Launch week was incredible. It started with a great audio on KUSP and then on publication day with one of my literary heroes, Michael Krasny, the Bay Area's answer to Terry Gross. We had a fascinating hour talking about the novel, whale intelligence, environmental issues, the nature of fiction. It was great. That was Tuesday, on Wednesday, we had the first reading and launch party with about eighty people at the legendary Capitola Book Cafe and on Thursday, I went up to Marin and did an event at the equally legendary Book Passage with Frances Gulland of the Marine Mammal Center. Frances is the head vet at MMC and was instrumental in rescuing Delta and Dawn, the humpback whales that swam up the Sacramento in 2007 while I was working on the novel. It was incredible to watch scenes from my novel come to life and play out in front of my eyes. I was able to watch Frances in action and also Lt. Rob Bixler, who was a key advisor on the novel on all things Coast Guard. 
Today, I'm off to Big Sur, to the Esalen Institute, where much of the book was written in a room clinging to the cliffs as I watched whales migrating by. So exciting to go back and celebrate the books publication.
Here are some pictures from the interview with Michael Krasny and the events (and Rachel with the girls)
