Kentucky Authors
Nancy Kelly Allen
Hazard author Nancy Kelly Allen has a bachelor's degree in science and sociology, Cumberland College; master's in elementary education, Morehead State University; and master's in library and information science, University of Kentucky.
Books include Once Upon a Dime, On the Banks of the Amazon-Raven, Three-book series: Whose Noise Is This, Whose Food Is This, and Whose House Is This, Daniel Boone: Trail Blazer, The Munched-Up Flower Garden, Ring the Silver Bell (Chapter book), Rock It!, Happy Birthday: The Story of the World’s Most Popular Song, Trouble in Troublesome Creek, Fairy Tale Stars: Princesses, What Is an Attribute, What Is Symmetrical, Big C and Little Ox, and The Big Racket .
School Programs:
Kiss Your Brain is a humorous, engaging program for primary students. Nancy discusses how books are made from the real-life ideas behind each book. She reads from her books and talks with students about how she came up with the idea for the story. The session time can be adjusted to meet the needs of the school.
The Write Stuff is a full-of-fun program for older students. Nancy discusses the writing process and actively involves the children by teaching them how to create ideas for stories. She emphasizes generating and developing ideas, writing manuscripts, revision, editing, and publishing. The importance of revision and editing is emphasized. This workshop can be modified to meet requested needs.
Contact:
7932 Lotts Creek Road
Hazard, KY 41701
Phone: (606) 785-4462
E-mail [email protected]
Web site www.nancykellyallen.com
Writing Workshop Blog: http://nancykellyallen.blogspot.com/
Books include Once Upon a Dime, On the Banks of the Amazon-Raven, Three-book series: Whose Noise Is This, Whose Food Is This, and Whose House Is This, Daniel Boone: Trail Blazer, The Munched-Up Flower Garden, Ring the Silver Bell (Chapter book), Rock It!, Happy Birthday: The Story of the World’s Most Popular Song, Trouble in Troublesome Creek, Fairy Tale Stars: Princesses, What Is an Attribute, What Is Symmetrical, Big C and Little Ox, and The Big Racket .
School Programs:
Kiss Your Brain is a humorous, engaging program for primary students. Nancy discusses how books are made from the real-life ideas behind each book. She reads from her books and talks with students about how she came up with the idea for the story. The session time can be adjusted to meet the needs of the school.
The Write Stuff is a full-of-fun program for older students. Nancy discusses the writing process and actively involves the children by teaching them how to create ideas for stories. She emphasizes generating and developing ideas, writing manuscripts, revision, editing, and publishing. The importance of revision and editing is emphasized. This workshop can be modified to meet requested needs.
Contact:
7932 Lotts Creek Road
Hazard, KY 41701
Phone: (606) 785-4462
E-mail [email protected]
Web site www.nancykellyallen.com
Writing Workshop Blog: http://nancykellyallen.blogspot.com/
Karen Angelucci
Lexington author Karen Angelucci is a Fayette County Master Gardener, She volunteers for The Arboretum at University of Kentucky and The Hope Lodge. Karen serves as the Arboriculture Chair for the Garden Club of Kentucky as well as the South Atlantic Region Garden Clubs. She is a member of Soil Mates Garden Club and serves as chair of the Lexington Tree Board and a member of the LFUCG Corridors Commission.
Karen lives in Lexington with her husband, Mike, and two daughters, Sarah and Rachel.
Her nonfiction books include Grimy Grubby Gardening (core curriculum for 3, 4,,5 ) and Secrets of a Kentucky Gardener. Her publisher is McClanahan Publishing.
Karen mostly caters to Pre-K to 5 grade but also will address middle school and senior high school classes if requested. She also speaks to classes of many sizes and age groups on a range of gardening topics
Appearance/Speaking Fee: Her fee is $100 per one class period and combining multiple classes is fine. She understand the economic strain on schools and is flexible with pricing and usually works out an agreement that helps out everyone.
Contact:
(859) 277-0731
(859) 338-7857
Address:
2908 Sweet William Ct.
Lexington, KY 40502
Website: www.karenangelucci.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Karen lives in Lexington with her husband, Mike, and two daughters, Sarah and Rachel.
Her nonfiction books include Grimy Grubby Gardening (core curriculum for 3, 4,,5 ) and Secrets of a Kentucky Gardener. Her publisher is McClanahan Publishing.
Karen mostly caters to Pre-K to 5 grade but also will address middle school and senior high school classes if requested. She also speaks to classes of many sizes and age groups on a range of gardening topics
Appearance/Speaking Fee: Her fee is $100 per one class period and combining multiple classes is fine. She understand the economic strain on schools and is flexible with pricing and usually works out an agreement that helps out everyone.
Contact:
(859) 277-0731
(859) 338-7857
Address:
2908 Sweet William Ct.
Lexington, KY 40502
Website: www.karenangelucci.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Oldham County's Misty Baker is an author, freelance editor, and shameless chocoholic. She writes romance under her pen name Mysti Parker. Her other writings have appeared in numerous anthologies, and she has more children’s books in the works. Misty lives in Buckner with her husband, three children, and a great many pets. Rumor has it she often appears in costume when asked to read in elementary classrooms, libraries, and bookstores!
Books:
Fuzzy Buzzy’s Treasure (34 pgs)
Author: Misty Baker; Illustrator: K.A. King
Publishing date: March 31, 2015
Quentin’s Problem (840 words)
Author: Misty Baker; Illustrator: K.A. King
Publishing date: Oct. 22, 2014
Author links:
Website: www.mistybakerbooks.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/mistybakerbooks
Twitter: twitter.com/MistyBakerBooks
Books:
Fuzzy Buzzy’s Treasure (34 pgs)
Author: Misty Baker; Illustrator: K.A. King
Publishing date: March 31, 2015
Quentin’s Problem (840 words)
Author: Misty Baker; Illustrator: K.A. King
Publishing date: Oct. 22, 2014
Author links:
Website: www.mistybakerbooks.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/mistybakerbooks
Twitter: twitter.com/MistyBakerBooks
Joyce E. Bowling
Clay County author Joyce Bowling grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, in the small town of Manchester where she still resides today with her husband. Joyce currently teaches first grade at Manchester Elementary. She is also a storyteller and enjoys spinning a good tale about Kentucky culture. Bowling has spent a great deal of her life writing and has had poems, stories and articles published in various literary magazines, children’s magazines and anthologies. She has also had several articles related to education published in the Manchester Enterprise. Bowling also writes a blog for Every Day Christian, an online magazine based in Lexington.
