Here - Southern Kentucky Book Fest

The 18th Annual
present
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY
BOOK FEST
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, APRIL 22-23, 2016
Knicely Conference Center | 2355 Nashville Rd, Bowling
MAIN EVENT
Saturday, April 23 9AM-3PM
featuring
Michael
Hingson
J.A. Jance & Garth Stein
River
Jordan
Jay
Asher
Katherine
Howe
J.T.
Ellison
Michael
Morris
CHILDREN’S DAY
Mark Wayne Adams
Friday, April 22 9AM-2PM
featuring
David Arnold
Adam Rex
V.E. Schwab
Phil Bildner
Mariko Tamaki
Lauren Castillo
Jessica Young
Debbie Dadey
Katie McGarry
& MORE!
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& MORE!
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About
SOKY Book Fest
SOKY Book Fest, one of Kentucky’s
largest literary events, draws thousands
of readers of all ages excited to meet
their favorite authors and purchase
signed copies of their books. The
Book Fest partners, Barnes & Noble
Booksellers, Warren County Public
Library, and WKU Libraries, work
together to organize a variety of
events designed to fulfill our mission:
to encourage reading and the love of
books and to be a positive force in
promoting literacy.
Our free events wouldn’t be possible
without generous support from our
sponsors and community.
Please note, all books signed at SOKY
Book Fest must be purchased at the
event. Proceeds from books purchased
help us to continue our mission. Thank
you!
Table of Contents
3 Featured Authors
4 Featured Authors: Children’s Day
5 Children’s Day (cont.)
6 Young Adult Authors
7 Authors by Category
8 Authors from Our Region
9 Kentucky Literary Award Finalists
11 212˚ Academy Contest Winners
12 Presentations & Panels
13 Author Table Locations
Authors & Book Descriptions
16-27
Kentucky Writers Conference
Sessions are led by published authors
who are attending SOKY Book Fest the
following day. Writers of all levels are
welcome. Find the full schedule and register
for workshops at sokybookfest.org. All
sessions are free and open to the public!
Friday April 22, 2016
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
WKU South Campus
2355 Nashville Road
Sponsored by Dollar General
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Featured Authors
J.A. Jance
Clawback
J.A. Jance is the New York Times (NYT)
Bestselling author of more than fifty books.
Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee,
Arizona, she and her husband maintain
homes in Washington and Arizona. In
Clawback, when Bob and Edie Larson lose
their life savings to a Ponzi scheme, Bob heads off for an eyeto-eye confrontation with his investment advisor, only to find
both the man and his wife brutally murdered. With Bob cast in
the role of prime suspect, it’s up to his daughter, Ali Reynolds,
and her husband to put things right.
Jay Asher
Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher’s debut Thirteen Reasons Why
spent over two years on the NYT bestseller
list and is being developed into a Netflix
series Executive Produced by Selena
Gomez. His second book, The Future of Us
(co-written with Carolyn Mackler), is being
developed into a movie by Warner Bros. Thirteen Reasons Why
won multiple awards: Best Books for Young Adults; Kirkus
Reviews Editor’s Choice; State Awards – Winner: Florida,
Kansas, Kentucky; and more. In Thirteen Reasons Why, Clay
Jensen returns home from school to find a box with his name
on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes
recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who
committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains
there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. If he
listens, he’ll find out how he made the list. V.E. Schwab
A Gathering of Shadows
V. E. Schwab is the author of middle grade
and young adult novels including the
acclaimed The Near Witch. In A Gathering
of Shadows, Schwab returns with a trip to
the thrilling alternate world she has created
where multiple versions of London exist.
Apart from Grey London and White London, there’s Red
London, where life and magic are revered, and Kell was raised
alongside Rhy Maresh, heir to an empire. There was Black
London, a fearful place that no one speaks of. Four months
have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell’s possession.
Kell is visited by dreams of magical events, waking to think of
Lila, who disappeared from the docks. As Red London prepares
for the Element Games, an international competition of magic,
a pirate ship draws closer. In the midst of the Games, Black
London rises, and another London must fall.
Garth Stein
A Sudden Light
Garth Stein is the author of three previous
novels, including The Art of Racing in
the Rain, which spent more than three
years on the NYT bestseller list. It has
inspired a Young Reader edition as well as
a children’s picture book adaptation and is
in development with Universal Studios for
a motion picture. He lives in Seattle with his wife, three sons,
and their dog, Comet. In A Sudden Light, 14-year-old Trevor
Riddell moves with his family to Riddell House, the legendary
family mansion, constructed of giant trees and set on a huge
estate overlooking Puget Sound. His parents have begun a trial
separation, and his father has brought him to Riddell House
with a plan: to join forces with his sister, dispatch Grandpa
Samuel to a nursing home, sell the house and property, divide
up the profits, and live happily ever after. But Trevor discovers a
spirit lingering in Riddell House whose agenda is at odds with
the family plan.
Michael Hingson
Thunder Dog
Michael Hingson was born blind to sighted
parents in Chicago, who raised their son
with a can-do attitude. Treated like his
other siblings, he rode a bike and learned to
read and write – Braille that is! His family
moved to Palmdale, CA when he was five.
It was here he had his first adventure with
Guide Dogs for the Blind and received his first guide dog.
He earned a BA and MA in Physics from the University of
California, Irvine. Thunder Dog relates his experience of living
through the World Trade Center attacks with the help of his
guide dog, Roselle.
Lauren Castillo
Twenty Yawns
Lauren Castillo is the illustrator of many
books, including The Reader by Amy
Hest. She has written and illustrated
several books, including Caldecott
Honor book Nana in the City. She lives
in California. Twenty Yawns, featuring lyrical text from Pulitzer
Prize winner Jane Smiley and beautiful illustrations from
Castillo, is a bedtime tale evoking the splashy fun of the beach
and the quietude of a moonlit night.
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Featured Authors
Children’s Day
Phil Bildner
A Whole New Ballgame
Phil Bildner left the legal profession and
taught for 17 years before becoming a fulltime writer. A Whole New Ballgame is the
first book in a four-book series. Rip and
Red are best friends whose fifth-grade year
is nothing like they expected. They have a
crazy new teacher and basketball coach, Mr.
Acevedo, who doesn’t believe in tests or homework and who likes
off-the-wall projects. Rip is totally knocked out of his comfort
zone. And for Red, who has autism and really needs things to
be a certain way, the changes are even more of a struggle. But
this great duo know how to help each other out, both in the
classroom and on the court!
Adam Rex
Smek for President!
Adam Rex wrote and/or illustrated the NYT
bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich,
Chu’s Day, and a number of titles about
which the New York Times has been strangely
coy. His first novel, The True Meaning of
Smekday, a funny and heartwarming tale
about the end of the world, was adapted into
the DreamWorks film Home. Smek for President is the beautifully
illustrated sequel to The True Meaning of Smekday.
Max Brallier
The Last Kids on Earth
Max Brallier, author of more than 20 books
and games, writes children’s books and adult
books and is the author of the Galactic Hot
Dogs series. Max writes for licensed books
for properties including “Adventure Time,”
“Regular Show,” “Uncle Grandpa,” and
others. In The Last Kids on Earth, 13-year-old
Jack has been living in his treehouse fortress, but he’s no match
for the Zombie hoards and ultra-monster Blarg alone. So he
builds a team, and with their help, plans to slay Blarg and achieve
the ultimate Feat of Apocalyptic Success! Can he do it? 4
Mark Wayne Adams
Bother’s & Sinisters:
Outback
Mark Wayne Adams’ ability to produce
quality illustrations at a fast pace and
dedication to mentor others has made MWA,
Inc. successful and unique. He continues to
create new products annually. Outback, book
one in this series, is his first illustrated novel
for young adults. For generations, parents
have sent their children to play outback, where magical moments
of childhood are created. Not all outbacks are safe – some children
return, become lost, or barely escape. When a family tree has
been rooted in darkness, what magic will children discover
Outback? Mariko Tamaki
Saving Montgomery Sole
Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer
now living in Oakland, California whose
numerous works include the Caldecott
Medal winning graphic novel This One
Summer with Jillian Tamaki. Montgomery
Sole is a square peg in a small town, forced
to go to a school full of jocks and girls who
don’t even know what irony is. It would
all be impossible if it weren’t for her best friends, the members
of her Mystery Club dedicated to exploring paranormal and
supernatural phenomena. Will the possibly powerful amulet
Monty bought online help her and her friends fight back against
the ignorant jerks in her town? Katie McGarry
Walk The Edge
Katie McGarry, author of four novels and
one novella, is a lover of music and happy
endings. She’s also a secret UK basketball fan.
In Walk the Edge, 17-year-old Breanna’s role
in her family is to be the smart, responsible
one, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of
line. One night of un-Breanna-like behavior
puts her into a cyber-bully’s line of fire,
bringing Thomas “Razor” Turner into her life. He lives for his
motorcycle club; good girls like Breanna don’t belong. When he
learns she’s being blackmailed, he knows it’s time to step outside
the rules. Soon, they’re walking the edge of discovering who they
really are. Children’s Day | April 22, 2016
Debbie Dadey
The Crook and the Crown,
Mermaid Tales #13
Debbie Dadey is the author and co-author of
162 children’s books. Her newest series is The
Mermaid Tales; each book has an enchanting
story as well as an amazing non-fiction
component where readers can learn about
ocean creatures and plants. In The Crook and
The Crown, mergirls must solve a mystery at
Neptune’s Castle! M.D. Payne
The Raven Hill Series,
Books 1&2 and 3&4
Presentation Schedule
M.D. Payne is a mad scientist who
creates monsters by stitching together
words instead of dead body parts. He
lives in NYC with his wife and baby
girl. In books 1&2 of the Monster Juice
series, Sickening Secrets from Raven Hill, Chris Taylor signs up
to volunteer at the Raven Hill Retirement Home, but it turns
out the residents are no ordinary grandmas and grandpas—
they’re monsters! Join Chris and his friends as they defend these
monsters from the creatures who want to steal their precious
monster juice. In Stomach-Turning Tales of Horror (books 3&4),
the crew is forced to leave Raven Hill, but danger awaits. Will
Chris and the gang be able to set things right? 9 a.m.
