Connecticut Muse - Northwest Connecticut Arts Council

2007 Directory of
Connecticut Authors
and Literary Venues
A collaboration between Connecticut Muse and
the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council
Edited by Patricia F. D’Ascoli
Copyright 2007 Patricia F. D’Ascoli
Patricia D’Ascoli, Publisher
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Table of Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………......5
Alphabetical Author Listings……………………………………………...8
Publishers………………………………………………………………...87
Literary Publications……………………………………………………..91
Literary Venues…………………………………………………………..92
Literary Related………………………………………………………….95
Literary Services…………………………………………………………97
Writers Groups…………………………………………………………...97
Writing Retreats………………………………………………………….99
Writing Programs………………………………………………………...99
Literary Landmarks………………………………………………………99
Booksellers……………………………………………………………...103
Public Libraries…………………………………………………………107
University Libraries…………………………………………………….115
Index by Genre…………………………………………………………118
Additional Authors……………………………………………………..122
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Introduction
The 2007 Directory of Connecticut Authors and Literary Venues is the
result of a collaboration between the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council
and Connecticut Muse and was made possible, in part, by a partnership
grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.
Every effort has been made to include as many Connecticut authors as
possible in this first edition of the directory. Listings have been edited
when necessary. We make no representation as to the quality of the works
cited in this directory or to the content of author websites listed.
It turns out that Connecticut is a very literary state, and unfortunately, not
all of the authors who reside in the state are represented in this directory.
However, most of the many author listings that are in the directory also
include contact information. Others merely refer to author websites in the
absence of full listing information. At the end of the directory is a list of
authors that we know to be Connecticut residents, but we have no listing
information for these individuals. We hope that in subsequent editions of
the directory, many more authors will provide us with their biographical
information.
The directory, which is also available in a downloadable pdf format, will
be updated annually in its pdf version, and every three years, a new print
edition of the directory will be published. The pdf can be downloaded at
www.artsnwct.org and www.connecticutmuse.com.
We hope that this Directory of Connecticut Authors and Literary Venues
proves to be a valuable resource and a helpful guidebook for accessing and
enjoying the rich literary community in Connecticut.
Patricia D’Ascoli, Publisher, Connecticut Muse
Amy Wynn, Executive Director, Northwest Connecticut Arts Council
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AUTHOR LISTINGS
Abbott, Tony - Trumbull
(Fantasy and Adventure Series;
Novels for readers 7-14)
The Secrets of Droon series
The novels Kringle and Firegirl
Tony Abbott's sixty books for younger
readers include the bestselling fantasy
sequence, The Secrets of Droon. His
hardcover Kringle was called by SLJ “a
delightful explanation of the origins of
our present-day Santa Claus. Fantasy
readers will enjoy this tale year-round.”
In a “Starred Review,” Publishers Weekly
said of Firegirl, “This novel may be brief,
but it leaves a big impact.”
www.tonyabbottbooks.com
Adams, John - Enfield
(Business Consulting/Self Help)
Miracles at Work: Building Your
Business from the Soul Up
John A. Adams was fired during the Air
Traffic Controller’s strike of 1981. But
for years he had been nurturing the dream
of starting his own business. By 1992,
John was awarded the Hartford, CT
Chamber of Commerce Small Business
Leader of the Year Award. By 1996,
Adams and Adams Building Services had
grown to $3.5 million in annual sales
employing 350 members. John sold his
company to share with others his unique
inside out way of workplace re-creation
and transformation.
www.miraclesatwork.com
Abo-Hamzy, Ameen – Falls Village
(Poetry)
Evolution Ink, a non profit organization
founded by Ameen produces a poetry
series hosted by the Collin’s Diner in
North Canaan, and is dedicated to the
proposition of peace as a realistic
expectation. The Poetry Is Music©
summer festival Evolution Ink, has been
sponsored every year since 1995. Ameen
teaches for the Litchfield Performing
Arts. The CT Commission on the Arts
has selected him as a Master Teaching
Artist. He is a recipient of the 2005
Distinguished Advocate for Culture and
Tourism Award for selfless dedication to
promoting Connecticut through the Arts.
[email protected]
www.evolutionink.org
Alborghetti, Marci – New London
(Religious)
Marci Alborghetti is author of 12 Strong
Women of God: Biblical Models for
Today (Twenty-Third Publications). She
is a contributor to Daily Guideposts and
the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.
Albrizio, Eileen - Wethersfield
(Poetry)
1998: Messy on the Inside
2000: Rain – Dark as Water in Winter
2003: On the Edge
Adams, Jana - Newington
Self-Help/Child Abuse Recovery/
The Colors Within – One Rainbow
Reclaimed
Jana has formed an alliance with Lawyers
for Children America and a portion of the
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Eileen Albrizio has published three
volumes of poetry, penned two full-length
novels and has seen her poetry and prose
published in numerous literary journals
across the region. She graduated from the
Connecticut School of Broadcasting,
received her BFA in theatre, and an MA
in English. She left an award-winning
career in radio news to pursue her dream
of becoming a teacher of creative writing
and literature. She was the 2003 recipient
of the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s
Poetry Fellowship.
www.angelfire.com/art/albrizio
She has received a National Endowment
for the Arts Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize,
the Quantrell Award for Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching at the University
of Chicago, and the George Kent Award,
given by Gwendolyn Brooks. She is
presently a fellow at the Whitney
Humanities Center at Yale University.
Allen, Dick - Trumbull
(Poetry)
Dick Allen, one of America's best-known
poets, and author of six volumes of
poetry, including Ode to the Cold War
and his latest from Sarabande, The Day
Before, is also a highly respected critic
not only of poetry but of other forms of
literature. He has also been the co-editor
of several anthologies of science fiction
and science fiction criticism. Allen has
received poetry writing fellowships from
the National Endowment for the Arts the
Ingram Merrill Foundation and others.
Alexander, Elaine - Colchester
(Published under E. M. Alexander)
(Children's Literature)
Death at Deacon Pond
Works in Progress: Angler Fish:
Black Devil of the Deep honored with a
Society of Children's Book Writer's &
Illustrator's Barbara Karlin Grant
"Apple Moon" placed third in the
"Smartwriter's W.I.N." Contest.
A freelance writer for The Reminder, E.
M. Alexander's fondness for horror
stories and long walks in the woods
inspired her first novel, Death at Deacon
Pond. A recipient of a 2006 Barbara
Karlin Grant. [email protected]
www.emalexander.com
Aller, Susan Bivin
(Children’s)
Susan Bivin Aller is the author of
numerous biographies for young people,
including books about J.M. Barrie, Mark
Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and George
Eastman. She is a member of the
Advisory Council of the CT Center for
the Book and co-chair of the endowment
campaign for the Northeast Children’s
Literature Collections at the University of
CT in Storrs.
Alexander, Elizabeth
(Poetry)
Alexander's collections of poetry include
Antebellum Dream Book (Graywolf Press,
2001), Body of Life (1996), and The
Venus Hottentot (1990). Her poems, short
stories, and critical writing have been
widely published in such journals and
periodicals as The Paris Review,
American Poetry Review, The Kenyon
Review, and others and her work is
anthologized in over twenty collections.
Altieri, Carol Leavitt
(Poetry, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction)
In Beijing There Are No Dawn Redwoods
Meandering of Isinglass River
The Isinglass River
Contributes to www.SGOD.org
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"Graduate Poet of the Year" at Southern
CT. State University while taking Dr.
Vivian Shipley's advanced poetry writing
class. Awards include Silver Laureate
Award for Poetry by National Senior
Poets Laureate, First Prize in California
State Poetry Contest; First Prize in the Al
Savard Memorial Poetry Contest by
Connecticut Poetry Society, with the
poem "Libretto for Spirit Bear of British
Columbia." [email protected]
Antle, Nancy – New Haven
(Children’s)
Nancy Antle is the author of many works
for children and young adults including
poems, short stories, picture books,
beginning readers, and novels. Her stories
and poems have appeared in Cricket
Magazine, Children’s Playmate and Blast
Off. Her story, “The King’s Cure for
Hiccups,” was published in Blast Off (an
Australian publication) in 1992 and
received the Society of Children’s Book
Writers and Illustrators Magazine Merit
Award. www.nancyantle.com
Andersen, Jon - Storrs
(Poetry)
Stomp and Sing (Curbstone Press 2005)
Jon Andersen teaches at E.O. Smith High
School and lives with his wife, fellow
writer and teacher Denise Abercrombie,
and their two sons, in Storrs.
[email protected]
http://curbstone.org/authdetail.cfm?AuthI
D=151
Appel, Allan – New Haven
(Fiction, Poetry)
Allan Appel is a novelist, poet, and
playwright whose books include Club
Revelation, High Holiday Sutra, winner
of a Barnes and Noble Discover Great
New Writers Award, and The Rabbi of
Casino Boulevard, a finalist for the
National Jewish Book Award. His writing
has appeared in The National Jewish
Monthly, The Progressive, and National
Lampoon, and his plays have been
produced in New York, Chicago, New
Haven, and Provincetown. He has
published a total of six novels, a
biography, two collections of poetry, a
book on botany, and A Portable
Apocalypse, a handy anthology of erudite
and humorous quotations about the end of
the world. www.allanappel.com
Andronik, Catherine - Bridgeport
(Nonfiction)
Catherine Adronik has written
biographies for middle/high school
students. Copernicus: Founder of
Modern Astronomy, Prince of Humbugs:
A Life of P.T. Barnum, and Hatshepsut,
His Majesty, Herself and several others.
Antilla, Susan – New Canaan
(Nonfiction)
Susan Antilla is an award winning
journalist and author of Tales from the
Boom-Boom Room: Women vs. Wall
Street, an in-depth investigation of the
high-profile sexual harassment and
gender discrimination lawsuits of the
mid-to-late 1990s against Smith Barney
and Merrill Lynch.
Ascher, Carol - Sharon
(Fiction and Literary Nonfiction)
The Flood, a novel. Curbstone Press,
1996. German edition, Die Flut, Picus
Verlag, 2001.
Without Hitler, a memoir. Forthcoming,
Holmes & Mayer, 2008. German edition,
Ohne Hitler, Picus Verlag, 2008.
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Simone deBeauvoir: A Life of Freedom
Beacon Press, 1984.
Trained as an anthropologist, Carol
Ascher studies urban public schools. In
addition to 6 books, her stories, memoirs,
and essays on education have appeared in
American newspapers, magazines, and
literary journals. Her work has received
national, state and private literary awards.
[email protected]
Disabilities Association of CT. Presently,
she concentrates on middle-grade and
young adult novels, but she has a couple
of picture books also "making the
rounds." [email protected]
Baar, Karen - Woodbridge
(Nonfiction)
For My Next Act…Women Scripting Life
after Fifty (Rodale, 2004)
Women and Pain (Hyperion, 2002) (coauthored with Mark Young, M.D.)
The Circadian Prescription (G.P. Putnam
& Sons, 2000)
(co-authored with Sidney M. Baker, M.D.
American Indian Healing Arts (Bantam,
1999) (co-authored E. Barrie Kavasch)
A freelance writer since 1992, Baar has a
B.A. from New York University and a
Masters in Public Health degree from the
Yale University School of Medicine. She
writes about women, medicine, health and
social policy. Her most recent book is For
My Next Act... Women Scripting Life After
Fifty (Rodale 2004).
[email protected]
www.karenbaar.com
Avocato, Lori - Meriden
(Mystery)
A Dose of Murder (2004)
The Stiff and the Dead (2005)
One Dead Under the Cuckoo’s Nest
(2005) Deep Sea Dead (2006)
After serving in the Air Force as a
registered nurse, Lori Avocato decided to
write fiction. The award-winning author
has written a humorous mystery series
about a burned out nurse who becomes a
medical insurance fraud investigator.
www.loriavocato.com
Atkins, Charles - Woodbury
(Mystery)
The Cadaver’s Ball
Charles Atkins, M.D. is a psychiatrist,
freelance writer, novelist, and public
speaker. He also maintains a clinical
faculty appointment at Yale University
School of Medicine. Dr. Atkins’
columns, short stories and essays have
appeared in dozens of publications.
www.charlesatkins.com
Balmer, Randall – Woodbury
(Nonfiction)
Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious
Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens
America (New York: Basic Books, 2006)
Growing Pains: Learning to Love My
Father's Faith (Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Brazos Press, 2001)
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A
Journey into the Evangelical Subculture
in America, 4th ed. (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2006)
Randall Balmer is the Ann Whitney Olin
Professor of American Religion at
Barnard College, Columbia University.
He has co-written a history of American
Presbyterians, a book on mainline
Aust, Pat Hinckley - Marlborough
(Children's and Young Adult)
Hyper Harry (MG)
Pat Hinckley Aust, a former school social
worker, is married, has two grown
children, plays in a Bell Choir and edits
Circuit, the newsletter of Learning
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Protestantism, and Protestantism in
America. His most recent books are
Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism and
Religion in Twentieth Century America,
part of the Religion in American Life
series, published by Oxford University
Press. [email protected]
(2006) and Baby Needs a New Pair of
Jimmy Choos (2007); Vertigo (2006); the
forthcoming young-adult novel Angel's
Choice; and editor of This Is Chick-Lit.
www.laurenbaratzlogsted.com
Barker, Ernest – Goshen
(Nonfiction)
Ernest Barker, a former schoolteacher of
30 years, lives in Goshen with his wife
Lori in the former home of Fred Lucas’
late grandson. His retirement has been
spent researching and writing about Fred,
the Civil War and Fred’s participation in
that conflict. He and his wife own Purple
Door Gallery. [email protected]
Barham, Lisa - Greenwich
(Young Adult)
Lisa Barham is the author of A Girl Like
Moi, the first in a series of Young Adult
books published in December, 2006. She
began her career as a fashion forecasting
editor in New York City, and has worked
in feature film production, having written
and developed two major motion picture
screenplays. [email protected]
Barreca, Regina – Storrs
(Nonfiction)
Gina Barreca is the author of the bestselling They Used to Call Me Snow
White, But I Drifted, Perfect Husbands
and Other Fairy Tales, and Sweet
Revenge: The Wicked Delights of Getting
Even. She edited the Penguin Book of
Women's Humor, Don't Tell Mama: The
Penguin Book of Italian American
Writing. Her most recent book is Babes
in Boyland: A Personal History of CoEducation in the Ivy League (UPNE
2005). Professor of English Literature and
Feminist Theory at the University of
Connecticut, Dr. Barreca has served as an
advisor to the Library of Congress for
work on humor and the American
character. www.ginabarreca.com
Barone, Dennis – West Hartford
(Prose Poetry)
Abusing the Telephone (Drogue Press,
1994)
The Returns (Sun & Moon Press, 1996)
Echoes (Potes & Poets Press, 1997)
Dennis Barone is a Professor of English
and English Department Chair at St.
