Profiles of participating authors in the Festival of Books.
Involved in law enforcement for over 15 years, Gale Borger has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and a Master’s Degree in Education. A Master Gardener, she says she loves all things green as well as screwball comedy, classical music, classic cars and classic rock. Gale and her husband live Read more…
Mark Liebenow is the author of four books. His poems, essays, and reviews have been published or are forthcoming in such journals as Fifth Wednesday Journal, Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Crab Orchard Review, Swink, Disquieting Muses Quarterly, and Rain Taxi Review. Four of his poems have been set to music, including Read more…
My name is Jerry Kiesow, my wife and I live in Grafton. For the majority of my life, I was employed in the printing industry. During those years I developed and operated a stock photo business and did a little writing. After retirement, I began learning and expanding my writing Read more…
TED HERTEL, JR., a Wisconsin attorney, is a past president of MWA Midwest, serving for two years on its National Board. He co-chaired Bouchercon ’99 and was local arrangements chair for EyeCon ‘95, both in Milwaukee. His published writings include a biographical essay on Linda Barnes (St. James Guide); two Read more…
Wendy Vardaman, wendyvardaman.com, is Poet Laureate (with Sarah Busse) of Madison, WI and co-editor/webmaster of Verse Wisconsin, versewisconsin.org, and Cowfeather Press, cowfeatherpress.org. She is the author of Obstructed View (Fireweed Press 2009) and co-editor of the 2013 Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar. In addition to poetry, she writes essays and interviews, which Read more…
Bill Orth is an accomplished guitarist, bassist and vocalist who has been playing and performing for more than 40 years. He also composes music and has recorded one cd of original music with the band, annaranaway and another with Cathryn Cofell and Obvious Dog. He and Bruce Dethlefsen have been Read more…
Lisa Lickel is a Wisconsin writer who lives with her husband in a hundred and sixty-year-old house built by a Great Lakes ship captain. Surrounded by books and dragons, she writes inspiring fiction. Her published novels include mystery and romance, all with a twist of grace. She edits, writes book Read more…
Jacqueline “Jackie” Maggiore was raised in Appleton, WI, where she and Sister Carla (Carol Piette) became lifelong friends. A graduate of Marquette University, she earned an MSW degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She and her late husband Anthony raised their family in Milwaukee. Grandmother of three and retired from Read more…
Tracey Devlyn writes historical romantic thrillers (translation: a slightly more grievousjourney toward the heroine’s happy ending). Tracey’s also co-founder of Romance University, a group blog dedicated to readers and writers of romance, and Lady Jane’s Salon-Naperville, Chicagoland’s exciting new reading salon devoted to romantic fiction. An Illinois native, Tracey spends her evenings Read more…
Daniel P. Coughlin was born and raised in a small town in southern Wisconsin. At the age of 19 he joined the United States Marine Corps and served four and a half years as a Machinegunner in the infantry. After being Honorably discharged, Daniel attended and graduated from California State Read more…