163A
Haggis and Tank Unleashed:
All Paws on Deck
Jessica Young’s debut My Blue is Happy was
named to numerous best-of lists. She’s also
the author of Spy Guy the Not-So-Secret Agent
and the Finley Flowers series. In Haggis and
Tank Unleashed: All Paws on Deck, the two
friends set sail as pirates. At first, Haggis doesn’t
see that adventure awaits them, but soon, he joins the fun! They
talk like pirates, swab the deck, and search for treasure. Full of
clever wordplay, this series is aimed at newly independent readers,
featuring easy-to-read text, fast-paced plots, and tons of illustrations
to boost reading confidence. Brooks Benjamin
My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights
In sixth grade, Brooks Benjamin formed a New
Kids on the Block tribute dance crew. Now he’s
got a new crew: his wife and their dog. They
live in Tennessee, where he teaches reading
and writing. In his debut novel, My Seventh
Grade Life in Tights, Dillon’s dance crew keeps
saying that dance studios are for sell-outs.
When a chance to compete at the biggest dance
academy in the state falls in his lap, he has to decide what’s more
important: sticking to his crew’s rules or freestyling his way into solo
greatness. 11 a.m.
YA Panel:
Tales of Times Gone By & Magical Realms
Jennifer McGowan
Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon
Sharon Cameron
Kristen Simmons
Cinda Chima
163B
Mark Wayne Adams
163C
Regency Room
Auditorium
10 a.m.
Jessica Young
Max Brallier
Phil Bildner
Lauren Castillo
Jessica Young
Mary Uhles
Brooks Benjamin
Jay Asher
YA Panel:
Mysteries and Thrillers
Katherine Howe
Bethany Griffin
Geoffrey Girard
S.E. Green
12 p.m.
1 p.m.
Eddie Price
Kay Whitehouse
Margo Smith
JoEllen Wilhoite
YA Panel:
Fiction for Today
Sara Celi
Robin Constantine
Natasha Friend
Lauren Morrill
YA Panel:
Fantasy Adventures
Donna Driver
Shannon Messenger
Martina Boone
Lois Sepahban
Debbie Dadey
To register for these sessions or the Teen Writers Conference, please visit sokybookfest.org or call 270-781-4882.
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Young Adult Authors
David Arnold
Jay Asher
Colette Ballard
Tracy Barrett
Martina Boone
Sharon Cameron
Cinda Chima
Robin Constantine
Carey Corp
Kelly Creagh
D.G. Driver
Natasha Friend
S.E. Green
Geoffrey Girard
Bethany Griffin
Katherine Howe
Claire Kennedy
Lorie Langdon
Lauren Morrill
Katie McGarry
Jennifer McGowan
C.J. Redwine
M.W. Adams
Sara Celi
Mariko Tamaki
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Amy Reed
Alecia Whitaker
V.E. Schwab
Suzanne Young
Kristen Simmons Courtney C. Stevens
Jeff Zentner
Panel schedules for YA authors can be found on pages 5 & 12.
Amanda Driscoll
Susan Eaddy
Bruce Kessler
Alison Lyne
Shannon Messenger
Gail Nall
Mike Norris
M.D. Payne
Eddie Price
Adam Rex
Lois Sepahban
Julia Smethurst
Margo Smith
Aileen Stewart
Kristin Tubb
Mary Uhles
Kay Whitehouse
JoEllen Wilhoite
Jessica Young
Jacob Appel
Sue Ballard
David Bell
Laura Benedict
Crystal Bowling
Lynn Cahoon
Kristy Cambron
Dana Chamblee Carpenter
Henry Chappell
Glen Conner
Susan Page Davis
J.T. Ellison
Ann Gabhart
Paul Griner
Molly Harper
J.A. Jance
Liz Johnson
R. Dean Johnson
Ashton Lee
Jamie Mason
Catherine McKenzie
Michael Morris
Lilya Myers
Ray Peden
John Pritchard
Katherine Reay
Lori Roberts
Virginia Smith
Steve Spencer
Garth Stein
Lin Stepp
Margaret Verble
Crystal Wilkinson
Barbara Claypole White
Erica Wright
Nonfiction
Thomas H. Appleton
Lynn Bartlett
Ronald Wolford Blair
Roberta Simpson Brown
Lonnie E. Brown
Bobbie Bryant
Bryan S. Bush
Gary Cieradkowski
Terri Blom Crocker
Julie Danielson
Robert Dickey
Elizabeth Downing
Ron Elliot
Robert Farley
Ann Ferrell
Gerald Fischer
Bill Goodman
Lily Hansen
Linda J. Hawkins
Michael Hingson
Carl Howell
Bob Hutton
River Jordan
Becky Kelley
Bo Li
David Madden
Gretchen Martin
Molly McCaffrey
Karen Salyer McElmurray
Melissa McEuen
Lynwood Montell
Lori Moore
James Nicholson
Bo Parrish
Carol Peachee
Nancy Richey
Melvin Rowe
Walter Roycraft
Deirdre Scaggs
Albert Schmid
Gerry Stribling
Nancy Vienneau
Carol Wall
Gary P. West
Michael Witwer
Fiona Young-Brown
Haiwang Yuan
Poetry
Tasha Cotter
Kathleen Driskell
Julie Hensley
Tom Hunley
Trish Lindsey Jaggers
Leatha Kendrick
Amelia Martens
Jane Olmsted
Mark Wayne Adams
David Arnold
Jay Asher
Mindee Arnett
Colette Ballard
Tracy Barrett
Martina Boone
Sharon Cameron
Sara Celi
Carey Corp
Cinda Chima
Robin Constantine
Kelly Creagh
Donna Driver
Natasha Friend
Geoffrey Girard
S.E. Green
Bethany Griffin
Katherine Howe
Claire Kennedy
Lorie Langdon
Katie McGarry
Jennifer McGowan
Lauren Morrill
C.J. Redwine
Amy Reed
V.E. Schwab
Kristen Simmons
Courtney C. Stevens
Mariko Tamaki
Alecia Whitaker
Suzanne Young
Jeff Zentner
Fiction
Brooks Benjamin
Phil Bildner
Randy Carlton
Lauren Castillo
Debbie Dadey
Sally Derby
Young Adult
Children’s/
Middle Grades
Authors By Category
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Authors from Our Region
David Arnold
Mosquitoland
David Arnold lives in Lexington,
Kentucky, with his wife and son. He
is the critically-acclaimed author of
Mosquitoland. After the sudden collapse
of her family, Mim Malone is dragged
from her home in Ohio to Mississippi
to live with her dad and new stepmom.
Before the dust settles, she learns her
mother is sick. So she ditches her new life and hops aboard
a Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother,
meeting a quirky cast of travelers along the way. When her
journey takes a few unexpected turns, Mim must confront
her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and
what it means to be sane. David Bell
Somebody I Used to Know
David Bell is a bestselling and awardwinning author. He’s an associate professor
of English at Western Kentucky University.
In Somebody I Used to Know, when Nick
Hansen sees the woman at the grocery
store, his heart stops. She’s the spitting
image of his college girlfriend who died
years ago. Nick tries to speak to her, but
she rushes off. The next morning the police arrive at Nick’s
house and show him a photo of the woman - she’s been found
dead, with Nick’s name and address on a piece of paper in her
pocket. C.J. Redwine
The Shadow Queen
C.J. Redwine is the author of the postapocalyptic fantasy Defiance trilogy. She
lives in Nashville with her husband and
children. The Shadow Queen is a dark
fantasy inspired by Snow White. Lorelai,
princess and fugitive, has one mission:
kill the queen who took the Ravenspire
throne and her father’s life. She needs
to use the weapon she and Queen Irina have in common:
magic. Prince Kol must save his kingdom; but he needs
magic too, so he makes a deal with the Queen, promising to
hunt Lorelai down. Fighting to stay one step ahead of Kol,
Lorelai does everything she can to ruin the wicked queen.
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Crystal Wilkinson
The Birds of Opulence
Crystal Wilkinson is the author
of Water Street and Blackberries,
Blackberries, winner of the Chaffin
Award. She serves as Appalachian
Writer-in-Residence at Berea College
and teaches in the Spalding low
residency MFA in Creative Writing
Program. The Birds of Opulence is a
lyrical exploration of love and loss, centering on several
generations of women in a southern black township as they
live with and sometimes surrender to madness. The town of
Opulence is a world of magic, conjuring, signs, and spells,
but also of harsh realities that only love—and love that’s
handed down—can conquer. J.T. Ellison
No One Knows
With the same suspense as The Girl
on the Train, Nashville-based NYT
bestselling author J.T. Ellison’s No One
Knows is a thriller questioning if the
narrator’s husband really has returned
from the dead—or if she’s merely
losing her mind. Aubrey Hamilton has
been mourning her missing husband for five years, despite
being the prime suspect in his murder. When he is officially
declared dead, there are still more questions than answers.
No One Knows is an evocative mystery that explores the
complex darkness within all of us. Courtney C. Stevens
The Lies About Truth
Courtney C. Stevens grew up in
Kentucky and lives in Nashville,
Tennessee. She is an adjunct professor
and a former youth minister. In The
Lies About Truth, a year after surviving
a car accident that killed her friend
Trent, Sadie Kingston lives in the
aftermath. The only person who
understands her is Trent’s brother, Max. As Sadie begins to
fall for him, she’s unsure if she’s healed enough. But Max
looks at her scars and doesn’t shy away. And he knows about
the list she writes in the sand every night, things she must
accomplish to move on.
Kentucky Literary Award Finalists
First awarded in 2003, and presented annually by the Southern Kentucky Book Fest
Partnership, the Kentucky Literary Award is a celebration of Kentucky literature. Eligible
books include those written by Kentuckians or books with a substantial Kentucky theme.
Fiction and non-fiction works are considered in alternating years. The 2016 award goes
to a work of fiction published in 2014 or 2015, and the award winner is announced at the
Meet the Authors Reception to be held Friday, April 22. The 2016 Kentucky Literary Award is
made possible through the generosity of the Friends of WKU Libraries.
Paulette Livers
Cementville
Paulette Livers grew up in Kentucky and
now lives in Chicago. She has received
numerous awards and writing fellowships.
