Zubro, Mark

Mark Zubro, born in Racine, Wisconsin, is the author of twenty-two mystery novels and five short stories. His book A Simple Suburban Murder won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Men’s mystery. He taught eighth graders English and reading for thirty-four years. He was president of the teachers’ union Read more…

Cook, Marshall

Marshall J. Cook is Professor emeritus, Division of Continuing Studies,University of Wisconsin-Madison and is the author of 30 books, including: Freeing Your Creativity: A Writer’s Guide (Writer’s Digest Books, 1991.); The Year of the Buffalo: A Novel of Love and Minor League Baseball (Savage Press, 1997); Pack Your Bags: Baseball’s Read more…

Llanas, Sheila Griffin

Sheila Griffin Llanas has written many books for children and teens. She authored three volumes of the series Easy Cookbooks for Kids, Enslow Publications. Each page includes food for the body and the brain, with tidbits about the recipes’ country of origin and unique ingredients.

Schoening, Benjamin

Hailed as “very talented for his young years,” Benjamin Schoening is one of the up–and–coming musical talents of his generation. Although gifted with a rare and beautiful lyric baritone voice, Benjamin chose to begin his musical career as an orchestral French Horn player and later became a conductor; thus he Read more…

Kasper, Eric

Before coming to UW-Barron County, Eric was previously employed as a teaching assistant, lecturer, and adjunct professor at UW-Eau Claire, UW-Madison, and UW-Milwaukee. His areas of expertise are American politics, judicial politics, public law, political theory, and international relations. Eric and colleague Benjamin Schoening recently published the book Don’t Stop Read more…

Kowalski, Dean

Dean A. Kowalski received his A.B. from Ripon College and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he is currently an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. Specializing in the philosophy of religion, he has published research articles in such journals as Religious Studies and Philosophy and Theology. Read more…

Greenslit, Sara

Sara Greenslit has won two innovative fiction awards: the 2009 FC2 Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Award for her novel, As If a Bird Flew By Me, and the 2006 Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction for her novel, The Blue of Her Body. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she is a Read more…