| Where: | Indie Authors - Adult Fiction and Nonfiction (Seats 20)  |
| When: | Sat, Mar 15, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Joanna Barnett (she/her) is a slam poet who lives in Tucson, AZ. She is the author of two poetry collections: "Snake Pit" (310 Brown Street, 2019) and "DNA Like Jam" (310 Brown Street, 2023). She started performing poetry because she is monstrously competitive but cannot play traditional sports, so had to find an outlet for her need to crush the opposition....
Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski’s journey from building snow forts in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to uncovering her German Russian heritage is as thrilling as a touchdown at Lambeau Field! As a kid, she traded snowball fights for softball tournaments and swapped hot cocoa for brat fries, all while pledging lifelong loyalty to the Green Bay Packers....
Nicki's debut novel, "Ellis River," won the Independent Book Publishers Association's Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book - Fiction. The next year it won the IBPA's award for Best Audiobook - Fiction....
Dr. Dawn Filos enjoys writing about all things pets in her blog, www.drdawnthepetvet.com and for print and social media. She wants to be a source of reliable veterinary news and pet medical and behavioral information for pet lovers....
Poli Flores Jr has been a superior court judge in southern California for eighteen years, and a criminal defense attorney for twenty-two years before his judgeship. Flores graduated from UCLA and received his law degree from UC San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of Law)....
Angela L. Hansen has always had a love affair with the written word and began crafting stories at a young age. She lives in the beautiful state of Arizona and often takes inspiration from the landscape and expansive sky....
Monté Hill is a native of Western North Carolina where she lived before moving to Denver, Colorado with her partner in 2019. Two years later, they became digital nomads, traversing the Lower Forty-Eight with a side trip to Belgium and France, where they indulged their passion for Belgian ales, chocolate and frites....
Maggie Jackson is an award-winning author and social critic with a global reach. Her latest book, "Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure," was nominated for a National Book Award; chosen as an official selection of the Next Big Idea Club; and named a top book of 2023 and 2024 multiple times....
Robert Lay lives in the middle of the United States with a wonderful wife, two college-aged children, five cats and one dog - all of whom have a great deal of personality and take turns running his life....
After 42 years of marriage, Susan’s husband suddenly developed the annoying habit of dating, and she suddenly became single. She turned to wine, family, wine, friends, wine and her writing....
E.S. Magill fell in love with writing and the supernatural at a very young age and combined her two passions to become a dark fiction writer. She earned her B.A. and M.A. in English and dedicated herself to teaching for over twenty years....
Jack Meyer is the aiuthor of the Wayward Patriot Series of thrillers. He develops characters that are relatable, “every day” people who find themselves in situations that they could never imagine....
Francis Gary Powers Jr. is the founder and chairman emeritus of The Cold War Museum. As chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Cold War Theme Study, he worked with the National Park Service and leading Cold War experts to identify historic Cold War sites for commemoration, interpretation and preservation....
Emily Michel negotiates with her three feline overlords on a daily basis for the space and time to write, edit and eat. Occasionally, her husband drags her out of the house for her own good, and her two (mostly grown) kids are endless sources of amusement for her....
Born and raised in Southern California, and a former resident of Tucson for nearly a decade, W. Arthur Toogood now resides in New Mexico where he enjoys casual strolls along the Rio Grande Bosque trails, the occasional morning plate of huevos rancheros, the enchanting Southwestern sunsets, and contemplating the mysteries of life under a dazzling starlit night sky....
Debra VanDeventer is a former educator who now channels her creative energies int writing. Her style can best be described as creative nonfiction as moments bloom into words. In addition to "Until Italy: A Traveler's Memoir" she is the author of "Out of the Crayon Box: Thoughts on Teaching, Retirement, and Life....
Accused of being an adrenaline junkie, Kate’s debut, "Dances with Fire," grabs readers to pull them along on her action-packed adventure on a 20-person Hotshot crew. Kate learns to endure the most adverse conditions in challenging terrain while learning the important practice of teamwork in the midst of constant chaos, change and challenge in wildland firefighting’s harsh environment....
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