In Cementville, a Kentucky town is turned
inside out by the deaths of seven National
Guardsmen in a single Vietcong attack in
1969. The return of the bodies sets off something inside the town
itself, pushing the families of Cementville into alienation and
grief. Through one strange summer, Maureen, the adolescent
sister of a recently returned GI, attempts to document the
changes happening to her town. With the Civil Rights Act only
a few years old, a restless citizenry divided over the war, and
the Women’s Movement beginning to send tremors through
assumptions about family life, Cementville provides a microcosm
of a society shedding the old order.
Paul Griner
Hurry Please I Want To Know
Paul Griner, author of numerous published
collections, novels, and essays, teaches
Creative Writing at the University of
Louisville. Hurry Please I Want to Know is a
collection of stories which leave the reader
leaning forward in urgent curiosity as he spins
between quotidian worlds infused with the
foreign, and foreign worlds that feel familiar. A man brings his
mother back from the dead, only to find her most irritating quirk
magnified; a soldier crosses dangerous terrain to milk a cow in an
enemy village; a woman, haunted by her multiple miscarriages,
follows a stranger at the urgent care clinic who has just suffered
her first. Griner mixes together violent, shocking endings
and ones that fade away quietly. The result is a meditation on
capturing the intangible, and the human fascination with worlds
that are not our own.
Alex Taylor
The Marble Orchard
Originally from Rosine, Kentucky, Alex Taylor
teaches at Morehead State University. He is
the author of the story collection The Name of
the Nearest River and The Marble Orchard, an
engrossing, tragic literary thriller that tells the
story of Beam Sheetmire, the black sheep of a
large and entrenched Kentucky clan. After an accidental killing,
Beam is forced to flee through a countryside where he meets a
motley range of madmen and murderers as he travels headlong
to an inevitable reckoning with fate.
Off the pages of your favorite
book, we’re reinvigorating
the art of conversation.
WKU-PBS and host Barbara Deeb
bring you Outside the Book,
filmed on location at the Southern
Kentucky Book Fest April 23rd.
Observe the live author interviews
or tune in to see your favorite
authors in our 3-part series.
Channel 24.1
Saturday, June 4, 11, 18 @ 7:30pm CT
Sunday, June 5, 12, 19 @ 8:30am CT
Monday, June 6, 13, 20 @ 8:00pm CT
wkyupbs.org
Consult your local listings for the cable channel nearest you.
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212˚Academy
Young Writers Contest Winners
Students from Warren County Public Schools’ 212˚ Academy entered a writers contest. Of the
students who entered, two winners were chosen by a panel of judges to sign their books.
Shelby Cockrill
Game Warning
Every birthday, twins Amanda and Kevin get the newest update of their
favorite video game, “Zombie Slayer.” But when the game becomes real, they
will have to survive the levels and get to the end so they can get back home
alive.
Shelby Cockrill is a 6th grader at Oakland Elementary School and also
attends Warren County Public School’s 212° Academy. She has always
wanted to write and publish a book. Game Warning is her first published title. Shelby
enjoys playing volleyball, likes animals, and is very interested in video games and computer
programming technology.
Emma Jayne McGuffey
Family of Spies: Sunrise - A New Dawn
Everything is changing. Luke and Brooke never thought they would have
to do what they are suddenly finding themselves forced to. They never
imagined the new world that is now considered their home even existed.
But they always believed that they would have each other; that they would
always be twins. In this new reality, could that one fact, that fact that
they thought could never be taken away, be snatched from them? In this
dimension, you cannot count on the person that is always there for you. In
this dimension, nothing is forever.
Young
Writers &
Illustrators
Contest
KINDERGARTEN
THROUGH 3RD GRADE
The winners of the
2016 contest will
be announced on
Saturday, April 23rd
at 3pm as part of
the Book Festival.
Winners Celebration
will take place at
the Knicely Center
Southern Kentucky
Book Fest.
Emma Jayne McGuffey is a 6th grader who attends Richardsville Elementary School as well
as Warren County Public School’s 212° Academy. She has always enjoyed writing and reading
science fiction novels, having fun with her friends, and playing soccer with her younger
brother. Sunrise: A New Dawn is her first published book, and the first installment of her
Family of Spies trilogy.
Join us!
Saturday
April 23
at 3pm
wkyupbs.org
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Back Down South:
Regional Writing
Sue Ballard
Henry Chappell
John Pritchard
Michael Morris
Lin Stepp
Ray Peden
Ashton Lee
1:001:50
2:002:50
Books by Kentucky Authors/Themes
Crystal Wilkinson
Karen Salyer McElMurray
Virginia Smith
Lynwood Montell
Nancy Richey
Fiction: Suspense
David Bell
Laura Benedict
Jamie Mason
J.T. Ellison
Geoffrey Girard
12:0012:50
Young Adult:
Fantasy
C.J. Redwine
Jennifer McGowan
Tracy Barrett
Cinda Chima
Bethany Griffin
Carey Corp & Lorie
Langdon
V.E. Schwab
Young Adult:
Romance
Robin Constantine
Collette Ballard
Martina Boone
Claire Kennedy
Katherine Howe
Sara Celi
Kelly Creagh
Young Adult:
Contemporary II
Courtney Stevens
David Arnold
Jeff Zentner
Amy Reed
Young Adult:
Contemporary I
Alecia Whitaker
Katie McGarry
Lauren Morrill
Suzanne Young
Auditorium
Mystery
Erica Wright
Dana Chamblee
Carpenter
Ann Gabhart
Lynn Cahoon
Fiction:
Romance
Molly Harper
Crystal Bowling
Liz Johnson
Historical Fiction
Susan Page Davis
Sue Ballard
Margaret Verble
Fiction: Women Who
Inspire
Katherine Reay
Natasha Friend
Barbara Claypole White
Kristy Cambron
Catherine McKenzie
Middle Grades
Perfecting
Tween
Characters
Gail Nall
Jessica Young
Brooks
Benjamin
Debbie Dadey
M.D. Payne
Middle Grades:
Historical
Themes
Lois Sepahban
Kristen Tubb
Sally Derby
Classroom 11
Picture It: Writing For Kids
Amanda Driscoll
Aileen Stewart
Haiwang Yuan
Eddie Price
Mike Norris
JoEllen Wilhoite
Bruce Kessler
The Art of the Draw
Adam Rex
Susan Eaddy
Lauren Castillo
Mary Uhles
Alison Lyne
Classroom 112
Collections/Anthologies
Melissa McEuen & Thomas
Appleton
Gretchen Martin
Julie Danielson
R. Dean Johnson
Paul Griner
Poetry II: Lay it on the Line
Kathleen Driskell
Leatha Kendrick
Jane Olmsted
Amelia Martens
Tom Hunley
History: Battles and Bravery
Terri Blom Crocker
Robert Dickey
Robert Farley
Gerald Fischer
Bob Hutton
David Madden
Poetry I:
Serious Business
Tasha Cotter
Julie Hensley
Trish Lindsey Jaggers
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Sharon Cameron
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Shannon Messenger
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Lily Hansen
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Molly McCaffrey
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All Authors
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the frontier with accuracy and
passion, with authenticity and
Jacob Appel
beauty, and at a pace that keeps
Miracles and Conundrums of the the reader diving headlong into
Secondary Planets
each new page eager to swallow
A magician’s parrot recommends up what happens next.
against donating a kidney to
his girlfriend. Inside an antique
ColetteBallard
grandfather clock, a dying child
Running on Empty
explores Ancient Athens. Rural
River Daniels lives an ordinary
Virginia is swept by an epidemic life as a high school junior
of human resurrections. Appel’s
growing up in Texas until her
stories take us to a world where
boyfriend’s attack leaves her a
everything is possible, but so
murderer and a fugitive. With the
much seems far beyond reach.
law and her conscience closing in,
she returns to Texas to search for
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the evidence that will prove she
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acted in self-defense. Her return
means more than facing her ugly
Mindee Arnett
past; she must also face the one
The Nightmare
person she was protecting the
Charade
night her world caved in: the boy
Dusty Everhart
she has loved for as long as she
wants to be alone
can remember.
with her boyfriend, Eli, but fate is
Tracy Barrett
keeping them apart. Even worse:
The Stepsister’s
they’ve been recruited by the
Tale
Department of Intelligence for
Jane Montjoy is
Magickind Secrecy to use their
tired of being a
dream-seer bond to recover the
lady, especially
most powerful object of black
now that the
magic known to magickind. One family’s wealth is gone and their
of Dusty’s friends is accused of
mansion has fallen to ruin. Jane’s
murder and counts on her to clear burden gets worse after her
his name. Dusty has to go deep
mother returns from a trip to
into Eli’s dreams if she’s going
town with a new stepfather and
to find the truth—and discover
stepsister. When her stepfather
a way for them to be together at
dies, Jane thinks her family is
last!
destined for unhappiness. A
mysterious boy from the woods
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and an invitation to a royal ball
will change her fate. From the
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handsome prince to the evil
stepsister, nothing is quite as
Sue Ballard
it seems in this retelling of the
My Blessed, Wretched Life:
Cinderella tale.
Rebecca Boone’s Story
Ballard captures every mood
and moment of Rebecca Boone’s
life in the backwoods and on
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Lynn Bartlett
Tobacco Barns of Western
Kentucky and Things Along the
Way
Bartlett’s goal was to preserve
the history, heritage, and culture
of Western Kentucky through
photographs; the photos tell the
story of years gone by.
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Laura Benedict
Charlotte’s Story:
A Bliss House
Novel
It’s fall of 1957 in
southern Virginia.
A housewife,
Charlotte Bliss, lives with her
husband, Hasbrouck “Press”
Bliss, and their two children.
Theirs seems a picturesque life,
but tragedy befalls them: four
deaths, with apparently simple
explanations. But nothing is
simple if Bliss House is involved.
How far will Charlotte go to
discover the truth? Though Bliss
House may promise to give its
inhabitants what they want,
it never gives them what they
expect.
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Phil Bildner - page 4 Ronald Wolford Blair
Wild Wolf: The Great Civil War
Rivalry
Written by Wolford’s great-greatnephew, the book chronicles
Col. Frank Wolford’s heroic
leadership in part of more than
300 battles and skirmishes, and
his notable rivalry with Morgan’s
Raiders. Details about Wolford’s
political career and personal life
are reviewed, plus facts about his
dispute with President Abraham
Lincoln over the use of black
soldiers in the Union forces.
