Nancy Wiegman
Host, Nancy's BookshelfNancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.
For seven years she acted and danced in productions such as Singin' in the Rain, Mary Poppins, The Real Inspector Hound, Biloxi Blues, and Steel Magnolias.
In 1999, Nancy was named Outstanding Woman of Chico and received a Maggie Award in 2002.
She directed the yoga program at Chico Sports Club and has been teaching yoga there since 1994.
She became a classical announcer at KCHO in 1990 and often hosted the hourlong call-in show "I-5 LIVE!" on North State Public Radio, occasionally Weekend Showcase, and started Nancy's Bookshelf in July of 2007 after producing a series of four-minutes spots called "Health Desk," which aired during All Things Considered.
Nancy is also a certified pilgrim, having walked sections of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain and France many times beginning in 2005.
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Long-time Chico resident Scott Huber uses his own experiences to write about two types of migrants across our southern border: human and animal. -
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Chico mathematician Scott Lape has written a numbers reference book for children that is also fun for adults. -
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
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Two authors who each took up writing as a second career have written mysteries, but of a very different nature. One is fiction and the other nonfiction. -
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A pair of Chico-based authors focus on local history. -
Host Nancy Wiegman speaks with Chico author, playwright, and film historian Robert Strom about his book "Cries in the Night: Children in Film Noir." -
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
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Paradise author Leonce Gaiter has written the story of a gay black man born in New Orleans, which is part personal memoir and part fiction.
