Skylight Books Author Reading Series

Girl Must Die: A Monster Girl Memoir (Monster Girl Media)

A launch party for this new book -- "a love letter to those who've hit the skids but clawed back to kick the world in the crotch . . . tenderly" -- from self-proclaimed monster girl Erika Lopez.

Erika Lopez lives a much too happy life in San Francisco being the sidekick to her two best friends, Mark and Mary. They all live on the same block. They walk big, leaky dogs and forget to whisper when they talk about other people's butts. Previously she launched "Lap Dancing for Mommy" into the world and her new book is "They Call Me Mad Dog!: A Story for Bitter, Lonely People, " but that won't be all. She's got plans. Big plans for big girls in little clothes.

THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS NOVEMBER 18, 2010.

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Comedy by the Numbers (McSweeney's)

On the ocassion of the new edition of this instructive (and hilarious) book on comedy, we present "What if a book could make COMEDY as easy as MATH?!"  featuring Professor Eric Hoffman, Lecturer Bob Odenkirk, Expert Andy Kindler, and Q&A Man Bill Chott!  Followed by a Grand re-signing!

This new printing comes with a spiffy new cover, so be sure to buy a copy (even if you already have one) and get it signed!

THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS NOVEMBER 17, 2010.

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Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City Novel (Harper)

Armistead Maupin, author of the Tales of the City novels, returns to Skylight to read from and sign his latest, Mary Ann in Autumn!

"Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced … As with the Beatles, everyone seems to like Maupin's Tales – and, really, why would you want to find someone who didn't?" --Laura Miller, The Salon.com Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Authors

Armistead Maupin is the author of the Tales of the City series, of which Mary Ann in Autumn is the eighth book and which includes Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You and Michael Tolliver Lives. Three television miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Tales novels. Maupin is also the author of Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener, the latter of which became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. A stage musical version of Tales of the City will have its world premiere at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater in May 2011. Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.

Photo of the author by Christopher Turner.

THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS NOVEMBER 11, 2010.

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