Booklovers, It's Almost Here!
Twelve local authors, including New York Times best-selling fantasy writer Sara Raasch, will greet the public at MidPointe Library’s “ReadLocal Indie Author Fair” Saturday, November 16, from 10 a.m. to noon at its Trenton location, 200 Edgewood Drive.
The free program gives fans and potential readers the opportunity to ask the authors – many of them literary prize winners and/or an award nominee -- about their writing routines, their paths to publishing, literary awards they may have won and their future writing plans. Books will be available for sale so don’t forget to ask for an autographed copy!
Our author/guests include:
Timothy B. Barner
Timothy B. Barner is a widower with two young boys. His roots are in Upstate New York, but his home is in Trenton. Eyes of God is his current novel. It reveals a day in the life of a community, as seen through God’s eyes. The Sasquatch Diaries is a Christian humor novel written for young adults. He is currently working on a play called “Tying Up The Tomatoes” about the changing semantics of a family through their visits to their favorite Dayton restaurant. His goal in writing is to reveal a fresh, realistic perspective of the world we live in.
Stacy Dickman
Stacy Dickman is a full-time mom and part-time blogger from Southwest Ohio. Her husband and three children provide her with plenty of inspiration and opportunities to be creative. She earned her bachelor’s degree in health and sport studies from Miami University of Ohio and received her master's in biblical studies from Liberty University. She is the author of Labeled: Redefining the Woman God Made You to Be. Stacy writes to encourage women of all ages to find beauty in the everyday.
Katie Frankey
Katie Frankey, originally from Grove City, Ohio, completed her undergrad work at Wilmington (Ohio) College and her master’s degree through the Ohio Writing Project at Miami University. She is currently a teacher at Butler Tech Career Technology Schools in Butler County. Later this month she will be a presenter at the National Conference for Teachers of English. Echo is her first published novel. Katie is also published in the Ohio Journal for English Language Arts. Married with three little girls, she and her husband strive to keep God in the home and work diligently to raise well rounded, loving humans.
Diane Gronas
For Diane Gronas, the daughter of an art professor, the study of illustration and search for the perfect Cinderella tale grew into a coming-of-age adventure on another planet far in the future called Starseeker: The Flower of Tamaroon. Diane is a graphic artist and graduate of Miami University School of Fine Arts. She has worked at a graphic design studio in Cincinnati and taught design, photography, drawing and painting at a public high school. Diane completed her first book in 2014. She has a family of four. She and her husband live near Cincinnati, Ohio. https://dianegronas.com
Krysten Lindsay Hager
Krysten Lindsay Hager is the author of True Colors, Best Friends...Forever?, Next Door to a Star, Landry in Like, and Competing with the Star (The Star Series: Book 2), Dating the It Guy, Can Dreams Come True, and In Over Her Head: Lights, Camera, Anxiety. She received a bachelor of arts degree in English and master’s degree from the University of Michigan-Flint. Krysten’s work has been featured in USA Today and many other newspapers as well as “Living Dayton.” Find more about Krysten at https://www.krystenlindsay.com/
Sandra Merville Hart
Amazon bestselling author Sandra Merville Hart loves to uncover little-known yet fascinating facts about American history to include in her stories. She is the author of A Musket in My Hands, A Rebel in My House and A Stranger On My Land and the novella, Surprised by Love (featured in “From the Lake to the River”), “Trail’s End” (featured in “Smitten Novella Collection: The Cowboys”) and “Not This Year” (featured in “Christmas Fiction Off the Beaten Path”). Find her on her blog: https://sandramervillehart.wordpress.com
Lora Logan
Not unlike many of her characters, Lora Logan, author of “Mystic Desire: A Supernatural Anthology” and “All She Ever Needed,” is attracted to tough, tattooed men, and is lucky enough to be married to one! The mama of three Maltese puppies, she is an animal lover and can be found most days snuggling with them while reading or writing. Her favorite part of writing is the fact that her characters usually steal the show while she follows behind with a pen in her hand, watching them choose their own trajectory. Find Lora at:
https://www.facebook.com/authorloralogan/
Melinda McIntosh
Melinda McIntosh is the author of three books of poetry: A Bit of Tickle for the Mind, Tickling God’s Toes, and In the Spirit of Halloween. Melinda’s poetry is influenced by her Christian faith, her southern beginnings, her love of fairytale and fantasy, and a longing for imagination. Through her sweet poetry, Melinda shares her thoughts and wonderings with both children and adults. Melinda grew up in Middletown and Seven Mile and graduated from Edgewood High School and Miami University. She lives in West Chester, Ohio, with her husband and their two cats, PJ (Pure Joy) and Pumpkin Pi.
Sara Raasch
Sara Raasch has known she was destined for bookish things since the age of five, when her friends had a lemonade stand and she tagged along to sell her hand-drawn picture books too. Not much has changed since then — her friends still cock concerned eyebrows when she attempts to draw things and her enthusiasm for the written word still drives her to extreme measures. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes trilogy and the Stream Raiders duology. None of those feature her hand-drawn pictures. Coming next: Magical gladiators in Set Fire to the Gods with Kristen Simmons, 8/20. Find Sara at:
www.sararaaschbooks.com
Mike Sherer
Mike Sherer lives in the Greater Cincinnati area. His screenplay 'Hamal 18' was produced in Los Angeles and released direct to DVD. His paranormal suspense novel, A Cold Dish, was published by James Ward Kirk Fiction. Mike has also published four novellas and eighteen short stories. Links to all these are posted on his website: www.mikesherer.wordpress.com The site also includes his ongoing travel blog 'American Locations' and information about his MG novel, Shadytown, scheduled for publication in January by INtense Publications. Find Mike at: www.mikesherer.org.
Sara Moore Wagner
Sara Moore Wagner lives in West Chester, Ohio, with her husband and three small children. She is the author of the chapbook Hooked Through (Five Oaks Press, 2017). Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in many journals including Waxwing, The Cincinnati Review, Tar River Poetry, Harpur Palate, Western Humanities Review, and Nimrod among others. She holds a BFA from Bowling Green State University and a MAE from Northern Kentucky University. Find her at www.saramoorewagner.com.
Rebecca Waters