More information on the 2019 Local Author Fair will be posted as it becomes available.
The Local Author Fair is an opportunity for authors and book creators to showcase their work, discuss and sell their books, network with one another, and learn more about writing and the publishing business. Thirty local authors will be present throughout the day to showcase their talent and offer books for sale. Browse local author booths and discover your next favorite read.
The 2017 schedule and participants are listed below:
Schedule of events
12:15-1:15 p.m.: Keynote speaker Laurie Hertzel
Hear keynote speaker Laurie Hertzel, book journalist and editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune and author of News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist. Hertzel has been a fellow at Duke University, a writer-in-residence at the James Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio, and a faculty member and speaker at the Nieman Conferences on Narrative Writing and Editing at Harvard and at Boston University. Hertzel’s journalism has appeared in literary and academic journals, the Chicago Tribune, the San Jose Mercury News, Minnesota Monthly magazine, and many other publications.
1:30-3 p.m.: The Loft Literary Center Workshops
The Loft Literary Center is presenting two workshops. All are welcome to attend. Learn about making a Creative Writing Sampler or Literary Agents: What to Look For and What to Look Out For.
Throughout the day: Books sales and prize drawings.
2017 Local Author Fair participants
Sigma’s Bookshelf
Genre: General Fiction
Audience: Teen, Adult
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Kimberlee Ann Bastian
The Breedling & the Trickster
Genre: SciFi & Fantasy
Audience: Teen, Adult
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Julien Bradley
Beneath the Bedrock
Genre: General Fiction
Audience: Adult
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Art Coulson
The Creator’s Game: a story of baaga’adowe/lacrosse
Genre: Nonfiction, General Fiction
Audience: Children, Teen, Adult |
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Justin Delzer
The Buccaneer of Nemaris
Genre: Mystery, SciFi & Fantasy
Audience: Teen, Adult |
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Nan Dixon
Undercover with the Heiress
Genre: Romance
Audience: Adult |
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Brandon Ferdig
Life Learned Aboard:
Lessons on Humanity from China
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Teen, Adult |
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Angeline Fortin
Pride & Penitence
Genre: Romance
Audience: Adult |
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Gordon W. Fredrickson
Raising Little Duck
Genre: Nonfiction, Picturebook
Audience: Children, Teen, Adult |
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Lynn Garthwaite
Our States Have Crazy Shapes
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Teen, Adult
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Tera Girardin
Faces of Autism
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Children, Teen, Adult
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Cynthia Kraack
The High Cost of Flowers
Genre: General Fiction, SciFi & Fantasy
Audience: Adult
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Joe Krogman
Stuff of Nightmares
Genre: Mystery
Audience: Adult |
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Thomas Larson
Hyena’s Tree
Genre: General Fiction, Mystery
Audience: Adult
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Susan Latta
Bold Women of Medicine
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Teen |
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Amy Linnabary
Cinder Heart
Genre: General Fiction, SciFi & Fantasy
Audience: Children, Teen, Adult |
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Craig MacIntosh
Wolf’s Baja
Genre: Mystery
Audience: Adult |
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Lou Martin
Wings Over Persia
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Adult |
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Daniel Maurer
Endure: The Power of Spiritual Assets for Resilience to Trauma & Stress
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Adult |
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Steve McEllistrem
The Man Who Found his Moniker
Genre: SciFi & Fantasy
Audience: Adult
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Jill Murphy
Finding Motherhood: an unexpected journey
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Teen, Adult
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Anna Rendell
A Moment of Christmas:
Daily Devotions for Time-strapped Moms
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Adult |
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Patty Ronchetto
Blossom Land and the Magical Wishing Well
Genre: SciFi & Fantasy
Audience: Children |
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Emily Shore
Ruby in the Rough
Genre: SciFi & Fantasy
Audience: Teen |
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Lori Spangler
Miles of Memories:
One Woman’s Journey to All 50 States
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Adult |
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Sue Stein
Beyond Amuck: More Hobby Farm Adventures
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Teen, Adult
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Artika Tyner
The Leader’s Journey:
A Guide to Discovering the Leader Within
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Children, Adult |
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Martha Wegner
Dear David: Dealing with My Son’s Addiction One Letter at a Time
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Adult
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Marie Wells Coutu
The Secret Heart
Genre: General Fiction
Audience: Teen, Adult
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Cole Williams
Hear the River Dammed: poems from the Edge of the Mississippi
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Children, Teen, Adult |
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