Chris Carlsson

Chris Carlsson, co-director of the multimedia history project Shaping San Francisco (digital history archive at foundsf dot org), is a writer, editor, historian, photographer, and book designer. He has written four books (When Shells Crumble, Hidden San Francisco, After the Deluge, Nowtopia) edited six books, (Reclaiming San Francisco, The Political Edge, Bad Attitude, Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration, Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco, 1968-78 (gold medalist, California Book Awards 2011), and Shift Happens! Critical Mass at 20). He has produced weekly Public Talks since January 2006 and also conducts award-winning bicycle, walking, and boat history tours. His website is his name plus dot com.