Referenced In

"The Bay Area is full of great authors. I’ve lost count of the number of times Amy Tan’s been in my bookstore, sitting in the fiction section, reading a book."

Valley of Genius
by Adam Fisher

"Jamis MacNiven: The first gold rush: That’s what launched San Francisco. It was a sleepy little town of twelve hundred, and then three years later there’s three hundred thousand people in the Bay Area."

Valley of Genius
by Adam Fisher

"engulfing the Bay Area at the start of the new century."

Valley of Genius
by Adam Fisher

"Adam Fisher lives a quiet life in Alameda, a small island near the center of the greater Bay Area."

Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner

"Not Bay Area, anyway. Not that knowing, in spite of the hair."

The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen

"safely ensconced in the Bay Area as a student"

Parable of the Sower
by Octavia Butler

"But the radio warned us to stay away from the Bay AFreroa.mSanJoseupthroughSanFrancisco,Oakland,and Berkeley, there is chaos"

Parable of the Sower
by Octavia Butler

"Bad situation. The Bay Aawreill be a good placeavtooidforalongtime."

Parable of the Sower
by Octavia Butler

"Before we left 101 I tried to warn a cou ple of wmo en travelni g alonewith kids to avoid the Bay Area. I told them I'd heard atsheare lowtoftroubleupthere--fires,riots,badquakedamage."

Parable of the Sower
by Octavia Butler

"I believe wlsilooncomein from the Bay Area."

There There
by Tommy Orange

"“I know there’s a lot of Natives living in Oakland and in the Bay Area with similar stories.”"

The Tortilla Curtain
by T.C. Boyle

"‘I can’t really see what all the fuss is about,’ she said petulantly. ‘We have brushfires all the time in the Bay Area and they just come in with those planes and snuff them right out.’"