Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is very pleased to host former Diesel Oakland bookseller Nina LaCour as she discusses and signs the paperback release of her debut young adult novel, Hold Still, on Saturday, October 16 at 3pm. Nina LaCour grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her first job was at fourteen in an independent bookstore, and she has since worked in two others. She has tutored and taught in various places, from a juvenile hall to a private college. She now teaches English at an independent high school, and lives in Oakland, California.