apierleoni@sacbee.com (Allen Pierleoni)

The Sacramento region is well-populated with retired and active military personnel, who happen to be well-read fans of military-centric literature and fiction. This trio recently came our way: • "Trident K9 Warriors" by Mike Ritlan...

Author Eileen Rendahl of Davis writes in several distinctive genres. "I've always wanted to be entertaining," she said.Most authors specialize in one genre, but not Davis-based novelist Eileen Rendahl. Her 10-title bibliography consists of ...

Mother's Day rolls around again next Sunday, and families will get together to honor moms and the bonds of maternalism in general. Looking for a foolproof way to celebrate? You could give her a card and flowers, and take her to brunch, where ...

John Lescroart sits in his office in Davis. "I go there every day and do my job," said the author, who has been there lots of times – he's written 24 novels.John Lescroart writes his New York Times best-selling legal thrillers in a neat but ...

Humorist David Sedaris will appear at the Crest Theatre next month during a tour to promote his new book, "Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls."Through insightful, self-deprecating storytelling in his observational essays and memoirs, and spoken-wor...

The City Lights bookstore in San Francisco as it appeared in 1969. It's still going strong as it celebrates its 60th year.The landmark City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco is celebrating its 60th year, to be highlighted by an ope...

Christy AguirreIf you haven't been inside a library lately, here's news: Things have changed. More than ever, librarians have gone high-tech in their jobs as gatherers and distributors of information, and they're very much involved in the communi...

Says country music legend Merle Haggard of the state of today's genre: "The depth of the art form is pretty shallow."Most of the founders of country music are gone – Hank Williams, Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff – along with most of the origina...

British modernist writer Virginia WoolfMarch is Women's History Month, when the nation pays tribute to "the generations of women whose commitments have proved invaluable to society." People like astronaut Sally Ride, artist Frida Kahlo, athlete W...

In May,1927, Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean, starting in the United States and landing near Paris.Melanie Benjamin had returned to her Chicago suburbs home the day before, exhausted from anothe...