Cincinnati USA Book Festival
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Cincinnati USA Book Festival
Cincinnati USA Book Festival Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Art © Charley Harper Art Studio 2014 Duke Energy Convention Center | Downtown Cincinnati | FREE ADMISSION www.booksbythebanks.org Featured Authors Meet 130+ national, regional & local authors! Marc Brown Marc Brown is the creator of the bestselling Arthur Adventure book series and co-developer of the children’s PBS television series, Arthur. He has also created a second book series, featuring D.W., Arthur’s little sister, as well as numerous other books for children. Marc Brown lives with his family in Tisbury, Massachusetts on Martha’s Vineyard. Gwenda Bond Gwenda Bond is the author of Girl on a Wire, a novel about a daredevil heroine who discovers danger and passion lurking beneath the big top. Her previous novels include The Woken Gods and Blackwood. She has also written for Publishers Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. Gwenda lives in a 100-year-old house in Lexington, Kentucky, with her husband, author Christopher Rowe, and their menagerie. Andrea Cheng Andrea Cheng is the author of 20 awardwinning books for young people. Readers can follow Anna Wang in fifth grade in The Year of the Baby, and then in sixth grade in The Year of the Fortune Cookie. Her recent title, Etched in Clay, a biography in verse of Dave the Potter, received starred reviews in both Kirkus and School Library Journal. In addition to writing, Andrea teaches ESL at Cincinnati State. She lives with her husband in Cincinnati. 2 • www.booksbythebanks.org Ann Hagedorn Ann Hagedorn’s latest book The Invisible Soldiers, explores the privatization of America’s national security and the dramatic rise of a bold new industry of private security contractors. Ann has been a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal and has taught writing at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her previous books are Wild Ride, Ransom, Beyond the River, and Savage Peace. Jasper Fforde Jasper Fforde’s first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. Fforde is mainly known for his Thursday Next novels, although he has written several books in the loosely connected Nursery Crime series and has begun two more independent series, The Last Dragonslayer and Shades of Grey. He is the recipient of the Dilys Award, Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, Crawford Award. He lives in Wales. Alan Gratz Alan Gratz began writing The League of Seven by listing all the things that 10-year-old Alan would have thought were awesome, including brass goggles, airships, tentacled monsters, brains in jars, windup robots, secret societies, and super powers. (In fact, he still thinks all those things are awesome.) When not writing books like Samurai Shortstop, the Brooklyn Nine, and Prisoner B-3087, he’s usually reading other people’s books or creating an awesome new costume for science fiction/fantasy conventions. Kate Hattemer Kate Hattemer taught high school Latin for three years and now works at an independent bookstore in Cincinnati. She delivered an epic poem at her university graduation ceremony. The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy , her first book, was selected as the 2014 On the Same Page title for teens. Dubbed a “modern day Jane Austen” (Vanity Fair) and a “dependably down-to-earth storyteller” (New York Times), Emily Giffin has penned six New York Times bestsellers, Something Blue, Baby Proof, Love the One You’re With, Heart of the Matter, and Where We Belong. Her novels, all filled with endearingly flawed characters and emotional complexity, have been translated into twenty-nine languages, with eleven million copies in print worldwide. Her seventh novel, The One and Only, was released in the spring of 2014. Emily resides with her husband and three young children in Atlanta. *At the Festival for limited time. See Books by the Banks website for schedule. Hampton Sides is the author of Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, and other bestselling works of narrative history. He is editorat-large for Outside Magazine and has written for National Geographic, The New Yorker, Esquire, Preservation, and Men’s Journal. His magazine work, collected in numerous published anthologies, has been twice nominated for National Magazine Awards for feature writing. His latest book, In the Kingdom of Ice, was published this summer. Smith Henderson Smith Henderson is the recipient of the 2011 PEN Emerging Writer