Halfmann, Janet
Janet Halfmann is an award-winning children’s author who strives to make her books come alive for young readers and listeners. She has written more than thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction. Her Civil War era…
Rozga, Margaret
Margaret Rozga‘s book, 200 Nights and One Day, won a bronze medal for poetry in the 2009 Independent Publishers Book Awards. 200 Nights and One Day tells the story of Milwaukee’s open housing marches in…
Firer,Susan
Susan Firer is the recipient of this year’s Lorine Niedecker Award. Her most recent book is Milwaukee Does Strange Things to People: New & Selected Poems 1970-2007. Her book The Lives of the Saints…
McComas, Paul
Milwaukee native Paul McComas is the author of four critically acclaimed books: his comprehensive genre collection Unforgettable: Harrowing Futures, Horrors, and Dark Humor (2011), the deal for which was made at last year’s SEWI Book Fest (and…
Apps, Jerry
Jerry Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of more than 25 books, many of them on rural history and country life. His…
Busse, Sarah
Sarah Busse is the co-editor of the poetry magazine Verse Wisconsin, and the author of two chapbooks: Quiver (Red Dragonfly Press, 2009) and Given These Magics (Finishing Line Press, 2010). She is the co-author of…
Schoenknecht, John
John Schoenknecht was born and raised in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. After attending UW-Oshkosh, he began a career as a middle school art teacher in the Waukesha, Wisconsin School District. He earned is Master’s Degree in Education from…
Houston, Victoria
Victoria Houston is the author of the Loon Lake Mystery Series — DEAD MADONNA, DEAD HOT SHOT, DEAD RENEGADE, DEAD DECEIVER and DEAD TEASE. DEAD TEASE, twelfth in the series, was published in hardcover, trade…
Anton, Shari
Shari Anton’s resume lists an impressive string of job titles, from personnel clerk to executive secretary. When she took a creative writing class and found she possessed some talent for writing fiction, she dared to…
Giorgio, Kathie
KATHIE GIORGIO’S short story collection, “Enlarged Hearts,” is due to be released in early 2012 by the Main Street Rag Publishing Company. Her first novel, “The Home For Wayward Clocks,” was released on February 1,…