Joyce has won various awards for her work including The Rushton Writing Competition at Union College where she earned her bachelor’s, master’s and Rank I degrees. Currently, she is attending the University of the Cumberlands, where she is working toward a doctoral degree in education. Joyce was named poet of the year by the Famous Poet’s Society in 1997 and again in 2002. In 2004, Joyce received the Editor’s Choice Award from Poetry.com for her poem “It Could Be Me.” In 2007 Joyce’s first book Kentucky…The Mountains I Call Home was published and has since received numerous five-star ratings and reviews from readers across the country on sites such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Joseph Beth. Her books can also be found in several public libraries in several states including the Clay County Public Library.
In 2010 author Joyce teamed up with her colleague, friend, co-teacher and Illustrator Richard Sester to write and publish her second book, a children’s book entitled A Path of Stitches. This beautifully illustrated children’s book has since received much positive feedback and can also be found in the Clay County Public library as well as online bookstores. she has just signed a contract for her third book, Faces From the Mountains, another collection of reflective poetry and prose inspired by people, places and events from her daily life and her love of the mountains, the mountains she still proud to call home.
Joyce enjoys speaking to children of all ages about the importance of reading and writing. She enjoys readings, book signings, storytelling and small workshops based on the inspirations of writing. Poetry is one of her passions as is teaching and writing about the beautiful mountains of Kentucky.
Contact Information:
Joyce Bowling
Po Box 851
Manchester, Ky. 40962
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://mrsjoycebowlingkyauthor.webs.com/
or you may follow her on Facebook or Twitter
Joyce has won various awards for her work including The Rushton Writing Competition at Union College where she earned her bachelor’s, master’s and Rank I degrees. Currently, she is attending the University of the Cumberlands, where she is working toward a doctoral degree in education. Joyce was named poet of the year by the Famous Poet’s Society in 1997 and again in 2002. In 2004, Joyce received the Editor’s Choice Award from Poetry.com for her poem “It Could Be Me.” In 2007 Joyce’s first book Kentucky…The Mountains I Call Home was published and has since received numerous five-star ratings and reviews from readers across the country on sites such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Joseph Beth. Her books can also be found in several public libraries in several states including the Clay County Public Library.
In 2010 author Joyce teamed up with her colleague, friend, co-teacher and Illustrator Richard Sester to write and publish her second book, a children’s book entitled A Path of Stitches. This beautifully illustrated children’s book has since received much positive feedback and can also be found in the Clay County Public library as well as online bookstores. she has just signed a contract for her third book, Faces From the Mountains, another collection of reflective poetry and prose inspired by people, places and events from her daily life and her love of the mountains, the mountains she still proud to call home.
Joyce enjoys speaking to children of all ages about the importance of reading and writing. She enjoys readings, book signings, storytelling and small workshops based on the inspirations of writing. Poetry is one of her passions as is teaching and writing about the beautiful mountains of Kentucky.
Contact Information:
Joyce Bowling
Po Box 851
Manchester, Ky. 40962
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://mrsjoycebowlingkyauthor.webs.com/
or you may follow her on Facebook or Twitter
Beth Dotson Brown
Lancaster author Beth Dotson Brown is a literary artist on the Kentucky Arts Council Arts in Education Roster. Beth draws on her experience as an author, speaker, editor and workshop leader when collaborating with schools to build student excitement in writing
Beth is the creator of the Young Women's Writing Group after-school program at Garrard County Middle School. She has taught creative writing and journalism as well as led writing workshops at a variety of schools. She has also shared her experience as a writing through career-day presentations.
Beth has published hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. She contributes regularly to magazines and newspapers and has written for publications such as Junior Scholastic, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Kentucky Living, Cross Roads newspaper and Catholic Digest. Beth's work has been recognized with national and international awards and she has spoken at conferences in Brazil and Austria. Yes! I Am Catholic, published in 2007, was Beth's first nonfiction book. She is also a contributor to A Cup of Comfort for Breast Cancer Survivors.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 792.6272
Website: bethdotsonbrown.net
Beth is the creator of the Young Women's Writing Group after-school program at Garrard County Middle School. She has taught creative writing and journalism as well as led writing workshops at a variety of schools. She has also shared her experience as a writing through career-day presentations.
Beth has published hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. She contributes regularly to magazines and newspapers and has written for publications such as Junior Scholastic, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Kentucky Living, Cross Roads newspaper and Catholic Digest. Beth's work has been recognized with national and international awards and she has spoken at conferences in Brazil and Austria. Yes! I Am Catholic, published in 2007, was Beth's first nonfiction book. She is also a contributor to A Cup of Comfort for Breast Cancer Survivors.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 792.6272
Website: bethdotsonbrown.net
Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown
Louisville author Roberta Simpson Brown, a native of Russell Springs and a graduate of Berea College, is the author of seven books and performs on three CDs of her original work. Her books are The Walking Trees, Queen of the Cold-Blooded Tales, Scared in School, Lamplight Tales, Strains of Music, and Spooky, Kooky Poems for Kids (co- authored with her husband Lonnie). She and Lonnie have a new book, Spookiest Stories Ever: Four Seasons of Kentucky Ghosts. Her CDs are Streamers, Creaking Porch Stories, and The Scariest Stories Ever. Roberta retired from teaching in Jefferson County, Kentucky, at the end of 1999 to devote full time to writing and professional storytelling. She has appeared in many states coast to coast at parks, workshops, schools, libraries, institutions, the National Middle School Conference, festivals, and radio (including National Public Radio and Voice of America) and TV. On February 23, 2002, she was featured telling one of her own stories on Lifetime TV’s show, Beyond Chance. Her specialty is scary stories and she enjoys ghost hunting with her husband and friends.