Martina Boone
Persuasion (Heirs of Watson
Island Book 2)
Barrie returns from San Francisco
to find the Watson plantation
under siege. Ghost-hunters hope
to glimpse the ancient spirit who
sets the river on fire each night;
reporters chase rumors of a stolen
shipment of gold. The chaos
turns dangerous as Cassie hires a
team of archeologists to excavate
beneath the mansion ruins. A
stranger claims the key to their
troubles lies beneath the mansion.
He convinces Barrie and Cassie
to cast a spell there, but what
he conjures may have deadly
consequences. CrystalBowling
With a Twist
Darla Williams is in no mood
to be bothered. At the pleading
of her best friend, she has found
herself face-to-face with Eli
Barnett at a dive bar in Bowling
Green, Kentucky. And so begins a
southern-fried, bourbon-soaked
Pride and Prejudice adaptation served with a twist!
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Roberta Simpson Brown
Haunted Holidays: Twelve
Months of Kentucky Ghosts
A hair-raising collection of
true paranormal tales and
Appalachian legends for readers
of all ages. These stories preserve
and promote the rich traditions of
Kentucky’s storytelling.
Lonnie E. Brown - See Roberta
Simpson Brown, page 16
Bobbie Bryant
Farming in the Black Patch
The Black Patch region of western
Kentucky and Tennessee is
known for its rich soil, locally
produced tobacco, and heritage
of family farms that can be
traced back to its early days of
settlement. Bryant captures the
culture of this region and the
intricacies of tobacco production,
detailing the arduous work of
running a modern tobacco farm,
while recording much of the
region’s history.
Bryan S. Bush
Colonel Andrew Cowan
Scotsman Andrew Cowan
immigrated to America in 1848.
At 20, he joined the Union army,
fighting in some of the most
costly battles of the Civil War. He
was present at the surrender of
Appomattox. Following the War,
he moved to Louisville, becoming
a successful businessman in the
leather industry. He helped raise
funding for the base of the Statue
of Liberty and came up with the
idea for a Louisville Park System.
A philanthropist and community
organizer, Cowan served not only
city and country, but his fellow
man.
Lynn Cahoon
Murder on Wheels
Now that Kacey
Austin has her
gluten-free dessert
truck up and
running, there’s
no curbing her enthusiasm—not
even when someone vandalizes
the vehicle and steals her recipes.
But when Kacey turns up dead
on the beach and Jill’s best friend
Sadie becomes the prime suspect,
Jill needs to step on it to serve the
real killer some just desserts.
Kristy Cambron
A Sparrow in Terezin
Present Day: With the opening
of her gallery and an upcoming
wedding, Sera James feels like
she’s stumbled into a charmed
life, until a legal battle against
fiancé William Hanover threatens
to destroy their future. 1942:
Kája Makovsky narrowly escaped
Nazi-occupied Prague in 1939,
forced to leave her half-Jewish
family. When she learns thousand
of Jews are being exterminated on
the continent, she has no choice
but to return, risking her life to
smuggle her family to freedom
and peace. Connecting across a
century through one girl, these
women discover a kinship that
springs in the darkest of times.
Sharon Cameron
Rook
In the Sunken City
that was once Paris,
all who oppose
the revolution are
put to the blade –
except those who disappear from
their prison cells, leaving behind
a red-tipped rook feather. Is the
mysterious Red Rook a savior
of the innocent, or a criminal?
In the Commonwealth, Sophia
Bellamy’s arranged marriage to
wealthy René Hasard is the last
chance to save her family from
ruin. But when the search for the
Red Rook comes to her doorstep,
she discovers her fiancé is not all
he seems. Randy Carlton
Child of Stone
A dark Immortal discovers
a realm created by the Light.
Darkness invades, a child is born,
and a curse summoned. The
songs of the Immortals call out
to claim them, as they require
worthy Bludanians to be their
champions. Each is chosen by
an Immortal and sent on an
adventure to meet enchanted
spirits. Will Morning Star make
the correct choices, finding the
faith necessary to break the curse
and the champion within to save
the kingdoms? LaurenCastillo - page 3
Sara Celi
Prince Charming
Geoff thought all he needed to do
was graduate and get on with his
life. College at the University of
Virginia beckoned him, and he
wanted to put the last four years
at Heritage High in the “done”
folder. But he hadn’t counted
on one thing: Laine. For years,
Geoff crushed on her from afar.
His obsession seemed like a
distraction from an unhappy life
in a snobby Cincinnati suburb.
Until the day everything changed. Dana Chamblee Carpenter
Bohemian Gospel
Thirteenth-century Bohemia
is a dangerous place for a girl,
especially Mouse, born with
unnatural senses and an uncanny
intellect. Mouse doesn’t know
who she is, but she means to
find out. When King Ottakar
shows up at the Abbey wounded
by a traitor’s arrow, Mouse
breaks church law to save him.
Caught in the undertow of court
politics at the castle, they find
themselves drawn to each other.
When Mouse’s gifts give rise to a
violence and strength, she’s forced
to ask: is she prepared for the
future that awaits?
Henry Chappell
Silent We Stood
On July 8, 1860, Dallas, Texas
burned. Three slaves were accused
of arson and hanged without
a trial. Today, most historians
attribute the fire to carelessness.
This book weaves the tale of
a small band of abolitionists
working in secrecy within Dallas’s
close-knit society. With war
looming and lives hanging in the
balance, ideals must be weighed
against friendship and love, and
brutal decisions yield secrets that
must be taken to the grave.
Cinda Chima
Flamecaster
The first of four
new novels set in
the world of the
NYT bestselling
Seven Realms series,
this is a story of magic, chilling
threats, and two unforgettable
characters walking the line
between life and death. This
dazzling beginning to a new
series is indispensable for fans
of Chima and a perfect starting
point for readers just discovering
her work.
Gary
Cieradkowski
The League
of Outsider
Baseball
From an
award-winning artist and
historian comes an illustrated
history of baseball’s forgotten
heroes, including Jackie
Robinson, Willie Mays, and
others before they achieved
notoriety. Shining a light into the
dark corners of baseball history,
from Negro League greats like
Josh Gibson and Leon Day to
people such as Frank Sinatra,
John Dillinger, and a few U.S.
Presidents, it’s a rich tribute to
America’s pastime. Meticulously
researched, beautifully illustrated,
and filled with a vibrant cast, this
book is a prized collector’s item.
Barbara Claypole White
The Perfect Son
Felix Fitzwilliam is a good
husband and father, but he’s
a prisoner to perfection.
Disengaged from his family, Felix
has let his wife, Ella, deal with
their special-needs son alone.
A talented jewelry designer
turned full-time mother, Ella is
the family rock - until her heart
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attack shatters their carefully
structured existence. Now Harry,
a gifted teen grappling with
Tourette’s, confronts a world
outside his parents’ control. As he
searches for his future, and Ella
adapts to the limits of her failing
health, Felix struggles with his
past and present roles.
Glen Conner
Frontiersmen in the War of
1812
In a search to see if an ancestor
had served in the War of 1812,
author Conner discovered the
names and stories of many
veteran frontiersmen who lived
in the central border areas of
Kentucky and Tennessee. This
book follows the war from start
to finish, providing an in-depth
look at land grants and pensions
issued to frontiersmen following
the war, over 150 biographical
portraits of the men who served,
and more.
Robin
Constantine
The Secrets of
Attraction
Madison has
everything under
control: working on
an art portfolio, keeping up her
grades; plus she has her boyfriend
Zach. A visit from a family friend
throws everything into question.
Jesse is reeling from a breakup
that shattered his heart and his
band. Then, some goading from
his bass player forces him to find
inspiration again. Kismet arrives
in the form of Grayson Barrett,
who tries out for Jesse’s band, and
whose girlfriend is BFF’s with
cute Maddie. What Jesse and
Maddie thought they knew about
the secrets of attraction quickly
changes.
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Carey Corp
Shades of Doon
After cheating death, Veronica
Welling is determined to savor
every moment with both her
true love and best friend by her
side. Mackenna Reid is building
her new life and a theater with
her prince. Just as their dreams
of happiness are within reach,
the world Vee and Kenna have
chosen is ripped away, leaving
them to face their most horrific
challenge yet: their old lives. The
MacCrae brothers rush to their
rescue, but unbeknownst to them,
someone they trust is aiding the
witch of Doon to destroy the
kingdom once and for all.
Tasha Cotter
Delphi Poetry Series
The chapbook series is intended
to showcase authors in one single
volume to give voice to a range of
authors and to reveal individual
writers to other audiences they
might not get from being in a
lone volume.
Kelly Creagh
Oblivion
The fine line between life and
death blurred long ago for
Isobel Lanley. After a deadly
confrontation with Varen in the
dreamworld, she’s terrified to
return. When her nightmares
resume, she is left with no choice;
Varen’s darkness is catching up
to her, threatening to devour
it all. To make matters worse,
the ghostly demon Lilith wants
Varen for her own, and she will
do anything to keep him in her
grasp. Can Isobel find her happy
ending? Worlds collide and fates
are sealed in this finale to the
Nevermore trilogy.
Terri Blom
Crocker
The Christmas
Truce: Myth,
Memory and the
First World War
The first
comprehensive analysis of both
scholarly and popular portrayals
of the First World War Christmas
Truce from 1914 to present. This
book situates the ceasefires within
the wider war, demonstrating
how generations of scholarship
promoted interpretations that
ignored the nuanced perspectives
of the many soldiers. This
groundbreaking work challenges
conventional analyses, shedding
new light on the history and
mythology of the War to End All
Wars.
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Julie
Danielson
Wild Things!:
Acts of Mischief
in Children’s
Literature
A bracing
antidote to the sentimentality
often surrounding the genre, this
book offers the untold stories
behind many beloved children’s
books and their creators. Drawing
on the combined knowledge
and research of three librarianbloggers, Wild Things! is treasure
trove of information for anyone
wondering about the post-Harry
Potter book biz.
