James D. Best

A First-Order Disaster Story About an Atmospheric River It’s to his credit that he focuses his attention on the human element of the d...

Now Available for Pre-Order at Amazon Publication Date, September 9, 2019 After marriage, Steve Dancy has quietly settled in ...

Honest westerns filled with dishonest people. Progress Report The latest Steve Dancy Tale has been returned from my editor and I ha...

Water Source for San Francisco San Francisco supports denying water to the Central Valley so a tiny fish called the Delta Smelt has a p...

What happens when a relentless downpour, politics, and street gangs attack California? I recently arrived back in California, a s...

Greg Evarts and Patricia Baldwin are back and this time they only need to save the state of California. Here's an excerpt from ...

Natural disaster, street gangs and political inertia … but that isn’t the scary part. Deluge is now available in print and Kindle. This...

In 1862, a sixty-five day downpour pummeled the western United States. California suffered the brunt of the storm. Almost a third of ...

The 2014 Tucson Festival of Books is over, but thankfully, there will be a TFoB 2015. They expected 240,000 and my guess is that they made t...

I arrived in Arizona last night with my wife. For the next two days, we’ll be staying with friends in their home surrounded by a stunning d...

I loved to ski, and my favorite mountain is Mammoth, California. When a friend owned a condo, I also skied the perfectly groomed slopes a...

San Diego San Diego has a lot going for it. It’s a great city with a world-famous zoo, great museums, fun harbor areas, a vibrant d...

Yesterday, I visited a high school friend I had not seen for at least thirty years. Before diverting north, the trip started through the...