Lonnie E. Brown, the oldest of six children, was born in Russell Springs but has lived in Louisville for many years. In the tradition of American storytelling, Lonnie first shared stories with family and friends who responded with side splitting laughter. They convinced him to write about his humor-filled experiences which resulted in his first collection of original tales, Stories You Won’t Believe. He then co-authored two books with his wife Roberta, Spooky, Kooky Poems for Kids and Spookiest Stories Ever: Four Seasons of Kentucky Ghosts. An accomplished musician and golfer, he enjoys nature, traveling, reading (especially about the Civil War), and doing paranormal investigations with his wife and friends.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Lonnie E. Brown, the oldest of six children, was born in Russell Springs but has lived in Louisville for many years. In the tradition of American storytelling, Lonnie first shared stories with family and friends who responded with side splitting laughter. They convinced him to write about his humor-filled experiences which resulted in his first collection of original tales, Stories You Won’t Believe. He then co-authored two books with his wife Roberta, Spooky, Kooky Poems for Kids and Spookiest Stories Ever: Four Seasons of Kentucky Ghosts. An accomplished musician and golfer, he enjoys nature, traveling, reading (especially about the Civil War), and doing paranormal investigations with his wife and friends.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Melissa Burton
Georgetown author Melissa Burton is a Kentucky girl and proud of it! So, it's a natural fit that she writes about her home state.
A former elementary teacher, she now zig-zags across Kentucky teaching roughly 10,000 children each year about some of its unique history and people. When not visiting schools, Melissa can be found working on her next book, writing for magazines, or relaxing with a good book. She and her husband, Brad, live in Georgetown.
Contact Info:
Website: www.kmelissaburton.com
E-mail: [email protected]
A former elementary teacher, she now zig-zags across Kentucky teaching roughly 10,000 children each year about some of its unique history and people. When not visiting schools, Melissa can be found working on her next book, writing for magazines, or relaxing with a good book. She and her husband, Brad, live in Georgetown.
Contact Info:
Website: www.kmelissaburton.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Evelyn B. Christensen
Lexington author Evelyn Christensen has a doctorate in math education and a wide variety of teaching experiences. She loves creating resources that help students enjoy learning and that help make the teacher's job easier. More than 45 of her educational puzzle books and math games have been published with total sales of over 350,000. Her most recent publications, Aba-Conundrums and Inchimals, have received a Parents’ Choice Silver Award, a Teachers’ Choice Award, and a NAPPA Gold Award.
Please check out Evelyn’s books and puzzles if you or the children you know would like to:
· enjoy puzzling around with math, reading, science, or history
· strengthen critical thinking and logic skills
· practice math facts in fun ways
· improve mathematical reasoning
· have some fun just stretching and exercising your brain.
Evelyn also writes stories, poems, and puzzles for children’s magazines. She’s had more than 150 acceptances from publications such as Highlights for Children, Ladybug, Clubhouse Jr., Pockets, and Fun for Kidz. Four of her pieces have also been accepted for anthologies, including a poem for Blooming Tree Press’s Sweet Dreams anthology, a hardcover picture book due out in 2011.
Evelyn is available for elementary classroom visits.
Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.evelynchristensen.com
Please check out Evelyn’s books and puzzles if you or the children you know would like to:
· enjoy puzzling around with math, reading, science, or history
· strengthen critical thinking and logic skills
· practice math facts in fun ways
· improve mathematical reasoning
· have some fun just stretching and exercising your brain.
Evelyn also writes stories, poems, and puzzles for children’s magazines. She’s had more than 150 acceptances from publications such as Highlights for Children, Ladybug, Clubhouse Jr., Pockets, and Fun for Kidz. Four of her pieces have also been accepted for anthologies, including a poem for Blooming Tree Press’s Sweet Dreams anthology, a hardcover picture book due out in 2011.
Evelyn is available for elementary classroom visits.
Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.evelynchristensen.com
Steven R. Cope
Website: stevenrcope.com
Publisher(s) website: Wind Publications: windpub.com / Broadstone Books: broadstonebooks.com
Personal E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Available to speak to classes: Occasionally
Appearance fee: Negotiable
Publisher(s) website: Wind Publications: windpub.com / Broadstone Books: broadstonebooks.com
Personal E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Available to speak to classes: Occasionally
Appearance fee: Negotiable
Michael Embry
Frankfort author Michael Embry has written six novels and three nonfiction sports books. Three novels are contemporary mainstream -- The Touch, A Long Highway, and Foolish Is The Heart-- and A Confidential Man is a mystery. His novels are published by Wings ePress. His sports books are Basketball in the Bluegrass State: The Championship Teams, March Madness: The History of the Kentucky High School Basketball Tournament, and Baron of the Bluegrass.
Michael's sixth novel is The Bully List, published in October 2013. The book is about two boys trying to overcome a gang of bullies but not always having the desired results. For middle and high school students. His first young-adult novel, Shooting Star. was published in April 2011.
Appearance/ Speaking Fee: negotiable
Contact:
(502) 226-6562
(502) 545-3367 (cell)
Website: www.michaelembry.com
Blog: www.michaelembry.blogspot.com
Twitter: @MichaelEmbry
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Michael's sixth novel is The Bully List, published in October 2013. The book is about two boys trying to overcome a gang of bullies but not always having the desired results. For middle and high school students. His first young-adult novel, Shooting Star. was published in April 2011.
Appearance/ Speaking Fee: negotiable
Contact:
(502) 226-6562
(502) 545-3367 (cell)
Website: www.michaelembry.com
Blog: www.michaelembry.blogspot.com
Twitter: @MichaelEmbry
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Ellen Everman
Ryland Heights author Ellen Everman is editor of Arts Across Kentucky and creative writing instructor at Baker-Hunt Art & Cultural Center. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, where she majored in English, Ms. Everman has contributed both fiction and non-fiction articles in various regional publications, among them, Arts Across Kentucky, The Sunday Challenger and The Kentucky Post. Drawing from her collection of short stories written mostly about her youth, some of which have been published, Ms. Everman created her debut novel, Pink Dice, which paints a vivid and unforgettable picture of the border town area known as Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati.
