The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books and Martha Merrell’s Books launch a new writers series on February 9, 2012. First in our lineup: An Evening With Reed Farrel Coleman. Join us for a special reception with award-winning mystery author Reed Farrel Coleman. Meet the author while enjoying the atmosphere Read more…
Marcia Carmichael enjoys all aspects of heirloom plants, from propagation to harvest, and from folklore to fact. As the historical gardener at Old World Wisconsin, a 576 acre living history museum, she exercises her passion for historical accuracy and enjoys the research as much as the design, creation, and nurturing Read more…
Jess Lourey is the author of the Lefty-nominated Murder-by-Month mysteries set in Battle Lake, Minnesota, and featuring amateur sleuth, Mira James. November Hunt, the seventh in the series, hit shelves March 2012. In a starred review, Booklist says, “It’s not easy to make people laugh while they’re on the edge Read more…
Adrienne Giordano writes romantic suspense and women’s fiction. She is a Jersey girl at heart, but now lives in the Midwest with her workaholic husband, sports obsessed son and Buddy the Wheaten Terrorist (Terrier). She is a co-founder of Romance University blog. For more information on Adrienne’s books please visit www.AdrienneGiordano.com. Read more…
Anselmo Villarreal is the President and CEO of La Casa de Esperanza, a community-based organization dedicated to serving the low-income and Latino population of Waukesha, Wisconsin since 1966. He has 24 years of experience in non-profit management and under Mr. Villarreal’s leadership, La Casa has expanded its programs and services Read more…
Anne Laughlin is the author of Veritas, which won a 2010 Goldie award in the Mystery category. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies from Cleis Press, Alyson Books, Bold Strokes Books and others. Runaway, her next novel with Bold Strokes Books, will be published in March 2012. In 2008 Anne was Read more…
Ann Angel, a writer, editor and the English graduate program director in writing at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, focuses her work on family and young adult sensibilities and issues. Her critically acclaimed young adult biography, Janis Joplin:Rise Up Singing, was awarded the 2011 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award by the American Read more…
Kathleen Ernst’s Chloe Ellefson/Historic Sites mysteries are rooted in her time as a curator at Old World Wisconsin, the historic site near Eagle. Old World Murder (2010) and The Heirloom Murders (2011) will soon be followed by The Lightkeeper’s Legacy, set in Door County. Kathleen’s fiction for young readers includes eight historical Read more…
Impressed by the kindness of her first teachers, the School Sisters of Notre Dame, Sister Flynn decided to follow their example and professed vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame at the age of 20. She graduated from Mount Mary College and holds a masters degree in theology from Read more…