Rickert, Mary
Mary Rickert grew up in Fredonia, Wisconsin. She is the author of the World Fantasy Award winning short story collection, “Map of Dreams.” Her work has been anthologized in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the…
Jacobs, Deborah Lynn
After earning her Masters in Counseling Psychology, Deborah Lynn Jacobs worked as a counselor at a community college in Ontario. After ten years, she and her husband and children moved to the isolated northern town…
Stebelton, Chuck
Chuck Stebelton works as Literary Program Director at Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee. He is author of Circulation Flowers (Tougher Disguises, 2005). Recent print objects and chapbooks include ‘Tis’ (The John Riepenhoff Experience, 2009);…
Ravnikar, Nicholas Michael
Nicholas Michael Ravnikar teaches writing, reading and communication (but not necessarily in that order) at Gateway Technical College in Racine and Kaplan University in Milwaukee. In addition to facilitating a variety of non-profit arts workshops…
Rothfuss, Patrick
Patrick Rothfuss published his first book, The Name of the Wind, in 2007. Since then the book has become a New York Times best seller, been praised by authors such as Ursula K LeGuin, and…
McQuestion, Karen
Karen McQuestion’s essays have appeared in Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Christian Science Monitor and several anthologies. She is the author of six books self-published on Amazon’s Kindle, one of which, the novel, A Scattered…
Vey, Barbara
As Senior Editorial Contributor for Publishers Weekly, Barbara Vey brings readers and writers together with her popular Beyond Her Book blog. From her entertaining “Drive By Videos” to reader feedback on books with WW Ladies…
Rumpf, Eva
Eva Augustin Rumpf is the author of the memoir Reclamation: Memories from a New Orleans Girlhood, the satiric novel Prot U and co-author of Til Divorce Do Us Part, a self-help book for women in…
Chaconas, Dori
Dori Chaconas was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The second child in a family of seven, she fell into the role of storyteller, nursery rhyme singer, and general entertainer for her siblings. She claims she learned…
Next Door Foundation To Collect Books for Kids
Milwaukee’s Next Door Foundation will be at the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books collecting new and gently used children’s books for their Books for Kids program. This program, founded in 1990, works through book drives like…