Contact:
Phone: (859) 802-3623
Website: www.pinkdicenovel.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact:
Phone: (859) 802-3623
Website: www.pinkdicenovel.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Steve Flairty
Lexington author Steve Flairty is a writer, speaker and retired elementary school teacher. He's authored, besides Kentucky's Everyday Heroes for Kids, four other books in the Kentucky inspirational genre.
Appearance/ Speaking Fee: negotiable
Contact:
Phone (859) 494-0667
Facebook: Steve Flairty or "Kentucky's Everyday Heroes for Kids" page
Email: [email protected]
Appearance/ Speaking Fee: negotiable
Contact:
Phone (859) 494-0667
Facebook: Steve Flairty or "Kentucky's Everyday Heroes for Kids" page
Email: [email protected]
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Linda Gondosch
Hebron author Linda Gondosch has written ten books for children, including Camp Kickapoo, Brutus the Wonder Poodle, and Who Needs a Bratty Brother?, a fiction book that won the Kentucky Bluegrass Award, a children’s choice award. Most of her books are geared to the 7-12 age group.
In 2010 her first nonfiction book for upper elementary students, How Did Tea and Taxes Spark a Revolution? And Other Questions about the Boston Tea Party, was published by Lerner Publishing Group in the “Six Questions of American History” series. This book highlights the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How surrounding events leading up to the American Revolution. In 2011 Lerner published Where Did Sacagawea Join the Corps of Discovery? And Other Questions about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This title answers key questions about the famous expedition across the unknown Louisiana Territory that opened the American West to early settlers.
Besides writing, Linda has taught high school language arts and college level classes. She also substitute taught for years in elementary and middle schools. She holds a master’s degree in education from Northern Kentucky University.
School Programs:
Linda Gondosch visits elementary schools with PowerPoint presentations, including the following programs:
What Exciting Events Led to the American Revolution?
The Process of Writing-- Camp Kickapoo from Idea to Book
Where Does a Writer Find Ideas for Stories?
Plot, Characters, and Setting – Building Blocks of Fiction
My Life as a Writer
Contact:
Website: www.LindaGondosch.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 432-3449
In 2010 her first nonfiction book for upper elementary students, How Did Tea and Taxes Spark a Revolution? And Other Questions about the Boston Tea Party, was published by Lerner Publishing Group in the “Six Questions of American History” series. This book highlights the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How surrounding events leading up to the American Revolution. In 2011 Lerner published Where Did Sacagawea Join the Corps of Discovery? And Other Questions about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This title answers key questions about the famous expedition across the unknown Louisiana Territory that opened the American West to early settlers.
Besides writing, Linda has taught high school language arts and college level classes. She also substitute taught for years in elementary and middle schools. She holds a master’s degree in education from Northern Kentucky University.
School Programs:
Linda Gondosch visits elementary schools with PowerPoint presentations, including the following programs:
What Exciting Events Led to the American Revolution?
The Process of Writing-- Camp Kickapoo from Idea to Book
Where Does a Writer Find Ideas for Stories?
Plot, Characters, and Setting – Building Blocks of Fiction
My Life as a Writer
Contact:
Website: www.LindaGondosch.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 432-3449
A. Gwynn Henderson
Lexington author A. Gwynn Henderson is a full-time archaeologist and a part-time freelance children’s writer. She studies Kentucky’s prehistoric farming peoples and writes about Kentucky’s rich cultural heritage for children and adults.
In her role as Education Coordinator at the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, she works with educators of all stripes to help them incorporate information about Kentucky’s rich archaeological heritage into their curriculum.
She began her writing career with the publication of Kentuckians Before Boone, a book in the Kentucky Humanities Council’s New Book for New Readers series, published by the University Press of Kentucky and used in 4th/5th grade classrooms during American Indian curriculum units. She is now is a regular contributor to dig Magazine, a magazine for children ages 9-14 published by Carus Publishing Co., which publishes other children’s magazines like Cobbestones and Cricket. She received an award for her nonfiction writing in 2012.
Enjoying public speaking, she is a former speaker in the Kentucky Humanities Council’s Speakers Bureau and currently serves as a Scholar in the Council’s PrimeTime Family Reading Time, a family-literacy program for at-risk families.
Gwynn is available to come to classrooms to speak about general archaeological topics (like the science of archaeology or archaeology careers, Kentucky archaeology, prehistory, Native American history, or topical subjects linked to her current or analytical research), as well as what it’s like to be a writer.
Contact:
857 Celia Lane
Lexington, Kentucky 40504
[email protected]
Silas House
Lily author Silas House is the author of four novels--Clay's Quilt (2001), A Parchment of Leaves (2003), The Coal Tattoo (2004), and (2009), a book of nonfiction Eli the GoodSomething's Rising (with co-author Jason Howard, 2009), and two plays. His books have been widely used in schools throughout the country. He has written for The New York Times, Newsday, NPR, and others. He serves as the NEH Chair in Appalachian Studies at Berea College.
Contact him at [email protected]
Contact him at [email protected]
Marcia Thornton Jones
Lexington author Marcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series, The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.
Marcia, a full-time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband and two cats, enjoys speaking at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.
For information about Marcia, her books, author visits, and for activities related to her books visit www.marciatjones.com.
Marcia, a full-time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband and two cats, enjoys speaking at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.
For information about Marcia, her books, author visits, and for activities related to her books visit www.marciatjones.com.
Christopher Kelder
Lexington author Christopher Kelder was a tennis pro but now devotes his time to writing.
He became a published writer in 2008 with two stories in mylightmagazine.com, an on-line Catholic children’s magazine. In 2010 he self-published a book titled, THE SECRET OF COBB CREEK, A Short Novel & OTHER STORIES. The young adult novella is about a man who travels to eastern Kentucky during the Depression to teach the impoverished, uneducated children of coal miners how to write poetry. It is accompanied by six short stories, ranging from religious/inspirational to literary.
In 2010 he wrote and co-produced an independent short film titled, A TIME FOR HEALING. It is a story of a woman with breast cancer who, given a short time to live by conventional doctors, tries to heal herself through holistic healing.
