Category: Book Excerpts and News

As visitors fill the Orland Carnegie Community Center to hear author Steven T. Callan, extra chairs are needed.
November 7, 2021

A standing-room-only crowd showed up at the Orland Carnegie Community Center this week to hear me talk about my latest book, The Case of the…

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Author Steven T. Callan and the staff of the Chico Barnes and Noble on the morning of his book signing at the store
October 23, 2021

Last Saturday’s book signing at the Chico Barnes and Noble was so much fun. We were greeted at the open door by store managers Caitlyn…

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Author Steven T. Callan and Kathy Callan make a stop, during Steve's 2016-2017 book tour, at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
October 1, 2021

Hi, Everybody, I hope you’re all happy, healthy, and doing well. I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your glowing reviews of…

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Author Steven T. Callan and Kathy Callan make a stop, during Steve's 2016-2017 book tour, at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
July 10, 2020

Hi, Everyone, Kathy and I hope you and your families are safe and well.

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Author Steven T. Callan receives the "Best Outdoor Book of 2016" award, from the Outdoor Writers Association of California, for his sequel, The Game Warden's Son.
May 5, 2017

Last week, the Outdoor Writers Association of California presented me with the “Best Outdoor Book of 2016” award for my sequel, The Game Warden’s Son….

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Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery, which is featured in "Crowley Trout Opener," a chapter in Badges, Bears, and Eagles--The True-Life Adventures of a California Fish and Game Warden by Steven T. Callan.
January 29, 2017

The last weekend in April marked the opening of trout season in California’s Eastern Sierra Mountains. This annual spectacle rivals the Mardi Gras in New…

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Ring-necked pheasants were plentiful in and around the rice fields of Butte County during the 1950s.
January 7, 2017

“That’s strange,” said Berg, pulling to a stop and reaching for his binoculars. “What’s that fancy new car doing out here in the middle of…

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Warden Wally Callan in the ghost town of Newville, California, circa 1962. Photo by Steven T. Callan.
December 2, 2016

Out of beer and three sheets to the wind, the three deer poachers turned west on Newville Road and headed northeast toward Paskenta. Rounding the…

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The fish rescue crew: Mike Cauble, Paul Martens, Glenn Tibessart, unidentified gentleman, Steve Callan, and Kenny Callan, circa 1964. As the Orland Fish and Game warden, my father, Wally Callan, had organized this effort to rescue stranded fish in Stony Creek.
July 31, 2016

Writing the chapter “The Road to Plaskett Meadows” in my sequel, The Game Warden’s Son, was a trip down Memory Lane for me. In it,…

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Lower Battle Creek as it would appear during the fall salmon run. Photo by Author Steven T. Callan.
March 27, 2016

This is an excerpt from “Stakeout at Battle Creek,” a chapter in my recently released sequel, The Game Warden’s Son. I’m sometimes asked if I…

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