Award in fiction, and was the Phillip Roth Resident in Creative Writing at Bucknell University the same year. His short story, “Number Stations” won a Pushcart Prize and his fiction has been anthologized and published in American Short Fiction, One Story, and the New Orleans Review. Fourth of July Creek was recently shortlisted for the annual FlahertyDunnan First Novel Prize. Grady Hendrix Emily Giffin* Hampton Sides* Grady Hendrix is a writer and journalist and one of the founders of the New York Asian Film Festival. A former film critic for the New York Sun, Grady has written for Slate, the Village Voice, Time Out New York, Playboy, and Variety. A traditional haunted house story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, Horrorstör comes packaged in the form of a glossy mail order catalog, complete with product illustrations, a home delivery order form, and a map of Orsk’s labyrinthine showroom. Katherine Howe Amanda Kingloff Kostya Kennedy Teeny Lamothe Katherine Howe is the New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, The House of Velvet and Glass, and Conversion. She has hosted “Salem: Unmasking the Devil” for the National Geographic Channel. In spring 2015 she will be the visiting writer in residence at Lenoir-Ryne University in North Carolina. A native Texan, she lives in New England and upstate New York, where she teaches at Cornell and is at work on her next novel. As lifestyle director at Parents magazine from 2007 to 2012, Amanda Kingloff oversaw all DIY content for the brand. Before joining Parents, Amanda worked for lifestyle personality Katie Brown, producing and starring in Katie Brown Workshop on PBS and co-writing Katie Brown’s Weekends and Katie Brown’s Outdoor Entertaining. She has appeared on Good Morning America and Lifetime’s I Do Diaries: Beg, Borrow, and Steal. She lives with her husband and two children in Brooklyn, New York. Teeny Lamothe has Kostya Kennedy, an written about pie for the assistant managing Huffington Post, Relish, editor at Sports IllusCakeSpy, Refinery29, trated, is the New York The Kitchen, and other Times bestselling print and online publiauthor of 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last cations. With the dream of becoming a Magic Number in “Lady Baker,” Teeny eschewed traditional Sports, winner of the pastry school and instead embarked on 2011 Casey Award a traveling apprenticeship, working under and runner-up for the 2012 PEN/ESPN and learning from the country’s best Award for Literary Sports Writing. Pete bakers. She lives in Washington, D.C., Rose: An American Dilemma, was pub- where she runs her wholesale and custom pie-baking business, Teeny Pies, with the lished in the spring of 2014. motto “eat pie. be happy. eat more pie.” John Scalzi* John Scalzi is one of the most acclaimed science fiction authors to emerge in the last decade. His massively successful debut, Old Man’s War, won him science fiction’s John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, and Redshirts, which won 2013’s Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog, The Whatever, has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter. *At the Festival for limited time. See Books by the Banks website for schedule. www.booksbythebanks.org • 3 Philip and Erin Stead* Philip C. Stead is the author of the Caldecott Medal-winning book A Sick Day for Amos McGee, also named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2010 and a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2010, illustrated by his wife, Erin E. Stead. Together with Erin, he also created Bear Has a Story to Tell, an E.B. White Read-Aloud Award honor book. Philip, Erin, and their dog, Wednesday, live in a 100-year-old barn in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Loren Long Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture books Otis, Otis and the Tornado, Otis and the Puppy, and An Otis Christmas. