Michael Schumacher is the award-winning author of ten books, including biographies of Allen Ginsberg (Dharma Lion), Phil Ochs (There But for Fortune), Francis Ford Coppola (Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker’s Life). Eric Clapton (Crossroads), George…
Jacquelyn Mitchard is the author of the number one New York Times bestselling novel, The Deep End of the Ocean — chosen as the first book for Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club and named by USA…
John Koethe was born in San Diego in 1945 and educated at Princeton and Harvard Universities. He has published eight books of poetry, including FALLING WATER (HarperCollins, 1997), which received the Kingsley Tufts Award, and…
Bruce Dethlefsen has been appointed Wisconsin Poet Laureate for 2011-2012. His mission is to promote Wisconsin poets and poetry. He is the author of two chapbooks, Decent Reed and Something Near the Dance Floor, which…
Robert Goldsborough has been a writer and editor in Chicago for almost half a century. He spent more than 20 years each with the Chicago Tribune (where he was Sunday Magazine Editor for seven years)…
Margaret Pfeiffer is a practicing cardiac nutritionist and a board certified clinical lipid specialist. On staff with ProHealth Care Regional Heart and Vascular Center, Margaret works in Preventive Cardiology at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. She has…
John Gurda is a Milwaukee-born writer and historian who has been studying his hometown since 1972. He is the author of nineteen books, including histories of Milwaukee-area neighborhoods, industries, and places of worship. The Making…
Raised in Washington State by parents who ground their own whole wheat flour, baked fresh bread every weekend, and regularly planned meals using Frances Moore Lappé’s vegetarian manifesto Diet for a Small Planet, Danielle developed…
Dean A. Kowalski received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. Specializing in the philosophy of religion, he has published research articles…
Laura Schaefer is the author of The Teashop Girls (Simon & Schuster, 2008), a novel for young readers set in Madison, Wisconsin. She got her start as a contributor to the University of Wisconsin’s student…
