'I Am Able to Do this Job Because of Indie Bookshops'
"I feel like I am, in so many ways, the product of indie bookstores. I grew up in the Bay Area, and there were two bookstores in Berkeley on Telegraph Avenue--Cody's Books (which is no longer there) and Moe's Books. They were basically a few doors down from each other and they were my two favorite places to go when I was a kid. Moe's is this amazing used bookstore.... I love my books and I love these bookshops. They made me who I am, as a reader, as a writer, as a person. I am able to do this job because of indie bookshops....
"Booksellers know so many of the families who come into that shop, like truly know them, know what they've read, what they've liked and what they haven't, and can guide them to those books that will matter most to them. Even when a stranger walks through that door, they often don't leave a stranger. Booksellers are the reason anybody ever found my stuff in the first place."
