Nancy's Bookshelf

Dr. Kathleen Gabriel is a native Chicoan and graduate of Chico State. She is currently an Associates Professor at the university and has authored various…

Nancy's Bookshelf revisits a conversation with retired professors Roger Lederer and Carol Burr who wrote and illustrated The Birds of Bidwell Park. Now…

Award-winning playwright and author Lynn H. Elliott shares details on his multicultural universe and coming of age novel, The Crossingway. Elliott’s story…

Sport is unscripted drama. Author Carson Medley spent a year observing the Chico State basketball team and its inspirational coach, and has now written a…

J.R Henson is a fourth generation Paradise resident and survivor of the Camp Fire. He chats with Nancy about his third book, The Camp Fire: Dreams,…

Cathy Parker wears many different hats: mother, author, wife and football benefactor. She penned 2019’s “Northern Lights: One Woman, Two Teams, and the…

Chico City Councilman Scott Huber chats with Nancy's Bookshelf about the process of his first novel, a post-apocalyptic tale of a mutated virus sweeping…

Eric Deggans is NPR's first full-time TV critic. His work, "Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation," explores how prejudice,…

Joan Ryan is an award-winning journalist and author. She was one of the very first female sports columnists in the country and has covered every major…

Author Bonnie Pipkin is celebrating the possibility of her novel Aftercare Instructions, heading to television. Originally from California, she has an MFA…