Journeys by Great Writers

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My California: Journeys by Great Writers is an exciting collaborative publication by CaliforniaAuthors.com and Angel City Press. Now in its seventh printing, the proceeds from sales of this volume of narrative travel and adventure stories by 27 California authors and journalists benefit the California Arts Council and literature programs statewide.

This unique project is made possible through the generosity of everyone involved-the editors, the publisher, the printer, the original publicist, and all 27 authors. Additionally, artist David Hockney and the J. Paul Getty Museum have granted permission to use Mr. Hockney's Pearblossom Hwy. 11-18th April 1986 (second version) photo collage for the cover. This extraordinary gesture is a display of generosity, civic responsibility, and a great concern for the state of public funding for the arts in California. The California Arts Council especially thanks Paddy Calistro of Angel City Press and Donna Wares of California Authors.com for their spearheading of the project and their continued efforts to make this project a success.

Heres's what people are saying

  • These 27 essays prove once again that California is the Golden State.
    - Ray Bradbury, Author

  • Since California is a state of mind, each Californian is challenged to compose a personal definition of California. Here is a selection of the best.
    - Dr. Kevin Starr University of Southern California; Author, Americans and the California Dream series

  • A reminiscence, an exploration, a progress report, a sigh, a dream, a passion, a joyous celebration - My California is all of these. Reading it will remind you why we live here.
    - Susan Vreeland, Author, Girl in Hyacinth Blue

  • Here are views of this singular place from a dazzling roster of writers...by turns quirky and passionate and argumentative.
    - David Freeman, Author, It's All True: A Novel of Hollywood
  • "to get you in the mood for your trip...read this title which
    paint(s) vivid pictures of the land and society you're about to visit"

    "...an insightful collection of stories about the Golden State by 27 of its finest chroniclers..."
    --Lonely Planet's California (2006 ed.)