Gabrielle Selz is an award-winning author. Selz will discuss her new book, Light on Fire: The Art and Life of Sam Francis with artist, writer, and board member of the Sam Francis Foundation, Jon Seed. Light on Fire is the first comprehensive biography of the revered American painter and Anderson Collection artist, Sam Francis. Her previous book, Unstill Life: Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction, received the best memoir of the year award from the American Society of Authors and Journalists. Her essays and art reviews have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, the Daily Beast, The Los Angeles Times, Literary Hub, Hyperallergic, SquareCylinder, Art & Object, Art Papers, The Rumpus, and The Huffington Post, among others.
