Presenters for adult programs
Sheila Griffin Llanas has written many books for children and teens. She authored three volumes of the series Easy Cookbooks for Kids, Enslow Publications. Each page includes food for the body and the brain, with tidbits about the recipes’ country of origin and unique ingredients.
Hailed as “very talented for his young years,” Benjamin Schoening is one of the up–and–coming musical talents of his generation. Although gifted with a rare and beautiful lyric baritone voice, Benjamin chose to begin his musical career as an orchestral French Horn player and later became a conductor; thus he Read more…
Before coming to UW-Barron County, Eric was previously employed as a teaching assistant, lecturer, and adjunct professor at UW-Eau Claire, UW-Madison, and UW-Milwaukee. His areas of expertise are American politics, judicial politics, public law, political theory, and international relations. Eric and colleague Benjamin Schoening recently published the book Don’t Stop Read more…
Dean A. Kowalski received his A.B. from Ripon College and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he is currently an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. Specializing in the philosophy of religion, he has published research articles in such journals as Religious Studies and Philosophy and Theology. Read more…
Sara Greenslit has won two innovative fiction awards: the 2009 FC2 Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Award for her novel, As If a Bird Flew By Me, and the 2006 Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction for her novel, The Blue of Her Body. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she is a Read more…
Elizabeth Ridley began her first novel, THROWING ROSES, at the age of 22. Her books have since been published in hardcover, paperback, and e-book editions around the world. THROWING ROSES (The Permanent Press, New York, 1993) was followed by THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF MISS TRANBY QUIRKE (Virago Press/Little, Brown & Read more…
Lawrence Light started his career in journalism after graduation from Lafayette College and the Columbia School of Journalism. He also served two years active duty in the Army as a lieutenant. His mystery titles include Ladykiller and Too Rich to Live in the Karen Glick series. Light’s short fiction appears in the Read more…
Annelise Ryan is the pseudonym for the author of the Mattie Winston mystery series: WORKING STIFF (2009), SCARED STIFF (2010), FROZEN STIFF (2011), LUCKY STIFF (2012), and BORED STIFF (2013). She also had three suspense novels published by HarperCollins in the nineties under her real name (Beth Amos) and has Read more…
Marcia Carmichael enjoys all aspects of heirloom plants, from propagation to harvest, and from folklore to fact. As the historical gardener at Old World Wisconsin, a 576 acre living history museum, she exercises her passion for historical accuracy and enjoys the research as much as the design, creation, and nurturing Read more…
Jess Lourey is the author of the Lefty-nominated Murder-by-Month mysteries set in Battle Lake, Minnesota, and featuring amateur sleuth, Mira James. November Hunt, the seventh in the series, hit shelves March 2012. In a starred review, Booklist says, “It’s not easy to make people laugh while they’re on the edge Read more…