Kelly Barnhill is a teacher, writer and mom from Minneapolis. She writes fiction and non-fiction – things that are Literary and Speculative and Informative and Frightening and Odd. Sometimes she does all of these things at once. She’s the author Read more…
Jeanette Hurt is an award-winning author and writer who specializes in writing about food, wine and travel. Her latest book is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Sausage Making, and she also is the author of The Cheeses of Wisconsin: A Read more…
David Carter attended college at Emory University, where he majored in religion while also taking many French courses. He received his MA in South Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin. Soon after moving to Wisconsin, he became a gay activist. Read more…
Andrew M. Mclean, rare books expert and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, has taught classes on the history of printing & book collecting, and owned Martha Merrell’s Bookstore in Racine (WI). He has served as an appraiser and Read more…
The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books is pleased to announce Tawni O’Dell as its 2012 Keynote Speaker. O’Dell will give the keynote address at 6 p.m. Friday, June 15. O’Dell’s remarks will be followed by an interview with Jean Feraca, Read more…
G. K. Wuori is the author of over a hundred stories published throughout the world in the U.S., Japan, India, Germany, Spain, Algeria, Ireland, and Brazil. A Pushcart Prize winner and recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, his work Read more…
B.J. Best holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Hanging Loose, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Mid-American Review, Nimrod, North American Review, Quarterly West, and Sentence. His is the author of State Read more…
Kim Wilson is a writer, speaker, editor, gardening enthusiast, and a life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. She lives in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with her husband and their two daughters, whom she is bringing up to love Read more…
Dr. Walter Sava is the Executive Director of Latino Arts, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI). His previous experience includes six years serving as Executive Director of La Casa de Esperanza, Inc. in Waukesha, Wisconsin, General Supervisor of Community Services for Wisconsin Read more…
Angela Maycock serves as Assistant Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association. She provides guidance and support to librarians, teachers, and others on the application of ALA’s intellectual freedom policies and the First Amendment in Read more…