Downtown LA

The Boatbuilder - Book Release and Signing with Daniel Gumbiner

The Boatbuilder - Book Release and Signing with Daniel Gumbiner

An intimate talk with author Daniel Gumbiner on the first stop on his tour for his new book, The Boatbuilder. He will be joined by special guest Kevin Moffett, followed by a book signing, cocktails, and conversations.


Daniel Gumbiner was born and raised in Northern California. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 2011 and now lives in Southern Nevada. This is his first novel.

Kevin Moffett is the author of two story collections and a collaborative novel, The Silent History. His stories and essays have appeared in McSweeney’s, Tin House, American Short Fiction, The Believer, The Best American Short Stories and elsewhere. He has received the National Magazine Award, the Nelson Algren Award, the Pushcart Prize and a literature fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. He teaches at Claremont McKenna College and in the low-residency MFA at the University of Tampa.