Presenters for 2012 programs
Tawni O’Dell is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Fragile Beasts, Sister Mine, Coal Run, and Back Roads, which was an Oprah’s Book Club pick and a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. Her work has been published in over 40 countries. Back Roads is currently in development to Read more…
Bob Jacobson is a writer and musician based in Madison, Wisconsin. His most recent publication Les Paul: Guitar Wizard tells the story of the “Wizard of Waukesha” who pioneered the solid body electric guitar, multi-track recording, and other inventions. He is the author of Ole Evinrude and His Outboard Motor Read more…
SARA RATH is a versatile, award-winning author with over a dozen books in a variety of genres, including four volumes of poetry, seven nonfiction books (including three biographies) and is currently writing her third novel. Critics have said she has a “wicked sense of humor,” and her work is sometimes “laugh Read more…
Holly McDowell lived in Colorado, Georgia and South Carolina before discovering the magical and inspiring city of Chicago. She can be spotted drinking glögg, searching for the world’s best tapas bar and writing in coffee shops all over the windy city. King Solomon’s Wives is her first novel.
Cathryn Cofell’s poetry and essays have been published in hundreds of journals and anthologies, and appear in five books, most recently Kamikaze Commotion (Parallel Press). Her latest project is Lip, her poems to the music of Obvious Dog. Cathryn is a frequent keynote, radio guest, instructor and arts advocate, including stints as Read more…
April 12, 2012 – National Poetry Month Celebration 6:00-8:00 p.m. Martha Merrell’s Books –231 W. Main Street – Downtown Waukesha Established by the American Academy of Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is a month-long national celebration of poetry. Join us for a lively celebration of the art of poetry Read more…
The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books is pleased to announce the 2012 program theme “Freedom to Read.” With its strong election-year echoes, this theme provides a framework for discussion at each age level about the vital role reading, literacy and intellectual freedom play in our ability to understand and engage Read more…
Jerry Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of more than 30 books, many of them on rural history and country life. His nonfiction books include: Living a Country Year, Every Farm Tells a Story, When Chores Were Read more…
Linda S. Godfrey is the award-winning author of fourteen books on strange creatures, people and places including Weird Wisconsin, Strange Wisconsin and Monsters of Wisconsin. A former newspaper reporter, she has been a guest on over one dozen national TV shows including Monsterquest, Sean Hannity’s America, Lost Tapes, Inside Edition, Wisconsin and Michigan Public Radio, Read more…
Dave Thome’s romance novel was published in November 2011 through Kindle Select Publishing. He also published a companion book, Man Writing a Romance, a collection of essays based on the blog in which he chronicled writing Fast Lane. Before he turned to novel writing, he wrote 20 screenplays, including four that were optioned Read more…