Two students from the Southwestern Oregon Community College autobiography class — one current and one former — will offer short presentations on a books they partially worked on during class and later published.

The presentations will be held at 3:15 p.m. in the Coos Campus Writing Center.

• Oct. 26: Autobiography student Nina Gee will discuss her book, “Springer’s Quest, Life Story of a Pacific Chinook Salmon.” The Coos Bay author, a former journalist and teacher, chronicles the salmon’s descent from the California Salmon and Klamath rivers into the Pacific Ocean. Narrating about the biology and environment along the way, the author follows the salmon’s years at sea and finally its incredible effort to return to the natal stream to spawn and die.

• Nov. 2, Carolyn Prola will discuss her book “The Wallsers in Wonderland.” Prola is a former member of the Myrtle Point City Council, a promoter of skateboarding and has always been interested in Gypsies, show business and circuses. She is a student of cultural anthropology, genealogy, family history and creative writing.  

Prola’s maternal grandfather and his siblings were born and raised in the culture of the British caravan dwellers known as Travelers. Her book was written to preserve their history and give readers a peek into their everyday lives.