Steve's current calendar of public events is:

• Saturday, Nov. 20, 4 p.m., at River House Books in Carmel
• Tuesday, Nov. 30, 6 p.m., Seven Gables Inn, Pacific Grove ($20)
• Saturday, Dec. 4, 3 p.m., at the Pacific Grove Museum
• Thursday, Jan. 6, 7 p.m., at Kepler's Books, Menlo Park
• Wednesday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., at Capitola Book Cafe, Capitola
  
• Saturday, Feb. 5, 12 p.m., at Vroman's Book Store, Pasadena
• Sunday, Mar. 6, Monterey Plaza Hotel, AEP Conference
• Sunday, Mar. 14, 1:30 pm, Canterbury Woods, Pacific Grove
• Sunday, Mar. 20, Revolution Books, Honolulu
• Thursday, Apr. 14, Mid-Manhattan Library, New York
• Saturday, Apr. 30, Member Night at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Thursday, May 5, 7:30 pm, Town Hall, Seattle
• Friday, May 6, 6:30 pm, Third Place Books, Seattle
• Thursday, May 26, 7:00 pm, Monterey Chapter of the American Cetacean Society
• Friday, June 3, 7:00 pm, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
• Monday, June 13, 3 pm, Bookhugger (live chat)
• Thursday, June 16, 7:00 pm, Pacific Grove Public Library
• September 23-25, The Carmel Authors & Ideas Festival
• Friday, October 28, 7:00 pm, Heritage Society of Pacific Grove