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Come meet some of your favorite local authors and find new favorites authors too. Each author will have a couple minutes to introduce themself, their work, and what inspires them to create. Then you will have a chance to go around and talk to our local authors, get a book signed, buy a new book, ask a question, and perhaps find inspiration to start or finish your own book. Part of the Read, Write, Ignite series.
Any Authors interested in participating please e-mail Jamie Vann, jamie.v@baxlib.org or 870-580-0980.
A.L. Talarowski - Author of My Dinner with the Founding Fathers: A Collection of Short Stories About Dining with the Men Who Built America. Using actual quotes, she holds the conversations you have always wanted to have with men like Samuel Adams, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin. Step into her imagination and learn history like never before. She is also co-author of The Men Who Built America Coloring Book (with Isotta Santinelli).
Alexis Kline - Author of Compass Points the Way: Finding a Way to Navigate Life with POTS, "A heartwarming and heartbreaking look at the life of a family after 12-year-old Allie faints on the soccer field. She denies that things must change. Mourns her healthy body. Finally, Allie accepts that POTS has ended her life as a soccer player. Instead of giving up, she readjusts her compass to find her new path and passion in life." Dr. Kathy Pederson
Annie England Noblin - Author of Sit, Stay, Speak, Just Fine with Caroline, The Sisters Hemingway, Christmas in Blue Dog Valley, Pupcakes, St. Francis Home for Wayward Pets, Maps for the Getaway, and Christmas at Corgi Cove. Annie lives in the Missouri Ozarks and teaches at ASUMH.
Brigitte Shipman - Author of It's a God Thing and A Mother's Guide to Autism, Through the Eyes of the Guided with Joseph Shipman a book which gives 2 views of living with autism. The first half of this book, Mother's Guide Through Autism, will give you tools, guided practices, support, and inspiration through Brigitte's own experience as a teacher, life coach, and mother guide. Metaphorically, when you flip the book over you will gain knowledge, insightful life experience, and hope from Joseph's life who is now an adult autistic person.
Don Lee - Author of Table for One, recollections of experiences from 35 years as a funeral director written with candor and respect by a retired undertaker, and Couch for One, an autobiographical collection of anecdotes which provide a portrait of growing up in the more innocent days of the 1960’s. His writing may think as well as providing laughter and tears.
E. R. Williams - author of Goblin Birth : The Natarin Chronicles Book 1. Goblin Birth is an adventure filled fantasy novel. It tells the story of Leaana and Sagan, twin brother and sister, and the adventure they have when they are sent on their rite of passage to become adults. They make new friends, travel to new places, discover new races, and enemies.
Frank Head - Author of The Possibility of All Things. A memoir of dramatic parallel stories of young lovers coming of age in the early 1970’s and the same couple’s struggle to survive a major medical crisis forty years later. In alternating chapters, the author recalls their struggle to find a purposeful life as part of the 60s generation and contrasts it with the same challenges in the later stages of life. Whether they are young adventurers lost in the wilds of the Sierra Madre or senior lovers trying to communicate through the barrier of an extended illness, the common theme of life as a journey towards a higher wakefulness provides the reader with exciting adventures as well as profound insights.
Jane Elzey - Jane Elzey is a mischief maker, storyteller, and bender of the facts. A career journalist, she now writes modern mysteries without much regard for the truth. She is a Florida native currently crafting mysteries from her writing studio in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. An insatiable world traveler, Jane uses her bucket list travels as the setting for her series and writes about four southern women, their deep friendship, the games they play … and the husbands that die trying. #TheHusbandAlwaysDies in The Cardboard Cottage Mystery. There are three books in the series so far: Dying for Dominoes, Dice on a Deadly Sea, and Poison Parcheesi and Wine. Book 4, Killer Croquet on the Emerald Isle is due out in Spring 2024 (Scorpius Carta Press). Readers can connect with Jane on her website: CardboardCottageMystery.com
Michael - Author, researcher, translator, and editor of The Eternal Book of Truth - The New Testament Scriptures, which brings forth the original intent of the scriptures of the New Testament by fully translating the ancient Greek text. After a boating accident in the year 2000, Michael would have died except for a miracle that happened that day, he dedicated his life to finding God's truth in all things. Only after many years of research, translation, editing and with the powerful assistance of God was this book finally produced. "If you are searching for God's truth, I believe this book will be a great blessing." - Michael
Neil Chandler - Author of mysteries, safari stories, and more. His books include, The Last Decade of Innocence, Thoughts from a 1940s Boyhood, Sloville: Its Citizens' Saga, Sorta Volumes 1 through 3, The Search for Avyce Buckman, The Search for Feeney Williams, A Look Back: Farming A Century Ago, The Daggett Dramas, The Remarkable Austin Lee, The Search for Pugsley Tannin, The Day Tinker Johnson Died: Selected Short Stories, and Whither Next: After 42 Years Traveling.
Quinzel Lee - Author of The Lonely Marshmallow, a children's story about Marsh the marshmallow. Marsh knows firsthand that good friends are hard, in the closed world of the cupboard he struggles to find a good friend. As he gains the courage to step outside of the Cupboard, he is happy to be greeted by the sweetest aroma. Marsh soon meets a friend named Cocoa who introduces him to some very beautiful scenery and quickly learns that some friends are worth melting for.
Robin's Christian Books - Author of Not Forsaken and Even unto the End. "Journey with these young ladies through castles and kingdoms as they face riveting life and death circumstances, stumble upon romance, and learn to rely on God when all hope seems lost." Amazon reviews, "... a captivating read....", "...beautifully written...", "...would recommend to anyone who enjoys historical fiction...", "... an attention getter right from the start. "
Sonny Garrett - Columnist with the Baxter Bulletin and author of 3 volumes of column collections covering over 30 years. His most recently published book, Ruby Steele Bounty Hunter, is a western about a female bounty hunter from Fort Smith on the trail of a train robber from Missouri into Indian Territory.
Talya Tate Boerner - Author of Gene, Everywhere, a memoir of the time Talya invites her ninety-year-old father-in-law to visit. From the moment Gene steps into her kitchen clutching a paper sack filled with medication, nothing unfolds as she expects. In The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee, 10-year-old Gracie’s unchecked imagination leads to adventure, and adventure leads to trouble. In Bernice Runs Away, her newest book, life hasn’t always been easy for Bernice, but she is reasonably content at the ripe age of eighty-one. When Bernice’s daughter, Sarah, insists the time has come for Bernice to forfeit her independence and move into her backyard carriage house, Bernice refuses. Packed stem to stern with only those things that spark joy and inspired by an old black-and-white photograph of her first true love, Bernice leaves her cozy home without a glance in the rearview mirror. And without a word to her family.