Andy Robinson is a junior at Palo Alto High School in California, and he’s a co-chair for the Teen Advisory Council of the Palo Alto History Museum. He's also been a volunteer for the U.S. Lighthouse Society’s passport program. He’s now in the process of starting a California chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society, which will be called the California Lighthouse Society. A website has been established for the chapter: www.calighthousesociety.org

J. Dennis Robinson is a popular columnist, lecturer, and public historian living in Portsmouth on the New Hampshire Seacoast. He’s the author of a dozen nonfiction books and more than 3000 published articles on a variety of history topics, including the local lighthouses. His latest book is a mystery novel called "Point of Graves." He discusses his new book in this interview, as well the iconic importance of the region’s lighthouses.