Saturday, August 13th<\/strong><\/p>\n Tad Williams & Deborah Beale<\/strong><\/p>\n 6:00PM doors and cash bar open A special evening of reading and conversation with Tad Williams and his wife, Deborah Beale. Rick Kleffel, of The Agony Column<\/em> will talk with both, and moderate a Q & A with the audience. Booksigning and schmoozing in the lounge follows; books for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n All bar and tip proceeds benefit Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California<\/a> — to date, we’ve helped raise over $20,000 for the kids in our community! <\/p>\n Robert Paul “Tad” Williams<\/a>, originally from San Jose, California, is the author of several fantasy and science fiction novels, including Tailchaser’s Song<\/em>, the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, the Otherland series, and The War of the Flowers<\/em>. Williams has just completed the Shadowmarch series, the first volume of which was published in November 2004. The second volume, Shadowplay<\/em>, was published in March 2007. The third volume, Shadowrise<\/em>, was published in March 2010, and the fourth volume, Shadowheart<\/em> completed the series when published in November 2010.<\/p>\n In July 2006, Williams started publishing a new six issue comic mini-series called The Next<\/em> through DC Comics. A second series for DC Comics called The Factory<\/em> is currently in planning stages. In addition, Tad wrote Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis<\/em> for DC Comics starting with issue #50, a project which began in March 2007 and ended with issue #57.<\/p>\n Deborah Beale<\/a> was a longtime editor of books for adults and children in her native London before she began her career as a writer. Tad and Deborah live with their children in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, with far more cats, dogs, reptiles, pet ants, and banana slugs than they can count. <\/p>\n Together, Tad and Deborah are also currently working on a series of young-adult books called Ordinary Farm. The first volume, The Dragons of Ordinary Farm<\/em> was published in June 2009 and a second book, The Secrets of Ordinary Farm<\/em> is anticipated. Three more volumes are planned.<\/p>\n Rick Kleffel reports on literature, technology and whatever he can talk his editor into for National Public Radio. He hosts an hour of literary and theatrical talk Sundays at 6 PM Pacific Time on NPR Affiliate KUSP, 88.9 FM for the California Central Coast, and online at http:\/\/kusp.org\/live<\/a>. He rarely sleeps and sometimes plays electronic music. Check out The Agony Column<\/em><\/a> for a plethora of literary reviews and interviews.<\/p>\n
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\nSuggested $5-$10 donation at the door or the bar enables us to support Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California<\/p>\n