Susan Page Davis
The Outlaw Takes a Bride
Widow Sally Golding becomes
a mail order bride, hoping to
finding a happier marriage than
her first. Johnny Paynter, accused
of murder, flees with his pal Cam
to his brother Mark’s ranch, only
to find outlaws have killed him.
Cam convinces Johnny to stay
anyway; everyone thinks Johnny
is Mark. They soon learn Mark’s
mail-order bride will arrive soon.
Setting the record straight now
would make Johnny look guilty,
so he keeps quiet and winds up
married to Sally. She suspects foul
play, but Johnny won’t confess –
until she threatens to leave.
Sally Derby
Jump Back, Paul
The biography of
poet Paul Laurence
Dunbar, featuring
a selection of his
poems, both in
dialect and in standard English.
Dunbar’s story is that of a Black
child, born in Dayton, Ohio just
after the Civil War, to former
slaves from Kentucky. He rose to
become one of the most famous
poets in the United States by the
time of his untimely death at the
age of 33. A Junior Library Guild
Selection.
RobertDickey
Goliath of Panama
A mathematically-gifted Alabama
farm boy (and later Kentucky
resident) parlayed engineering
expertise to conquer the most
technically demanding part of
Panama Canal construction:
Gatun Locks and Dam. William
Luther Sibert arrived in Panama
in 1907, part of Pres. Roosevelt’s
Army Corps of Engineers,
spearheaded with orders to pierce
the Isthmus of Panama. Crowning
his canal success, Congress
promoted Sibert to brigadier
general. He was a great American
in peace and war.
Elizabeth Downing
Puddles of Perspective, A Family
Girl’s View of Life
A collection of essays intended
to motivate and inspire everyone,
particularly women, to band
together and make a difference.
Focused on evocation of
memories and experiences that
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bind us together, the book is the
author’s perspective on the world
as she hoped to share it with her
daughter.
Amanda Driscoll
Duncan the Story Dragon
When Duncan the Dragon reads
a story, his imagination catches
fire! Unfortunately, so does his
book. He just wants to get to
those two wonderful words, like
the last sip of a chocolate milk
shake: “The End.” Will he ever
find out how the story ends? This
bright, warm tale champions
determination, friendship, and
a love for books. And chocolate
milk shakes.
Kathleen Driskell
Next Door to the
Dead: Poems
When Kathleen
Driskell tells
her husband
she’s gone to
visit the neighbors, she means
something different than most.
The noted poet—whose last
book, Seed across Snow, was twice
listed as a national bestseller
by the Poetry Foundation—
lives in an old church outside
Louisville, Kentucky. Next
door is an old graveyard. With
burial dates as early as 1848,
Driskell’s “neighbors,” inspire
poems weaving stories, real
and imagined, from epitaphs
and unmarked graves. Shifting
between perspectives, she
inhabits the voices of those laid
to rest while also describing the
grounds and those who interact
with them.
DonnaDriver
Cry of the Sea
A Young Adult contemporary
fantasy novel about Juniper
Sawfeather, the teen daughter of
environmental activists. Juniper
visits a reported oil spill with her
father and discovers mermaids
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washed ashore. In her efforts to
save them, she finds herself in
the middle of a struggle between
her parents, the media, a marine
biologist and his intern, the
popular clique at school, and the
oil company over the fate of the
mermaids. Won 2nd place in the
YA category of the 2015 Green
Book Festival contest for books
with environmental themes. Susan Eaddy
Poppy’s Best Paper
Poppy wants to be a verrrry
famous writer. When her teacher
asks everyone to write a paper,
Poppy is sure that hers will be the
best. She starts writing, but gets
distracted; there are many other
interesting things to do. Then
Mrs. Rose reads Lavender’s paper
to the class—Lavender, Poppy’s
best friend! It’s not fair! Poppy
worked so hard…didn’t she?
Ron Elliot
Sinister Influences
Big Blue fans’ devotion to the
Kentucky Wildcats traces back to
the 1930’s. Rupp’s teams became
nearly invincible in their “glory
years” (1946-51). In October
1951, authorities arrested Ralph
Beard and Alex Groza on charges
of conspiring with gamblers to
“shave points,” an illegal activity
in the State of New York (many
of UK’s games were played in
Madison Square Garden). Later,
more notable Kentucky players,
were caught. Ron Elliott recreates
the atmosphere inside UK’s old
Alumni Gym where the ‘Cats
steamrolled to 84 consecutive
victories and recounts the
thrilling action of the big games
in Madison Square Garden.
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RobertFarley
The Battleship Book
From the moment the launching
of HMS Dreadnought made
every capital ship in the world
obsolete overnight, we have been
fascinated with these powerful
surface combatants. This work is
a look at the history and folklore
that makes these ships symbols of
national power – and sometimes
futility. More than sixty lavishly
illustrated accounts of battleships
from the most well-known to the
most unusual, including at least
one ship from every nation that
ever owned a modern battleship.
their exploits and their demise,
along with some of the infamous
“lawmen and soldiers” assigned to
bring them to justice.
Natasha Friend
Where You’ll Find
Me
The first month
of school,
thirteen-year-old
Anna Collette is
DUMPED by her best friend;
DESERTED by her mom, who’s
in the hospital recovering from
Ann Ferrell
a suicide attempt; TRAPPED
Burley: Kentucky
in a house with her dad, baby
Tobacco in a New sister, and a stepmother young
Century
enough to wear her Delta Delta
Once iconic
Delta sweatshirt with pride; and
American symbols, STUCK at a lunch table with
tobacco farms
misfits. But what if all isn’t lost?
are gradually disappearing. In
With help from some unlikely
Kentucky, the plant has played
sources, including a crazy girlan important role in economic
band talent show act, Anna may
development and prosperity.
find herself on the road to okay.
Burley tobacco has been the
Judy Blume’s review: “I loved [it].
Commonwealth’s largest
I was hooked from the first page.”
cash crop and an important
aspect of regional identity.
Ann Gabhart
Ferrell investigates the rapidly
Murder at the Courthouse
transforming process of raising/ Former big city cop Michael
selling tobacco by chronicling her Keane returns to his hometown of
conversations with farmers who
Hidden Springs to take a job as a
know the crop best. Ferrell uses
deputy sheriff, expecting to have
ethnography, archival research,
no problem keeping the peace and rhetorical analysis to tell the until a dead body shows up on the
complex story of burley tobacco courthouse steps, and the town
production in modern-day
begins to unravel. Every resident
Kentucky, giving a give a voice to has a theory; when the sheriff
the farmers who persevere while insists Michael check out one of
shedding light on their futures.
these theories, his discovery sends
him on a bewildering search for
GeraldFischer
a mysterious killer. With a knack
Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War
for creating vivid settings and
Kentucky
life-like characters, Gabhart pens
Guerrilla forces roamed
a whodunit that will keep readers
throughout the border states
guessing.
and beyond during the Civil
War. This is especially true for
Geoffrey Girard
the “Heartland of Kentucky,” an
Project Cain
area declared “neutral” to the
Fifteen-year-old Jeff Jacobson
conflict but important to both
discovers he was constructed in
sides. This book explores the real a laboratory, part of a top-secret
guerrilla fighters of the region,
government cloning experiment,
created entirely from the DNA
of Jeffrey Dahmer. There are
others like Jeff – genetically
engineered directly from the
most notorious murderers of all
time. When the most dangerous
boys are set free by the geneticist
who created them, the summer
of killing begins. Only Jeff can
help track the clones down before
it’s too late. But will he catch the
“monsters” before becoming one
himself?
Bethany Griffin
The Fall
Madeleine Usher is doomed. She
has spent her life fighting fate,
and thought she was succeeding,
until she woke up in a coffin.
Ushers die young. Ushers are
cursed. Ushers can never leave
their house, a house that haunts
and is haunting. Madeline’s life
– revealed through short bursts
of memory – has hinged around
desperate plans to escape. A
retelling of Poe’s The Fall of the
House of Usher, this book received
starred reviews from Kirkus and
School Library Journal.
attempts to declare her an unfit
mother, her growing feelings
for single dad Wade, and the
return of her sire. With the help
of her new vampire circle, Libby
negotiates this quagmire of legal
troubles, parental duties, and
relationships.
they uncover secrets revealing the
truth of Annie’s dark past.
Carl Howell
Kentucky in the Early 1900s: A
Postcard Tribute
The images included have been
selected from an extensive
collection of vintage postcards
Linda J. Hawkins
assembled over the last 35 years.
Southern Seasons with Memory
During the Golden Age of
Making Recipes
Postcards, people regularly mailed
A warm and inspiring reminder postcards, often with handwritten
for all to make more memories to notes about the places and events
Bill Goodman
cherish, Hawkins has compiled a depicted on them. Howell, a
Beans, Biscuits,
lifetime of her favorite memories, renowned postcard authority, has
Family & Friends:
recipes, and special quotes into
written detailed narratives about
Life Stories
one charming collection. As
each image. Makes a unique,
A series of essays
Paul Griner - page 9
delicious to read as a warm slice lasting contribution to literature
highlighting
of apple pie.
about Kentucky’s history and
adventures in rural Lily Hansen
people, appealing to anyone
Kentucky and a vivid portrait
Word of Mouth: Nashville
Julie Hensley
interested in the Commonwealth
of his cousin Joe Downing, an
Conversations
Viable
of Kentucky and its heritage.
abstract painter better known in Featuring stunning black &
A collection of poems exploring
Europe than in the U.S. This book white portraits by some of the
issues of girlhood, infertility,
Tom Hunley
chronicles a time long forgotten
city’s finest photographers, this
pregnancy, and motherhood,
The State That Springfield Is In
in rural Kentucky, the thrill of
book uses intimate conversation braiding very personal poems
This collection of poems includes
victory at 14,000 feet and the
to capture the organic, triedwith persona poems from literary forty dramatic monologues in
beautiful story of a man from
and-true method – “word of
and historic figures who share
the voices of characters from The
Horse Cave who went to Paris on mouth”— by which each subject the pain only mothers can. About Simpsons.
vacation in the 1950s and never
has attracted their audience,
Viable, Kentucky Poet Laureate
came home.
developed their network, and
George Ella Lyon says, “... Rooted
Bob Hutton
built their business. Contains
in the natural world…and seeing
Bloody Breathitt:
S. E. Green
interviews with Mike Wolfe
herself as a creature among
Politics and
Killer Instinct
(creator of American Pickers),
creatures, Hensley offers us words
Violence in the
Lane is a typical
Patrick Carney (drummer for The of life in all its uncertainty.”
