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…
In a recent interview with Duotrope, The Main Street Publishing Company Managing Editor M. Scott Douglass discusses why he’s a fan of Kathie Giorgio’s writing, what mistakes people often make when submitting their work and the role of modern technologies in publishing. Read the entire interview. http://www.duotrope.com/interview.aspx?id=5960
The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books is pleased to announce the 2012 Century Fence Middle School & High School Student Essay Contest. Hosted and administered by the Festival, this contest is open to current middle and high school students in Waukesha County. The Century Fence Middle School & High School Read more…
Lynne Diebel and Pat Dillon are independent writers. Dillon formerly wrote a regional travel colum and worked in advertising in Milwaukee and Chicago. Diebel previously taught English at Stoughton High School and is coauthor of ABCs Naturally, Paddling Northern Minnesota and Paddling Southern Minnesota. They are coauthors of Green Travel Read more…
Pat Dillon and Lynne Diebel are independent writers. Dillon formerly wrote a regional travel colum and worked in advertising in Milwaukee and Chicago. Diebel previously taught English at Stoughton High School and is coauthor of ABCs Naturally, Paddling Northern Minnesota and Paddling Southern Minnesota. They are coauthors of Green Read more…