Book store brings authors to town

Paulina Springs Book Company will host three authors during the week of the annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.

On Thursday, July 11, at 4 p.m. Gail Tsukiyama will be at the store to read from her new book "Dreaming Water." On Friday, July 12, again at 4 p.m., Earlene Fowler and Jo-Ann Mapson will do a joint reading.

On Saturday, Quilt Show Day, all three authors will be at the store from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for book signing only.

Gail Tsukiyama is the author of the best-selling book "The Samurai's Garden" as well as several other books set in the Orient. "Dreaming Water" is her first novel to take place in the contemporary U.S.

Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father.

Earlene Fowler is the author of mystery books starring ex-rancher and current folk art museum curator Benni Harper. The books are set on the Central Coast of California and feature quilts.

Her latest novel is "Steps to the Altar" and is the ninth in the series. "Mariner's Compass" won the Agatha Award for the Best Mystery Novel of 1999.

Jo-Ann Mapson, who teaches fiction writing in the MFA Program at the University of Alaska, will read from her latest book, "Bad Girl Creek."

"Bad Girl Creek" is the first of a trilogy and is also set on the Central California Coast. Her other books include the Los Angeles Times bestseller "The Wilder Sisters."

She has ridden horses since she was a child and her love of riding carries over to the characters in many of her books.

Paulina Springs Book Company is located at 252 W. Hood Ave.