
Brian Copeland is an award-winning actor, comedian, author, playwright, television and radio talk show host based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His one-man play, “Not a Genuine Black Man,” went on to become the longest-running solo show in San Francisco theatrical history, recently celebrating its 1,000th performance. His first crime fiction novel, Outraged, was released in 2024.
Donna Levin
Donna Levin is the author of four acclaimed novels and two books on the craft of writing. She has taught fiction writing for 3 decades, most notably at the University of California Extension in Berkeley. Her work is included at Boston University, in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, and in the California State Library’s collection of California novels. She lives in San Francisco.
Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck, Early Warning, and Golden Age. She is the author of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. As a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.
Gail Tsukiyama
Gail Tsukiyama, the author of seven novels, was born in San Francisco to a Chinese mother from Hong Kong and a Japanese father from Hawaii. She was the recipient of the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Literary Excellence and was the first author to receive the Asia Pacific Leadership Award from the Center of the Pacific Rim and the Ricci Institute. A resident of the San Francisco Bay area, she has taught at San Francisco State University, University of California, Berkeley, and Mills College.
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