Joseph College in West Hartford. His
book Echoes received the 1997 America
Award for most outstanding book of
fiction by a living American writer.
Author of two novellas, Temple of the Rat
(Left Hand Books, 2000) and God’s
Whisper (Spuyten Duyvil, 2005) and
Precise Machine, a hybrid work of
memoir, prose poetry, and short fiction.
He is editor of Beyond the Red Notebook:
Essays on Paul Auster. [email protected]
Barrett, Lou – Westport
(Poetry)
Clotheslines: A Chapbook
Homefronts
Connecting Flights
Ms. Barrett enjoyed a long career as
teacher of literature. She was nominated
Baratz-Logsted, Lauren - Danbury
(Chick-Lit)
Author of the comic novels The Thin Pink
Line, Crossing the Line, A Little Change
of Face; How Nancy Drew Saved My Life
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for the 2006 Pushcart Prize, awarded
Connecticut Poetry Society's Winchell
Award and named Poet of the Year by the
Connecticut Council of Teachers of
English. Ms. Barrett's poetry appears in
Midstream, Connecticut Review and
Voices Israel. Her published Shakespeare
Series provides a source for English
courses. [email protected]
Basch, Rachel - Newtown
(Fiction)
The Passion of Reverend Nash
Rachel Basch is the author of The Passion
of Reverend Nash (W.W. Norton 2003)
and Degrees of Love (W.W. Norton 1998,
HarperCollins 1999). She has taught
fiction writing in Wesleyan's Graduate
Liberal Studies Program and is currently
a Visiting Writer at Trinity College.
Barron, Sandra Rodriguez - Milford
(Fiction)
The Heiress of Water, a novel.
Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers 2006
Sandra Rodriguez Barron was born in
Puerto Rico and grew up in El Salvador
and Connecticut. She holds an undergraduate degree from the U-Conn and a
MFA in Creative Writing from Florida
International University. Her debut novel,
The Heiress of Water was promoted
nationally as a Border’s Original Voices
™ selection, which spotlights “innovative
new authors.”
[email protected]
www.sandrarodriguezbarron.com
Baskin, Nora - Weston
(Middle Grade & YA)
Basketball (Or something like it)
What Every Girl (except me) Knows
In The Company of Crazies
Nora Raleigh Baskin is the author of four
middle grade novels, short stories, and
several adult essays. The Truth About My
Bat Mitzvah will be published spring,
2008. Ms. Baskin teaches creative writing
to children, visits schools, and speaks on
writing to groups around the country.
www.Norabaskin.com
Basli, Karen M. - Westport
(Nonfiction)
The Christmas Kitchen
Confection With Affection
After a 25 year career with The County of
Westchester in New York, Karen took
early retirement to pursue some of her
other interests. Since then she has enjoyed
success as a photographer, painter,
contributing writer for Connecticut
newspapers and has written and published
two cookbooks. Karen donates a
significant portion of the proceeds from
the sale of her photographs, paintings and
cookbooks to Connecticut charities.
[email protected]
www.karenscookbooks.com
Barzach, Amy Jaffe - West Hartford
(Nonfiction/Inspirational)
Accidental Courage, Boundless Dreams
Amy Jaffe Barzach is executive director/
co-founder of Boundless Playgrounds®,
the first national nonprofit dedicated to
helping communities create inclusive
playgrounds where children with and
without disabilities can play and learn
together. She is co-author of Accidental
Courage, Boundless Dreams, a book
about the inspiration and growth of
Boundless Playgrounds.
[email protected]
www.boundlessplaygrounds.org
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Alliance Against Casino Expansion, a
non-profit corporation that he founded
with business, civic and religious leaders
from around CT. [email protected]
Bass, Mary Beth – Ridgefield
www.marybethbass.com
Bechard, Gorman – Hamden
www.gormanbechard.com
Benn, James - Hadlyme
(Mystery)
Desperate Ground
Billy Boyle; A World War II Mystery
His most recently completed work is A
Week of Days, an exploration of the
effects of World War II combat on one
man during three stages of his life, and he
is working on the third installment in the
Billy Boyle series. He is a graduate of UConn and received an MLS degree from
Southern Connecticut State University.
He is a member of the American Library
Association, Mystery Writers of America,
and Author's Guild. He has worked in the
library field for over 25 years and
currently works in educational
technology. [email protected]
www.jamesrbenn.com
Beckius, Kim Knox - Avon
(Travel)
The Everything Guide to New England
(2002, Adams Media)
Backroads of New England (2004,
Voyageur Press)
The Everything Outdoor Wedding Book
(2005, Adams Media)
Kim Knox Beckius is a travel writer,
photographer and author of four books.
She produces New England Travel and
Hartford Web sites for the New York
Times Company's About.com and is
Senior Writer for Grace Ormonde
Wedding Style magazine. Kim is a
member of the Society of American
Travel Writers and the Connecticut
Authors and Publishers Association.
[email protected]
www.everythingnewengland.com
Benton, Richard - Litchfield
(Science-Fiction)
I Wish I May A Tale of the Fourth
Millennium
Richard O. Benton has written over two
hundred short stories, articles and plays,
both fiction and non-fiction. His work has
been published in regional newspapers,
magazines and also on-line. He is
currently working on his third novel. A
sequel is planned for I Wish I May.
www.richardObenton.com
Benedict, Jeff - Niantic
(Nonfiction)
Out of Bounds
No Bone Unturned
Jeff Benedict is an award-winning
investigative journalist, lawyer, and a
best-selling author of six books. He is a
contributing writer for the Los Angeles
Times, Sports Illustrated and the Hartford
Courant. His book The Mormon Way of
Doing Business is based on exclusive
interviews with top corporate executives,
all of whom are Mormons. Benedict
holds a J.D., an M.A. in Political Science
and a B.A. in History. He is licensed to
practice law in Connecticut. He is the
former president of the Connecticut
Benton, Sue – Westport
(Nonfiction)
Sue Benton is the founder and president
of Chi Fitness and author of Chi Fitness:
A Workout for Mind, Body, and Spirit
published by HarperCollins and co14
authored with her husband, Drew
Denbaum. Sue is also a certified
hypnotherapist and has been voted "Best
Personal Trainer" by the readers of
Fairfield County Weekly and Inside
Fairfield County. www.chifitness.com
When You Read This, They Will Have
Killed Me: The Life and Redemption of
Caryl Chessman, Whose Execution Shook
America (Carroll & Graf, 2006)
Famous Last Words (Pomegranate, 2001)
Florida Beaches (co-authored with Parke
Puterbaugh) (Moon Handbooks, 2006)
Alan Bisbort is a writer and editor who
has authored or coauthored 16 books of
history, biography and travel. He has
contributed to numerous books published
by the Library of Congress, where he
worked for 17 years. He writes a weekly
column for the Hartford Advocate and
regular commentaries for American
Politics Journal. He’s a contributor to
The New York Times, Yale Environment
Journal and Connecticut Magazine.
[email protected]
Bercowetz, Cynthia
(Nonfiction)
Don’t Get Ripped Off
Unforgettable Recipes and Savvy
Consumer Tips
Don't Get Ripped Off reveals how the
"little guy" can outsmart the con artists.
The author went to Detroit to battle the
auto manufacturers when hundreds of
readers complained about paint peeling
off their cars. Unforgettable Recipes and
Savvy Consumer Tips is the right formula
to avoid consumer problems and learn the
secrets from friends and chefs in CT and
many states. [email protected]
www.deargeorge.org
Black, Sophie Cabot - Wilton
(Poetry)
Black’s poems have appeared in The
Atlantic, APR, The New Republic and
Paris Review, among other journals and
has also appeared in various anthologies,
among them Best American Poetry. In
1988 she received the Grolier Poetry
Prize and was awarded fellowships from
the MacDowell Colony and the Fine Arts
Work Center in Provincetown.
Betancourt, Jeanne - Sharon
www.jeannebetancourt.com
Bidou, Ann – Falls Village
(Self-Help)
Career Match, a book published by the
American Management Association in
January, 2007 that uses your core
personality to match you to your best
careers. Ann Bidou has written hundreds
of articles over a span of three decades
covering the high tech, financial and
upscale lifestyle areas. Career Match,
co-authored with NYC resident Shoya
Zichy, is her first book.
Block, Charles - Greenwich
(Nonfiction)
Morality: Whose Idea Was It, Anyhow?
Charles Block has a graduate degree in
mathematics from Harvard University
and spent five years as an applied
mathematician at an MIT research lab, six
years as a management consultant at
Arthur D. Little, Inc., and over 30 years
in a major international bank in varied
senior management roles.
[email protected]
Bisbort, Alan – Cheshire
(History, True Crime, Travel, Pop
Culture)
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author of 15 books, the latest being
Growing in Faith When a Catholic
Marriage Fails, For Separated and
Divorced Catholics and Those Who
Minister With Them, (Resurrection
Press/Catholic Book Publishing CO.)
2006. Some of her more recent books are
Lent, An Uncommon Love Story, (Pauline
Books &Media); One Day He Beckoned,
One Woman's Story of the difference
Jesus Made, Ave Maria Press, (which
received First Place in the 2005 Catholic
Press Association competition). Bosco
was the executive editor of The Litchfield
County Times from 1982 to 1995. She
served as a Human Rights Commissioner
for several years.
Bloom, Amy
www.amybloom.com
Bloom, Lary - Chester
(Nonfiction)
Lary Bloom’s Connecticut Notebook,
Globe Pequot Press
Letters From Nuremberg, Crown
Publishing (Fall 2007, co-authored with
Christopher J. Dodd)
The Writer Within, Bibliopola Press
Lary, a native of Cleveland, came to
Connecticut in 1982 to edit Northeast, the
Hartford Courant’s Sunday magazine,
after similar positions in Miami and
Akron. He left the Courant in 2001 to
become a full-time writer. His columns
appear in Connecticut magazine and the
New York Times.
www.larybloom.net
Bostrom, Shirley - Marlborough
(Nonfiction, YA Fiction, Short Stories)
Funny--He Doesn't Look Like A
Murderer: But Margie Is Dead (Calie
Books)
"My Search for the Perfect Knee" short
story included in an anthology being
published by ProPell
"Thanks, Ma" short story included in an
anthology Gratitude with Attitude
published by Bookcraft in Montclair
Shirley taught school for 32 years. The
youngest of her three daughters became
the victim of domestic homicide.
[email protected]
www.intimatepartnermurder.com
Bloom, Lynn Z.
(Nonfiction)
Board of Trustees Distinguished
Professor and Aetna Chair of Writing at
the University of Connecticut, has
published some one hundred twenty-five
personal/academic essays, collected in
Composition Studies as a Creative Art
(1999) and The Seven Deadly Virtues
(2008); a biography Doctor Spock (1972),
editions of two American women
prisoners’ diaries (1980, 1989),
Composition Studies in the New
Millennium (2003), and numerous essay
textbooks, most recently The Essay
Connection (8th ed. Houghton Mifflin
2007).
Bostwick, Marie – Thomaston
(Fiction)
Fields of Gold
River’s Edge
Her first novel Fields of Gold was a
finalist for RT Bookclub's Best Historical
Saga 2005 and the Oklahoma Book
Award. She is an entertaining and
energetic speaker for book clubs, library
groups, and writer's workshops. River’s
Bosco, Antoinette - Brookfield
(Nonfiction)
Antoinette Bosco is a long time
syndicated columnist for Catholic News
Service in Washington, D.C., and the
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Edge has been selected for the October
Literary Guild catalog.
www.mariebostwick.com
issues. A freelance writer of educational
materials for clients such as the National
Park Service, Ms. Boyle is frequently
found in the classroom as a Master
Teaching Artist selected by the Arts
Division of the CT Commission on
Culture and Tourism. [email protected]
Boyle, Prill - Westport
(Nonfiction)
Defying Gravity
Prill Boyle began writing full time at age
47. She’s been featured on numerous
radio and television programs and has
spoken to groups all over the country,
including the United Nations, about the
rewards of late blooming. She’s currently
at work on her second book.
www.prillboyle.com
Boyle, Richard J. – Salisbury
(History of Art, Historical and
Contemporary)
Milk and Eggs: the American Revival of
Tempera Painting, 1930-1950, The
Brandywine Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
and University of Washington Press,
Seattle, WA, 2002
"Charles W. Hawthorne and the
Provincetown Artist Colony, 1899-1930,"
From Hawthorne to Hofmann:
Provincetown Vignettes, 1899-1945,
Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, 2003
Donald Holden: Watercolors (a
Monograph), with commentary by
Donald Holden, Ruder Finn Press, New
York, 2004
Richard J. Boyle is an art historian and
has been adjunct professor of art history
at Temple University in Philadelphia
from 1987 to 2005 and Temple
University Japan in Tokyo from 1991 to
2005. He specializes in American and
European art and culture of the late 19th
and 20th centuries; specifically American
Boyle, Doe - Madison
(Travel; Children’s Fiction)
Fun with the Family in Connecticut
Guide to the Connecticut Shore
Coral Reef Hideaway: The Story of A
Clown Anemonefish
Otter on His Own: The Story of A
Southern Sea Otter
Doe Boyle has worked in many areas of
magazine, book, and newspaper
publishing. Editor of adult nonfiction
with special interests in natural history,
outdoor recreation, travel, regional
folklore, and memoir, she is the author of
the travel guides Fun with the Family in
Connecticut and A Guide to the
Connecticut Shore, published by the
Globe Pequot Press. She is the author of
11 children’s picture books about
endangered species and conservation
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art, and he has published extensively in
his field. Richard J. Boyle, Box 177,
Salisbury, CT 06068, 860-435-1007
Peter Brazaitis is an authority on reptiles
and crocodilians, a forensic expert, and
consultant in herpetology. His career
includes: Reptile Keeper, Superintendent
of Reptiles, Bronx Zoo, NY; Curator of
Animals, Central Park Zoo. NY (retired
1997). He presently is a Curatorial
Affiliate, Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, and forensic consultant
in herpetology. [email protected]
Boynton, Sandra – Lakeville
(Children’s, Illustrated Humor)
Chocolate, the Consuming Passion
Barnyard Dance
Philadelphia Chickens
Sandra Boynton has been writing and
illustrating since forever. She has written
over 40 books, five of them New York
Times bestsellers. She lives chaotically
with her family, and no actual hippos, in
the CT countryside.
www.sandraboynton.com
Briggs, JP
(Fiction)
Trickster Tales (Fine Tooth Press 2005)
JP Briggs is the author of Trickster Tales,
a collection of stories. He has had over
25 stories published in literary magazine
and a chapbook entitled Entangled
Landscapes, which he co-authored with
poet James R. Scrimgeour. He is the
senior editor of Connecticut Review and a
Distinguished CSU Professor at Western
Connecticut State University in Danbury
where he led the team that developed the
MFA in Professional Writing.
