* JACK CADY
Recently retired from teaching, Jack Cady offers his latest novel, The Haunting of Hood Canal, which is a creepy story set in a small town on Hood Canal. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
JANE MARGOLIS AND ALLAN FISHER
Margolis and Fisher examine the reasons for the tech world's gender gap in their new book, Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women Computing. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
JENNIFER WORKMAN, MS, RD.
Workman's book Stop Your Cravings: A Balanced Approach to Burning Fat, Increasing Energy, and Reducing Stress examines our overweight society. Workman finds the answers to our immense problem in Asia. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.
BELL HOOKS
bell hooks promises to tell the truth about white oppression. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free tickets (two per request) available starting Jan 26.
JOANNE PENCE & DEBORAH DONNELLY
Today, Pence signs Bell Book and Candle (a culinary mystery), and Donnelly signs Veiled Threats (a debut mystery). Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St, 587-5737, 12-1 pm, free.
* JOEL SCHALIT
Reviewed this issue. Editor (Punk Planet, Bad Subjects) and musician (Elders of Zion) Schalit is here with his new book called Jerusalem Calling: A Homeless Conscience in a Post-Everything World. Schalit will be accompanied by Seattle Research Institute's Charles Mudede and Nic Veroli, who will read from the institute's new book Politics Without the State. Barnes & Noble, 2700 NE University Village, 517-4107, 1 pm, free. Also at Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
I. J. GOLDMAN
Goldman's debut novel, Morris and the Marshmallow, is about an innocuous marshmallow who challenges a man to examine life's meaning. Tree of Life Judaica & Books, 2201 NE 65th St, 527-1130, 2 pm, free.
JOHN GRAY, Ph.D.
Gray's Mars & Venus In the Workplace is about counseling, communication, the workplace, life, men, women, planets, understanding, principles, harmony, cooperation, CEOs, executives, managers, assistants, and collaboration. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
* ANCHEE MIN
Min's excellent 1994 memoir, Red Azalea, recounts her dazzling past in China. Seattle Arts & Lectures, Benaroya Hall's S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Third Ave at University St, 621-2230, 7:30 pm, $7.50-$18.
MARK LEIBOVICH
Washington Post technology reporter Mark Leibovich interviewed Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, John Chambers, and Jeff Bezos for his book The New Imperialists. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5 pm, free.
WILLIAM KENNEDY
The acclaimed novelist reads from what is left of his life. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
* ELLIOTT BAY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
See Stranger Suggests. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
BRAD MELTZER
Meltzer's The Millionaires is about three million dollars, two brothers, murder, the Secret Service, and independent private investigators. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.
VICKI HALPER
Seattle-based curator and art writer Vicki Halper is here tonight with her newest book, Findings: The Jewelry of Ramona Solberg. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
* SUBTEXT READING
Susan Landers and Joseph Zitt read in what is certainly the best reading series in the city. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 323-4316, www.speakeasy.org/subtext, 7:30 pm, $5 suggested donation.