Featuring:
Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren
Josias, Hold the Book
Jennifer Elvgren is the author of Josias, Hold the Book, the recipient of the 2007 Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Elvgren's children's fiction has appeared in Highlights, Ladybug, and Spider magazines.
Genres:Publishing, Family
Deborah M. Prum
Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines: A History of the Renaissance and Reformation
Deborah Prum, author of Rats, Bulls and Flying Machines, has been published in VQR, Folio, and Sweetbay Review, among others. She has recently completed The String Theory of Love. Her articles have appeared in Ladies' Home Journal, Southern Living, and the Writer Magazine.
Genre:Publishing
Fran Cannon Slayton
When the Whistle Blows
Fran Cannon Slayton is the author of When the Whistle Blows, a coming-of-age adventure set in 1940s Appalachia against the backdrop of the B&O Railroad. It was on Indiebound's Top Ten list of children's books for fall 2009.
Genres:Fiction, Publishing, Family
Andy Straka
A Witness Above
Andy Straka (A Witness Above) is the author of the Shamus Award-winning and Anthony and Agatha Award-nominated Frank Pavlicek private eye novels. A licensed falconer, Andy is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of Williams College.
Genres:Crime Wave, Publishing
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