Bradfield, Scott
(Fiction)
Scott Bradfield is the author of Good Girl
Wants It Bad, History of Luminous
Motion and Hot Animal Love. His stories,
essays and reviews have appeared in The
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
TLS, The Times and Denver Quarterly.
He is a professor of English at the
University of Connecticut.
Broach, Elise - Easton
(Picture Books, Middle-Grade, YA)
Wet Dog!,
Shakespeare's Secret
Desert Crossing
Elise Broach lives with her family in
Easton, where she serves in town
government and writes picture books,
middle-grade mysteries, and
mystery/suspense novels for teens.
Shakespeare's Secret was an ALA
Notable Book and Edgar Nominee for
Best Juvenile Mystery; Desert
Crossing was #4 on Amazon's Best
Books of 2006 for teens.
[email protected]
www.elisebroach.com
Brazaitis, Peter - Harwinton
(Reptiles/Wildlife/Forensic Science)
1992 Snakes of the World. P. Brazaitis
and M. E. Watanabe. Crescent Books,
Avenel, NJ.
1994 The Fight for Survival: Animals In
Their Natural Habitats. P. Brazaitis and
M. E. Watanabe, eds. Friedman Group,
N.Y. 1995.
It’s not only a matter of frogs! The Voice
News, April 19, 2002
You Belong in a Zoo! Tales from a
Lifetime Spent with Cobras, Crocs, and
Other Extraordinary Creatures (Random
House) 2003 hardcover
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Russian Dance (John Wiley & Son 2004)
Andree Aelion Brooks is a journalist,
author and lecturer specializing in Jewish
history and an Associate Fellow, Yale
University. Russian Dance won First
Place for history-biography writing in
2005 from the National Federation of
Press Women. She was also a finalist in
the 2003 National Jewish Book Awards
for her biography of Dona Gracia Nasi,
the Renaissance banker. She is regularly
on the speaker circuit.
[email protected]
www.andreeaelionbrooks.com
www.outofspain.com
Brodsky, Daniella – Middletown
Brodsky is the author of Fear of Driving
(2007), The Velvet Rope Diaries, Princess
of Park Avenue, Diary of a Working Girl,
and The Girl's Guide to New York
Nightlife series; she is also a freelance
magazine journalist.
Brody, Polly - Southbury
(Poetry and Essays)
Other Nations
The Burning Bush--essays with poetry
Published in over 40 literary reviews;
twice given the Winchell Award, by CT
Poetry Society; third place (2006) in
Friends Of Acadia competition;
past "first place" reader at Aldrich
Museum; past presenting poet for "After
Frost, Poetry in New England" a series
sponsored by the Foundation for Arts and
Humanities. [email protected]
Webpage accessed through Google:
Polly Brody click Antrim House cached.
Brooks, Patricia – East Lyme
(Fiction)
Patricia Reiss Brooks spent most of her
childhood and teenage years exploring the
Adirondack fire trails and logging trails
with first her pony and progressing on to
a horse. At age 16, she sold her first
article to a nationwide magazine for
$3.00. She has over 500 published
articles in regional and national
magazines and papers including Good
Housekeeping, The Hartford Courant,
The Morgan Horse, Yankee Pedlar,
Equine Journal, etc. Today Patti lives on
a Morgan Horse Farm where she and her
husband, Bob, have raised and trained
hundreds of Morgan Horses.
Brook, Kevin Alan - Danbury
(History)
The Jews of Khazaria, Second Edition
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2006)
He is a lifelong Connecticut resident and
has been exploring Jewish history for two
decades. The focus of his quest is the
Khazar Empire of medieval times, whose
leaders and nobility converted to Judaism.
His writings have appeared in
encyclopedias, magazines, and journals,
and my book has been translated into
Turkish. [email protected]
www.khazaria.com
Buckley, Roger - Coventry
(Historical Fiction)
Congo Jack
I, Hanuman
The Death and Life of an Irish Soldier
Roger Buckley is professor of history at
the University of Connecticut. In addition
to scholarly books with Yale University
Press and other academic publishers, he
has published a trilogy that examines
culture and national identity in the British
Brooks, Andree Aelion - Westport
(History, Jewish History, Child Raising)
Children of Fast Track Parents
(Viking-Penguin 1989)
The Woman who Defied Kings (Paragon
House 2002)
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army in India, the Caribbean and Ireland
through the medium of historical fiction.
As a correspondent for NBC News in the
1980s, he was named one of the best
writers in the history of broadcast
journalism by the American Journalism
Review. He has also won an Emmy for
media criticism. The Spirits of America
was chosen by the American Library
Association as one of the best academic
press books of the year 2003.
Bulion, Leslie - Durham
(Children’s)
Hey There, Stink Bug
Uncharted Waters
Fatuma's New Cloth.
Leslie Bulion earned graduate degrees in
oceanography and social work, and
worked as a medical and a school social
worker. She has written for parenting
magazines and for an education e-zine.
She started writing stories for children in
1998. Her first book, Fatuma's New
Cloth, won the 2003 Children's Africana
Book Award.
www.lesliebulion.com.
Burton, Bill - New Britain, CT
(Gambling/Gaming)
Get the Edge at Low Limit Texas Hold’em
1000 Best Casino Gambling Secrets
Bill Burton has been the casino gambling
columnist for About.com since 1998. Bill
also writes for several national gaming
magazines. Luck Comes and Goes...
Knowledge Stays Forever! Your stop for
casino gambling information:
casinogambling.about.com
[email protected]
www.billburton.com
Buller, Jon and Schade, Susan
www.bullersooz.com
Burke, Sarah Jo – Woodstock
(Memoir)
Don’t Think It Hasn’t Been Fun: The
Story of the Burke Family Singers
Sarah Jo Burke was born the ninth of ten
children in an Irish Catholic family of
singers who toured the U.S. and Canada
during the turbulent sixties. In addition to
writing, she composes and performs jazz,
folk and original music.
Bussan, Paul – New Haven
www.psbpublishing.com
Bussolini, Karen - Kent
(Garden Writing - Nonfiction)
Elegant Silvers: Striking Plants for Every
Garden (co-author with Jo Ann Gardner)
Karen Bussolini is an award-winning
garden photographer, writer and lecturer
whose work regularly appears in books
and magazines throughout the world. She
co-wrote and photographed Elegant
Silvers: Striking Plants for Every Garden
(Timber Press 2005), her fourth book. A
self-taught gardener, she lives and
gardens on a deer-infested mountainside
in South Kent. [email protected]
www.agpix.com/karenbussolini
www.timberpress.com/books/isbn.cfm/088192-703-1
Burns, Eric - Westport
(History)
The Spirits of America: A Social History
of Alcohol
The Smoke of the Gods: A Social History
of Tobacco
Infamous Scribblers: The Founding
Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of
American Journalism
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for a Pushcart Prize. His poems have
appeared in The Connecticut Review,
Diner, The Bryant Literary Review, The
Bradford Review and other journals.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Button, Edward – Middletown
http//imagesandfantasies.com
http//morepurplesky.blogspot.com
Callinan, Tom
(Folksinger, songwriter, storyteller,
environmental activist, and Arts-InEducation specialist) has written more
songs about Connecticut than anyone in
history, he was designated as CT’s first
State Troubadour. Formerly a junior high
school teacher, the multi-faceted Mr.
Callinan has been a full-time creative and
performing artist since leaving the
classroom in 1977. Annually he presents
several hundred performances for tens of
thousands of people, spanning nursery
schools through nursing homes, from
Maine to Florida and beyond.
[email protected]
www.crackerbarrel-ents.com/tom01.htm
Carlson, Sandy - Woodbury
(Poetry, Essay)
Poems: Seagull Memory,
The Sound was a Sea
Essays: Strange Attractions
Exploring Graffiti
Seventeen Park Lane in 2003
Silent Spaces in 2004
Sandy Carlson is an adjunct instructor of
English at WCSU, a freelance writer and
editor of essays and poetry. Her most
recent research looks at the creative
aspects of graffiti.
[email protected]
www.sandycarlson.net
Canfield, Clarence – Ansonia
(Fiction)
The Judge Who Thought He Was God
[email protected]
Caron, Denis R. – Glastonbury
(History and Law)
History - A Century in Captivity: The
Life and Trials of Prince Mortimer, a
Connecticut Slave (2006 – The University
Press of New England)
Law – Connecticut Foreclosures: An
Attorney's Manual of Practice and
Procedure (2005 – Fourth Edition – The
Connecticut Law Tribune Company)
Denis R. Caron is a real estate attorney
with a national title insurance company,
specializing in like-kind exchanges under
§1031 of the IRS Code.
www.princemortimer.com
Cappella, David – Manchester
(Poetry)
Gobbo: A Solitaire’s Opera
Teaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves
(co-author)
A Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry
Day to Day (co-author)
A poet and teacher, David Cappella is an
Associate Professor of English at Central
CT State University. He is the co-author
with Baron Wormser of Teaching the Art
of Poetry: The Moves and of A Surge of
Language: Teaching Poetry Day to Day.
His chapbook, Gobbo: A Solitaire’s
Opera, won the 2004 Bright Hill Press
Poetry Chapbook Competition, and the
first poem in the sequence was nominated
Catanese, P.W. - Bolton
(Fantasy/Adventure)
The Thief and the Beanstalk
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The Eye of the Warlock
The Mirror's Tale
P.W. (Paul William) Catanese was born
in New York. He grew up in Connecticut
and graduated from the University of
Connecticut. His first fantasy-adventure
novel for the young adult market was
published in 2005 by Simon and Schuster.
There are now over 400,000 of his books
in print. [email protected]
www.pwcatanese.com
and Prime Media. A New England Press
Association first place winner in both
editing and writing. Career columnist for
CNBC.com and AOL.com under Korn
Ferry. Published in The Paris Review,
The Antioch Review and others. Author
of Kentucky Derby Parties, to be
published by Greenwood Press in the
Encyclopedia of the History of
Entertaining, edited by Francine Segan.
(Fall 2008). Reading to the Blind making
the rounds of editors with new agent. In
contract on a new novel based on the true
story of a baby found abandoned in a
phone booth in 1965, who goes on to
become the youngest woman to hold a
seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
(203 )226-5584
Cateura, Linda – New Haven
www.lindacateura.com
Cavanaugh, Jack – Wilton
(Nonfiction)
Damn the Disabilities: Full Speed Ahead
"Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and
His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey
Cavanaugh has worked at the New Haven
Register, Providence Journal, United
Press International, Reuter’s news agency
and the New York Times. Reported for
ABC News and CBS News, and has
written for Sports Illustrated, Reader's
Digest, Golf and Tennis magazines, and
The Sporting News. As a sportswriter, he
has covered scores of major boxing bouts,
the Olympics, the World Series, Super
Bowl games, Masters Golf tournament,
U.S. Open golf and tennis tournaments,
professional basketball and hockey, the
America's Cup yacht races and track and
field meets. He teaches as an adjunct
professor at Fairfield University. Tunney
has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Charde, Sharon – Lakeville
(Poetry)
Bad Girl at the Altar Rail
Sharon Charde, a retired family therapist,
has been leading workshops and weekend
retreats for women in CT and RI since
1992. She has taught a weekly creative
writing workshop with juvenile offenders
at Touchstone, a residential treatment
facility in Litchfield and published a fulllength anthology of their poetry, I Am Not
A Juvenile Delinquent, which won the
2005 Literature PASS Award (Prevention
for a Safer Society) given by the National
Council on Crime and Delinquency in
California. She has also written Four
Trees Down From Ponte Sisto published
fall 2006. [email protected]
Chadwick, Ida B. - Westport
(All genres)
More than 500 bylines for multiple
newspapers and trade publications over a
15 year period. Publisher and managing
editor of Fairfield County Woman,
Fairpress, 11 newspapers for the Gannett
Chatfield, Cheryl – Burlington
(Nonfiction)
Don’t Fall Off the Bicycle: Balancing
Chaos and Order in Our Lives (2002)
The Trust Factor: The Art of Doing
Business in the 21st Century (1997)
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Cheryl A. Chatfield, Ph.D. is an
inspirational speaker and author. A
schoolteacher and administrator prior to
spending fifteen years running stock
brokerage firms, she is currently an
adjunct at Central Connecticut State
University. Her name appeared in Who’s
Who in the World, the Financial Industry,
American Education, and Emerging
Leaders. [email protected]
www.nottinstitute.org,
Choong, Tinling
www.tinlingchoong.com
Christian, Zita - Manchester
(Fiction/Historical Romance and
Contemporary Paranormal)
Just A Miracle
First and Forever
Tambourine Moon (novella/Zelena
Winters)
Zita Christian writes romance novels
under her own name and paranormal
fiction under Zelena Winters. Zita hosts
two public access television shows. Full
Bloom covers general topics. Page 1
features interviews with writers, editors,
and agents. Zita also teaches the basics of
writing genre fiction. [email protected]
www.Page1TV.com
www.WitchesInPrint.com
Cheney, Glenn – Hanover
(Fiction and Nonfiction)
Journey to Chernobyl: Encounters in a
Radioactive Zone
Journey on the Estrada Real: Encounters
in the Mountains of Brazil
Frankenstein on the Cusp of Something
Glenn Cheney is the author of over 20
books, several hundred articles, and a few
op-ed essays. His topics range among
politics, nuclear issues, travel, living with
disabilities, drug addiction, accounting,
and history. Sales of his highly
unacclaimed novels remain in the double
digits. [email protected]
www.cheneybooks.com
Christman, Pamela – Rowayton
(Fiction)
Elizabeth Downstairs, Upstairs
Her latest books for teens are: Snag Him!
written under the name Gretchen Greene;
Elizabeth Downstairs, Upstairs and Very
Bad Things (SVU Thriller Edition),
written under the name Laurie John for
the Sweet Valley series. Her other 5
books (also part of the Sweet Valley
University series) were written before
2000. She has short stories published in
Jane, Sassy, and a dozen or so literary
journals (including Soundings the literary
magazine of Norwalk Community
College). [email protected]
Chernoff, Shulamith
(Poetry)
The Stones Bear Witness
Shulamith Chernoff is an associate
professor emerita at Southern CT State
University, where she served as a
specialist in early childhood education.
