Malibu Burning

“Rather than focus on the enormity of Los Angeles County’s largest wildfire in recorded history, Robert Kerbeck takes a much more personal and thoroughly riveting approach, allowing the reader to see the Woolsey Fire through the eyes of individuals who lived through it.”
- Sharan Street, former managing editor, LA Weekly

“Robert Kerbeck puts a human face on the type of tragedy that grabs headlines but then fades from our collective memory all-too-soon. Blending personal narrative and investigative research, Kerbeck shows us the real story of what happens when a community faces down disaster.”
- Brendan Spiegel, Co-Founder & Editorial Director, Narratively

“Thrilling, well researched and occasionally light-hearted, this is a unique and special book.”
- Paul Kolsby, writer for the critically acclaimed Netflix series, Ozark

“Kerbeck´s writing is so organic...so emotionally intimate...that it is impossible to not be pulled in.”
- SJ Main Muñoz, award-winning director, writer, and producer

“What Robert Kerbeck shows us is the real Malibu: a small town much like any other across America and in the instance of the Woolsey Fire, betrayed by the very entities that were supposed to defend it. What you also see rising up out of the ashes is community, a new generation of leaders, and hope. A riveting and heartbreaking book, but also inspiring.”
- Liz Ziemska, Pushcart Prize winning author of Mandelbrot the Magnificent