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DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Santa Cruz Pride, we welcome 
 three queer authors for an exciting panel discussion moderated by SCPL 
 Library Director Christopher Platt. Each author's book will be for sale at 
 the event. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is 
 recommended, but drop-ins are welcome. This event is part of Pride 
 Thursdays.\n\nGar McVey-Russell lives in Oakland. Gar’s first novel, Sin 
 Against the Race (gamr books, 2017) was listed on The Advocate’s Best 
 Books We Read in 2018: LGBTQ Novels. His short stories, Tom of Boalt Hall 
 and The Necklace were finalists in the Saints and Sinners LGBTQ Festival 
 Fiction Open in 2020 and 2022, respectively. His fiction has also appeared 
 in Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (1993) and Harrington Gay 
 Men’s Fiction Quarterly (vol. 7, Num. 3, 2005). He publishes a blog, the 
 gar spot.\n\nR.L. Merrill is from the San Francisco Bay Area. Whether 
 she’s writing contemporary romance featuring quirky and relatable 
 characters or diving deep into the paranormal and supernatural to give 
 readers a shiver, R.L. Merrill loves creating compelling, diverse, and 
 inclusive stories that will stay with readers long after. Winner of the 
 Kathryn Hayes “When Sparks Fly” Best Contemporary award for Hurricane 
 Reese, Paranormal Romance Guild’s Best Rockstar Romance for You Can Do 
 Magic, and Daphne DuMaurier finalist for Connection, Ro spends every spare 
 moment improving her writing craft and striving to find that perfect 
 balance between real-life and happily ever after.\n\nLiz Faraim lives in 
 the East Bay. Liz has a full plate between balancing a day job, parenting, 
 writing, and finding some semblance of a social life. In past lives she has 
 been a soldier, a bartender, a shoe salesperson, an assistant museum 
 curator, and even a driving instructor. She focuses her writing on strong, 
 queer, female leads who don’t back down. Her recent book, Pinned, 
 features Randy, a curmudgeonly blue-collar butch lesbian who has been 
 single for twenty years. Randy battles between the joys of a new 
 relationship and the struggles of witnessing her supervisor’s suspicious 
 death in an industrial accident.  As Randy seeks the truth, trust erodes, 
 key friendships are strengthened, and more loss awaits her.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/03/25/18874867.php
SUMMARY:Queer Author Panel: Celebrating Pride 50
LOCATION:Ow Family Community Room\nCapitola Branch Library, 2005 Wharf Road, 
 Capitola
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/03/25/18874867.php
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