She has translated a holocaust survivor’s
memoirs, and has published in several
literary reviews, the Connecticut Review,
the Louisiana Review and Caduceus. She
won first prize in the Magnes Museum’s
fourteenth annual international poetry
contest on Jewish themes in the category
of emergent poet.
Clark, Melissa - Bolton
(Fiction)
Find Courtney 2004
Not By Might 1993 editor
The Feathered Violin 1985 editor
Melissa Clark has been invited to read at
the Folger Shakespeare Library. Her
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work has been called “feral, truly
original, a delight, midnight in the garden
of good and evil by Washington Post,
Hampton Independent, Providence
Journal, Baltimore Sun, etc. and chosen
by Poisoned Pen, Pfizer and AOL Book
Clubs and ReadersDotCom.
Journal of Prose Poetics. A trilogy of
books (two books of prose poems and a
book of poems) is forth-coming from
Quale Press.
[email protected],
http://firewheel-editions.org
Clinton, Catherine - Riverside
www.catherineclinton.com
Clayton, Elaine - Bridgewater
(Author/illustrator of Picture Books and
illustrator of Children's Novels)
A Blue Ribbon for Sugar (picture book
written and illustrated by Elaine Clayton,
Roaring Brook Press);
The Hamlet Chronicles, written by
Gregory Maguire, illus. by Elaine Clayton
(a series of novels by the author of the
Broadway musical WICKED)
Girl Coming in for a Landing (a novel
told in poems by April Halprin-Wayland,
illus. by Elaine Clayton)
Elaine Clayton taught young children in
Atlanta and Boston and has written and
illustrated several books, some by authors
such as Gregory Maguire, Elvira
Woodruff, Stephanie Green and April
Halprin-Wayland. She earned an MFA at
the School of Visual Arts in New York
City. She paints murals and portraits in
addition to creating children's books.
Coffey, Jan - Watertown
(Mystery)
The Project (2007)
Silent Waters (2006)
Storytellers with a checkered past, Jim
and Nikoo McGoldrick have spent their
lives gathering material for their novels.
Nikoo, a manufacturing engineer, and
Jim, who has a Ph.D. in sixteenth-century
British literature, wrote their first fulllength novel, a historical romance, in
1994. Since then, Jim and Nikoo have
written twenty-five novels and a work of
nonfiction, and they are presently
focusing their imaginations on producing
romantic suspense thrillers with a
decidedly technological slant.
www.JanCoffey.com
Cole, Roberta - New Milford
(Non- Fiction)
Caregiving from the Heart: tales of
inspiration (available through
Amazon.com and most bookstores)
Roberta Cole, M.A. is the co-author
of Caregiving from the Heart: tales of
inspiration published by Elders Academy
Press. Roberta began her career in film
and broadcasting and has written
numerous articles and conducted
seminars and workshops around the
country. She currently teaches in the
Culture and Communication Department
of NYU. [email protected]
Clegg, Douglas
www.douglasclegg.com
Clements, Brian - Newtown
(Poetry)
Flesh and Wood
Essays Against Ruin
How to End It (forthcoming, 2007)
Brian Clements coordinates the MFA in
Professional Writing at Western
Connecticut State, the only program of its
kind. He operates the small press
Firewheel Editions and edits Sentence: A
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Collins, Suzanne
www.suzannecollinsbooks.com
Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle
Author, Columnist,
Journalist & Speaker
Connor, Leslie - Madison
(Children’s)
Miss Bridie Chose a Shove (Houghton
Mifflin-2004)
Dead on Town Line (Dial-2005)
Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel was the
winner of the picture book text category
in CT's 2001 Tassy Walden Awards
program and was named a New York
Times Notable Book for 2004. Miss
Bridie is the winner of the International
Reading Association's Prize for Primary
Fiction~2004 and the CT Book Awards'
Children's Author for 2005. Dead on
Town Line was recently included on the
New York Public Library's list of books
for teens. [email protected]
Author of the
Bestselling Book
Catholic Prayer Book for Mothers
(Our Sunday Visitor, Oct 05)
The Heart of Motherhood: Finding
Holiness in the Catholic Home
(Crossroad, Oct 06)
Prayerfully Expecting: A Nine-Month
Novena for Mothers-To-Be
(Crossroad, April 07 - foreword by Blessed
Teresa of Calcutta whom the author knew)
These three books were encouraged and
endorsed by Blessed Mother Teresa and
given a blessing by Pope John Paul II.
Books are available at
www.donnacooperoboyle.com
Connor, Tony – Middletown
(Poetry)
Oxford University Press published his
first collection of poetry, With Love
Somehow, in 1962 and subsequently
published four more collections. His later
books of poems are New & Selected
Poems, University of Georgia Press 1982;
Spirits of the Place, Anvil Press, 1986;
Metamorphic Adventures, Anvil
Press, 1996; and Things Unsaid: New and
Selected Poems 1960–2005, Anvil Press,
2006. In addition to poetry, Connor has
written a number of plays for adults and
children. He was Professor of English at
Wesleyan University where he taught
verse writing and writing for the stage.
collection Barbarians in the Kitchen
(Antrim House Books, 2005) and editor
of three poetry collections (Essential
Love, Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge,
and To Love One Another, all by
Grayson Books). She is a teacher in West
Hartford, Connecticut.
Coombs, Patricia - Waterford
www.dorrie.jdfiles.org
Cooper O’Boyle, Donna-Marie
(Inspirational, Religious)
Catholic Prayer Book for Mothers (Our
Sunday Visitor, Oct. 05)
The Heart of Motherhood, Finding
Holiness in the Catholic Home
(Crossroad, Oct 06)
Connors, Ginny Lowe – West Hartford
(Poetry)
Award-winning poet Ginny Lowe
Connors is the author of the poetry
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Prayerfully Waiting, An Expectant
Mother's Prayer Journal (Crossroad,
April 07)
A mother of five, best-selling author,
Donna-Marie writes about home and
family, inspiration, news reporting, and
human-interest stories. She has received
awards for her work; including the Media
Award from the American Cancer
Society. Her work is in numerous
publications and on the web. Blessed
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, whom DonnaMarie knew personally, has written
forewords for her books. Pope John Paul
II has given his Apostolic Blessing on her
work. Donna-Marie lectures on topics
relating to Catholic women.
www.donnacooperoboyle.com
Cornwell, Patricia – Greenwich
www.patriciacornwell.com
Cote, Lynne Kathryn - Guilford
(Contemporary Adult Fiction)
The Long Road -- a collection of thirteen
short stories illustrated by Raffael
DiLauro
Lynne Kathryn Cote, a graduate of
Albany College of Pharmacy, Union
University, has been nationally
recognized for her expertise in end-of-life
palliative care. She has written on
pharmacy related topics and edited
Nuances: The Soul of Hospice by
Reverend John Abbott. She serves as a
volunteer consultant to the Connecticut
Hospice, Inc. [email protected]
www.lynnekcote.com
Cording, Robert - Woodstock
(Poetry)
Heavy Grace (Alice James 1996)
Against Consolation (CavanKerry Press
2002)
Common Life (CavanKerry Press 2006)
Robert Cording teaches English and
creative writing at College of the Holy
Cross where he is the Barrett Professor of
Creative Writing. He has published five
collections of poems including Life-List
which won the Ohio State University
Press/Journal award in 1987 and What
Binds Us to this World (Cooper Beech
Press, 1991). He has received two grants
in poetry from the National Endowment
of the Parts and two from the CT
Commission on the Arts. In 1992, he was
poet in residence at the Frost Place in
Franconia, NH. His poems have
appeared in the National, Image, AGNI,
Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, New
England Review, Poetry, DoubleTake,
Orion, Paris Review, New Yorker and
many other magazines.
[email protected]
Craughwell, Thomas J. - Bethel
(Religion, History, Popular culture)
Saints Behaving Badly: The Cutthroats,
Crooks, Trollops, Con Men and Devil
Worshippers Who Became Saints
(Doubleday, 2006)
Stealing Lincoln's Body (Harvard
University Press, March 2007);
Urban Legends: 666 Absolutely True
Stories That Happened to a Friend… of a
Friend.. of a Friend (Black Dog &
Leventhal, 2005)
Thomas J. Craughwell has been selfemployed as a professional writer since
1992. He is the author of more than a
dozen books, wrote Workman
Publishing's 50 States Fandex (700,000
copies sold), has published articles in The
Wall Street Journal, and has been a guest
on CNN, the BBC, and EWTN.
www.tomcraughwell.com
www.antiqueholycards.com
[email protected]
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Crooke, Robert - Bridgewater
(Fiction)
American Family
Robert Crooke is a journalist, public
relations executive and the author of
historical books, poetry and radio
dramas. He began his career as a sports
reporter and columnist for the Long
Island Press, and spent 13 years as US
press spokesman for Reuters. He
published his first novel, American
Family, in 2005.
www.robertcrooke.org
Crowley, Chris – Lakeville
www.youngernextyear.com
Dahlberg, Jennifer - Riverside
(African-American/Contemporary
Fiction)
Uptown and Down (Penguin/NAL 2005)
Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg grew up
in Spring Valley, New York, and
attended Columbia University. An avid
reader, she worked for several years as an
executive search consultant before a longterm move to Stockholm, Sweden,
enabled her to pursue her dream to write.
Uptown and Down is her first novel.
[email protected].
Cross, Art - Canaan
(Fiction)
There Just Ain't No Justice
Art Cross has done many things in his
life. He is a Rutgers graduate. He is a
Navy veteran of WWII and Korea. He
was a dairy farmer, a conservationist, a
land use consultant, an artist and now an
author. He and his wife enjoy their six
children and fourteen grandchildren. Art
has for many years enjoyed bowling,
playing and watching sports, gardening,
woodworking, old bottle collecting and
stamp collecting. [email protected]
Danowski, Debbie – Trumbull
(Nonfiction - Self-Help, Recovery)
The Emotional Eater’s Book of
Inspiration: 90 Truths To Help You
Overcome Your Food Addiction
(Avalon/Marlowe 2007)
The Overeater’s Journal: Exercises For
The Heart, Mind, and Soul
(Hazelden 2004)
Why Can’t I Stop Eating?: Recognizing,
Understanding, and Overcoming Food
Addiction (Hazelden 2000) with coauthor Dr. Pedro Lazaro
The author of four popular books, a
freelance writer for over 20 years, an
associate professor of Media Studies at
Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, a
contributing writer for Fairfield County
Home magazine, and a nationally
renowned weight loss expert, Debbie has
made a career out of educating people
about weight loss and food addiction. As
a pioneer in the food-addictions field,
Danowski was asked to serve on the
International Advisory Board for the
Food Addiction Institute. She is a
member of Sacred Heart University’s
Eating Disorders Awareness Team.
Crossland, Roger Lee - Fairfield
(Historical Mystery/Nautical Mystery)
Red Ice (Ace/Charter)
R. L. Crossland is a recently retired naval
captain with 35 years service, active and
reserve, in the SEALs ("one cold war and
two hot ones.") He has extensive
experience in Far East and the Pacific in
general. Widely published on maritime
unconventional warfare and naval history,
he holds a merchant marine captain’s
license and is a practicing trial lawyer.
When not writing or lawyering, he races
kayaks and outrigger canoes.
[email protected]
http://dreadnaughts-bluejackets.com
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D’Ascoli, Patricia – New Milford
(Non-Fiction)
Patricia D’Ascoli is the author of Diary of
a Mediocre Mom. She is the publisher of
Connecticut Muse, the literary newsletter
that celebrates Connecticut authors. She
writes feature articles for many CT
newspapers and magazines.
[email protected]
www.connecticutmuse.com
Deane, Susan - Meriden
(Nonfiction)
Online Education: Is It For You?
Susan is a Registered Nurse who obtained
her bachelor's degree through distance
education and then went on to receive her
master's degree. She has been teaching
and developing for universities/colleges
across the country for over 5 years in
nursing, science, and health-related
courses. [email protected]
www.onlineedforyou.com
Davis, Brad - Pomfret
(Poetry)
Though War Break Out (Antrim House,
2005)
Short List of Wonders (Hill-Stead
Museum, 2005)
Director: Writers Studio (Pomfret
School). Editor: Broken Bridge Review
(for emerging adult writers). Awards:
AWP Intro Journal Award, Sunken
Garden Poetry Prize. Publications:
Poetry, Paris Review, Image,
DoubleTake, Michigan Quarterly Review.
www.braddavis.us/www.brokenbridge.us
Deford, Frank - Westport
(Nonfiction)
The author of 14 books, Deford is a
weekly commentator for Morning Edition
on NPR, the senior contributing writer at
Sports Illustrated and a correspondent on
RealSports with Bryant Gumbul on HBO.
Two of his books – Everybody’s All
American and Alex: The Life of a Child, a
memoir about his daughter who died of
cystic fibrosis, have been made into
movies. Deford’s own most recent
screenplay, Four Minutes about Roger
Bannister running the first four minute
mile aired on ESPN in October 2005.
The Entitled will be published in the
spring of 2007. Deford has won many
honors including an Emmy, a George
Foster Peabody Award, a National
Magazine Award, and he has been elected
to the Hall of Fame of the National
Sportscasters and Sportswriters.