Appalachian
teenager, but her
Black Keys), Sean Brock, (awardSouth
secret obsession
winning author and chef/owner
Michael Hingson - page 3
Breathitt’s 500
is studying serial
of Husk),Yazoo Brewery founder
square miles of rugged land
killers; she might
Linus Hall, and more.
Katherine Howe
was known as “the darkest and
be one herself. She channels
The Appearance of Annie van
bloodiest of all the dark and
her dark impulses by hunting
Molly Harper
Sinderen
bloody feud counties” due to
criminals, delivering justice. The
Single Undead
Aspiring filmmaker Wes has
its considerable number of
vigilantism stops shy of murder,
Mom’s Club
just begun a summer term at
homicides. Hutton investigates
but the line of self-control blurs.
Widow Libby
NYU. While shooting a séance,
instances of violence in the
When a preschool teacher
Stratton arranged
he meets a mysterious, beautiful county from the Civil War
goes missing, Lane gets excited
to be turned into a girl named Annie. He finds
through the Progressive era. By
about tracking down the vicious
vampire after she
himself falling for her; there’s just framing the incidents as “feuds,”
serial murderer who has come
was diagnosed with something about her that he can’t those in positions of authority
to her hometown. As she gets
cancer. It wasn’t her best idea,
put his finger on. Annie’s from
disguised politically motivated
dangerously caught up in a web
but she was desperate—she’s not the city, and yet she seems just
murders by placing them in a
of lies, Lane realizes she isn’t safe. about to leave her seven-yearas out of place as he feels. She’s
fictive past.
She must use her unique talents
old son behind. On top of postbeen searching for a missing ring,
to find the killer’s identity.
turning transition issues, Libby
but she’s running out of time and
must deal with her father-in-law’s needs his help. As they search,
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Trish Lindsey
JaggersHolonym: A Collection of
Poems
A collection of contemporary
poems by award-winning poet,
Trish Lindsey Jaggers. Holonym,
is the relationship of the “whole”
that is created by its “parts.” It
is a “semantic relation”—words,
phrases, images, and what they
represent—connotations that
signal denotation. These poems
seek to solemnize loss and
recognition in the prodigious to
the infinitesimal.
River Jordan
Praying for
Strangers: An
Adventure of the
Human Spirit
In 2009, Jordan’s
sons were both
about to go to war. All she could
do was pray for their safety and
maintain her strength, until she
unexpectedly came upon the
perfect resolution: pray for a
stranger every day for a year. The
discovery Jordan made was not
simply that her prayers touched
the lives of these strangers, but
that the unexpected connections
she made with other people
would be a profound, lifechanging experience.
gossip, the hook-ups, the afterhours parties and, most of all,
it’s about Tips, the high-stakes
game based on dares - whoever
completes the most dares wins
the money. The dares are a freefor-all; only the best can win.
Waterside Cafe is anything but
classy behind the scenes, and
things are about to get dirty.
Bruce Kessler
Operation Comics #7:
It All Adds Up
Wonderguy tries to do a good
deed for a local business only to
be duped into having his hands
full. It’s up to Claire and Dillon to
use a slick idea for adding, called
Gauss’s trick, to take the “weight
off of his shoulders,” and save the
day!
some étouffée, meeting a friendly
gator, the one her mother warned
her about: Taille-Taille. Polite
and well-spoken, his behavior
belies the fact that he wants to
gobble her up! Petite Rouge and
her grandmère are both fooled,
but they come out unharmed
when the local shrimpers catch
and cook him! Full of Cajun
words/phrases, definitions, and a
pronunciation guide.
David Madden
The Tangled Web of the Civil War
and Reconstruction: Readings
J.A. Jance - page 3
and Writings from a Novelist’s
Perspective
R. Dean Johnson
While researching for his novel
Delicate Men:
Sharpshooter, Madden created the
Stories
United States Civil War Center,
Stories exploring
Becky Kelley
the only such institution to derive
the socialization
Wineing Your Way Across
from research for a work of
and cultural
Kentucky
Lorie Langdon - see Carey Corp, fiction. This book isn’t a collection
norms men and
About 95% of the world’s
page 18
of pieces by a historian, but by the
boys in contemporary society
bourbon is made in Kentucky, but
author of 10 novels, 3 collections
face and what happens when
the Commonwealth is gaining a
AshtonLee
of short stories, and other works,
an individual fails to live up to
reputation for refreshments for
A Cherry Cola Christmas
whose interest led him to write
those expectations. A strong,
the more refined palate. Created Maura McShay returns from her a Civil War novel, 2 books, and
common thread unites all in their to spotlight all the wineries
honeymoon to find that things
hundreds of reviews on Civil War,
frustration, sometimes guilt, for
of Kentucky and the array of
have fallen apart in Cherico,
Reconstruction, and Lincoln as
not being the men they think they vintages available - if they host
Mississippi. Her new library is
subjects.
are supposed to be. Two of the
events and how many can be
under construction, but the town’s
stories received Pushcart Prize
accommodated is noted, along
economy has taken a nosedive.
Amelia
nominations.
with a listing of their selection of She calls upon The Cherry Cola
Martens
vintages.
Book Club to help her solve these
The Spoons in the
Liz Johnson
problems. A meeting of the club
Grass are There to
The Red Door Inn
LeathaKendrick
finds citizens sharing their most
Dig a Moat
Marie Carrington’s hoping to
Almanac of the Invisible
uplifting stories to bring everyone
From the domestic
find sanctuary on Prince Edward A collection of poems emerging together, and a miracle or two
to the geopolitical,
Island, where she agrees to help
from the place many of us find
helps the town have a Merry
from the mundane to the
decorate a renovated bed-andourselves: caregiver to aging
Christmas. Book 4 in the series.
miraculous, from heartbreak
breakfast before tourist season.
parents and witness to the
to hilarity, these vignettes take
Seth Sloane moved 3,000 miles
generation that will supplant
Bo Li - see Haiwang Yuan, page
the form of prayers, parables,
to help restore the old Victorian
and carry us forward. Rooted in 27
confessions, and revelations.
(and to forget his heartbreaker
farms, long gone or going away,
Selected by Sarabande Books
ex-fiancée). The only thing Marie these poems attend to stars and
Alison Lyne
for the 2014 Linda Bruckheimer
and Seth agree on is that getting seasons, seeding and harvest.
Petite Rouge: A Cajun Twist to an Series in Kentucky Literature.
the Red Door Inn ready to open
Old Tale
will take everything they’ve got.
Claire Kennedy
Down south in Louisiana lives a Gretchen Martin
Can these two find hope, healing, After Hours
girl named Clotilde. Everyone
Dancing on the Color Line:
and a bit of romance on this
Isa, Xavi, Peter, and Finn know
calls her Petite Rouge because
African American Tricksters in
island?
that a job at the high-end
of her beautiful cloak. One day,
Nineteenth-Century American
Waterside Cafe isn’t just about
she hurries through the swamp
Literature
waiting tables. It’s about the
to bring her sick grandmère
Examines the influence of the
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and the Queen demands Sophia
find answers. Does she trust
Marcus, her uncle’s assistant?
Should she turn to the dark
angel of the spirit realm? As new
dangers surface and the prophecy
Karen Salyer
McElmurray
sweeps toward its final victim, the
Walk Till the
Maids prepare for battle. Only
Dogs Get Mean:
then will the girl who so often
Meditations on the sees the future discover if she can
Forbidden from
save the Crown—and herself.
Contemporary
Appalachia
Essays that are an individual and Catherine McKenzie
Smoke
collective act of courage taking
After a career combating
wide-ranging forms. An ideal
wildfires, Elizabeth traded in
volume for creative nonfiction
her former life for a quieter one
classes. These writers travel far
with her husband. That tranquil
away from the boundaries of a
life vanishes when they agree
traditional Appalachia, circling
back to the mountains that made to divorce, and a fire in nearby
them the distinctive thinking and Cooper Basin begins to spread
rapidly. For Elizabeth’s ex-friend
feeling people they’ve become.
Mindy, the fire is a chance to
Jamie Mason
Contributors include Dorothy
find a new purpose: helping a
Monday’s Lie
Allison, Pinckney Benedict,
man who lost his home. As the
Dee married the
Joyce Dyer, Jason Howard, Lisa
encroaching inferno threatens the
most conventional Lewis, Silas House, bell hooks,
town’s residents, Elizabeth and
man she knew,
Jeff Mann, Chris Offutt, Ann
Mindy must discover what will be
but she’s starting
Pancake, Jacinda Townsend,
lost in the fire, and what will be
to believe her
Crystal Wilkinson, and more.
saved.
husband has his eye on a new
life. Haunted by memories of
Melissa McEuen
Shannon Messenger
her late mother, a former covert
Kentucky Women: Their Lives
Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost
operations asset, Dee recalls
and Times
their “spy games,” in which she
Covering the Appalachian region Cities #4)
Sophie Foster is on the run. Her
learned memory tricks and
in the east to the Pennyroyal in
friends have gone with her to
how and when to lie. Just as she
the west, the essays highlight
join the Black Swan. They still
starts plotting her future, she
women whose aspirations,
have doubts about the shadowy
discovers her mother left a large
innovations, activism, and
organization; the only way to find
inheritance, and her husband
creativity illustrate Kentucky’s
knows about it. Now, she must
role in political and social reform, answers is to work with them.
They settle into their new lives,
investigate her suspicions and
education, health care, the arts,
uncovering huge secrets, and
untangle conspiracy from
and cultural development. The
their enemies unleash a terrifying
coincidence.