Kelder is the facilitator for the Tates Creek Writers Group in Lexington. He volunteers at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning for writers events and has also tutored there.
He would be happy to speak at high schools to discuss writing short novels, including the topics of how to begin writing fiction, and how and why to become self-published. My fee would be negotiable based on the school’s budget.
CONTACT INFO:
Christopher Kelder
1142 Mount Rushmore Way
Lexington, KY 40515
[email protected]
(859) 971-7750
He became a published writer in 2008 with two stories in mylightmagazine.com, an on-line Catholic children’s magazine. In 2010 he self-published a book titled, THE SECRET OF COBB CREEK, A Short Novel & OTHER STORIES. The young adult novella is about a man who travels to eastern Kentucky during the Depression to teach the impoverished, uneducated children of coal miners how to write poetry. It is accompanied by six short stories, ranging from religious/inspirational to literary.
In 2010 he wrote and co-produced an independent short film titled, A TIME FOR HEALING. It is a story of a woman with breast cancer who, given a short time to live by conventional doctors, tries to heal herself through holistic healing.
Kelder is the facilitator for the Tates Creek Writers Group in Lexington. He volunteers at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning for writers events and has also tutored there.
He would be happy to speak at high schools to discuss writing short novels, including the topics of how to begin writing fiction, and how and why to become self-published. My fee would be negotiable based on the school’s budget.
CONTACT INFO:
Christopher Kelder
1142 Mount Rushmore Way
Lexington, KY 40515
[email protected]
(859) 971-7750
Russell Lunsford
Louisville author Russell Lunsford was born in Louisville, where he graduated from Pleasure Ridge Park High School in 1968. He attended Lindsey Wilson College (’70) and Elizabethtown Community College (’74). He completed his education at Western Kentucky University and has a bachelor's degree in sociology (’76) and a master's in guidance and counseling (’78). Lunsford retired with 27 years of service in the Army and Army Reserve in 2005 and achieved the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 4. Lunsford retired from Kentucky State Government in September 2007. He had 30 years of experience as a counselor and administrator.
Additional information on author and Letters From A Captive Heart, a novel about the Korean War POWs, can be found on his website www.RussellLunsford.com.
Additional information on author and Letters From A Captive Heart, a novel about the Korean War POWs, can be found on his website www.RussellLunsford.com.
Marie Mitchell
As a public radio reporter for WEKU-FM in Richmond, Richmond author Marie Mitchell met former President Jimmy Carter, interviewed astronaut Story Musgrave and spent 10 days covering stories in Japan. It was an exciting career. But after 24 years of telling other people’s stories, she decided to try something totally different—writing Kentucky-based books for young readers (grades 3-8). She has teamed up with her husband, Mason Smith, an English professor at Eastern Kentucky University, to write: The Lost Dispatch (fall 2008) about a middle school girl and her class joining a re-enactment of the Battle of Perryville, the largest Civil War battle fought in Kentucky; 48 Hours (fall 2009) about two Northern Kentucky teens on an amateur filmmaking team competing in a national contest to make a short movie in 48 hours; and UFO: Unidentified Feathered Object (spring 2011) about two cousins trying to prove that an extinct bird is still around.
Our website is: mitchell-smith.com.
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 623-0692 or (859) 200-4018
School Visits: Reasonable and Negotiable
She is also co-writing a Kentucky Girl series of books with her sister in northern Kentucky, Rebecca Mitchell Turney. Their first setting is Shaker Village in the 1830s.
In Road To Pleasant Hill (fall 2009) they follow an orphaned girl, Betsy, as she tries to fit into her new home with the Shakers. This book was on the 2010-2011 KBA list for grades 3-5. Issues: friendship, family, Shaker herbal industry and innovations. ’Tis a Gift (fall 2010) focuses on Betsy’s younger brother, Tad, who is being bullied by the older boys. Issues: bullying, Shaker music and dance. Tree of Life (fall 2011) will feature the frustrations of an artistic girl, Grace, whose creative ideas aren’t encouraged by the practical Shakers. Issues: using your talents in creative ways, Shaker textile industry.
Our website is: kygirlsbooks.com.
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 623-0692 or (859) 468-7817
School Visits: Reasonable and Negotiable
Other projects I’m working on: teaching two public speaking classes at Eastern Kentucky University, writing a feature column for The Richmond Register, mentoring 16 Clark Moores Middle School girls in writing, performing with the Madison County Dulcimers showcasing the official state instrument, and parenting four children.
Our website is: mitchell-smith.com.
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 623-0692 or (859) 200-4018
School Visits: Reasonable and Negotiable
She is also co-writing a Kentucky Girl series of books with her sister in northern Kentucky, Rebecca Mitchell Turney. Their first setting is Shaker Village in the 1830s.
In Road To Pleasant Hill (fall 2009) they follow an orphaned girl, Betsy, as she tries to fit into her new home with the Shakers. This book was on the 2010-2011 KBA list for grades 3-5. Issues: friendship, family, Shaker herbal industry and innovations. ’Tis a Gift (fall 2010) focuses on Betsy’s younger brother, Tad, who is being bullied by the older boys. Issues: bullying, Shaker music and dance. Tree of Life (fall 2011) will feature the frustrations of an artistic girl, Grace, whose creative ideas aren’t encouraged by the practical Shakers. Issues: using your talents in creative ways, Shaker textile industry.
Our website is: kygirlsbooks.com.
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 623-0692 or (859) 468-7817
School Visits: Reasonable and Negotiable
Other projects I’m working on: teaching two public speaking classes at Eastern Kentucky University, writing a feature column for The Richmond Register, mentoring 16 Clark Moores Middle School girls in writing, performing with the Madison County Dulcimers showcasing the official state instrument, and parenting four children.
Laura Allen Nonemaker
Louisville's Laura Nonemaker's desire to write took root as a child in Bermuda, when a favorite teacher published her essay in the local newspaper. The aspiration sprouted again during the 1980s, when she conceived the idea for TecNotes, a newsletter she wrote and edited for TubeTec Inc. Since then, Laura has written in a variety of genres and her work has appeared in Essence Treasury: Celebrating the Season, Alive! and Kentucky Monthly magazine.