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of President Barack Obama’s picture book Of Thee I Sing, the re-illustrated edition of The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, and Mr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna. Adam Watkins Adam F. Watkins has always had a passion for making pictures, for singing the alphabet song, and for robots. So it was no surprise that the first picture book he wrote and illustrated is about letters and, of course, robots. Adam lives in Southern Ohio with his wife and two children. Although he has never successfully built a working robot (yet), he did master the alphabet at the age of five. Tiphanie Yanique Phil Nuxhall Phil Nuxhall has had a love affair with Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum since 2001 when he became its very first historian. After digging into historical records for several years, his knowledge of Spring Grove deepened and broadened. He began giving private tours, then educated docents to give public tours, then added a tram for long-winded tours (and short-winded tourists!). His latest book, Stories in the Grove, tells the little known narratives behind those who are buried there, and often...why. Daniel Wright Daniel Wright is an award-winning chef, restaurateur, and owner of Senate, Abigail Street and Pontiac. In 2012, he was named Peoples Best New Chef by Food & Wine Magazine. Senate: Street & Savory, his first cookbook, features more than 160 original recipes. 4 • www.booksbythebanks.org Tiphanie Yanique is the author of the short story collection, How to Escape from a Leper Colony, the picture book I Am the Virgin Islands, and the novel Land of Love and Drowning. Her writing has won the 2011 BOCAS Prize for Caribbean Fiction, Boston Review Prize in Fiction, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award, a Pushcart Prize, and an Academy of American Poet’s Prize. She has been listed by the Boston Globe as one of the 16 cultural figures to watch and the National Book Foundation’s one of the 5 Under 35. Matthew Holm Matthew Holm is the author and illustrator of more than 25 books for children. He is the co-creator (with his sister, Jennifer) of two series of graphic novels for children: the Eisner Award-winning Babymouse series and the Indiebound-bestselling Squish series, both from Random House Children’s Books. He is also the co-editor of Comics Squad, a new anthology series of comics for kids. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and dog. Dave Zirin Named one of UTNE Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World”, Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports for the Nation Magazine. Winner of Sport in Society and Northeastern University School of Journalism’s Excellence in Sports Journalism Award, Zirin is also the host of Sirius XM Radio’s popular weekly show, Edge of Sports Radio and a columnist for SLAM Magazine and the Progressive. *At the Festival for limited time. See Books by the Banks website for schedule. Authors to Meet Visit www.booksbythebanks.org for an updated list. FICTION Dan Andriacco, The Poisoned Penman David Bell, The Forgotten Girl John Brackett, Suffer the Little Children Duffy Brown, Pearls and Poison Doug Cooper, Outside In Thomas J. Davis, The Devil Likes to Sing Mary Ellis,The Quaker and the Rebel Emily Giffin, The One & Only* Geoffrey Girard, Cain’s Blood Heather Grothaus, Never Love a Lord Michael Wayne Hampton, Roller Girls Love Bobby Knight Jon Harrison, The Banks of Certain Rivers Smith Henderson, Fourth of July Creek Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör Anna Lee Huber, A Grave Matter Lynne Hugo, A Matter of Mercy Marci Jefferson, Girl on the Golden Coin Matt Kish, Heart of Darkness Tamera Lenz Muente, The Boy at the Museum Laurie Loewenstein, Unmentionables Catherine McKenzie, Hidden Marji Mendelsohn, Being Christian David Connerley Nahm, Ancient Oceans of Central Kentucky Lori Rader-Day, The Black Hour Yolonda Tonette Sanders, Wages of Sin John Scalzi, Lock In* Ian Stansel, Everybody’s Irish Cindy Thomson, Annie’s Stories Tiphanie Yanique, Land of Love and Drowning NONFICTION Michael C. C Adams, Living Hell: The Dark Side of the Civil War Jeff Alt, Four Boots, One Journey: A Story of Survival, Awareness and Rejuvenation on the John Muir Trail Tom Calarco, The Search for The Underground Railroad in Upstate New York Joe Cox and Ryan Clark, Fightin’ Words: Kentucky vs. Louisville Jerry Dowling, Drawing the Hollwood Book of Fame Steven “Stevie D.”Dupin, The Trans Am Diaries: A Hillbilly’s Road Trip from Stand Up Comedy to Cancer...and Back Again Richard Gilbert, Shepherd: A Memoir Ann Hagedorn, The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced our Security Brett Harper, various assorted titles Louis Hatchett, Duncan Hines: How a Traveling Salesman Became the Most Trusted Name in Food Peter Kaufman, Skull in the Ashes: Murder, A Gold Rush Manhunt and the Birth of Circumstantial Evidence in America Kostya Kennedy, Pete Rose: An American Dilemma Amanda Kingloff, Project Kid: 100 Ingenious Crafts for Family Fun Phil Nuxhall, Stories in the Grove Mark Rea, The Legends: Ohio State Buckeyes, the Men, the Deeds, the Consequences Susan