18 contributors have shaped
plague threatening the safety of
a history of Kentucky both
an entire species. Sophie and
Molly McCaffrey
grounded and groundbreaking.
her friends fight with everything
You Belong to Us
they have. Every choice has
In 1970, McCaffrey was given
Katie McGarry - page 4
consequences, and trusting the
up for adoption. Nearly 30 years
wrong person could be deadly.
later, she met her birthmother,
Jennifer McGowan
discovering she had an entire
Maid of Wonder
biological family she didn’t know Sophia Dee, the most unusual
existed; a family she had virtually spy of Queen Elizabeth’s Maids
nothing in common with. The
of Honor, is out of time for her
book follows more than a decade psychic skills to manifest. A
in the lives of her family, asking
prophecy haunts Windsor Castle,
creative traditions derived from
slave culture, particularly black
folklore, in the work of familiar
nineteenth-century white authors.
Demonstrates the impact of
black oral culture evident by
subversive trickster figures in
works of Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Herman Melville, Mark Twain,
etc. The black characters created
by these white authors are often
dismissed as little more than
limited, demeaning stereotypes
of the minstrel tradition, yet by
teasing out important distinctions
between the wisdom and humor
signified by trickery rather
than minstrelsy, they reveal the
influence of black aesthetics on
highly regarded work by white
American authors.
the question that lies at the heart
of adoption: Do we belong to the
people with whom we share our
blood, or to those who raise us?
Lynwood Montell
Tales from
Kentucky Nurses
Covering medical
practice in the
state from the
early twentieth
century through contemporary
times, the episodes related reveal
the significance of the nursing
profession to the Bluegrass state.
Including funny tales, such as
the story of an injured stripper
who swore her pole had been
sabotaged. The interviewees share
ghost stories and describe folk
remedies. These accounts pay
homage to an underappreciated
profession and preserve
important aspects of Kentucky’s
history.
Lori Moore
Oh Ship! Tales of a Cruising
Chick and Other Travel
Adventures
Cruises can be quite the
adventure if you watch the little
dramas that are going on among
the passengers and crew. From
stories of passenger pepperspraying predicaments to grown
men fighting over glass penguin
figurines, you’ll laugh until your
ribs hurt.
LaurenMorrill
The Trouble With Destiny
With her trusty baton and
insanely organized clipboards,
drum major Liza Sanders is
about to take Destiny by storm.
The boat, that is. When Liza
discovered her beloved band
was losing funding, she found
Destiny, a luxury cruise ship
complete with chocolate buffets
and a $25,000 spring break talent
show prize. Liza can’t imagine
senior year without the band, and
nothing will distract her from
achieving victory. But when the
Destiny breaks down, all of her
best-laid plans start to go awry.
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Michael Morris
Man in the Blue Moon
Named a Best Book of the Year
by Publishers Weekly. Based
on a true story of murder and
hypocrisy in a Florida town.
While the world is embroiled
in WWI, Ella Wallace fights her
own battle to keep the mystical
Florida land that has been in
her family for generations from
the hands of an unscrupulous
banker. Accusations and murder
soon shake the coastal town of
Apalachicola and jeopardize Ella’s
family.
James
Nicholson
The Notorious John
Morrissey
An Irish
immigrant, crime
boss, collection
agent, boxer, and gambler,
John Morrissey was an unlikely
candidate to become one of
the most important figures in
Thoroughbred racing. Though
few of his contemporaries
did more to develop the
commercialization of sports in
America, Morrissey’s colorful
background has thus far
prevented him from getting the
attention he deserves.
Bo Parrish
The Problem with Perfect
Perfection paralyzes potential.
This book introduces readers
to “The Path to Purpose,” a
six-step process for discovering
true meaning in life. Written for
procrastinators, perfectionists,
and people who are generally
unsatisfied with life’s trajectory.
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Carol Peachee
The Birth of Bourbon: A
Photographic Tour of Early
Distilleries
Lilya Myers
An celebration of bourbon’s
Sarai
heritage and unforgettable tour of
Rising from the dust in the
lost distilleries as well as facilities
ancient city of Cairo, a cold,
Mike Norris
undergoing renewal, such as the
calculating psychopath is born.
Mommy Goose: Rhymes from the famous Old Taylor and James E.
Amidst the Egyptian political
Mountains
Pepper distilleries in Lexington,
turmoil of the 1980’s, an infant
A book of AppalachianKentucky. Peachee reveals the
child named Sarai becomes
flavored rhymes illustrated with
vibrant life lingering in artifacts
the target of revenge. Decades
photographs of more than 100
from worn cypress fermenting
later, on a small corner of Long
new hand-carved/painted works tubs to extravagant copper stills.
Island, the mutilated bodies of
by folk artist Minnie Adkins.
young women begin stacking up. It introduces readers to the
Ray Peden
Detective Russ Roma is named
whimsical world of Mommy
One Tenth of the Law
lead detective on the case. Little
Goose, sharing her love of
Patrick Grainger is the only
does he know that a generation
words and Appalachian speech.
witness to the kidnapping of a
of well-kept secrets in the lives of Featuring sheet music for the
young girl, and the unexpected
people close to him will begin to original song “Tell me, Mommy
bond that develops between
emerge and collide.
Goose,” this book entertains while Grainger and her family opens
introducing a new generation to Pandora’s box. As the blocks
Gail Nall
folk traditions.
topple the identities of the killers
You’re Invited Too
and their roles in a massive
The girls of RSVP have been
Jane Olmsted
wartime conspiracy come to
hired to plan a big-time wedding,
Seeking the Other light. The deadly gamesmanship
but the Bridezilla’s demands
Side
threatens to bring down a
are loony, and Sadie, Lauren,
A collection
powerful empire stopping at
Becca, and Vi need to figure
of poems that
nothing to protect its interests.
out how to handle her without
explore the
going crazy too. With school
capacity to reach
Eddie Price
back in session and less time on
across boundaries to connect
Little Miss Grubby Toes Steps on
their hands, managing the bride in some way with the Other.
a Bee!
isn’t easy! When a hurricane
“The other side” may refer to
Little Miss Grubby Toes tries
threatens Sandpiper Beach and
the line between life and death,
to be a good girl, but when she
the wedding, the girls must gain a individuals, parts of the self, or
doesn’t obey her parents, she
new perspective fast – before this between the self before and after gets into trouble. Her mother
first walk down the aisle becomes some cataclysm, or between
warns her to keep her shoes on
their last.
human and the non-human
outside, because the bees are
world.
collecting nectar, but she loves to
run around barefoot! She starts
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playing, ignoring her mother’s
warning. What do you think will
happen?
John Pritchard
Sailing to Alluvium
Pritchard’s critically acclaimed
Junior Ray, was dubbed
“hilariously tasteless” by
Publishers Weekly. In this third
installment, Junior Ray and his
buddy become “diktectives” to
solve a not-so-mysterious murder
mystery. Readers are treated
to a brand of dark humor that
explains the Deep South as no
other writer can.
Katherine Reay
The Brontë Plot
Lucy makes a living selling
rare books, taking suspicious
liberties to reach her goals.
When her unorthodox methods
are discovered, her relationship
with her boyfriend James is
ruined, leaving her in a heap of
hurt and trouble. In a sudden
turn of events, James’s wealthy
grandmother, Helen, hires Lucy
as consultant on a London
excursion. Lucy discovers Helen
understands her predicament.
Lucy must face her past in order
to move forward. While it may
hold mistakes and regrets, she
will prevail.
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Amy Reed
Invincible
Evie was diagnosed
with terminal
cancer several
months ago, but
she has a second
chance. All she’d wanted was her
life back; now that she has it,
she’s conflicted. Her friends and
parents see her as Cancer Girl;
her boyfriend’s constant attention
is suffocating. Then she meets
Marcus. His kiss makes her feel
invincible, but she may be at the
Deirdre Scaggs
The Historic
Kentucky Kitchen:
Adam Rex - page 4
Traditional Recipes
for Today’s Cook
Nancy Richey
Recipes of
Mose Rager: Kentucky’s Shy
more than 100
Guitar Master
dishes from 19th and 20thMany country guitar legends
century Kentucky cooks from
trace the roots of their music
handwritten books, diaries,
to Mose Rager. Known for
and out-of-print cookbooks,
developing a unique thumbbringing together a variety of
picking style, Mose worked as a
classic dishes. Accented with
barber and a coal miner when he photographs and featuring meals
wasn’t playing gigs. This book is
ranging from skillet cakes to
the story of this true Kentucky
spaghetti with celery and ham, it
music legend who preferred living presents a tasty way to experience
the quiet life to the fame he could the history of the Bluegrass State.
have earned.
Albert Schmid
Lori Roberts
The Manhattan Cocktail
Cries in the Night
A practical how-to guide,
Carly and Austin Tabor relocated including everything from
from Denver to Charleston,
useful charts of proper pairings
purchasing a diamond-in-theto instructions on flaming an
rough home on King Street. As
orange peel. Schmid explores
soon as they take possession of
myriad variations of the beverage,
their home, unexplained noises
offering recipes easily followed
and a trio of spirits make Carly’s by professional and amateur
life miserable. With the help of
bartenders alike while weaving
Delaney Warrick, Carly must
together the story of the essential
solve the mystery of long ago
players and milestones that have
murders and find a way to bring added depth and complexity to
peace to the spirits haunting her the Manhattan.
new home.
V.E. Schwab - page 3
Melvin D. Rowe
Making Pottery Functional
Lois Sepahban
Veteran potter and teacher
Paper Wishes
Melvin D. Rowe provides a
It’s 1942, after the
wealth of creative inspiration and
attack on Pearl
insightful tips for creating over
Harbor, and ten200 unique pottery pieces that are
year-old Manami
functional.
and her family
are forced by the government to
Walter Roycraft
leave their home and join other
Quiet Places
Japanese Americans at a prison
Features over 200 of Roycraft’s
camp. Manami is sad to go, but,
favorite photographs from across even worse, her family must give
the Commonwealth, including
her dog, Yujiin, to a neighbor. She
landscapes, streams and forests,
is devastated, but clings to the
and vintage barns, in both color
hope that somehow Yujiin will
and black and white. Printed on
find his way to the camp, making
premium grade glossy paper for
her family whole again.
superior photo reproduction.
beginning of the biggest free fall
of her life. Book one in a duology.
Kristen Simmons
The Glass Arrow
A gripping, thought-provoking
novel from the author of the
critically-acclaimed Article 5
trilogy. 15-year old Aya lives
with a small group of women
on the run from men who
hunt them—men who want to
auction off breeding rights to the
highest bidder. Her luck runs
out when she’s caught by a group
of businessmen on a hunting
expedition, and fighting to
survive takes on a new meaning.
