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…
Santovec, Mary Lou
Mary Lou Santovec is a writer and editor living in Jefferson, Wisconsin. She has published articles in newspapers, newsletters and magazines on a variety of topics including higher education, community banking, lifestyles, health and gardening.…
Dwyer, Kelly
A graduate of Oberlin College and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Kelly Dwyer has written two novels, The Tracks of Angels and Self-Portrait with Ghosts, both published by Penguin Putnam Inc., and two children’s books, Sophie’s…
Coyle, Sharon
Sharon Coyle is a storytime presenter/storyteller who loves seeing the excited faces of children when they are listening to a tale. She has been doing storytime programs since 2003 at coffee houses, libraries, day care…
Watson, Larry
Larry Watson is the author of Montana 1948, White Crosses, Orchard, Sundown, Yellow Moon, and others novels. He has published stories and poems in Gettysburg Review, New England Review, North American Review, and other journals…
Coleman, Reed Farrel
Called the noir poet laureate in the Huffington Post and a hard-boiled poet by NPR’s Maureen Corrigan, Reed Farrel Coleman is the former executive vice president of Mystery Writers of America. He has published thirteen…
Wheeler, Lisa
Lisa Wheeler has written 17 books for children including Dino-Hockey, Sailor Moo: Cow at Sea, When Pigs Fly and Mammoths on the Move. Awards include the Michigan Library Association’s 2004 Mitten Award for Old Cricket,…
Albert, Lisa
Lisa Rondinelli Albert grew up in Milwaukee where she spent countless hours at Finney Library. Lisa’s most recent nonfiction book, Stephenie Meyer: Author of the Twilight Saga (Enslow 2009), is the very first biography of…
Angel, Ann
Ann Angel has written many young adult biographies including the forthcoming Janis Joplin, Rise Up Singing (Abrams 2010). She served as contributing editor for the highly acclaimed Such a Pretty Face, Short Stories About Beauty…