Reigler, Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide Brad Ricca, Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster - The Creators of Superman Jim Schenk and Julie Hotchkiss, Starting your Urban CSA: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Community Supported Agriculture Project in your Urban Neighborhood Joshua Wolf Shenk, Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette* Alan Sullivan, Voice of the Wildcats: Claude Sullivan and the Rise of Modern Sportscasting Michelle Taute, Fold Me Up: 100 Paper Fortune-Tellers for Life’s Pressing Questions Jane Ann Turzillo, Murder & Mayhem on Ohio’s Rails Susan V. Vogt, Blessed by Less Marianne Walker, The Graves County Boys: A Tale of Kentucky Basketball, Perseverance, and the Unlikely Championship of the Cuba Cubs Maryjean Wall, Madam Belle: Sex, Money and Influence in a Southern Brothel David Wecker, Square Pegs: Stories about Everything and Nothing Tamara York, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Cincinnati Dave Zirin, Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, The Olympics and the Fight for Democracy LOCAL INTEREST Wendy Hart Beckman, Founders and Famous Families of Cincinnati Donald Crews, Cincinnati’s Free- masons Amy M. Dehan, Cincinnati Silver: 1788-1940 Scott E. Fowler, Fantasy Farm Amusement Park Connie J. Harrell, Walking the Steps of Cincinnati Jack and Joe Heffron, The Local Boys: Hometown Players for the Cincinnati Reds Laura Hoevener and Terri Weeks, Adventures Around Cincinnati: A Parent’s Guide to Unique and Memorable Place to Explore with your Kids Richard O. Jones, Cincinnati’s Savage Seamstress: The Shocking Edythe Klumpp Murder Scandal Steven J. Rolfes and Douglas R. Weise, Cincinnati Art Deco Calm Baby, Gently* Dr. John Hutton, Sleepy Bee* Sarah Jones and Dr. John Hutton, Play* Maria Montag and Dr. John Hutton, Sherm the Germ* Marlane Kennedy, Disaster Strikes: Earthquake Shock Karen Leet, Sarah’s Courage: A Kentucky Frontier Kidnapping Loren Long, Otis and the Scarecrow Tammie Lyon, Good Morning, God! Casey Riordan Millard, Shark Girl & Belly Button.* COOKBOOKS Teeny Lamothe, Teeny’s Tour of Pie Molly Wellmann, Handcrafted Cocktails: The Mixologist’s Guide to Classic Drinks for Morning, Noon and Night Daniel Wright, Senate: Street & Savory CHILDRENS FICTION & NONFICTION Jinny Powers Berten, Henri Tim Bowers, Memoirs of an Elf H. Michael Brewer, Brewer, Time Crashers:Blackbeard’s Revenge Marc Brown, Marc Brown’s Playtime Rhymes: A Treasury for Families to Learn and Play Together Jessica Burkhart, Unicorn Magic: Bella’s Birthday Unicorn Emma Carlson Berne, The Roar of the Falls: My Journey with Kaya Mary Kay Carson, Park Scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America’s Own Backyard Andrea Cheng, The Year of the Fortune Cookie Maria Childs and Craig Forster, Firefighters Don’t Doug Coates, Pitching for Success: Character Lessons the Joe Nuxhall Way Hugh G. Earnhart, The Forgotten Pumpkin Jeff Ebbeler, Arlo Rolled Jasper Fforde, The Eye of Zoltar* Kelli Gleiner, A Day with Monster Alan Gratz, The League of Seven Melissa Guion, Baby Penguins Love Their Mama! Brett Harper, Charley Harper’s a Partridge in a Pear Tree Matt Holm, Squish: Fear the Amoeba Michelle Houts, Winterfrost Leah Busch and Dr. John Hutton, Brandon Snider, Transformers: KreO Character Encyclopedia Philip Stead and Erin, Sebastian and the Balloon, A Sick Day for Amos McGee* Linda Leopold Straus, Best Friends Pretend! Carmella Van Vleet, Eliza Bing is (Not) a Big, Fat Quitter Christina Wald, Macarooned on a Dessert Island Adam Watkins, R is for Robot TEEN FICTION & NONFICTION Mindee Arnett, Avalon Laura Bickle, The Outside Gwenda Bond, Girl on a Wire Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon, Destined for Doon Kate Hattemer, The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy Patricia Henley, Where Wicked Starts Kerrie Logan Hollihan, Reporting Under Fire: 16 Daring Women War Correspondents and Photojournalists Karen Ann Hopkins, Forever Katherine Howe, Conversion Elizabeth Kiem, Hider, Seeker, Secret Keeper Barry Kienzle, The Crossings Melissa Landers, Alienated Anna M. Lewis, Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers Emery Lord, Open Road Summer Alex Mallory, Wild Mindy McGinnis, In a Handful of Dust Jennifer McGowan, Maid of Deception Tim Mettey, Trust Bethany Neal, My Last Kiss Tracy Richardson, The Field Ellen Schreiber, Full Moon Kisses Kristen Simmons, Three *At the Festival for limited time. See Books by the Banks website for schedule. www.booksbythebanks.org • 5 Kids’ Corner Panel Author