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While our favorite “smitten bookworm” Emily Lee is out on maternity leave, our staff has had a great time guest writing the biweekly All Booked newsletter, with Tessa Reeg sharing her favorite thriller recommendations, Ryan P. Cruz spotlighting contemporary Latin American authors, and yours truly showcasing books to read before you watch the movie or TV show. Stay tuned to read more All Booked guest columns by subscribing at independent.com/newsletters.
In addition to keeping up with Emily’s newsletter column, we’ve also been working hard to keep our list of books by local authors up to date. As you can imagine, we get many, many books sent to us by local authors, and it’s practically impossible for us to read and review them all. But, as Emily writes, “just because we are busy bees does not mean that they aren’t worth the attention. In an attempt to not completely drop the ball, we have compiled a list of books here that have a local spin. They are all either written by a local author, feature someone in our community, or have another tie to Santa Barbara.”
Take a look at the most recently updated list here (independent.com/2022/07/06/local-book-spotlight), and perhaps you’ll find a new favorite read and even discover that your friends and neighbors have some heretofore hidden literary talents.
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