Nancy's Bookshelf: Two Chico authors thrive with new work

By Nancy Wiegman,

Published June 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM PDT

First guest is Chico author Robbin Solomon. Altered Awakening: A young adult sci-fi thriller about teenage twins who become targets of the scientist who created them.

The second guest is Chico author Emily Gallo with Singing for Change. After a mass shooting, a 60s musician organizes an anti-gun music festival to turn grief into a rallying cry for change.

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Nancy Wiegman

Nancy 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.

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Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.

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