The publication of Benny’s Angel is the realization of a dream. The first in her series called God’s Secret Garden Adventures, this colorful storybook conveys to little hearts the importance of prayer and the value of trusting God.
Contact Information:
Cell phone: 502-851-9438
E-mail: [email protected]
Laura's author page at Tate Publishing is http://godsgarden.tateauthor.com/
Read about her publishing journey at Digging In God's Garden
Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/digingodsgarden
Friend her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/diggingingodsgarden
Like Benny's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bennys-Angel
Ordering Information:
www.tatepublishing.com
www.godsgarden.tateauthor.com
www.diggingingodsgarden.com
The publication of Benny’s Angel is the realization of a dream. The first in her series called God’s Secret Garden Adventures, this colorful storybook conveys to little hearts the importance of prayer and the value of trusting God.
Contact Information:
Cell phone: 502-851-9438
E-mail: [email protected]
Laura's author page at Tate Publishing is http://godsgarden.tateauthor.com/
Read about her publishing journey at Digging In God's Garden
Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/digingodsgarden
Friend her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/diggingingodsgarden
Like Benny's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bennys-Angel
Ordering Information:
www.tatepublishing.com
www.godsgarden.tateauthor.com
www.diggingingodsgarden.com
Eddie Price
Hawesville's Eddie Price, the author of Widder’s Landing, is a lifelong native of Kentucky. A graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College (BA) and Western Kentucky University (MA and Rank I), Eddie taught history for 36 years (31 at Hancock County High School). He also taught part-time classes for 21 years at Owensboro Community & Technical College. In that time he received Ashland Oil’s Golden Apple Teaching Award, was included in Who’s Who Among America’s High School Teachers, and won the Outstanding American History Teacher Award from the Kentucky Association for the Teachers of History and Kentucky Council for the Social Studies. Murray State University named him Outstanding Kentucky High School Teacher in 2000. He also received the Excellence in Teaching Award from Campbellsville University in 2012. His students voted him “Teacher of the Year” numerous times. Eddie has coached many award-winning academic teams and history contest winners. He is active in the Hancock County Historical Society and helped organize the Young Historians Club there. Eddie is world traveler who enjoys bicycling, horseback riding and swimming. He now lives in Hancock County. He has two daughters, Sheena and Breanne.
2014 Programs
• "What I Saw at Cane Ridge" – the Cane Ridge Revival in northeastern Kentucky, the site of the largest Protestant revival movement of the time of the early 1800s. Presented in period costume and accompanied by period music.
•"Remember the Raisin" – reflections on the Battle of River Raisin at the site of Monroe, Mich., which lead to the American rally cry of the War of 1812… “Remember
the Raisin!” This presentation shows how deeply Kentuckians were involved economically, politically, militarily, and emotionally in the War of 1812. Presented in
period costume and accompanied by period music.
Additional information:
*Designated a “Kentucky Writer” by the Kentucky Arts Council
* Kentucky Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau 2012-2013 and 2013-2014
*Kentucky Historical Society/Kentucky Bicentennial Commission War of 1812 endorsement.
*National Society United States Daughters of 1812 “Spirit of 1812 Award”
*Novel Widder’s Landing recognized by Kentucky Governor Steven Beshear
*Commendation from Kentucky State Senate
*Widder’s Landing named Gold Medal winner in the Reader’s Favorite 2013 Award Contest: Historical Fiction
*Director, Hancock County Museum
*Board Member, Hancock County Historical Society
Contact:
175 Windsong Drive
Hawesville, Ky. 42348
Phone:270-922-1326/270-927-0471
Email: [email protected]
www.facebook.com/eddieprice.1954
Website: www.eddiepricekentuckyauthor.com
2014 Programs
• "What I Saw at Cane Ridge" – the Cane Ridge Revival in northeastern Kentucky, the site of the largest Protestant revival movement of the time of the early 1800s. Presented in period costume and accompanied by period music.
•"Remember the Raisin" – reflections on the Battle of River Raisin at the site of Monroe, Mich., which lead to the American rally cry of the War of 1812… “Remember
the Raisin!” This presentation shows how deeply Kentuckians were involved economically, politically, militarily, and emotionally in the War of 1812. Presented in
period costume and accompanied by period music.
Additional information:
*Designated a “Kentucky Writer” by the Kentucky Arts Council
* Kentucky Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau 2012-2013 and 2013-2014
*Kentucky Historical Society/Kentucky Bicentennial Commission War of 1812 endorsement.
*National Society United States Daughters of 1812 “Spirit of 1812 Award”
*Novel Widder’s Landing recognized by Kentucky Governor Steven Beshear
*Commendation from Kentucky State Senate
*Widder’s Landing named Gold Medal winner in the Reader’s Favorite 2013 Award Contest: Historical Fiction
*Director, Hancock County Museum
*Board Member, Hancock County Historical Society
Contact:
175 Windsong Drive
Hawesville, Ky. 42348
Phone:270-922-1326/270-927-0471
Email: [email protected]
www.facebook.com/eddieprice.1954
Website: www.eddiepricekentuckyauthor.com
Kim Michele Richardson
Louisville's Kim Michele Richardson, author of The Unbreakable Child, is actively involved in victim abuse and works with legal advisers and government officials. Kim also works closely with many survivors/victims of all types of abuse. As the Kentucky spokesperson for SNAP, Global, Kim is the go-to contact for news media for the endemic abuse crisis and has appeared on national radio, news print, TV news channels, and on PBS stations.
Kim is also a contributor to The Huffington Post and writes about societal issues. Kim mentors teen and adult writing workshops and student reading groups and has also implemented and designed successful programs to help homeless shelters - programs that teach students about giving back to their communities.
Kim volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, is a graduate of Sullivan University, and resides in Kentucky with her forever family, which includes several beloved adopted critters
She is available for speaking engagements on my book and related topics, including the ins and outs of the publishing industry, teen writing, building successful author platforms and utilizing social media. I can lead discussions on classroom book reports, justice, psychology, and childhood development.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.theunbreakablechild.com
Kim is also a contributor to The Huffington Post and writes about societal issues. Kim mentors teen and adult writing workshops and student reading groups and has also implemented and designed successful programs to help homeless shelters - programs that teach students about giving back to their communities.
