# Event Details - **Event Name**: Author Event with Michelle Smith - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event Description**: Michelle Smith will discuss her book Life’s Work: How Tara VanDerveer ad Stanford Women’s Basketball Changed the Sport.About this EventSmith will be in conversation with Jayne Appel-Marinelli discussing the definitive story of Tara VanDerveer, Stanford women's basketball, and an unmatched legacy of excellence.By the time Tara Vanderveer stepped down from nearly four decades at the helm of Stanford women's basketball, she had surpassed both Pat Summitt and Mike Krzyzewski to become the winningest head coach in NCAA college basketball history. Along the way, she'd led the Cardinal to three national championships and 14 Final Fours, and served as head coach for the 1996 Team USA Olympic team that was a launching pad for professional women's basketball.How did this upstate New York native whose own antiquated basketball experience was a reflection of the limited opportunities available to women in sports prior to Title IX, whose first coaching job was her sister’s recreation league team, become a legend, a Hall of Famer and a standard-bearer for excellence and success?Retracing countless seminal moments in Stanford Cardinal history, Life's Work details the construction and maintenance of an elite women's program and an unmatched legacy in sports. VanDerveer built upon a foundation of relentless competitiveness, intellectual curiosity, and a desire to change with the times and her teams. Beyond the accolades, she established a culture for young women in which they given the opportunity to improve, thrive and emerge into the world after basketball ready to lead. Michelle Smith has covered women's basketball for nearly three decades, a journey that began when she was assigned to report on her first Stanford women’s basketball game in 1995. She was the first-ever women’s basketball columnist for CBSSportsLine and ESPN.com, served as a Stanford beat writer for the San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle, and has also written for publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, The Athletic and SLAM Magazine.Jayne Appel-Marinelli is Senior Vice President of Player Relations for the WNBPA. After a seven-season WNBA career with the San Antonio Stars and a 2010 All-Star nod, she served as WNBA Secretary-Treasurer and was on the CBA negotiations panel. She won a gold medal with the U.S. National Team at the 2010 World Championships. A Stanford alumna, she played under Coach VanDerveer and was named a Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a two-time All-American. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/orinda/author-event-with-michelle-smith/100001987367504705 - **Event Categories**: Sports, Art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Orinda - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Orinda Books - **lat**: 37.8835239 - **long**: -122.19047510000001 - **full address**: Orinda Books, 276 Village Square, Orinda, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Author Event with Michelle Smith - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/15a724459e611526c5fe783386ff6a2f45153a36f317c1aab96e7987d10bb0dc-rimg-w1200-h600-dcb7b7a9-gmir.jpg?v=1776267074 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Author Event with Michelle Smith being held? - **A:** Author Event with Michelle Smith takes place on Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Orinda Books, 276 Village Square, Orinda, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Author Event with Michelle Smith? - **A:** Author Event with Michelle Smith is organized by Orinda Books. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Author Event with Michelle Smith", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/15a724459e611526c5fe783386ff6a2f45153a36f317c1aab96e7987d10bb0dc-rimg-w1200-h600-dcb7b7a9-gmir.jpg?v=1776267074", "startDate": "2026-04-22T18:00:00-07:00", "endDate": "2026-04-22T19:00:00-07:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/orinda/author-event-with-michelle-smith/100001987367504705", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Orinda Books", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "276 Village Square", "postalCode": "94563", "addressLocality": "Orinda", "addressRegion": "CA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "37.8835239", "longitude": "-122.19047510000001" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Michelle Smith will discuss her book Life’s Work: How Tara VanDerveer ad Stanford Women’s Basketball Changed the Sport.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-15", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-22T19:00:00-07:00", "validFrom": "2026-04-15", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/orinda/author-event-with-michelle-smith/100001987367504705" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-15", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-15", "url": "https://allevents.in/orinda/author-event-with-michelle-smith/100001987367504705", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Orinda Books", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/orinda-books/22750263", "description": "We're an independent Californian bookstore serving Lamorinda since 1976. 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