Mary Helen Stefaniak’s second novel, The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia (W. W. Norton), has been awarded a 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction. The Anisfield-Wolf awards “recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures.” Juror Rita Dove described Read more…
Clare O’Donohue is the author of MISSING PERSONS, the first in the Kate Conway Mysteries, as well as three Someday Quilts Mysteries (THE LOVERS KNOT, A DRUNKARD’S PATH & THE DOUBLE CROSS. Clare began her writing career as a newspaper reporter for a small weekly paper outside Joliet, Illinois. She Read more…
Stephanie Kuehnert got her start writing bad poetry about unrequited love and razor blades in eighth grade. In high school, she discovered punk rock and produced several DIY feminist ‘zines. Stephanie received her MFA in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago and was named to Newcity’s Lit 50 in 2008. Her debut Read more…
David Mulroy holds a BA from Georgetown and a PhD in Classics from Stanford. He is now a professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he has worked since 1973. He has published four books of translations of ancient Greek and Latin Poetry, Early Greek Lyric Poetry (Michigan Read more…
Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli is a writer who writes—constantly. She is a book reviewer with the alternative newspaper, The Northern Express, in Traverse City, Michigan. Her short stories have appeared in many journals. She has had essays turned into stage pieces and performed. Her first mystery novel, Gift of Evil, was Read more…
Hallie Ephron’s new suspense novel “Come and Find Me,” from William Morrow, follows her “Never Tell a Lie” which was a finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and for the Salt Lake Libraries Readers Choice Award, and won the David Award for best mystery of 2009. It was made Read more…
Editor and award-winning author J.R. Turner is a huge fan of all things fun and thrilling. She gets a kick out of surprising her kids and loves to tell goofy jokes—that aren’t always funny. She lives in Wisconsin, a state known for cheese, bratwurst, and beer—and 1001 recipes for Cheesy Read more…
Wayne Breitbarth is co-owner and co-president of M&M Office Interiors in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Prior to his involvement in the office furniture business, he spent nearly twenty years in the automotive industry. He received his BBA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and his MBA from Marquette University. Wayne is also a Read more…
Michael Kress-Russick has been a freelance medical illustrator and designer for nineteen years. After becoming a father in 1998, he became interested in children’s book illustration. His first picture book (MOON OVER THE MOUNTAIN, by Keith Polette) was published by Raven Tree Press in September of 2009. Michael will discuss Read more…
DAVID J. WALKER is the author of ten published mystery/suspense novels. His most recent book is Too Many Clients, a 2010 release from Severn House. This is the fifth book in his “Wild Onion, Ltd.” series, featuring a wife/husband private eye team. The sixth book in that series, The Towman’s Read more…