We asked eight of our favorite local authors to share the books they're loving — and gifting — this holiday season. Their answers many surprise you.
Cindy Baldwin (Where the Watermelons Grow)
The Simple Art of Flying by Cory Leonardo
To: My friends (feathered and not!) who need a reminder that life's truest joys come in the most unexpected of ways, and that miracles like cherry trees DO exist.
From: Cindy
Daniel H. Wilson (The Andromeda Evolution)
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
To: SLOW PAN in on all my friends who could use a wry laugh followed by a thoughtful stare into the middle distance and an eyebrow-lifting moment of self-reflection on race and representation in these modern United States. FADE OUT...
From: Daniel
Aron Nels Steinke (Mr. Wolf's Class)
New Kid by Jerry Craft
To: Parents of kids who crave graphic novels about friendship, fitting in, and navigating the world of middle school.
From: Aron
Need more gift ideas? Check out the Powell's staff's What I'm Giving list for 2019 and our Best Books of 2019 lists for fiction, nonfiction, kids' and YA, and sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and graphic novels.