Twenty-odd years after she edited the yearbook at Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, Mary E. Laur is a member of the editorial team that produces the iconic Chicago Manual of Style (soon to be published in its 16th edition). Read more…
Raised in what was then a small Wisconsin farming community Allan did not see a real library until he was forced onto a bus to attend high school. There he found Holmes and Christie. After a successful career in business Read more…
Jeff Poniewaz received a B.A. and M.A. in English from UW-Milwaukee, where since 1989 he’s taught “Literature of Ecological Vision,” a course he devised. His eco-activism spans from local urban greenspace struggles to the global rainforest crisis. Since his first published Read more…
Co-authors Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook have been writing collaboratively since 1997. Both work in the School District of Waukesha, Kathryn as a school psychologist and Deborah as a Kindergarten teacher. Their experiences with young children often provide the source Read more…
Co-authors Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook have been writing collaboratively since 1997. Both work in the School District of Waukesha, Kathryn as a school psychologist and Deborah as a Kindergarten teacher. Their experiences with young children often provide the source Read more…
Gibbs Davis is an award-winning author of 24 books for children, as well as co-writer of the film Undercover Kids. In 2008 and 2009 Gibbs co-hosted the Reading Discovery Program with former First Lady Barbara Bush at the George Bush Read more…
STEPHANIE LOWDEN is a gardener, substitute teacher and amateur historian. She’s been writing since the age of 6 (her first manuscript was a note she left for her mother) and dabbling in history since college days. The theme of loss informs Read more…
SHERI SINYKIN collected 156 rejection letters before her first novel, SHRIMPBOAT AND GYM BAGS, was published in 1990. “In the long run,” she tells readers, “perseverance is much more important than raw talent.” Sinykin grew up in Sacramento, Calif., the Read more…
Sharon Hart Addy, the author of the picture books LUCKY JAKE and WHEN WISHES WERE HORSES, also dabbles in poetry and magazine fiction. Three versions of her story Lillian and Gran-pere, historical fiction originally published in Cricket magazine, are included Read more…
Antler’s epic poem Factory was published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the City Lights Pocket Poet Series in 1980. Antler’s book Last Words was published by Ballantine in 1986. Antler: The Selected Poems was published in 2000. Allen Ginsberg called Antler Read more…