Peterson, Joan
Joan Peterson: writes and publishes the EAT SMART series of guidebooks for travelers and cookbook lovers, who want to get to the heart of a country’s culture through its cuisine. Her richly detailed and well-researched Eat Smart…
Hess, Ronnie
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…
Registration Open for MWA University-Midwest
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…
Powell, Adam
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.
Beaulieu, Bradley P.
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…