Ronnie Hess is an award-winning journalist who has had a long and passionate interest in food, especially French food. She is the author of Eat Smart in France, a culinary travel guide that has received much praise and won several honors. Ronnie lived and worked in France as a reporter Read more…
MWA University-Midwest is a day-long fiction writing series organized by Mystery Writers of America and running concurrently with general Festival programming on June 16, 2012. A tremendous opportunity for writers at all levels and taught by the experts, these top-notch classes explore all facets of writing and publishing. Enrollment is Read more…
Adam Vincent Powell has written hundreds of articles on restaurants and food in Madison, Wisconsin. He writes mostly for The Onion and worked there full-time for many years.
Bradley P. Beaulieu is the author of The Winds of Khalakovo, the first of three planned books in The Lays of Anuskaya series. In addition to being an L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award winner, Brad’s stories have appeared in various other publications, including Realms of Fantasy Magazine, Read more…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…