Authors of Note

The aftermath of both of the O.J. Simpson trials will be explored this week in Thousand Oaks, as the Fred Goldman family has selected the Barnes & Noble as the site of its local book signing, while prosecutor Christopher Darden visits Borders Books.

Goldman, wife Patti and daughter Kim, who waited for the punitive damages verdict in the O.J. Simpson wrongful-death civil trial before beginning the tour, will sign their book, “His Name Is Ron,” at 12:30 p.m. Monday in the bookstore at 160 S. Westlake Blvd.

Darden, a 15-year veteran of the L.A. County district attorney’s office and associate professor of law at Southwestern University, will be at Borders from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday to sign the paperback edition of his bestseller, “In Contempt,” written with Jess Walter.

Borders is at 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd.

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There are a couple other good reasons to drop by Borders this week. One is Chicago syndicated columnist and best-selling author Bob Greene, the other is local historian Daniel Patrick Brown.

Greene, author of 16 books including “Good Morning, Merrycq Sunshine,” will sign “The 50-Year Dash” and discuss his wry take on the mid-century birthday at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Brown, a Moorpark College instructor, has written “Beautiful Beast,” a biography of Nazi concentration-camp guard Irma Grese. Brown will sign his book and show news clips and slides of the 1945 war crimes trials at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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Three authors are scheduled at Mysteries to Die For, 2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Christine Jorgensen will sign her third Stella the Stargazer mystery, “Curl Up and Die,” at noon Friday. Washington attorney and first-time author Eric Stone will sign “In a Heartbeat” at 11 a.m. Saturday, followed by Lee Goldberg, who will sign his Hollywood show-biz thriller, “Beyond the Beyond,” at noon.

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In Santa Barbara

Award-winning actor and local resident Bradford Dillman will sign his “Are You Anybody? An Actor’s Life” at 3 p.m. Saturday at Tecolote Bookstore, 1470 E. Valley Road, Montecito.

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Autographing authors at the Earthling Bookshop, 1137 State St., include Jean Deeds, who at 7 tonight will sign “There Are Mountains to Climb,” her experiences as a middle-age woman who hiked the entire Appalachian Trail.

* Frances Halpern and Jon O’Brien are co-hosts of “Beyond Words” at 10 a.m. Sundays on KCLU-FM (88.3), Ventura County’s National Public Radio station.