Writing Demystified

1. Around our large table, chat with other writers about writing, marketing, editing, and publishing books in any genre and through any publishing method in a discussion guided by experienced writers Jason Denzel and Clara Ward.
2. Network with authors and our bookselling staff.
3. Discover the curated selection of books and gifts, eco-roasted coffee, breakfast & lunch options, and welcoming "work from home" environment at Elk Grove's only bookstore.
4. Sign up to cohost a future Writing Demystified discussion as a way to support your author community and build your network.

Shea Robinson ASATT's Bookstore Manager and is the local, Sacramento-based author of Dance With Me, a YA novel set in Sacramento. She is currently working on publishing her next novel, a dystopian zombie trilogy, A Playlist for the Apocalypse.

Eboni Dunbar (she/her) is a queer, black woman who writes queer and black speculative fiction. She received her BA from Macalester College in English and her MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. She is a VONA Alum, and the former managing editor for the Hugo Award-Winning FIYAH Literary Magazine. She is also the winner of the Lambda Literary 2023 Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction.
Her work can be found in Stellium Literary Magazine, FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Drabblecast, Anathema: Spec from the margins, Nightlight Podcast and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. She also has a novella, Stone and Steel, out from Neon Hemlock. Eboni has also been nominated for an Ignyte Award in the Novella Category for Stone and Steel. She can be found on Twitter: @ebonidunbar, BlueSky: @ebonidunbar.bsky.social IG: ej_beezington

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

A Seat at the Table Books, 9257 Laguna Springs Drive, Elk Grove, United States