O.C. BOOKS AND AUTHORS

* Stephen Hunter will discuss and sign “Hot Spring” at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., Garden Grove. 11 a.m. today. (714) 898-2583. Hunter also will sign at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange. 1 p.m. today. (714) 538-3210.

* Mark Victor Hanson and Bud Gardner will sign “Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul” at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. 7 p.m. Monday. (949) 759-9119.

* L.M. Lawson will discuss and sign “Green Flash” at Barnes & Noble in Metro Pointe, 901 S. Coast Drive, Costa Mesa. 7 p.m. Wednesday. (714) 444-0226.

* Steve Nakamoto will sign “Men Are Like Fish” at Barnes & Noble in the Huntington Beach Mall, 7777 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach. 7 p.m. Wednesday. (714) 897-8781.

* Kent Braithwaite will sign “The Wonderland Murders” at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. 7 p.m. Thursday. (949) 759-0982.

* Barbara DeMarco Barrett will interview Sara Davidson (“Cowboy”) on “Writers on Writing” on KUCI (88.9 FM) in Irvine. 5 p.m. Thursday.

* Debra Taubenslag will discuss and sign “Not Crazy, Just Enlightened” at Borders Books and Music, 429 Associated Road, Brea. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. (714) 672-0120. She also will speak and sign at The Learning Light Bookstore, 1212 Lincoln Ave., Anaheim. 7:30 p.m. Friday. (714) 772-6528.

* Steven Hendlin will discuss and sign “The Disciplined Online Investor” at Borders Books and Music in South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. 2 p.m. Saturday. (714) 432-7854.

* Don Tooker will read and sign “The Second Luckiest Pilot” at Barnes & Noble in The Market Place, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine. 5:30 p.m. Saturday. (714) 508-9707.

* Karen Rauch Carter will discuss and sign “Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness” at Barnes & Noble in The Market Place, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine. 3 p.m. Saturday. (714) 508-9707.

* Peter Straub will sign “Magic Terror” at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange. 10:30 a.m. Saturday. (714) 538-3210.

Send information about book-related events at least 10 days before event to: Dennis McLellan, O.C. Books & Authors, The Times’ Orange County edition, 1375 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Or e-mail to dennis.mclellan@latimes.com.