Michele Dominguez Greene will read from and sign her powerful new young adult novel about a Morman fundamentalist girl's struggle to escape a forced polygamist marriage.

Greene has had a long-standing successful career as an actress, appearing in television, film, and theater. She received an Emmy nomination for her role as Abigail Perkins on the NBC series L.A. Law, and she is currently recurring in HBO's Big Love and ABC's Brothers and Sisters. Greene's debut novel, Chasing the Jaguar, is included on reading lists around the country. She lives with her family in Los Angeles. 

Rich Fulcher of the British TV hit The Might Boosh will be here to discuss and sign his new book, Tiny Acts of Rebellion!

Rich Fulcher is an American comedian, writer and improviser, dividing his time between Los Angeles and London. He began his comedy career in Chicago, where he became a member of Improv Olympic and the Second City National Touring Company.  He is most well known in the UK for his roles in the huge hit comedy series The Mighty Boosh.  Rich has most recently been performing as his alter-ego the glorious Eleanor -- aka "the world's greatest groupie" and a self-professed "tour whore" who appeared in The Mighty Boosh series 3.

Jonathan Gold, restaurant critic for the L.A. Weekly and author of Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles, is the first food writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism.

Rebecca Chace will read from and sign her new novel, Leaving Rock Harbor.

"Leaving Rock Harbor is an irresistible read in part because its protagonist, Frankie Ross, seduces us on the first page and never surrenders our affection, but also because fictional Rock Harbor feels as real as she does.  -Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and That Old Cape Magic

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Graphic novelist Matt Kindt (Super Spy) will discuss and sign his brand-new book Revolver!

Matt Kindt is the Harvey Award-winning writer and artist of the graphic novels Revolver, 3 Story, Super Spy, 2 Sisters, and Pistolwhip. He has been nominated for four Eisner and three Harvey Awards. His work has been published in French, Spanish, Italian, and German.

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We're thrilled to have David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green, back to our store to read from and sign his new, highly anticipated novel The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.  At the event, we'll be raffling off two posters signed by Mitchell -- buy your copy of the book now at Skylight to get a ticket for the raffle!

"Mitchell is, clearly, a genius," said The New York Times Book Review about Cloud Atlas.  Several Skylighters have read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet already, and the consensus is that the same can be said of this book.

Meet two of L.A.'s own Derby Dolls, Alex Cohen a.k.a. Axles of Evil (also of KPCC renown) and Jenny Barbee a.k.a Kasey Bomber, as they discuss and sign their new book on roller derby, Down and Derby!

Alex "Axles of Evil" Cohen is the host of "All Things Considered" on KPCC in Los Angeles and a frequent contributor to National Public Radio.

Jennifer "Kasey Bomber" Barbee writes for Blood and Thunder magazine and is a longtime staffer of the WGA.

Tony O'Neill will return to Skylight Books to read from and sign his newest novel, Sick City!

"Tony O'Neill writes like a man with his tongue in a light socket and his toe in a puddle of spilled blood." --Jerry Stahl, author of Pain Killers, Permanent Midnight, and I, Fatty, on Tony O'Neill's Down and Out in Murder Mile

Vendela Vida returns to Skylight Books to read from and sign her new novel, The Lovers.

Vida is the author of Girls on the Verge, a non-fiction investigation of the rituals that help American girls develop their adult identities, and two novels, the New York Times Notable Book Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and And Now You Can Go. She is co-editor of The Believer magazine, and lives in Northern California with her husband and children.

Photo of the author by Chloe Aftel.

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