Sessions The author talks and panels scheduled throughout the day are very popular features of Books by the Banks. Below is a list of this year’s sessions. Visit www.booksbythebanks.org for a complete schedule and room locations. MEET THE AUTHOR • Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette • Dave Zirin, Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, The Olympics and the Fight for Democracy • John Scalzi, Lock In • Emily Giffin, The One & Only WRITING AND ILLUSTRATING CHILDRENS’ BOOKS LOCAL SPORTS • Wordplay Creative Writing Center • Kosty a Kennedy, Pete Rose: An American Dilemma • Jack & Joe Heffron, The Local Boys: Hometown Players for the Cincinnati Reds • Mark Rea, The Legends: Ohio State Buckeyes, the Men, the Deeds, the Consequences • Joe Cox & Ryan Clark, Fightin’ Words: Kentucky vs. Louisville PITCHING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE MAGAZINE AND ONLINE MARKETS The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation WRITING CINCINNATI • Linda Strauss, Best Friends Pretend! • Jeff Ebbeler, Arlo Rolled • Michelle Houts, Winterfrost • Tim Bowers, Memoirs of an Elf; WORKSHOP FOR KIDS Presented by • Donald Crews, Cincinnati’s Freemasons • Scott E. Fowler, Fantasy Farm Amusement Park • Wendy Hart Beckman, Founders and Famous Families of Cincinnati • Steven J. Rolfes and Douglas R. Weise, Cincinnati Art Deco • Connie J. Harrell, Walking the Steps of Cincinnati • Jay Stowe • Grace Dobush • Amy Leibrock Stuff for Teens MUSIC PERFORMANCE • Spearpoint MAKERSPACE • Hive 13 The Kids’ Corner will feature a full schedule of fun activities for the entire family to enjoy! Visit www.booksbythebanks.org for the complete list of events and activities. VISITS WITH CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHORS • Marc Brown, Playtime Rhymes: A Treasury for Families to Learn and Play Together • Philip & Erin Stead, Sebastian and the Balloon, A Sick Day for Amos McGee • Loren Long, Otis and the Scarecrow • Adam Watkins, R is for Robot • Amanda Kingloff, Project Kid: 100 Ingenious Crafts for Family Fun MEET STORYBOOK COSTUME CHARACTERS AND LIBRARY MASCOTS •Llama Llama •Spot •Baby Mouse •Corduroy •Wild Thing •Curious George •Berenstain Bears •Rufus the Reading Dog •Browser •Shakespurr the Library Lion ENJOY PERFORMANCES •Joel Caithamer, The Singing Librarian •Hands Up Puppet Troupe •Et Cetera Storytelling Troupe •Playhouse in the Park OTHER FUN STUFF •Brain Quest Trivia Challenge •Balloon Animals •Face Painting •Make-n-Take crafts •And much more! INTERACTIVE AUTHOR EVENTS • Battleship/Pictionary SPEED DATING • Gwenda Bond • Mindee Arnett • Kristen Simmons • Katherine Howe • Laura Bickle • Jennifer McGowan KIDS’ CORNER MEDIA SPONSOR: AND MORE! 6 • www.booksbythebanks.org www.booksbythebanks.org • 7 Special Thanks to the following supporters of Books by the Banks Art © Charley Harper Art Studio 2014 ORGANIZERS: Cincinnati USA Book Festival Saturday, October 11, 2014 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Duke Energy Convention Center | 5th & Elm | Downtown Cincinnati | FREE TO ALL 100+ authors | Buy signed books | Kids’ Corner | Teen Area | booksbythebanks.org ORGANIZERS: KIDS’ CORNER SPONSOR: CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULT AUTHORS SPONSOR: SPONSORS: MEDIA PARTNERS: Buy a commemorative Books by the Banks poster SPONSORS: KIDS’ CORNER SPONSOR: CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULT AUTHORS SPONSOR: The world-famous Charley Harper was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist who died in 2007. However, his son, artist Brett Harper, and visual artist Matthew Dayler, repurposed some iconic Harper images to create a special new design exclusively for Books by the Banks. Brett is a 1971 graduate of Finneytown High School with a BA in English from Brown University and is now the director and owner of the Charley Harper Art Studio in Cincinnati. Matthew was born in Canada and earned a BFA in printmaking from the Art Academy of Cincinnati and a MFA in studio arts from the Memphis College of Art. He’s had solo exhibitions around the world. He is currently an assistant professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. MEDIA PARTNERS: BOOTH SPONSORS: This year’s poster is $15 and previous years’ posters are $10. Become a Book Festival Friend SPECIAL THANKS TO: Concession carts offering beverages, breakfast items, sandwiches, salads, pizza, snacks, etc. will be available during the Festival. Follow us #BBTB14 8 • www.booksbythebanks.org Be our Friend! 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