Julia Smethurst
Finclucky From Kentucky
The story of a chicken, his banjo,
and a barnyard full of animal
friends who form a band. Even
the farmer joins in. Some folks
say the blues were first played in
the deep South, but those who
read Finclucky will know the
truth behind the music.
outdoor education. This book is a
rich source of fodder for outdoor
leaders, teachers, camp counselors
and resource managers to utilize
in an ever-shrinking outdoor
environment. Garth Stein - page 3
Lin Stepp
Saving Laurel Springs
Rhea’s sweetheart, Carter drove
off to college in California,
promising to make a fortune to
help save their families’ vacation
resort, but ended up staying there
and marrying someone else.
Rhea has kept Laurel Springs
going. Now a widower with a
young son, Carter’s coming home.
As he reveals the truth about his
past, Rhea must decide if she
can trust in the man she’s never
forgotten.
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Margo Smith
The Perfect Shade of Pink
Ed is a pink flamingo who learns
it’s better to accept himself
than try to be like his brother.
In the end, Ed learns that his
parents love him unconditionally
and forgive him for his past
mistakes.
AileenStewart
Quack and
Daisy
Quack the
duckling and
Daisy the kitten
meet in the
meadow, becoming best friends.
Will Daisy’s failure to swim and
Quack’s inability to catch a mouse
Virginia Smith
cause them to give up on each
Renovating the Richardsons
other? Or will their friendship
Millie Richardson is hard at work survive? Find out in this fun new
renovating an old Victorian into adventure.
a B&B. The intra-county softball game is coming up, and the team Gerry Stribling
is a disaster. As if that weren’t
Buddhism for Dudes
enough to keep the town gossips Gerry “Strib” Stribling, former
busy, a new business has the
Marine and all-around good
ladies are up in arms. Imagine – a guy, answers questions about life
massage parlor – in Goose Creek! and living with a healthy dose of
No decent Creeker will stand for Buddhist wisdom for the regular
it! guy, emphasizing the Buddhist
call to moral action for the good
Steve Spencer
of oneself and others.
The Odell Buckenflush
Chronicles: More River Tales
Mariko Tamaki- page 4
A compilation of tales gathered
from a career in the field of
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Kristin Tubb
John Lincoln
Clem: Civil War
Drummer Boy
In 1861, John
Lincoln Clem
sneaks onto a train
filled with men from the 3rd Ohio
Union Regiment, determined
to fight for his country in the
Civil War. Johnny becomes a
drummer boy - not to mention
the youngest person to serve
in the war. He experiences the
brutalities of battle; the hunger
and illness in between. Eventually
captured by the Confederates,
he’s imprisoned, then sent home a
hero.
Nancy
Vienneau
Third Thursday
Community
Potluck
Cookbook
Desiring to foster community and
share the good food in Nashville,
Vienneau and a friend began
co-hosting a monthly potluck,
held on the third Thursday. What
started six years ago blossomed
into a potluck like no other. This
book serves as a repository of
those recipes, also telling the
stories of the group’s inception
and more. Each chapter is a
month with corresponding
menu, recipes, and story, which
carry you through the arc of the
seasons.
facts, legends and tall tales,
award-winning sportswriter
Wallace takes us behind the
scenes of this storied basketball
program.
dangerous situations and
illustrate appropriate responses
so the readers can become
Safety Stars. Questions are asked
following every safety tip to gauge
the child’s level of understanding.
Gary P.West
Road Trip Eats: 101 Ya Gotta Eat CrystalWilkinson - page 8
Here Places Across Kentucky
West is back to expose
Michael Witwer
Kentuckians across the state to
Empire of
101 more places to eat. Several
Imagination: Gary
bonus recipes are also served up.
Gygax and the
This is a guide that clues you in to
Birth of Dungeons
where good, simple food is served
& Dragons
in out-of-the-way locations
A dynamic,
from one end of Kentucky to the biography of Gary Gygax,
other. godfather of all fantasy adventure
games, from his childhood in
Alecia Whitaker
Wisconsin to his untimely death
Mary Uhles
The Road to You
in 2008. Gygax’s magnum opus,
The Little Kids’ Table
In this sequel to Wildflower,
Dungeons & Dragons, would
In this silly, rhyming picture
Carol Wall
readers catch up with country
explode in popularity in the 1970s
book, a group of cousins attend a
Mister Owita’s
star Bird Barrett as she begins a
and ‘80s, irreversibly altering
family dinner at their grandma’s
Guide to
tour following the release of her
the world of gaming. D&D is
house. Chaos reigns and manners
Gardening
first album. Between opening
the best-known, best-selling
are nowhere to be found. Bright,
The story of Wall’s for one of the biggest acts in
role-playing game of all time,
colorful artwork conveys the
friendship with
country music and meeting a
boasting an elite class of alumni
gaiety and spontaneity that occurs
Giles Owita,
passionate photographer, the
from Stephen Colbert to Robin
when families get together. The
a Kenyan-born landscape
weeks pass by in a blur. When
Williams.
little kids’ table is where all the
designer who took on the task
the tour wraps, it’s back to reality. fun happens.
of rehabilitating her neglected
The label is eager for a new hit
Erica Wright
yard in Roanoke, Virginia. More song, but the sudden fame and a The Granite Moth
Margaret Verble
importantly, he tended to Wall’s
media-fueled rivalry with another Kathleen Stone is watching
Maud’s Line
wounded spirit after she was
starlet has Bird questioning her
her friend Dolly and his fellow
Oklahoma, 1928. Maud Nail
diagnosed with cancer. The book priorities. drag queens perform at the
lives with her rogue father and
follows their unusual relationship,
Halloween Parade when their
sensitive brother on government creating a bond that bridged their Kay Whitehouse
float explodes. Suspecting
allotted land. She dreams of
disparate backgrounds, teaching A Hand Truck Named Dolly
sabotage, the club’s owner hires
escaping the tedium of farm
them both about the wonderful
Dolly the hand truck becomes
Kat to find the culprit. But Kat
life for something more. Her
secrets life has in store. Named
entwined in all aspects of her
hasn’t given up on bringing
prospects are slim, but when
one of the top 10 books by USA
family’s life, and they begin
gangster Salvatore Magrelli to
handsome newcomer Booker
Today (2014) and one of the best to treat her like she’s a family
Wakefield arrives, she takes
books of 2014 by AARP.
member. But Bear, the family dog, justice and finds herself pulled
between identities. She soon
notice. Soon she finds herself
doesn’t like her. Things begin to
realizes that sometimes love and
facing a series of decisions that
Tom Wallace
improve when 8-year-old Jacob
hate can be hard to tell apart.
will determine her future and
Golden Glory: The History of
and his dad take Bear to puppy
those of her loved ones. Maud
Central City Basketball
training. Geared for first through JessicaYoung- page 5
shines as a reminder of the
When Central City High School third grades, this book is funny
measures enterprising women
closed its doors in 1990, its
and full of action.
have to take to improve their
boys’ basketball teams had won
circumstances in life.
more games than any school in
JoEllenWilhoite
Kentucky. How was this small
Safety Safari
school able to sustain such long- Safari animals take readers
term excellence? By combining
through a variety of potentially
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Suzanne Young
The Epidemic
Quinlan McKee
has spent her life
acting as other
people. She was a
closer—a person
hired to play the role of the
recently deceased in order to
give their families closure. She
learned to read people and
situations, but she couldn’t have
guessed how her last case would
bring down her world. The only
person she trusts is Deacon,
the love of her life – except he’s
been keeping secrets, so Quinn
sets out alone to find Arthur
Pritchard, the doctor trying to
control her life. The journey
brings Quinn to his daughter,
who tells her the truth about
Pritchard’s motives.
aid and valuable reference for
folklorists, this book contains
more than 30 traditional
Tibetan stories, giving readers a
taste of the land, people, culture,
history, religion, and psyche of
this remote region.
culture destroy their creative
spirits. Graduation will lead to
new beginnings for Lydia, whose
edgy fashion blog is her ticket
Fiona Young-Brown
out. Travis is content where he is
A Culinary History of Kentucky:
thanks to his obsession with an
Burgoo, Beer Cheese, & Goetta
epic book series and the fangirl
Enjoy a delicious adventure
turning his reality into real-life
through Bluegrass food history.
Jeff Zentner
fantasy. Diverging paths could
Kentucky’s cuisine can be
The Serpent
mean their friendship’s end,
King
traced back to Cherokee, Irish,
but not before Dill confronts
Scottish, English and German
Dill has had to
his legacy to find a way into the
roots, among others. Find
wrestle with vipers light of a future worth living.
recipes from burgoo to hog to
his whole life – at moonshine and frogs.
home, as the son
of a Pentecostal minister, and
Haiwang Yuan
at school, where he faces down
Tibetan Folktales
bullies. He and his friends must
Providing a unique resource
make it through senior year
that can serve both as storytime without letting the small-town
Exclusive SOKY Book Fest Poster
We’re introducing a new component to SOKY Book
Fest: an exclusive event poster! Award-winning
illustrator and author Gary Cieradkowski (page 17)
has designed the first official poster, available to
purchase at Book Fest for $10. About the Artist
Gary is the artist and writer behind The Infinite
Baseball Card Set blog. An award winning graphic
artist and illustrator, chances are you have visited
or bought something he designed: Bicycle Playing
Cards, the music department of Barnes & Noble, the
Folgers Coffee can, and the graphics for Oriole Park
at Camden Yards, still regarded as the best designed
ballpark in the Majors. He was the 2015 recipient of
the Tony Salin Award for the preservation of baseball
history and his book The League of Outsider Baseball
was called “the most beautiful baseball book of the
summer” by ESPN. Gary and his wife live happily in
Northern Kentucky, unless they discuss the merits of
the designated hitter rule.
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by the generous support of the following:
Friends of
WCPL
Department of
English
Office of Admissions
thank you to our
Meet the Authors Reception Patrons
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Steve and Alecia Marcum
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Richard & Leslie Weigel
Roland Willock & Mary Grey James
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