education in America. Anderson named the campaign "The World is Listening" and the phrase was later used to promote the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards. On February 16, 2012, he and his wife hosted Barack Obama's fundraising visit to San Francisco, at his home in Pacific Heights. Singer Al Green, bassist Les Claypool, harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite and blues player Booker T. Jones performed for the fundraiser. Anderson was named the Colonial Standard Bearer for the 2013 Selkirk Common Riding in Selkirk, Scotland. His great-grandfather, Robert "Honolulu Bob" Anderson was a founder of the Colonial Society and received the same honor as Colonial Standard Bearer one hundred years prior, in 1913. Activism In June 2004, Anderson created an anti-Iraq War poster campaign which juxtaposed an Abu Graib prisoner, the American Flag, and the slogan "Got Democracy?". The poster became part of the collection at Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles. In 2019, Anderson funded Ishmael Reed's The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda and played the role of historian Ron Chernow for the first four staged readings that took place in January 2019 at Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Selected works Books Boonville (Creative Arts Book Company, 2001) (reprinted, HarperCollins, 2003) The Death of Teddy Ballgame (play) (Molotov Editions, 2016) Films Pig Hunt Windows on the World Albums (Executive Producer) SFJAZZ Collective: The Songs of Stevie Wonder. Winner of Outstanding Jazz Album at 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards. (Honorary Producer) SFJAZZ Collective: Live 2006 3rd Annual Concert Tour. (Honorary Producer) SFJAZZ Collective: Live 2007 4th Annual Concert Tour. (Executive Producer) Edward Simon: Venezuelan Suite (2014). (Executive Producer) Edward Simon: Latin American Songbook (2015) Winner of Outstanding Jazz Album at 48th Annual NAACP Image Awards. (Executive Producer) Miguel Zenón: Tipico. 2017 Grammy nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album 2018 Grammy nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album (Associate Producer) Miguel Zenón: Identities Are Changeable. 2017 Latin Grammy nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album. (Executive Producer) David Sánchez: Carib. Nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and for Outstanding Jazz Album at 51st Annual NAACP Image Awards. (Executive Producer) Windows on the World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. References External links Anderson at the HarperCollins Publishers website Review of Boonville, Salon Anderson's SF haunts at "On The Town", San Francisco Chronicle 1968 births Living people 21st-century American novelists Writers from San Francisco Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign American male novelists