Community Book Initiative 2024

Luke Nelson

Luke Nelson

Luke is originally from a small town between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite, called Murphys. Luke studied at Cal Poly Humboldt in the field of Exercise Science and Health Promotion.

Rebecca Anderson

Rebecca Anderson

Rebecca Anderson lives in Truckee with her husband Andy and son Huck. She is Senior Head of Education and Research at Action for the Climate Emergency, where she works to support young people in th...

Renee Koijane

Renee Koijane

Renee Koijane has lived in Tahoe nearly 24 years and has raised her two boys with her husband on the West Shore. She is currently a working artist, and has spent time working on various community...

Mike Rogge

Mike Rogge

Mike Rogge is the editor and owner of Mountain Gazette, a bi-annual outdoor culture magazine made right here in Tahoe. A ski journalist for nearly 21 years, Rogge lives in North Lake Tahoe, Califor...

Dr. Wendy Robinson

Dr. Wendy Robinson

Dr. Robinson has been a veterinarian for nearly 30 years and has been serving the Truckee and Tahoe regions for the past 24 years. She received her BS in animal science from California Polytechnic ...

Jared & Julia Drake

Jared & Julia Drake

Julia and Jared Drake are the founders of ​Wildbound PR, a boutique literary PR firm that specializes in media campaigns for authors, publishers, and storytellers around the globe, and ​Wildbound L...

Jessica Lisagor

Jessica Lisagor

Jessica Lisagor lives in Olympic Valley with her beloved husband John Morrison, the amazing Dakota + Kye Morrison, and their Red dog. She loves chasing them all around the mountains, except for Red...

Doug Read

Doug Read

I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, but wanted to live in the mountains and so moved to North Tahoe in 1970. Here, I learned all of the different types of cross-country and backcountry skiing and got...

Niobe Burden Austere

Niobe Burden Austere

I moved to Tahoe in 1998 and I've been a professional photographer for more than 30 years, with travels spanning the world. Currently I have a passion for experimenting with icm (intentional camera...

Colin West

Colin West

Colin is the CEO and Founder of Clean Up The Lake 501(c)3. Equipped with a decade of hands-on experience as a SCUBA diver, Colin has further solidified his expertise by attaining certification as a...