DEBORAH PRATT – “The Vision Quest: The Odyssey,” 2 p.m. today, San Diego Public Library, 820 E St., San Diego.
DEANNE STILLMAN – “Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West,” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Warwick's Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla.
KIMBERLY WILLIS HOLT – “Piper Reed: The Great Gypsy,” 4 p.m. Wednesday, The Yellow Book Road, 7200 Parkway Drive, La Mesa.
LYNN O'SHAUGHNESSY – “The College Solution,” 7 p.m. Wednesday, Barnes & Noble, 10775 Westview Parkway, Mira Mesa.
SCOTT DUNBIER and J. SCOTT CAMPBELL – “Presidential Material,” 7 p.m. Wednesday, Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego.
NICK POPADITCH – “Once a Marine,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Barnes & Noble, 10775 Westview Parkway, Mira Mesa.
DEAN LOREY – “Nightmare Academy: Monster Madness,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Mysterious Galaxy.
ALLEN RIEDEL – “100 Classic Hikes in Southern California,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Adventure 16, 4620 Alvarado Canyon Road, San Diego.
TERRI CHENEY – “Manic,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Warwicks's Bookstore.
L. CURT ERLER – “Mantilla Lady: Visits Baseball's Purgatory,” 9 a.m. Saturday, Town & Country Clubhouse, 2280 E. Valley Parkway, Escondido.
SHARON HINK – “The Restorer's Journey”; BRYAN DAVIS – “Eternity's Edge”; CHRISTOPHER HOPPER – “The Lion Vrie”; WAYNE THOMAS BATSON – “The Isle of Fire”; DONITA K. PAUL – “Dragonlight”; L.B. GRAHAM – “All My Holy Mountain”; JONATHAN ROGERS – “The Way of the Wilderking”; ERIC REINHOLD – “Ryann Watters and the King's Sword” – 2 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, 10775 Westview Parkway, Mira Mesa.
KAGE BAKER – “The House of the Stag,” 2 p.m. Saturday, Mysterious Galaxy.
JAMES GOLDSBOROUGH – “Misfortunes of Wealth,” 7 p.m. Saturday, D.G. Wills Books, 7461 Girard Ave., La Jolla.
TOM SPANBAUER – “In the City of Shy Hunters,” 7 p.m. Saturday, The Ink Spot, 710 13th St., San Diego.