Davis, Bill
www.billcdavis.com
Davis, Cortney - Redding
(Nonfiction and Poetry)
Leopold's Maneuvers (poetry)
Details of Flesh (poetry)
I Knew a Woman: the Experience of the
Female Body (non-fiction)
Author of 3 poetry collections, a memoir,
and co-editor of two anthologies from
University of Iowa Press, Cortney Davis
has received an NEA Poetry Fellowship,
the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in
Poetry, three Pushcart Prize nominations
and three poetry grants from the CT
Commission on Culture and Tourism.
www.cortneydavis.com
DeKeyser, Stacy - Simsbury
(Midgrade and YA)
Sacagawea, Scholastic Library Press
2004
The Wampanoag, Scholastic Library
Press 2005
Stacy DeKeyser is the author of two
middle-grade nonfiction books. Her
first young adult novel received an
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SCBWI Work-in-Progress Grant and
will be published in 2008. She is a regular
speaker at writer’s conferences, libraries,
and schools. She is currently working on
her second YA novel.
[email protected]
www.stacydekeyser.com
poet, G. Scott Deshefy is one of
Connecticut’s foremost activists for
human and animal rights. Deshefy’s
poems, essays and scientific papers have
appeared in numerous magazines and
journals. A recipient of the Briarwood
College Environmental Educator Award
in 2002, he was honored in 1996 by the
“Hartford Advocate” as a literary contest
winner in poetry and was a nominee for
Connecticut poet laureate in 2001. His
books of poetry include Touch the Earth
(an edited 1995 anthology of Earth Day
and nature poetry) and two collections of
poetry Houyhnhnms All (Ahimsa Press,
1997) and Shadow Stones (Ahimsa 2005).
Delaney, Frank - Washington
www.frankdelaney.com
Denbaum, Drew – Westport
(Nonfiction)
Drew Denbaum has had two plays
produced in New York, "The Ways of
Loving" and "Secrets," and wrote and
directed the feature film, "Nickel
Mountain," based on the novel by John
Gardner. He is co-author (with his wife
Sue Benton) of, Chi Fitness: A Workout
for Body, Mind, and Spirit, published by
HarperCollins. www.chifitness.com
DeYoung, Carmine Coco - Ridgefield
(Historical Fiction, Nonfiction,
Religious/Inspirational)
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
Mealtime Prayers
Award-winning author, Carmine Coco De
Young, grew up in Johnstown, PA. She
is a former educator who enjoys visiting
classrooms across the country and
conducting writing workshops for her
young readers. Ms. De Young’s degrees
include a B.A. in Psychology and
Elementary Education, and an M.A. in
Writing Popular Fiction, and she teaches
adult writing classes in Ridgefield.
[email protected]
www.ccocodeyoung.com
Denning, Lee – West Hartford
(Science Fiction)
Monkey Trap November 2004
Hiding Hand November 2006
Splintered Light planned November 2008
Denning Powell writes with his daughter
Leanne, a psychologist under the pen
name Lee Denning. He has been a
construction worker, mathematician,
soldier, scientist, engineer and
entrepreneur. He recently sold his
environmental consulting firm and now
uses an extensive background in physical
sciences and engineering to craft science
fiction thrillers. [email protected]
www.monkeytrap.us
Dillard, Annie
www.anniedillard.com
DiRusso, Terry - Burlington
(Published as: Terry Finello)
(Mystery)
Absolute Vengeance
For 35 years, DiRusso has been a
respected member of the faculty at three
Deshefy, G. Scott – Uncasville
(Poetry)
A behavioral-ecologist, biologist and
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Connecticut universities, and a consultant
for commercial and aerospace companies.
She is working on her third novel,
Ancient Evil. [email protected]
Duncan, David - Kent
(Memoir and Poetry)
A Gift For Paul- Stories From A
Connecticut Life (Memoir)
A Little Rhyme, A Little Reason (Poetry)
The author of a self published memoir
and a small collection of poems.
Connecticut born and raised, he is an
amateur wood carver and sometimes
cartoonist. He enjoys hunting, fishing,
hiking and camping. He has traveled
extensively throughout US and Canada.
[email protected]
Donaghy, Daniel - Storrs
(Poetry)
Streetfighting
Daniel Donaghy is an assistant professor
of English at Eastern Connecticut State
University. In addition to Streetfighting,
he has published poems in such literary
journals as Prairie Schooner, New
Letters, The Southern Review, Poet Lore,
Cimarron Review, Alaska Quarterly
Review, Sou’wester, Texas Review and
Organica. He has received fellowships
from the National Endowment for the
Arts, and the Cornell Council for the Arts.
[email protected]
Dunlap, Susanne
www.emiliesvoice.com
Ebner, Sandra Bishop
(Poetry)
The Space Between 2000 Hanover Press,
The Poetry of Nursing anthology
published by Kent State University Press
Poems and Commentary of Leading
Nurse Poets Edited by Judy Schaefer
Donoghue, Paul
(Self-Help)
Are You Really Listening? Keys to
Successful Communication (2005)
co-authored with Mary E. Siegel, Ph.D.
Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired:
Living with Invisible Chronic Illness
(2001) co-authored with Mary E. Siegel,
Ph.D.
The Jesus Advantage: A New Approach to
a Fuller Life (2002)
Paul J. Donoghue, Ph.D. has served for
30 years as the Director for Community
Psychological Consultants, a private
practice in Stamford. Since 1970 he has
been the Director of Touchstone
Communications, a consulting
organization that helps business,
education, civic and religious groups
improve their communication skills.
Clients have included Citigroup, GE
Capital, Northwestern Mutual and
Genzyme. [email protected]
Edson, Russell – Darien
www.jadedpaper.com/edson2.htm
Eire, Carlos - Guilford
(History, Memoir)
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions
of a Cuban Boy (Free Press, 2003)
From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and
Craft of Dying in Sixteenth Century Spain
(Cambridge University Press, 1995)
War Against the Idols: The Reformation
of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin
(Cambridge University Press, 1986)
Carlos M. N. Eire is the Riggs Professor
of History and Religious Studies at Yale
University, and specializes in the history
of late medieval and early modern
Europe. Before joining the Yale faculty
in 1996, he taught at St. John’s University
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in Minnesota and the University of
Virginia, and resided for two years at the
Institute for Advanced Study in
Princeton. His memoir of the Cuban
Revolution, Waiting for Snow in Havana
won the National Book Award in
nonfiction.
Farewell, Susan - Westport
(Travel, leisure and good living topics)
Quick Escapes from New York City,
originally published by The Globe Pequot
Press and is updated every other year.
The sixth edition came out in 2005.
Hidden New England (Ulysses Press) is
currently in its eighth edition
Hidden Maine (Ulysses Press) 2005
Susan also writes for magazines including
Vogue, Gourmet, Cooking Light, Travel
& Leisure, Outside, Metropolitan Home,
Child and Bride’s. She also has written
for The NY Times and NY Post. She
contributes to many CT-based magazines
including CT Bride, CT Cottages &
Gardens, Fairfield, Weston, Westport and
Fairfield County Home.
[email protected]
www.susanfarewell.com
Elster, Martin – West Hartford
(Poetry)
There’s a Dog in the Heavens
Martin Elster is also a percussionist and a
composer. The San Francisco-based
ensemble, Pacific Sticks, showcased a
concert of his music in July, 2006. Mr.
Elster judged the 2004 and 2005 Annual
Yankee Dog Haiku Contests (Bowser
Publications).
Enes, Bonnie - South Windsor
(Poetry)
The Who, What, When, Where, Why and
How of Poetry
Poet's Cove -- New Monhegan Press, An
Anthology
Walking Along a Country Road
Bonnie Enes has had poetry published in
Pegasus, Shapes, Canvas, New
Dimensions, Kennebec (U of ME),
Namaste, Nude Beach, Yankee, Fairfield
Review (editor's & readers' choice), and
other literary publications. Appointed
Connecticut’s first town and South
Windsor’s Poet Laureate and received
The Windham Area Poetry Festival, first
place awards for 4 years and The Maine
Poetry Fellowship Award. A featured
reader at South Windsor Library, The
Buttonwood Tree, Wood Memorial
Library and presented at Raven’s Art and
Poetry Road Show. She also teaches The
Who, What, When, Where, Why and
How of Poetry.
[email protected]
Ferber, Donna - Farmington
(Self-Help)
From Ex-Wife to Exceptional Life
A psychotherapist in private practice for
20 years, and a licensed professional
counselor, a licensed alcohol and drug
abuse counselor, and educator who works
with individuals and in groups. Her office
is in Farmington, CT. She is the author of
From Ex-Wife to Exceptional Life: A
Woman’s Journey through Divorce
published in 2005.
www.donnaferber.com.
Ferriss, Lucy – West Hartford
(Fiction)
Lucy Ferriss is the author of eight books,
most recently the memoir Unveiling the
Prophet: The Misadventures of a
Reluctant Debutante (U. Missouri, 2005)
and Nerves of the Heart, a novel (U.
Tennessee, 2002). Her collection Leaving
the Neighborhood and Other Stories was
the 2000 winner of the Mid-List First
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Series Award. Other short fiction and
essays have appeared most recently in
Missouri Review, Shenandoah, Michigan
Quarterly Review, and Georgia Review,
and have received recognition from the
National Endowment for the Arts, the
Faulkner Society, the Fulbright
Commission, and the George Bennett
Fund, among others. She received her
Ph.D. from Tufts University. She is
Writer-in-Residence at Trinity College.
From Ex-Wife to Exceptional Life:
A Woman's Journey through Divorce
Winner 2006 Honorable Mention-Self Help
Independent Publishers Association
Hundreds of women
have read the book
and now the movement
grows - Support groups
are forming throughout
the country. Find out
more about the book,
the training and the
leader manuals. Be
part of the workshops,
the retreats, the groups and continue the
conversation as women come together
not to just survive, but to thrive. The goal
is an Exceptional Life!
Fink, Douglas – Monroe
(Non-Fiction)
The Everything Easy Crosswords Book
The Everything Crossword Challenge
Book
The Everything Travel Crosswords Book
Douglas Fink is the author of The
Everything Easy Crossword Puzzle Book
and The Everything Challenging
Crosswords Book. He has written Travel
Crosswords (all of the puzzles are travelrelated, but loosely enough that armchair
travelers won't be left out). His largeprint crossword book (clued for seniors)
was out in July 2006 and a hard largeprint crossword book was published in
September 2006. He will be writing an
easier large-print book, suitable for kids
and seniors. He is part of the National
Puzzlers' League, where he became
known for anagrams (transposed letter
arrangements with the same meaning).
[email protected]
www.themecrossword.com
www.donnaferber.com (860) 678-8855
Russia; paperback edition published by
Apocryphile Press, Berkeley, CA
2006.Former Editor of Frogpond, the
international journal of the Haiku Society
of America, she is internationally known
for her haiku poetry and has won the R.H.
Blyth Award, the Museum of Haiku
Literature Award (Tokyo), and a Grand
Prix from the Atomic Bomb Memorial
Committee in Tokyo. She also has won
awards, including a Summer Literary
Fellowship to St. Petersburg, Russia, for
her longer poems.
Fried, Joel – Canton
(Humor)
Brooklyn born, New York City raised,
graduated from Long Island University
and finally landed a job in educational
media development as a photographer,
writer and producer. Joel has been a
serial entrepreneur for the past thirty
years and now helms the business
management side of Polkadot Place.
Forges-Ryan, Sylvia
(Poetry)
Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to
Inner Peace, co-authored with Edward
Ryan, haiku poems with commentary.
Published in Tokyo by Kodansha
International, hardback, 2002; Russian
edition 2003 by Sophia Press, Kiev,
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Joel’s current manifestation is author of
the recently self-published book Bursts,
available on Amazon.com.
Joelfried.blogspot.com
The Actors Studio McFarland &
Company, Inc., 2001
Sun Dance for Andy Horn (a novel)
Shelly Frome, Associate Professor of
Dramatic Arts Emeritus, The University
of Connecticut (1968—2003). Staff
writer for The Country and Abroad, an
arts magazine, features on the arts, book
and theater reviews, and profiles of noted
authors, actors, directors, playwrights and
artists. [email protected]
Friel, Fran - Terryville
(Speculative Fiction, Sci-Fi, Horror
and Fantasy)
Mama’s Boy, Insidious Publications,
July 2006
Horror Library, VOL. 1, Cutting Block
Press, May 2006
Sunday columnist, HL Blog-O-Rama;
Fiction editor, Dark Recesses Press;
Monthly fiction, The Horror Library.
Short stories published in numerous print
and online venues. [email protected]
www.franfriel.com and
http://blog.myspace.com/franfriel
Frowine, Steven – New Hartford
(Horticultural Writing)
Fragrant Orchids
Natural Wonders
[email protected]
www.members.authorsguild.net/
stevefrow/
Friesner, Esther - Madison
www.sff.net/people/e.friesner/
Furse, Raymond - Warren
(Nonfiction, specializing in East Asian art
and culture)
Sumo: A Fan’s Guide
Japan: An Invitation
750 Budget Ideas for Country Living
He accepts research and writing
commissions and has published over a
dozen titles on various non-fiction
subjects. His involvement in publishing
began with the University of Chicago
Press while a graduate student through
the establishment in 1995 of Floating
World Editions, specializing in works on
Asian arts and cultures.
[email protected]
floatingworldeditions.com
Frischkorn, Suzanne – Ansonia
(Poetry)
Spring Tide (Aldrich Museum, 2005)
Red Paper Flower (Little Poem Press,
2004)
Suzanne Frischkorn’s chapbook, Spring
Tide, was selected by Mary Oliver for the
2004 Aldrich Poetry Award. Her poems
have appeared in Indiana Review,
Margie, 88, Poet Lore, and the anthology
Conversation Pieces: Poems That Talk to
Other Poems, part of the Everyman’s
Library Pocket Series, (Alfred A. Knopf,
2007). www.suzannefrischkorn.net
Fusco, Anthony - West Haven
(Poetry)
Jessie's Garden
Editor of Caduceus
Editor of CT River Review
Frome, Shelly - Litchfield
(Drama)
Lilac Moon (a novel) Shangri-la
Publications, 2003
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Tony Fusco’s work has appeared in: The
Connecticut Review, Louisiana
Literature, The Red Rock Review, South
Carolina Review, The Paterson Review,
Chiron, and Lips. Prizes include The
Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. Tony
produces West Shore Poets television
poetry series at CTV and works for the
Yale Medical Group.
