Author Terry Beers

I’m a native Californian who grew up mostly in Ventura County. They were still filming Rawhide episodes there when my family moved to Thousand Oaks. I spent over 30 years teaching California literature at Santa Clara University, recently retiring as professor emeritus of English. I was general editor of the California Legacy Series of books, co-published by Santa Clara University and Heyday Books. I am also the author or editor of six books on California literature, most recently The End of Eden: Agrarian Spaces and the Rise of the California Social Novel (Reno, University of Nevada Press, 2018). I also have a now mostly retired recreational sled dog team that loved exploring California trails.