Presenters for childrens program
Her career has spanned from on-air radio personality, promotions assistant, television copy editor, camera operator, business systems liaison, to human resource professional. Published author of short stories and a book series for middle grade readers. Her screenplays include comedy shorts, romantic-comedies, feature animation, feature family, and an animated television series for Read more…
Ann Piehl was Youth Services Librarian at the Whitefish Bay Public Library until her retirement in 2009.
Teen author Markelle Grabo took to reading at an early age, spending countless hours devouring book after book. In fifth grade, she decided that she wanted to be like the authors she favored and tell her own stories. An avid lover of fantasy, she typed out idea after idea, however, Read more…
Ilsa J. Bick is child/adolescent and forensic psychiatrist, film scholar, surgeon wannabe, former Air Force major—and an award-winning, best-selling author of short stories, e-books and novels. Her first published story, “A Ribbon for Rosie,” was also the Grand Prize winner in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds competition in 1998; Read more…
Deborah Elizabeth Posca and Zachary Addison Posca started writing Tales from the Kingdome when Deborah was 15 and Zachary was 13. They love reading, writing, and engaging in almost any type of creative activity, and like many of their projects, this book started out as just something fun to do. Read more…
Deborah Elizabeth Posca and Zachary Addison Posca started writing Tales from the Kingdome when Deborah was 15 and Zachary was 13. They love reading, writing, and engaging in almost any type of creative activity, and like many of their projects, this book started out as just something fun to do. Read more…
Michael Kress-Russick has been a freelance medical illustrator and designer for nineteen years. After becoming a father in 1998, he became interested in children’s book illustration. His first picture book (MOON OVER THE MOUNTAIN, by Keith Polette) was published by Raven Tree Press in September of 2009. Michael will discuss Read more…
Anjie Kokan is an internationally published and award-winning writer who has worked with writers of all ages in a variety of venues, including the Carroll Academy, the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater’s High School Creative Writing Festival, Wisconsin libraries, and public and private schools in Wisconsin and Illinois. Her work has Read more…
Born and raised in Indiana, JoLynne Ricker Whalen graduated from Purdue University with a B.A. degree in elementary education. A member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), she has published stories in Highlights for Children, Children’s Digest, and Hob-Nob. Her story “Belly Flops and Gutter Balls” Read more…
Liz Rhodebeck of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is a freelance writer and regular contributor for Lake Country Publications in Hartland, WI. She has published poetry in state and national journals including The Penwood Review, Margie, Verse Wisconsin, Evangel, Wisconsin Academy Review and others. Her latest poetry chapbook is What I Learned in Read more…