San Francisco Chronicle, October 1, 2007 read full article

More than 300 authors, poets and scribblers of indeterminate category will emerge from their dens, writing rooms and grottos next weekend for the start of the eighth annual LitQuake literary festival.

Founded by authors Jane Ganahl and Jack Boulware, the festival kicks off Saturday night with the presentation of the festival’s first Barbara Coast Award for lifetime achievement to “Tales of the City” author Armistead Maupin. Participants will include actress Laura Linney, Father Guido Sarducci, Judd Winick and Pamela Ling, Jon Ginoli of Pansy Division, Susie Bright and authors Amy Tan, Michelle Tea, K.M. Soehnlein and Andrew Sean Greer, with music by a house band fronted by Joshua Raoul Brody. The event is at 8 p.m. at Herbst Theatre.