From LA this time, we meet Leslie Adame, a young, LatinX author and SoCal native, who has written and published her first novel, a middle-grade, fantasy tale called "Chloe Vega & the Agents of Magic." It's an entertaining yet serious story about young immigrants and their families, which Leslie hopes will bring further representation to a community of immigrants in this country that doesn't always have exposure and identity.

Penelope Oliver's parents began exposing her, at a very young age, to 'what our collective humanity looks like,' opening her innocent eyes to the challenges facing human beings across the world. Now, as a college student, Penelope is already a seasoned & engaged advocate, the founder of a non-profit, community arts project, partnering with influential leaders to speak out on behalf of children in Gaza and immigrants...all the while sharing stories & writing her poetry, with her pen as part of her power.

Science Fiction Novelist Kim Stanley Robinson, who lives in Davis, CA, has been writing Science Fiction for decades but his acclaimed 2020 book "The Ministry for the Future" brought him additional recognition worldwide for its prescient, sobering and yet hopeful description of the harrowing impacts of climate change across the globe, even in California, prompting TIME Magazine to call Robinson 'a hero of the environment.' Kim Stanley Robinson talks about his literary work, the art of writing science fiction...and the future.