Lesbian Genre Fiction Authors Tour February 6, 2008

Seven authors from diverse backgrounds present their genre fiction ranging from romance and adventure to mystery with a lesbian/queer focus. Writers include Anna Furtado, Gabrielle Goldsby, Karin Kallmaker, JLee Meyer, Ursula Steck and Diane and Jake Anderson-Minshall. Cosponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Center. Think of it as a middle aged Sister Spit!

Diane Anderson-Minshall is the executive editor of San Francisco based Curve magazine, the nation’s largest lesbian publication, and the co-author of Blind Curves and Blind Leap (October 2007, Bold Strokes Books) the first two installments of the Blind Eye mystery series. As a freelance writer, she has been published in dozens of magazines including Passport, Bust, Bitch, Venus, Utne and Seventeen. Anderson-Minshall co-edited of the anthology of LGBT youth writing, Becoming: Young Ideas on Gender, Race and Sexuality, and her often autobiographical essays have appeared in a number of anthologies including Reading The L Word: Outing Contemporary Television; Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine; Body Outlaws; Closer to Home: Bisexuality and Feminism; Young Wives Tales: New Adventures in Love and Partnership; 50 Ways to Support Lesbian and Gay Equality: The Complete Guide to Supporting Family, Friends, Neighbors or Yourself and Tough Girls. She has received a handful of honors for her work including Power Up’s Ten Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz Award in 2006.

Jacob Anderson-Minshall is Diane’s transgender husband and co-author of the Blind Eye series. He writes the weekly syndicated column, TransNation that runs in LGBT papers from San Francisco to Boston, and is a frequent contributor to Bitch magazine. Director of Marketing and Publicity for Homofactus Press, Jacob also runs the publicity arm of Quirky G Productions. His essays on gender and feminism are included in the forthcoming anthologies Trans People in Love and Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power. Jacob and Diane co-founded the lesbian magazine Girlfriends in 1994. They have lived in the Bay Area for 15 years.
Anna Furtado After winning a Writers' Market 24-Hour Short Story Contest, Furtado released her first novel, 2004’s The Heart's Desire to wide acclaim and was nominated for several awards. The sequel, The Heart’s Strength continues the Briarcrest Chronicles, a period romance set during the Renaissance. Furtado also writes book reviews and has a column at JustAboutWrite.com, a site with advice for authors. She lives in Union City with her partner of over 20 years.

African American author Gabrielle Goldsby grew up in Oakland. She’s worked in a variety of genres including period and modern romances, lesbian erotica and mystery; and published five books: The Caretaker’s Daughter, Never Wake, Such a Pretty Face and Wall of Silence. Bold Strokes Books just released the second edition of Wall of Silence.

Karin Kallmaker's romance novels include the award-winning 18th & Castro, Just Like That, Maybe Next Time and Sugar. Many have been translated into Spanish, French, German and Czech. Dozens of short stories have appeared in anthologies from publishers like Alyson, Circlet, Bold Strokes and Haworth. Her writing career began with the venerable Naiad Press and continues with Bella Books and spans more than two dozen novels in print. This summer look for The Kiss That Counted and In Deep Waters 2, the exciting second volume collaboration with Radclyffe.

Award-winning author JLee Meyer had the distinction of two novels in one year receiving Goldie Award nominations—including her romance Forever Found, and 2007 Goldie Winner for Lesbian Mystery/Thriller/Adventure, First Instinct. Rising Storm—the sequel to First Instinct—was released this fall. JLee splits her time between Northern California and New York City.

Ursula Steck spent most of her adult life in Cologne, Germany, until she met her partner, a San Francisco resident. Then she traveled between the continents for a few years before finally settling in Northern California in 2005. Ursula has published three mystery novels in German and various short stories in German and English. Her first American novel, The Next World, was a finalist for a 2005 Goldie Award. Ursula’s follow up, Laura's War continues her flair for mysteries.

For more info, check out anderson-minshall.com or myspace.com/blindeyemysteries
Locations: Main Library Latino/Hispanic B
Address: 100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
Library Sponsored Public Program
Event Time: 6 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
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