Kim volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, is a graduate of Sullivan University, and resides in Kentucky with her forever family, which includes several beloved adopted critters
She is available for speaking engagements on my book and related topics, including the ins and outs of the publishing industry, teen writing, building successful author platforms and utilizing social media. I can lead discussions on classroom book reports, justice, psychology, and childhood development.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.theunbreakablechild.com
Todd and Cheryl Schleuning
Todd has been living in Louisville since age 4 and is a communications graduate of Bellarmine University.
Cheryl has her masters in special education and is the assistant director of Friends School, an inclusive school in Louisville.
Their book, The Story of Snake, is an interactive tale about young animals, disability and overcoming adversity ideal for children K-3.
Cheryl and Todd met at Woodstock 1994, have been married since 1999 and have three daughters named Ella, Grayson and Sophia.
Contact:
Todd and Cheryl Schleuning
2035 Long Run Road
Louisville, KY 40245
(502) 727-7000
[email protected]
Todd has been living in Louisville since age 4 and is a communications graduate of Bellarmine University.
Cheryl has her masters in special education and is the assistant director of Friends School, an inclusive school in Louisville.
Their book, The Story of Snake, is an interactive tale about young animals, disability and overcoming adversity ideal for children K-3.
Cheryl and Todd met at Woodstock 1994, have been married since 1999 and have three daughters named Ella, Grayson and Sophia.
Contact:
Todd and Cheryl Schleuning
2035 Long Run Road
Louisville, KY 40245
(502) 727-7000
[email protected]
Mason Smith
Richmond author Mason Smith's background includes writing for newspapers and magazines, but he's enjoyed adding short stories and novels for young readers to that list. He teaches first-year composition, American Literature and Advanced Composition at Eastern Kentucky University. Mason has published scholarly articles in detective fiction, specifically on the American hard-boiled novelist Raymond Chandler. He's also published popular articles on martial arts topics in magazines like Black Belt and Inside Kung-Fu. My short fiction has appeared in regional literary magazines such as Scripsit and The Chaffin Journal. Smith's other interests range from Latin literature to UFO studies.
Mason has teamed up with his wife, Marie Mitchell, a former radio and print journalist and part-time instructor in communications at Eastern Kentucky University, to write:
The Lost Dispatch (fall 2008) about a middle school girl and her class joining a re-enactment of the Battle of Perryville, the largest Civil War battle fought in Kentucky. We also wrote a one-act play based on that battle, which was performed at the Battle of Richmond in August 2010; 48 Hours (fall 2009) about two Northern Kentucky teens on an amateur filmmaking team competing in a national contest to make a short movie in 48 hours; and UFO: Unidentified Feathered Object (spring 2011) about two cousins trying to prove that an extinct bird is still around.
Contact:
Website: www.mitchell-smith.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 623-0692 or (859) 582-5960
School Visits: Reasonable and Negotiable
Mason has teamed up with his wife, Marie Mitchell, a former radio and print journalist and part-time instructor in communications at Eastern Kentucky University, to write:
The Lost Dispatch (fall 2008) about a middle school girl and her class joining a re-enactment of the Battle of Perryville, the largest Civil War battle fought in Kentucky. We also wrote a one-act play based on that battle, which was performed at the Battle of Richmond in August 2010; 48 Hours (fall 2009) about two Northern Kentucky teens on an amateur filmmaking team competing in a national contest to make a short movie in 48 hours; and UFO: Unidentified Feathered Object (spring 2011) about two cousins trying to prove that an extinct bird is still around.
Contact:
Website: www.mitchell-smith.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (859) 623-0692 or (859) 582-5960
School Visits: Reasonable and Negotiable
Judy Spegal
Judy Spegal is
a Northern Kentucky native and a retired teacher/library media specialist from
Kenton County. Her book, Happiness is a Place Called Home: A Fancy Dog Story, has full-color illustrations by graphic designer and
illustrator, Kenny Meade. Mr. Meade’s pictures follow the storyline from
page-to-page.
www.FancyTracks.com is a website dedicated to youngsters and oldsters who enjoy wholesome stories about animal antics on the farm. Interested readers can contact Judy by visiting the website. Details for book ordering are available.
Judy anticipates that readers will want to stay tuned for more Fancy Dog Stories and other animal frolics for future reading.
Contact: [email protected]
www.FancyTracks.com is a website dedicated to youngsters and oldsters who enjoy wholesome stories about animal antics on the farm. Interested readers can contact Judy by visiting the website. Details for book ordering are available.
Judy anticipates that readers will want to stay tuned for more Fancy Dog Stories and other animal frolics for future reading.
Contact: [email protected]
Martha Bennett Stiles
Lexington author Martha Bennett Stiles has published nine books and dozens of stories in Humpty Dumpty’s Magazine, Seventeen, Ingenue, Baptist Student, Georgia Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, TriQuarterly, etc., and dozens of articles in The New York Times (travel and op ed), Esquire, Stereo Review, Writers Digest, Worldview, Michigan Quarterly Review, Boston Globe, Horsemen’s Journal, etc. Martha has taught creative writing at the Universities of Kentucky and Louisville and in residencies at Kentucky’s Estill County Middle School, Bate Middle School, and the Louisville Collegiate School.
Her 12th book, Sailing To Freedom (about the Underground Railroad), is on the 2013 Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year master list in the 9-12 age group and on the 2013 Tri-State Reviews Committee Books of Note list.
She is happy talking to audiences of any age and size. Needs a mic for large groups.
Contact: [email protected]
Websites: www.marthabennettstiles.com and http://mbstiles.spaces.live.com
Her 12th book, Sailing To Freedom (about the Underground Railroad), is on the 2013 Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year master list in the 9-12 age group and on the 2013 Tri-State Reviews Committee Books of Note list.
She is happy talking to audiences of any age and size. Needs a mic for large groups.
Contact: [email protected]
Websites: www.marthabennettstiles.com and http://mbstiles.spaces.live.com
Patsi B. Trollinger
Danville author Patsi B. Trollinger says that writing is lot like the tree-climbing she did in her childhood. It’s easier to think about climbing and to start up than it is to finish the job and come down. Even so, Patsi has published a book and numerous magazine articles.
