Tahoe writer Kayla Anderson has co-authored a new travel guide “Moon Best of California State Parks: Top 50 Parks in the Golden State,” to be released on March 24. 

“Moon Best of California State Parks” reveals fun roundups of the best parks for wildlife, history, family travel and more, plus detailed hike descriptions marked with distance, duration, effort level, and trailheads so park visitors can hit the trails with confidence. 

The co-author of this guidebook, Tahoe local and outdoors expert Anderson, is a longtime Northern Californian who has written extensively about the unique adventures this area has to offer. 

Anderson is a freelance writer based in North Tahoe who regularly contributes to Enjoy Northern California Living magazine, Sierra Nevada Ally, Tahoe Quarterly, Tahoe magazine and Tahoe Guide. Anderson will also be a featured author at the 2026 Truckee Literary Crawl on April 11 at 1 p.m. at Ridgeline Gallery. 

Find her work at kaylaanderson.org.