[email protected]
resource book for visual artisans and
creative professionals. He enjoys
investigating and writing about business
related topics for the visual arts. He leads
workshops on topics related to his book.
[email protected]
www.duanegamble.com/varm_index.htm
Garnes, David - Manchester
(Fiction, Poetry, Essay)
After the War Was Over: Poems of an
American Childhood
Beginning to See the Light: A Novel of
World War II (forthcoming)
David Garnes is a former English teacher
and university reference librarian. In
addition to his volume of poetry and
forthcoming novel, his writing has
appeared in many academic reference
titles and non-fiction anthologies.
[email protected]
http://members.cox.net/davidgarnes/
Gaddis, John
(Non-Fiction)
Professor Gaddis, who received his Ph.D.
from the University of Texas in 1968, has
published numerous books, including We
Now Know: Rethinking Cold War
History; The Landscape of History: How
Historians Map the Past; and Surprise,
Security and the American Experience.
Gaffney, Peggy - Cheshire
(Nonfiction - knitting/dogs)
Knitting Projects for Dog Lovers Series:
The Crafty Samoyed – Knits
The Crafty Labrador Retriever – Knits
In the world of show dogs, she’s known
at the “sweater lady.” For 10 years,
Peggy Gaffney has designed for the
owners of the top show dogs. Her
sweaters have been exhibited at AKC
Tournament of Champions and
in a “New York Minute” on Fox
television during Westminster Kennel
Club. [email protected]
www.kanineknits.com
Garofalo, Rob
www.teenwinners.com
Garskof, Josh – Fairfield
(Nonfiction)
Josh Garskof writes about a variety of
subjects related to everyday life,
including health, money, parenting, and
the home. His articles have appeared in
Better Homes and Gardens, Health,
Parents, Popular Science, Real Simple,
and The New York Times. He is also the
author of numerous home improvement
books, including The Cheap Bastard's
Guide to the Good House and Home
(Globe Pequot, 2007); Ideas for Great
Tile (Sunset, 2006), and served as
executive editor at Martha Stewart
Living, and articles editor at This Old
House. [email protected]
www.joshgarskof.com
Gamble, Duane V. - Hampton
(Non-Fiction, Self-help and Business
Resources)
The Visual Arts Resource Manual
Mr. Gamble is a Commercial and Fine
Art photographer. The Visual Arts
Resource Manual is an informational
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Gauthier, Gail - Marlborough
Children’s literature
The Hero of Ticonderoga (ALA Notable
Book), Saving the Planet & Stuff
(Connecticut Book Award nominee),
Happy Kid!
Gail Gauthier has been speaking at
elementary schools and libraries for over
ten years. She has been a featured author
at the UConn’s Children’s Book Fair, the
Boats, Books, and Brushes Festival, and
the NYSACE Regional Conference. She
is the author of six books, with two more
under contract. www.gailgauthier.com,
[email protected]
Gibson, Margaret - Preston
(Poetry)
One Body (2007)
Autumn Grasses (2003)
Icon and Evidence (2001)
Also the author of Earth Elegy, New and
Selected Poems (1997); The Vigil, A
Poem in Four Voices, a Finalist for the
National Book Award in 1993; Out in the
Open (1989). Five of her books have
been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and
she has published poems in numerous
anthologies and literary magazines. She
has been Professor in Residence at The
University of Connecticut since 1993.
She has been awarded a National
Endowment for the Arts Grant, a Lila
Wallace/Reader’s Digest Fellowship, and
Grants from the CT Commission on the
Arts. “Earth Elegy” won the James
Boatright Poetry Prize. “Archaeology,”
was awarded a Pushcart Prize for 2001
and “House of Stone and Song” won a
Pushcart for 2002.
Gearen, Cameron – New Haven
(Poetry)
Cameron K. Gearen has published a
chapbook of poetry entitled Night,
Relative to Day and selected by Robert
Pinsky (2004). Her poetry has appeared
in Fence, The Antioch Review,
Crazyhorse, Poetry Northwest, The
Bellingham Review, River Styx, Quarterly
West and elsewhere. She won the Grolier
Prize in 1994, the W.B. Yeats Society
Poetry Contest in 2001, and placed third
in the 1997 Painted Bride Quarterly
Poetry Contest. She holds an M.F.A. in
poetry writing from Indiana University.
She teaches at the Educational Center for
the Arts in New Haven.
Gilbert, Frances – Trumbull
(Children’s)
Good Night World
Frances has published four books for
children: Turtle on a Summer's Day,
Celeste and Regine in the Rain Forest,
and To Know the Sea, all with Greene
Bark press, and Good Night World. Her
work is also on Calibre, Tapes for Blind
Children, in the U.K. She is writing a
novel.
Giannuzzi, Maria - Windsor Locks
(Photographic History)
Windsor Locks Canal (2007 photographic
history of the Windsor Locks Canal
published by Arcadia Press)
A publication development consultant,
she assists individuals and organizations
in the research and writing of works on
CT history. She is also an academic
editor specializing in history and business
subjects. [email protected]
Gillman, Jonathan - Chester
(Fiction)
Grasslands, 1993, Rutgers University
Press
The Magic Ring, Creative Arts Books,
2001
Head of the Theater Department, Greater
Hartford Academy of the Arts;
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director of Looking In Theatre,
interactive teen social issue theater.
24 short stories published in small literary
journals. Two CT Commission on the
Arts writing grants. Residencies at several
artist colonies. MFA in playwriting.
[email protected]
instructor and has taught criminal justice
courses at a local community college.
Glad, Madeline S. - Stratford
(Nonfiction)
Mothers And Daughters/Games Learned
And Devised {arranged as crosstic]
a study of mother/daughter relationships
in the form of poetry
Madeline S. Glad received a Bachelor's
Degee in psychology at University Of
Connecticut, taught English and science.
During her marriage she became active in
Business and raised three daughters and a
son. As senior citizen she registered at
University Of Southern Connecticut just
for fun and discovered she was a talented
poet. By this recognition she went on to
receive a Masters Degree in English and
to write this book. 203-375-8804
[email protected]
Goddard, Stephen - Hartford
(Nonfiction)
Stephen Goddard writes books about
planes, trains and automobiles, their
history and their impact on society. Books
include: Getting There: The Epic Struggle
Between Road and Rail in the American
Century (Basic Books, 1994), Colonel
Albert Pope and His American Dream
Machines (McFarland, 2000), and Race to
the Sky -- The Wright Brothers vs. The
U.S. Government (McFarland, 2003).
www.stephengoddard.com contains the
first chapter from each book as well as
biographical information and photographs
from the book. www.historywire.com is
a daily weblog on all things historical,
including three reviews per day of
contemporary historical works. He has
practiced law in Hartford for 33 years,
and has been a board member for 22
years and former president of the
Hartford Public Library.
Gleckler, J.M. - Bristol
(Non-Fiction)
Driving Lessons: The Adventures of Matt
and Mary McCoy
JM Gleckler grew up in Texas and
relocated to the Hartford area twenty
years ago. By day she works for an
insurance company; by night she’s
working on her second novel, Wish List.
www.jmgleckler.com
Golden, C.J. – Newtown
(Self-Help)
The Tao of the Defiant Woman
C.J. Golden has enjoyed careers as a
speech therapist, sales manager for an
Equity playhouse, and actor on both
coasts. She is the author of The Tao of
the Defiant Woman and writer of many
published short stories, poetry and essays.
[email protected]; www.taogirl.com
Glenn, William – East Lyme
(Fiction)
A Sailor’s Death
William Glenn is a retired police sergeant
and currently works as a private detective.
He is an adjunct police academy
Gonzalez, Lisa Sanchez - Hampton
(Non-Fiction)
Lisa Sanchez is the author of Boricua
Literature (NYU Press 2001), the first
and only literary history of the Puerto
Rican colonial diaspora. Her second
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book project recovers and explores the
life and writing of Pura Belpre, an early
20th century American folklorist,
children’s author, librarian and public
Intellectual. She is associate professor of
English at University of CT, Storrs.
Joint authors, father and son team, are
educational consultants in Westport. They
have published books on Educational
Planning and College, Graduate School
and Boarding School Admissions. Both
are graduates of Dartmouth College.
Howard has Master's degrees from
Harvard and NYU, and Matthew has his
Ph.D. from University of Colorado. Six
books in the "Greenes’ Guides to
Educational Planning Series"
(HarperCollins, 2000, 2001) including,
Making It into A Top College: 10 Steps to
Gaining Admission to Selective Colleges
and Universities
Paying for College: The Greenes' Guide
to Financing Higher Education
(St. Martin’s, 2004)
The Greenes’ Guide to Boarding Schools
(Peterson’s, 2006)
www.howardgreeneassociates.com
Goodrich, Chris - Brookfield
(Literary Journalism)
"Anarchy & Elegance: Confessions of a
Journalist at Yale Law School"
"Roadster: How (and Especially Why) a
Mechanical Novice Built a Sports Car
from a Kit"
Faith is a Verb: On the Home Front with
Habitat for Humanity and the Campaign
to Rebuild America (and the World)
Chris Goodrich was trained a legal
law and publishing. He considers himself
primarily a travel writer, focusing on
cultures within the U.S. as well as abroad.
[email protected]
Greenberg, Sandy Tovray
(Nonfiction)
Sandy Tovray Greenberg’ s first book,
When God Comes Knocking (Northwest
Publishing, 1995) is the story of her
daughter's nine-year bout with a lifethreatening condition and how her family
faced the challenge. She has also put her
expertise into a second book, Helping
Your Special Needs Child (Prima, 1995),
to help other parents cope with their
special needs children. Her third book,
Accidental Courage, Boundless Dreams
(Aurora Publishing, 2001), is a collaboration with Amy Barzach in which Ms.
Greenberg helps tell the story of this
remarkable woman's pioneering efforts to
change the world for children by creating
playgrounds that are universally
accessible. She consults to help other
writers and lectures on memoir writing.
www.howardgreeneassociates.com
Graziano, Frank
www.culturesofdevotion.com
Green, Jane –Westport
(Chick Lit)
Jemima J.
To Have and To Hold
Swapping Lives
Jane Green was raised in London, and
worked as a journalist before publishing
her first book. New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, she has
lived in Connecticut for six years,
balancing work with life as a mother of
four. www.janegreen.com
Greene, Howard, M.A., M.Ed.
Greene, Matthew W., Ph.D.
(Nonfiction)
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Greenlee, Gina - Hartford
(Non-fiction)
Cheaper Than Therapy: How to Keep
Life's Small Problems from Becoming
Big Ones
Gina Greenlee is the author of Cheaper
Than Therapy: How to Keep Life’s Small
Problems from Becoming Big Ones – The
first in a series of inspirational and
motivational gift books. For six years, she
was a freelance columnist for Hartford
Courant and has written for The New
York Times Magazine, Essence Magazine,
and The St. Petersburg Times.
Grossman, Leonard S. - Vernon
(Mainstream Fiction)
Self published three books:
The Reunion
In the Name of Greed
Nothing in Return
Grossman is a retired elementary teacher
and high school basketball coach.
He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree
in elementary education from the
University of Hartford and a Master’s of
Science degree in counseling from
Central Connecticut State University.
Haddam, Jane - Litchfield
www.janehaddam.com
Meet your inner
Taogirl
Haffner, Debra - Norwalk
(Non-Fiction)
From Diapers to Dating:
A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually
Healthy Children
Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent's
Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens
A Time to Heal: Keeping Children Safe
and Ministering to Sex Offenders
Rev. Debra W. Haffner is a sexologist,
minister, and author or co-author of five
books. She is the Director of the
Religious Institute on Sexual Morality,
Justice, and Healing and the endorsed
community minister at the Unitarian
Church in Westport. Her next book for
parents will be published in Sept. 2007.
[email protected]
debrahaffner.blogspot.com
www.religiousinstitute.org
CJ Golden, author of The
Tao of the Defiant Woman,
has been conducting
speaking engagements
and workshops around the country,
helping women as they journey through
life's transitions. She introduces her
audience to the concept of Taogirl, a
woman who understands the acceptance
of the Tao while maintaining a vibrant
and youthful spirit. CJ is open and eager
to help you find your inner Taogirl – a
woman who recognizes that the ancient
philosophy of Taoist acceptance can work
hand in hand with a defiant attitude - one
that defies the archetypical stereotypes,
negativity and limitations which try to
hinder our personal growth.
For more information on having CJ be a
part of your next meeting or group
gathering, visit www.taogirl.com or
email [email protected]
Hakakian, Roya - Woodbridge
(Nonfiction)
Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood
Caught in revolutionary Iran
For the Sake of Water
Iranian-born Roya Hakakian is the winner
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of 2003 Elle Magazine's Best Nonfiction
award and the 2006 CT Book Award for
best memoir. She is a fellow at the Yale
University Whitney Humanities Center
and contributes to NPR, WSJ, and NYT.
www.royahakakian.com
career in journalism to publish guides to
the natural history of Connecticut and
produce public environmental programs.
He is the author of Great Day Trips in the
Connecticut Valley of the Dinosaurs, the
editor of a blog about local environmental
issues, Connecticut Windows On The
Natural World, and the presenter of the
popular slide show about the natural
history of the state, Exploring CT's
Natural Wonders. Mr. Hanrahan was
recognized for his work promoting
environmental education and awareness
with a 2005 Conservation Partner of the
Year Award presented by the CT
Southwest Conservation District.
[email protected]
www.cttrips.com
Hall, Joan Joffe - Storrs
(Poetry)
In Angled Light
Educated by WWII, Vassar, and Stanford,
Hall taught literature, film, and creative
writing for forty years, mostly at UConn.
She has published many collections of
poetry and prose, including The Rift
Zone, Romance & Capitalism at the
Movies, a volume of stories, Summer
Heat, and, in 2004, In Angled Light:
Selected Poems (Antrim House).
