BOONVILLE – Author Valerie Miner will hold a reading of her newest novel on Saturday, Aug. 21.

The reading will begin at 4 p.m. at Laughing Dog Books, 14125 Highway 128, Boonville.

Following the reading there will be a chance for discussion with the author.

Miner will read three brief selections from a novel set in Mendocino County, a collection of short fiction and a memoir.

She is the award-winning author of 13 books.

Her new novel, “After Eden,” is published in the “Literature of the American West Series” by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Other novels include “Range of Light,” “A Walking Fire,” “Winter's Edge,” “Blood Sisters,” “All Good Women,” “Movement: A Novel in Stories” and “Murder in the English Department.”

Her short fiction books include “Abundant Light,” “The Night Singers” and “Trespassing.” Her collection of essays is “Rumors from the Cauldron: Selected Essays, Reviews and Reportage.” Miner's work has been translated into eight languages.

She has won fellowships and awards from The Rockefeller Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The NEA, The Jerome Foundation, The Heinz Foundation, The Australia Council Literary Arts Board and numerous other sources. She has had Fulbright Fellowships to Tunisia, India and Indonesia.

Winner of a Distinguished Teaching Award, she has taught for more than 25 years and is now artist-in-residence and professor at Stanford University.

She travels internationally giving readings, lectures and workshops. She and her partner live in San Francisco and Mendocino County.

Visit her Web site at www.valerieminer.com.

Laughing Dog Books can be reached at 707-272-7323.