Catching up: Books and authors

The summer issue of Boom, from UC Press, includes a Lynell George interview with Kevin McCollister, the author of East of West L.A. and the blog of the same name. His photographs have been featured several times here at LA Observed. "He has become eloquent in visually evoking the poetic hang-time of the destinationless," George writes.

Also these notes:

Linda Ronstadt has signed (through agent Steve Wasserman) to write her memoir for Jonathan Karp at Simon and Schuster. Per the flackage, "Heart Like a Wheel" will trace Ronstadt's "musical upbringing in Tucson to her rise and iconic career as one of the best-selling (100 million records sold worldwide), trail-blazing women in contemporary music." Below, she sings "Long Long Time" on the TV show "Midnight Special" in 1973.

Finalists for this year's Southern California Book Awards include T.C. Boyle, Robert Crais, Lisa Napoli and Nina Revoyr. Full list after the jump.

Finalists by category:
Glenn Goldman Award for Art, Architecture & Photography:

* Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffengger (Abrams ComicArt)
* Dogs by Lewis Blackwell & Tim Flack (Abrams)
* Patti Smith 1969 - 1976 by Dale Chihuly (Abrams)
* MM - Personal: From the Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe by Lois Banner and Mark Anderson (Abrams)

Non Fiction:

* Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California by Susan Suntree (University of Nebraska)
* Radio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli (Crown)
* Harlow in Hollywood by Darrell Rooney and Mark A. Vieira (Angel City Press)
* Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt (Scribner)

T. Jefferson Parker Book Award for Mystery & Thrillers:

* The Sentry by Robert Crais (Putnam)
* San Diego Noir edited by Maryelizabeth Hart (Akashic Books)
* Savages by Don Winslow (Simon & Schuster)
* The Informant by Thomas Perry (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Fiction:

* Wingshooters by Nina Revoyr (Akashic Books)
* Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Viking)
* When the Killings Done by T.C. Boyle (Viking)
* Helen of Pasadena by Lian Dolan (Prospect Park Books)

Children's Novel:

* The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith (Feiwel & Friends)
* The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (Random House)
* Summer According to Humphrey by Betty Birney (Putnam)
* One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street by Joanne Rocklin (Amulet)

Children's Picture Book:

* When I Grow Up by Weird Al Yankovic (HarperCollins)
* Me, Frida illustrated by David Diaz (Abrams)
* Otis & Sydney and the Best Birthday Ever by Laura Numeroff (Abrams)
* Bear With Me by Max Kornell (Putnam)