For many years Carol has illustrated for a wide variety of magazines, newspapers, advertising, and text and trade books for children. Her work has appeared in over 45 picture books. In 1991, her illustrations first appeared in the children’s book, Sea Squares by Joy Hulme which was selected as an Read more…
Mike Konopacki is a political/labor cartoonist living in Madison, Wisconsin. He began labor cartooning for the Madison Press Connection, a local daily created by striking newspaper workers in 1978. After the paper folded in 1980, Mike began syndicating his labor cartoons through the labor news service, Press Associates, Inc. In Read more…
Bob Anderson is a retired Wisconsin Librarian who after 39 years is free to pursue his favorite hobby, the teaching of Cartooning, whenever the spirit moves him. A regular teacher at the Kenosha Public Museum in the adult and kids class and workshop offerings, he has also taught Cartooning at Read more…
At heart, Peef and Lo (aka Paul and Lori Fredrich) are just two devoted Milwaukeeans who share a passion for seasonal cooking, local eating, and fantastic entertaining. They haunt farmer’s markets in the summer, and befriend local farmers, restaurateurs, and food artisans every chance they get. And there’s nothing they Read more…
Ilona Fridl was born in Southern California and came to live in Wisconsin in 1971. She took creative writing in college, but never took her dream anywhere until her husband, Mark, bought their first computer in 1995. Then she has sold through the years several short stories and articles to Read more…
C.J. Hribal is the author of the novels The Company Car, which received the Anne Powers Book Award, and American Beauty, and of the short fiction collections Matty’s Heart and The Clouds in Memphis, which won the AWP Award for Short Fiction. He also edited The Boundaries of Twilight: Czecho-Slovak Read more…
Abby Frucht won the Iowa Short Fiction award for her collection of stories, FRUIT OF THE MONTH, in 1987. Since then she has published five novels, raised two sons, been award two national endowment for the arts fellowships, and served as mentor and advisor for fifteen years at Vermont College Read more…
Heather McComas won the 2008 Leo Love Merit Scholarship to attend the Taos Summer Writers’ Conference, where she studied with Pam Houston. Heather’s short story “What You’re Looking At” was published in the 2007 anthology Further Persons Imperfect; she has also been published as a science writer. She is currently finishing a trio Read more…
Deb DiSandro, owner of Slightly Off, is a professional speaker, author, writing coach, instructor and purseologist. For 20 years, she has shared her Slightly Off Success Principles with writers and audiences across the country. Deb demonstrates how embracing a more fun and realistic approach to life’s challenges leads to laughter, Read more…
Stuart Stotts is a songwriter, storyteller and author from Deforest, Wisconsin. He’s worked as a full-time performer since 1986, and he gives over 200 shows a year for kids, families and adults around the Midwest, and sometimes farther. He’s a frequent presenter at conferences and workshops around the country and Read more…