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…
Amy Laundrie has been an elementary teacher in Wisconsin Dells for many years. She loves nature and animals and hatches out ducklings every spring. Last year the duckling “Happy Feet” even accompanied her on school visits. “Meet the author” presentations Read more…
Amelia Klem Osterud is an academic librarian from Milwaukee who is working diligently on becoming heavily tattooed, just in case she ever wants a second career as a tattooed lady. Osterud has a master’s degree in history from the University Read more…
Fabu Carter Brisco is Madison’s 3rd Poet Laureate. Her poetry focuses on children, women, and African Americans. Poems, Dreams and Roses, a compilation of poetry about Fabu’s growing up as a poet is aimed at encouraging young poets and was Read more…
Kashmira Sheth was born and raised in India and came to the United States to attend college. After receiving her BS from the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa and MS in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she worked Read more…
Kimberly Pauley loves a good book you can sink your teeth into. Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe), a comic coming of age vampire story, was her first novel. She majored in English Read more…