Keith Raffel discusses and signs his new novel Smasher: A Silicon Valley Thriller

Palo Alto City Library presents Keith Raffel. Smasher unfolds its plot within Palo Alto's high stakes world of tech companies, Stanford's physics labs, and the D.A.s.

As counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Raffel watched over CIA activities. He founded UpShot Corp. and sold it to Siebel Systems. He has also been a college writing instructor, candidate for elective office, and professional gambler.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Palo Alto Library.