Hargrove, Terry - Old Saybrook
(Nonfiction Humor)
Don't Mind Me, A Tennessean Lost in
Connecticut, expected release mid-2007
After 23 1/2 years teaching English and
Reading, he left his classroom in rural
Tennessee to follow his wife to CT. She
teaches children who can't hear, while his
chose not to listen. He currently writes
columns and feature stories for the
Pictorial Gazette in Old Saybrook, and
laments the Beanie Baby crash. He didn't
see that one coming.
[email protected]
Hall, Phil – Fairfield
The Encyclopedia of Underground
Movies (2004, Michael Wiese
Productions)
Independent Film Distribution (2006,
Michael Wiese Productions)
[email protected]
Handler, David – Old Lyme
www.davidhandlerbooks.com
Hanrahan, Brendan - Wilton
(Natural History)
Great Day Trips in the Connecticut
Valley of the Dinosaurs
Great Day Trips to Discover the Geology
of Connecticut
Great Day Trips to Connecticut’s Critical
Habitats
Best Fishing Trips in Connecticut, from
ponds to pounding surf
Brendan Hanrahan combined a lifelong
fascination with all things wild and a
Hart, Arianna - Glastonbury
(Romantic Suspense, Paranormal
Romance, and Erotic Romance)
Dark Heat
Spitfire
Rebel’s Lust
Arianna Hart lives with her husband,
three daughters, hyper active Siberian
husky, and fat cat. When not teaching,
writing, or chasing after her children and
the dog, Ari likes to practice her
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kickboxing, go for long walks, and read
by the pool. [email protected]
www.ariannahart.com
Review, Yale Review, and Southwest
Review. www.doloreshayden.com
Hazuka, Tom - Berlin
(Non-Fiction)
Method to March Madness: An Insider’s
Guide to the NCAA Final Tour
Tom Hazuka has published two novels,
The Road to the Island and In the City of
the Disappeared. He has co-edited two
short story anthologies: A Celestial
Omnibus: Short Fiction on Faith and
Flash Fiction.
Hathorn, Melvin - Cromwell
(Literary & Historical Fiction, Humor
essays, Political Essays, Satire)
Celts and Kings: A novel (Literary and
Historical Fiction; 2006)
The Castlereagh Connection: A novel
(Literary and Historical Fiction; 2000)
Melvin Hathorn is a teacher of college
literature and history. He has piloted
planes and traveled across the United
States, Europe, Greece, the former Soviet
Union, and Central Asia. He has
presented workshops around the country
as an educator, behavioral therapist, and
teacher with over 20 years in the training
field. [email protected]
www.authorsden.com/mel
Hedrick, Lucy – Old Greenwich
(Coach for the nonfiction book proposal)
Author of five nonfiction how-to's,
including Get Organized in the Digital
Age (NAL 2002)
Lucy Hedrick is the author of Five Days
to an Organized Life (Dell, 1990), 365
Ways to Save Time, (William Morrow,
1992), 365 Ways to Save Time With Kids
(William Morrow,1993), and 365 Ways to
Save Money (William Morrow,1994).
These four titles sold more than 200,000
copies and were translated in to eight
languages. She coaches authors on how
to write nonfiction book proposals.
[email protected]
www.lucyhedrick.com
Hayden, Dolores – Guilford and
West Cornwall
(Nonfiction and poetry)
Building Suburbia (Pantheon, 2003)
A Field Guide to Sprawl (Norton, 2004)
American Yard --poems (David Robert
Books, 2004)
Dolores Hayden writes about the history
of American landscapes and the politics
of place. Her latest book is A Field Guide
to Sprawl, a “devil’s dictionary” of bad
building patterns illustrated with aerial
photography by Jim Wark. Both the Field
Guide and Building Suburbia: Green
Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000, a
history of seven types of American
suburbs were selected as “Top Ten Books
in Urban Studies” by Planetizen. The
Field Guide was also one of the “Top 20
Science Books” chosen by Discover. She
is a professor at Yale. Hayden is also a
poet whose work has appeared in Kenyon
Helfand, Jessica + Drenttel, William
Saving America: The Art and Culture of
The American Scrapbook (2008)
Reinventing the Wheel Princeton
Architectural Press, 2002.
Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New
Media and Visual Culture. Princeton
Architectural Press, 2001.
Paul Rand: American Modernist
New York: Winterhouse Editions, 1998.
One of the leading designers in America,
Jessica Helfand works in partnership with
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William Drenttel at Winterhouse Studio,
a design collaborative in New England
focusing on publishing projects and new
media. Selected clients include filmmaker
Errol Morris, The Paris Review,
University of Chicago Press, American
Masters/PBS and The National Design
Awards. Previously, Helfand was an
award-winning editorial and interaction
designer, whose clients included The New
York Times, Newsweek, The Times of
London and The Discovery Channel.
www.winterhouse.com
www.designobserver.com
Yankee since 1968. She published 3
novels, 3 biographies, 2 social histories, 2
biography-criticisms, and will soon
complete The Masters a study of the first
18 presidents and slavery. She has
written 3 plays for children & families, 2
of which have been award-winners. She
has been married to her professor
husband for 43 years and has two married
daughters. [email protected]
usawrites4kids.drury.edu/authors.
Hermes, Patricia - Fairfield
(Children’s)
The Brothers War
Patricia Hermes’ work includes 50 novels
for young readers. Her awards for her
books include the Smithsonian Notable
Book, the C.S. Lewis Honor Book, the
California Young Reader Medal and the
New York Library Best Book for the
Teen Years Award.
Heres, Celestino – Norwalk
(Non-Fiction)
The Reluctant Revolutionary
Celestino Heres, Ph.D., is a retired
professor of Computer Systems at the
University of Connecticut at Stamford
and at the Norwalk Community Technical
College in Norwalk, CT. He is now
teaching at Brien McMahon High School
in Norwalk. Born and raised in Cuba, Dr.
Heres graduated from North Carolina
State University in Raleigh, N.C. He has
been an educator and Computer Systems
consultant to Perkin-Elmer, Dunn &
Bradstreet, and many other corporations.
The Reluctant Revolutionary narrates his
experiences in Cuba during the
revolution.
Herrick, Ann - Clinton
http://ann.herrick.home.att.net
Herz, Sarah – Westport
(Young Adult Literature)
From Hinton to Hamlet: Building Bridges
between Young Adult Literature and the
Classics. 2nd Edition, Revised and
Expanded. (Greenwood Press, 2005)
Sarah K. Herz taught English in the
Westport School District for 24 years.
The text, based on personal teaching
experiences, explains how to use young
adult literature thematically with the
required classics. The author frequently
conducts workshops at English and
library conferences along with
professional development workshops for
school districts.
Hermann, Spring - West Hartford
(Books and Plays for Young Readers)
Anne Frank: Hope in the Shadow of the
Holocaust Enslow Publishers, 2005.
"The Struggle for Equality: Women &
Minorities in America. Enslow
Publishers, 2006
A Student Guide to Tennessee Williams
Enslow Publishers, 2007
Raised in Belleville, IL, with a BA and
MA in literature, Spring has been a CT
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Hill, May Brawley – Warren
(Non-Fiction)
Grandmother’s Garden: The Old
Fashioned American Garden (1865-1915)
Furnishing the Old-Fashioned Garden:
Three Centuries of Summerhouses,
Dovecotes, Pergolas, Privies, Fences and
Birdhouses
On Foreign Soil: American Gardeners
Abroad
May Brawley Hill graduated cum laude
from Salem College in Winston Salem,
N.C. and a Master’s in art history from
the Institute of Fine Arts in New York
City. She worked as an independent
scholar writing essays for museum and
gallery exhibitions of American paintings
and sculpture. An avid gardener and
collector of American 19th and early 20th
century books on gardening, Hill began to
research her own vernacular cottage
garden or “grandmother’s garden,” the
subject of her first book on American
garden history.
Hoffman, Betty N., Ph.D. West Hartford
(Nonfiction: history/anthropology)
Honoring the Past: Building the Future:
The History of the Jewish Federation of
Greater Hartford, JHSGH 2007.
Jewish Hearts: A Study in Dynamic
Ethnicity in the United States and the
Soviet Union, SUNY Press 2001.
Witness to War: 1941-1945: The Soviet
Jewish Experience
Connecticut Jewish History, JHSGH
2001, Bruce M. Stave (editor).
Anthropologist Betty Hoffman, Ph.D.
conducts research in central Connecticut
in conjunction with the West Hartford
Historical Society and the Jewish
Historical Society of Greater Hartford.
Her varied academic career includes
teaching English as a second language,
academic and business writing, and
anthropology and social science research
methods at various local universities.
[email protected]
Himmelman, John - Killingworth
(Children’s)
Discovering Amphibians, Frogs and
Salamanders of the Northeast
Chickens To the Rescue
(Author/illustrator - Henry Holt)
Mouse in a Meadow (Author/illustrator picture book - Charesbridge)
John Himmelman is the Author and/or
Illustrator of over 65 books. Most are
children's picture books, but he also
writes adult nonfiction about native
wildlife. He lectures throughout the
country on a variety of nature and
children's book topics.
www.johnhimmelman.com.
Hoffman, Lynn – West Hartford
(Poetry)
Like Fire Catching Wind
Like Fire Catching Wind is Lynn
Hoffman’s first collection of poetry. She
also writes plays, short fiction, and YA
novels. Her work has appeared in
national, regional, and statewide literary
journals and has been heard on NPR’s
“Open Forum.” Lynn is the Academic
Advisor at the Greater Hartford Academy
of the Arts (CREC) and an adjunct at St.
Joseph College (CT). She also is a
Teaching Artist for the Bushnell Partners
Program. [email protected]
Holden, Daniel – West Hartford
(Non-Fiction)
Lost Between Lives–Finding Your Light
When the World Goes Dark
Hoberman, Mary Ann - Greenwich
www.maryannhoberman.com
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Tough life transitions require a different
kind of power, new access to spirit
guidance, resources triggered from the
inside outwards and a grounded place of
rest until the storm passes. This book
provides surprising keys. Find the power
you need to create the results you want.
www.danielholdenassociates.com
Finalist Feature Article:
“My New Best Friend”
“Naturally Blonde”
Finalist Memoir & Personal Essay:
“The Joy of Divorce Dating”
The Trouble With Catherine Plume 2003
Andes Hruby is a freelance writer. Her
first novel, The Trouble With Catherine,
was published by Plume, 2003. She
received two Pushcart nominations for
her essays and fiction. Her work has
appeared in Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire,
and Brainchild: the magazine for thinking
mothers. [email protected]
www.andeshruby.com
Holmes, Ann - Westport
(Poetry)
Ann Holmes, poet and painter, was born
in Chicago Illinois. After earning her
Doctorate in Art Education from New
York University, she received an MFA
degree in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence
College. Her poetry memoir, Shards,
published in 2006, is about the potter's
life in Japan. Her poems have appeared
in Asian Pacific American Journal, CT
River Review, and other journals.
Hubbell, Patricia - Easton
(Children's poetry and rhymed picture
books)
Black All Around! (single-poem picture
book)
Earthmates (poems about animals)
Black Earth, Gold Sun (plant poems)
Patricia Hubbell's poems for young
people appear in more than 200
anthologies and textbooks worldwide.
Black All Around! was a finalist for The
Connecticut Center for the Book
Children's Book Award and one of ten
nominees for the national Crown Gallery
Award. www.kidspoet.com
Housley, Kathleen L. – Glastonbury
(Nonfiction, Poetry)
The Letter Kills But the Spirit Gives Life:
The Smiths (Historical Society of
Glastonbury, 1993)
Emily Hall Tremaine: Collector on the
Cusp (UPNE, 2001)
Tranquil Power: The Art and Life of
Perle Fine (Midmarch Arts Press, 2005)
Firmament, poetry, 2007 Higganum Hill
Books
Kathleen Housley is an independent
scholar whose books have won the Award
of Merit from the Connecticut League of
Historical Societies, and inclusion on the
Best Academic Book List of 2005
compiled by Choice Magazine.
[email protected]
Hurston, Lucy Anne - Bloomfield
(Biography)
Speak So You Can Speak Again: The Life
of Zora Neale Hurston
Lucy Anne, Asst Professor of Sociology
at Manchester Community College is the
niece of Zora Neale Hurston. She is the
recipient of several prestigious literary
awards (Trailblazer Award from The Reel
Sisters Film Festival, Outstanding
Publishing Award and the Outstanding
Contribution to Publishing award
presented by the Black Caucus of the
Hruby, Andes - Salisbury
(Non-Fiction Essayist, Fiction)
Writer’s Digest November 2006
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American Library Association. She has
done extensive qualitative feminist
research on several Caribbean islands
(predominately Jamaica), in Arizona and
New Orleans. [email protected]
http://lucyahurston.tripod.com
Final Fore (Berkley Prime Crime, March
2006)
Fairway to Heaven (Berkley Prime
Crime, March 2005)
Clinical psychologist Roberta Isleib took
up writing to justify time spent on the
links. Her golf mysteries were nominated
for both Agatha and Anthony awards.
Deadly Advice, starring a Connecticut
psychologist/advice columnist, debuts in
2007. Roberta is the president of the New
England Sisters in Crime and on the
National Board. www.robertaisleib.com
Hutton, Jeff - Vernon
(Literary Fiction, Poetry and Nonfiction)
Perfect Silence (Breakaway Books, 2000)
Poetry: ARTIS Magazine, The Litchfield
Review
Inside Out: The Art & Craft of
Residential Landscape Design (May
2007, Breakaway Books)
Regular Columnist for The New England
Entertainment Digest and The Journal
Inquirer Newspaper. A debut novel,
Perfect Silence was a BookSense 76
Selection. He was an invited participant
in the Random House call for a sequel to
The Godfather and a semi finalist in a
recent play writing competition. He is at
work on his second novel.
[email protected]
Jacobik, Gray – Deep River
(Poet, Painter, Essayist)
Brave Disguises (Univ. of Pittsburgh
Press)
The Scattered Surface of Light (Texas
Review Press)
The Double Task (Univ. of Mass. Press)
Gray Jacobik is a Professor Emeritus at
Eastern Connecticut State University,
author of 5 collections of poems and
winner of a number of literary honors
including The Juniper Prize, The X. J.
