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…
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…
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…
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,…
Lynne Austin lives in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with her husband and four grown children. Lynne draws from her experiences as a registered nurse, holistic practitioner, and spiritual teacher. As her clients have reached out to her, looking…
Paul Buhle, retired Senior Lecturer at Brown University, now living in Madison, Wisconsin, is author or editor of forty-one volumes including nine comic art books. He is a frequent collaborator with Harvey Pekar, and their…
WENDY VARDAMAN, www.wendyvardaman.com, lives in Madison, Wisconsin and is the author of Obstructed View (Fireweed Press). She works for The Young Shakespeare Players, a children’s theater company, co-edits Verse Wisconsin, www.versewisconsin.org, and does not own…
In November 2008, following a highly competitive application process, Governor James Doyle appointed Marilyn L. Taylor as Poet Laureate for the State of Wisconsin. Previously she served a two-year term as Poet Laureate of the…
John Lehman is the founder and original publisher of Rosebud, a national magazine of short stories, poetry and illustration for people who enjoy good writing. He is the poetry editor of the Wisconsin People &…
Scott Zieher is co-owner of the New York City contemporary art gallery ZieherSmith (est. 2003). He was the winner of the Emergency Press 2004 annual contest for his book-length poem, VIRGA, published in 2005. His…
