Macken, JoAnn Early
JoAnn Early Macken’s newest picture books are Waiting Out the Storm (Candlewick Press, 2010) and Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move (Holiday House, 2008). Baby Says, “Moo!” will be published by Disney-Hyperion Books in…
Kokoris, Jim
Jim Kokoris is the author of three novels, The Rich Part of Life, Sister North and the recently released The Pursuit of Other Interests, He is also a humorist. More than a dozen of his…
Tromblay, Peggy
Peggy Tromblay’s children’s writing includes everything from picture books to novels. Her award-winning work has appeared in various children’s magazines, Writer’s Digest, and The Institute of Children’s Literature’s anthology on revision. Children’s Writer newsletter describes…
Sullivan, Stephen D.
Stephen D. Sullivan is the award-winning author of more than 30 published books and has worked on more comics and game material than he can easily count. He has been in publishing since 1980, when…
Keefe, Chris
There are things which Chris Keefe hates more than bios, though he is hard pressed to think of any now. Chris’ two alien parents crash landed in Madison in the 1950’s, Chris was born 15…
Galligan, John
John Galligan is the author of The Wind Knot (February, 2011), fourth in a series of mysteries featuring a wandering trout bum who becomes a reluctanct sleuth when bodies turn up on the stream. The…
Kozak, Ellen
ELLEN M. KOZAK is a Milwaukee copyright, publishing and media lawyer and the author of several pseudonymous novels, many articles, and three nonfiction books: From Pen to Print: The Secrets of Getting Published Successfully (winner…
Callanan, Liam
Liam Callanan is a novelist, essayist and creator of the Poetry Everywhere animated film series. He teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, whose English department he will chair next year.
Paradis, Trudy Knauss
Trudy Knauss Paradis was born in Milwaukee to German immigrant parents. She was raised in a close-knit Milwaukee neighborhood, where residents regularly spoke German on the street. Trudy graduated from Milwaukee-Downer college with a degree…
Marshall, Susan
Susan Marshall is an author, speaker and independent business owner whose career spans more than 25 years and includes a wide range of experiences. From an early start as an advertising assistant, she progressed through…