Amy Wallace, daughter of author Irving Wallace, met Carlos Castaneda on her father’s recommendation when she was 15. “You would love him,” he said. And eventually she did. Wallace had already established herself as a successful writer when, pursued and seduced by Castaneda’s stories, charisma and promise of marriage, she joined him in Mexico only…

Amy Ephron, yes, that Ephron family, is the next author to speak at Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series. She is the author of bestsellers “One Sunday Morning,” and “A Cup of Tea” that spent 37 weeks on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller list. Santiago will interview Ephron about her new collection of stories, “Loose Diamonds,…

Peter and Ann Kindfield, recent arrivals, bring an extraordinary level of teaching experience and academic accomplishments to the Hill. Both have doctorates from the University of California, Berkeley, in science and mathematics education. Both have long careers in education, including as educational researchers, professors at major universities, public-school teachers and teachers in alternative community schools…