Featured Authors
David Carter attended college at Emory University, where he majored in religion while also taking many French courses. He received his MA in South Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin. Soon after moving to Wisconsin, he became a gay activist. Carter is the founder of the Madison Committee for Gay Read more…
Tawni O’Dell is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Fragile Beasts, Sister Mine, Coal Run, and Back Roads, which was an Oprah’s Book Club pick and a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. Her work has been published in over 40 countries. Back Roads is currently in development to Read more…
Cathryn Cofell’s poetry and essays have been published in hundreds of journals and anthologies, and appear in five books, most recently Kamikaze Commotion (Parallel Press). Her latest project is Lip, her poems to the music of Obvious Dog. Cathryn is a frequent keynote, radio guest, instructor and arts advocate, including stints as Read more…
Danielle Sosin is the author of The Long-Shining Waters, winner of the 2011 Milkweed National Fiction Prize. The book, which MN Monthly has called “The first great novel about Lake Superior… and its many ghosts,“ is a finalist for the upcoming MN Book Awards. The New York Times Book Review Read more…
Kathleen Ernst’s Chloe Ellefson/Historic Sites mysteries are rooted in her time as a curator at Old World Wisconsin, the historic site near Eagle. Old World Murder (2010) and The Heirloom Murders (2011) will soon be followed by The Lightkeeper’s Legacy, set in Door County. Kathleen’s fiction for young readers includes eight historical Read more…
Impressed by the kindness of her first teachers, the School Sisters of Notre Dame, Sister Flynn decided to follow their example and professed vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame at the age of 20. She graduated from Mount Mary College and holds a masters degree in theology from Read more…
Bruce Dethlefsen has been appointed Wisconsin Poet Laureate for 2011-2012. His mission is to promote Wisconsin poets and poetry. He is the author of two chapbooks, Decent Reed and Something Near the Dance Floor, which won the Posner Award Honorable Mention. His latest book of poems, Unexpected Shiny Things, is published Read more…