Her first book for young readers, Perfect Timing, was originally published by Viking and won honored as a Junior Library Guild selection. The book tells the compelling story of Isaac Murphy, the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times. In the words of one reviewer, “Perfect Timing is a winning combination of sports, biography, and the inspiring story of an African American who made racing history.”
During 2010, the book was chosen for an Everybody Reads project spanning much of Kentucky. Early in 2011, a revised softcover edition was issued by Benjamin Press. On her website (www.patsibtrollinger.com), Trollinger offers a free Educator’s Kit that includes links to Kentucky core content, lesson plans, and supplemental information.
Trollinger’s earliest writing ventures in elementary school involved a line of homemade greeting cards, complete with original rhymes and art. In high school, her focus shifted toward journalism when she became the teen correspondent for a daily newspaper.
Trollinger graduated from Emory & Henry College in Virginia and subsequently returned to the college to serve as director of public relations. As a magazine editor and all-purpose writer for the college (as well as sports information director), she completed stories on everything from football to biochemistry. After moving to Kentucky, Trollinger coordinated the news service at Centre College and directed the media hall when the college hosted the 2000 vice presidential debate.
Now devoted fulltime to writing, Trollinger has written articles for magazines including Ladybug, Back Home in Kentucky, and Keeneland.
Website: www.patsibtrollinger.com
School Visits, Presentations, and Events
Patsi Trollinger is a veteran of numerous school visits, book talks, and other presentations. She likes to adapt her topics to fit the needs of individual schools and grade levels. Some of her past topics have included the following:
History Sleuths as Story Tellers - How historical facts become the foundation for great stories
The Object at Hand – Using artifacts and everyday objects to promote literacy
Are Authors Smarter than Fourth Graders? – Writing challenges shared by students and authors
The Story of Isaac Murphy – Sharing Isaac’s story with students
Contact: [email protected]
Her first book for young readers, Perfect Timing, was originally published by Viking and won honored as a Junior Library Guild selection. The book tells the compelling story of Isaac Murphy, the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times. In the words of one reviewer, “Perfect Timing is a winning combination of sports, biography, and the inspiring story of an African American who made racing history.”
During 2010, the book was chosen for an Everybody Reads project spanning much of Kentucky. Early in 2011, a revised softcover edition was issued by Benjamin Press. On her website (www.patsibtrollinger.com), Trollinger offers a free Educator’s Kit that includes links to Kentucky core content, lesson plans, and supplemental information.
Trollinger’s earliest writing ventures in elementary school involved a line of homemade greeting cards, complete with original rhymes and art. In high school, her focus shifted toward journalism when she became the teen correspondent for a daily newspaper.
Trollinger graduated from Emory & Henry College in Virginia and subsequently returned to the college to serve as director of public relations. As a magazine editor and all-purpose writer for the college (as well as sports information director), she completed stories on everything from football to biochemistry. After moving to Kentucky, Trollinger coordinated the news service at Centre College and directed the media hall when the college hosted the 2000 vice presidential debate.
Now devoted fulltime to writing, Trollinger has written articles for magazines including Ladybug, Back Home in Kentucky, and Keeneland.
Website: www.patsibtrollinger.com
School Visits, Presentations, and Events
Patsi Trollinger is a veteran of numerous school visits, book talks, and other presentations. She likes to adapt her topics to fit the needs of individual schools and grade levels. Some of her past topics have included the following:
History Sleuths as Story Tellers - How historical facts become the foundation for great stories
The Object at Hand – Using artifacts and everyday objects to promote literacy
Are Authors Smarter than Fourth Graders? – Writing challenges shared by students and authors
The Story of Isaac Murphy – Sharing Isaac’s story with students
Contact: [email protected]
Pamela Whinnery
Paducah author Pamela Whinnery has written two cookbooks -- Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities and Country Goodness: Favorite Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.
Her goal is to use the cookbooks as fund-raisers for non-profit and charitable organizations as well as schools. "Fifty percent of any copies that are sold will be given to charities and non-profit organizations that wish to use it as a fundraiser," she said. " The other 50 percent is to cover my cost. I feel God has blessed me and this is a way I can give back to the community."
She believes that her cookbooks are a great way to publicize tourism, business, industry, and historic sites. The Kentucky cookbook has more than 300 recipes from local and national personalities. In addition, there are brief notes with each recipe on the contributor.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 270.554.5332
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/celebritycookbooks/home
Address: 5754 Lovelaceville Road, Paducah 42001.
Her goal is to use the cookbooks as fund-raisers for non-profit and charitable organizations as well as schools. "Fifty percent of any copies that are sold will be given to charities and non-profit organizations that wish to use it as a fundraiser," she said. " The other 50 percent is to cover my cost. I feel God has blessed me and this is a way I can give back to the community."
She believes that her cookbooks are a great way to publicize tourism, business, industry, and historic sites. The Kentucky cookbook has more than 300 recipes from local and national personalities. In addition, there are brief notes with each recipe on the contributor.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 270.554.5332
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/celebritycookbooks/home
Address: 5754 Lovelaceville Road, Paducah 42001.
Lisa Wood
Frankfort author Lisa Wood currently serves as the pastor to Children & Families at Immanuel Baptist Church.
Lisa enjoys scrapbooking, card-making, needleworking, and trap shooting. She's a member of the local Optimist Club and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Her published works include a monthly children's book review column for the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, articles in Home Life, Murray Life, Globe, and Capital Living magazine. Lisa also creates skits, dramas, games, interactive programs and scripture-based curriculum for use in a children's ministry setting.
She is a speaker and advocate for children's literacy and safety issues.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Lisa enjoys scrapbooking, card-making, needleworking, and trap shooting. She's a member of the local Optimist Club and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Her published works include a monthly children's book review column for the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, articles in Home Life, Murray Life, Globe, and Capital Living magazine. Lisa also creates skits, dramas, games, interactive programs and scripture-based curriculum for use in a children's ministry setting.
She is a speaker and advocate for children's literacy and safety issues.
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
