SoMa | Kemble Scott | Talks at Google

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Author Kemble Scott discusses his book "SoMa" as part of the Authors@Google series.  SoMa tells the interwoven stories of young people of the tech-driven "millennials" generation on a journey of thrills and self-discovery in San Francisco's notorious South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood. The novel is based on the true tales of the city. Publishers Weekly describes SoMa as "a fun, frisky novel of shock horror."

Kemble Scott is a longtime journalist before turning to fiction, Kemble has three Emmy awards for his work in television news. He also helps run San Francisco's literary festival Litquake, and he's the editor of the monthly e-zine SoMa Literary Review and the weekly email blast SF Bay Area Literary Arts Newsletter.

This event took place January 14, 2008 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

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