Writers @ Sonoma Reading with novelists Domenic Stansberry and Stefan Kiesbye

Bennett Valley Room
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Free and open to the public.

Crime novelist, editor, and essayist Domenic Stansberry is known for innovative noir fiction that delves into the criminal mind. His most recent novel, The Lizard (2025), follows award-winning works including The White Devil—winner of the Hammett Prize—and The Confession, an Edgar Award–winning neo-noir classic. His North Beach Mystery Series, featuring investigator Dante Mancuso, earned praise for its vivid portrayal of San Francisco’s ethnic and political subcultures, with The Ancient Rain named by Booklist as one of the decade’s best crime novels. Translated worldwide, Stansberry lives north of San Francisco with his wife, poet Gillian Conoley, and their daughter, Gillis. 

Stefan Kiesbye is the award-winning author of nine books of fiction, including the recently released The Nine Thoughts; Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone; and But I Don’t Know You. His stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. Kiesbye teaches creative writing and literature at Sonoma State University.
 

This event is generously sponsored by Instructionally Related Activities and the Department of English, Sonoma State University.