Kennedy Prize, and the Associated
Writing Programs Poetry Award. She is a
recipient of a National Endowment for
the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing
and a residency at The Frost Place. She
currently teaches in the Stonecoast MFA
Program in Creative Writing (Univ. of
Southern Maine). She is a painter as well
as a poet, and exhibits her work routinely
in galleries along the southern shore. She
is part of a local artist group called The
Cove Connection. [email protected]
www.grayjacobik.com
Irvin, Monique - Uncasville
(Fantasy, Young Adult)
Dragon's Blood: Denicalis Dragon
Chronicles - Book One (Jan 2006)
The Prisoner: Denicalis Dragon
Chronicles - Book Two (Jan 2007)
MJ Allaire (pen name) is originally from
West Palm Beach, Florida and has lived
in CT for the past 10 years. She works
fulltime at the Mohegan Sun Casino and
writes in her spare time.
[email protected]
www.mjallaire.com
Jameson, Marianna
www.mariannajameson.com
Isleib, Roberta - Madison
(Mystery)
Deadly Advice (Berkley prime crime,
March 2007)
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training video program You're On The
Air. Brian is host of the television series
The Book Authority.
[email protected], blog at
http://blog.bookmarketing.com or
www.bookmarketing.com
Jansen, Julie - Greenwich
(Non-Fiction)
I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know
It’s Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to
Finding Gratifying Work (Penguin; 2003)
You Want Me to Work with Who? Eleven
Keys to a Stress-free, Satisfying and
Successful Work Life…No Matter Who
You Work With (Penguin; 2006)
Julie Jansen – motivational speaker,
coach, and trainer – works with
companies and individuals in developing
the competencies, skills and techniques
needed to thrive in today’s chaotic
business world. Julie has been quoted in
publications including Fortune, Forbes,
American Way, the New York Times,
Essence and has been interviewed on the
Today Show, ABC World News Now,
MSNBC, NPR. www.juliejansen.net
Kane, John – New Milford
Kane is widely published. He has
illustrated magazine pieces and
several books including The Human
Alphabet, Color and Fashion, and
Twisted Yoga. His credits include many
of the biggest consumer magazines as
well as books and photo essays on
fashion, travel, food and modern dance.
Publisher’s Weekly says “Kane's
transcendent images of the colorfully and
sometimes scantily clad (dancers) in
action elevate viewers to a higher state of
consciousness” “a mind bending
collection of photographs.”
www.johnkanephoto.com
Jordan, Evora - Canton
(Fiction)
Hannah Gray Mysteries
Evora Jordan has been a teacher, abuse
counselor, politician, farmer, office
manager, logging truck driver as well as a
number of other interesting occupations.
Now that she is retired, she spends her
time writing, publishing and marketing
her Hannah Gray Series books that are
based on her true life experiences.
[email protected]
Katz, Alan - Weston
(Picture Books, Humor, Poetry for
Children)
Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other
Silly Dilly Songs
Are You Quite Polite: Silly Dilly Manners
Songs
Stinky Thinking
Alan is the author of numerous books for
children, including his much-heralded
Silly Dilly songs series, and the upcoming
16-title trivia set That's Right, That's
Wrong. He is also a six-time Emmy
nominee for his television writing (credits
include The Rosie O'Donnell Show, The
Tony Awards and The Grammy Awards).
www.Alankatzbooks.com
Jud, Brian - Avon
(Business marketing)
Beyond the Bookstore
Job Search 101
It's Showtime
Jud is an author, book-marketing
consultant, seminar leader and television
host. He is the author of the Publishers
Weekly title, Beyond the Bookstore, five
titles on career transition, and the author,
narrator and producer of the media45
book prominent figures from the arts or
sciences nominate you; she was
nominated for being the best teacher they
ever had. Carol is the author of Brand
New Teacher: How to Guide and Teach
the Early Grades Using scripts.
www.brandnewteacher.com
Katz, David Evans - Granby
(Fiction)
David is the author of the novel, Sin of
Omission (Koenisha Publications) and
more than a dozen short stories that have
appeared in literary and consumer
magazines. He was educated at Columbia
University in New York and at
Northeastern University in Boston. Mr.
Katz was born and raised in Malden,
Massachusetts.
Keil, Charles and Angeliki – Lakeville
(Nonfiction)
Co-authors of Bright Balkan Morning
(Wesleyan Univ. Press)
Polka Happiness (Temple Un. Press)
Websites include:
http://BornToGroove.org
http://musicgrooves.org
http://conservingconsensus.us
www.dontbuyin.org
www.128path.org
www.musekids.org
www.BrightBalkanMorning.com
Kavasch, E. Barrie - Bridgewater
(Nonfiction)
Sacred Cave
Mound Builders of Ancient North
America
The Medicine Wheel Garden
Author/illustrator, historian, herbalist, and
Reiki Master. She has more than 25
books in print, and is working on her
fourth book of poetry. She is a culinary
historian specializing in American Indian
cuisines and native herbs and herbalism.
She has also written numerous books for
children and young adults, and
contributed to various anthologies and
encyclopedias. Teaches writing at
ESCAPE to the Arts, an arts &
humanities center in Danbury, CT.
www.Kavasch.com
Kelleher, Annie - Canton
(Science Fiction/Fantasy)
Silver’s Lure 2006
Annie Kelleher holds a BA from Johns
Hopkins University and has studied
medieval literature at the University of
Connecticut. Silver's Lure is her 11th
novel. Her previous novels include four
sci-fi/fantasies, and four romances. A new
trilogy, tentatively titled The House of the
Thirteenth Moon, is next.
www.anniekelleher.com
Keena, Kathleen – Windsor
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.a
sp?AuthorID=23608
Kelly, Latrina - New Haven
(Poetry)
Unraveling, Poems (Lulu 2006)
Latrina Kelly is a writer and photographer
who has written over 600 poems. Her
poetry has been featured in Culture Star
Reader and the New Haven Advocate.
Latrina’s first poetry chapbook,
Unraveling will be featured at the Poetry
Keeney, Carol – Monroe
(Non-Fiction)
Carol Keeney has taught the early grades
for more than 33 years. She was listed in
Who's Who Among American Teachers in
1996 for impacting the lives of her
students. This is no small honor because
in order to be listed in this prestigious
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Publication Showcase at The Poet’s
House in New York. Latrina is currently
working on her first novel and a photo/
poetry journal entitled Beneath the Ivy:
Reflections on the other side New Haven,
focusing on poor neighborhoods
surrounding the Ivy League Yale
University. [email protected]
www.lulu.com/LatrinaKelly
Kinsolving, Susan - Bridgewater
(Poetry)
The White Eyelash (Grove Press)
Dailies & Rushes (Grove Press)
Among Flowers (Random House)
Susan Kinsolving has read and lectured
throughout the English-speaking world to
audiences of all ages. Her books were
acclaimed by The New York Times, New
Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Poetry,
among others. A finalist for The National
Book Critics Circle Award and a recipient
of international fellowships, she has
taught at colleges in Connecticut, New
York, Vermont, and California.
susankinsolving.com/
[email protected]
Kennedy, Paul M.
(Nonfiction)
J. Richardson Dilworth Professor
of History, Yale University 1983-present
Director of International Security Studies,
Yale University
The Parliament of Man: The Past,
Present and Future of the United Nations
(2006)
Preparing for the Twenty-First Century
(1993)
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers:
Economic Change and Military Conflict
from 1500-2000 (1988)
Monthly Column/Los Angeles Times
Syndicate/Tribune Media Services
He has also written several hundreds of
articles and literature surveys.
Klein, Karen – Farmington
(Non-Fiction)
Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This
A Twelve Step Guide To Surviving A
Mastectomy
She wrote this workbook based on her
own experience. This true account of one
woman's experience of overcoming the
emotional upheaval of breast cancer
surgery is presented in cognitive and
behavioral chapters that are easy to
under-stand. Ms. Klein works in a family
business, but is interested in psychology
and has earned her master's degree. The
book is sold in cancer center boutiques.
www.survivingmastectomy.com
Kincaid-Ehlers, Elizabeth –
West Hartford
(Poetry)
Leaping and Looming: Collected Poems,
1979-2004
Elizabeth Kincaid-Ehlers came to
Connecticut in 1979 as visiting writer-inresidence at Trinity College. She liked the
area so much that she retrained as a
psychotherapist in order to be able to
stay. B.A. University of Michigan, M.A.
University of Illinois, Ph.D. University of
Rochester. [email protected]
www.merganserpress.com
Klein, Woody - Westport
(Politics, Equal Justice, History)
Liberties Lost: The Endangered Legacy of
the ACLU (Praeger, 2006)
Towards Humanity and Justice: The
Writings of Kenneth B. Clark, Scholar of
the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education
Decision (Praeger, 2004)
Westport, Connecticut, The Story of a
New England Town's Rise to Prominence
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(Greenwood Publishing, 2000)
Woody Klein, author of five books,
including Lindsay's Promise, The Dream
That Failed (Macmillan, 1973); and Let
in the Sun (Macmillan 1964), graduated
Dartmouth College and Columbia
University's Graduate School of
Journalism; reporter, The Washington
Post, The New York World Telegram &
Sun; Mayor John V. Lindsay's press
secretary; editor IBM's Think magazine,
editor and columnist, Westport News.
Knopf, Chris - Avon
(Mystery)
Two Time
The Last Refuge
Chris Knopf is a copywriter and principal
of Mintz & Hoke Communications Group
in Avon, CT. A native of Philadelphia,
educated in the U.S. and London, Knopf
lives with his wife Mary Farrell and
Wheaten Terrier Sam in Avon and
Southampton, Long Island where he
writes on the front porch.
www.sameddie.com
Kline, Daniel
(Nonfiction)
A successful writer and editor, Daniel
Kline writes a syndicated newspaper
column (Globesyndicate.com) and
co-authored the book, 50 Things Every
Guy Should Know How To Do (Plume).
He has contributed to Stuff, Playboy.
com, and numerous other men’s
periodicals. He has also served as the top
editor for mass-market pop-culturedriven Web sites including Uproar.com
and Rouze.com, a men’s lifestyle site that
was purchased by Playboy, and
Backslap.com, a humor site that was
funded by Pearson Television.
Koones, Sheri - Greenwich
(Nonfiction)
Author of From Sand Castles to Dream
Houses, House About It, Modular
Mansions and Prefabulous. Koones
began writing about home construction
after doing extensive research to complete
the renovation of her own home several
years ago. She found a niche in
empowering other homeowners to
become more knowledgeable. She writes
books on a variety of home construction
issues and is also a columnist and
freelance writer. www.sherikoones.com
Krauss, Janet - Bridgeport
(Poetry)
Borrowed Scenery, Yuganta Press, 2005
Janet Krauss is a widely published poet
and adjunct professor of English at St.
Basil College and Fairfield University.
She is the recipient of the Fairfield
Adjunct Award of the Year, 2006 and
was twice nominated for the Pushcart
Prize in poetry. She enjoys giving
readings of her work. [email protected]
or [email protected]
www.Yuganta.com
Kline, Suzy - Willington
(Children’s)
Horrible Harry and The Triple Revenge
Herbie Jones Sails into Second Grade
Herbie Jones and The Second Grade
Slippers
Author of the Horrible Harry Series. An
elementary school teacher for 24 years at
Southwest School in Torrington, Suzy
took early retirement in 2000, and lives in
Willington with her husband Rufus. They
have two daughters, Emily and Jennifer,
and four grandchildren.
www.suzykline.com
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Dr. Jerry Labriola is the author of seven
mystery novels and coauthor with noted
forensic scientist, Dr. Henry Lee, of three
books. Dr. Labriola is past president of
The Connecticut Authors and Publishers
Association, a member of the Mystery
Writers of America, and of the
International Association of Crime
Writers. [email protected]
www.JerryLabriola.com
Krebs, Laurie
www.lauriekrebs.com
Kuhl, Nancy - New Haven
(Poetry)
The Wife of the Left Hand, Shearsman
Books
Means of Securing Houses &c. From
Mischief by Thunder and Lightning,
Propolis Press (forthcoming)
In the Arbor, Kent State University Press
Nancy Kuhl’s first full-length collection
of poems, The Wife of the Left Hand, was
published in January 2007 by Shearsman
Books. She is co-editor of Phylum Press,
a small poetry publisher located at
www.phylumpress.com. She is Associate
Curator of the Yale Collection of
American Literature at the Beinecke Rare
Book and Manuscript Library at Yale
University.
www.phylumpress.com/nancykuhl.htm
Laschever, Barnett - Goshen
(Children’s)
Author of five children's books on India,
Pakistan, Venezuela, Hawaii and
Columbia. India and Pakistan are in the
British Museum Library. Getting to Know
Hawaii was lauded by Eleanor Roosevelt
in her popular daily column, "My Day."
Also co-author of first comprehensive
guide to Connecticut since the WPA
Guides, the 6th edition of Connecticut, An
Explorer's Guide published by WW
Norton NY, co-authored with Andi Marie
Cantele of Litchfield. Write bimonthly
column in the Lakeville Journal, "The
Ranting Retiree."
Kunsch, Joan - Torrington
Poetry and Translations from Norwegian
Playing with Gravity
A classical ballet teacher and associate
director of Nutmeg Conservatory for the
Arts, Kunsch choreographs and teaches in
the U.S.A. and Scandinavia. Her poetry
has been published in periodicals in the
U.S.A., Norway, England and India.
Her book of poetry and translations,
Playing with Gravity will appear in
Spring 2007. [email protected]
Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts
58 Main Street, Torrington, CT 06790
Laskowski, Lenny - Stratford
(DTM & Professional Speaker)
Lenny is the National Best Selling author
of the #1 Bestselling book on public
speaking, 10 Days to More Confident
Public Speaking (Warner Books),
currently in its 6th printing. Lenny is a
professional speaker and President of
LJLSeminars ™ of Stratford, CT.
Professional Member - The National
Speakers Association
203-375-5617; Toll Free: 1-800-606-4855
eFax: 1-800-743-3314
[email protected]
www.ljlseminars.com
Labriola, Jerry - Naugatuck
(Mystery and True Crime)
The Budapast Connection (October 2006)
Dr. Henry Lee's Forensic Files
The Maltese Murders
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Prize in 2003 and 2004. She has
published 3 history books and teaches
English at U-Conn. [email protected]
www.janicelaw.com
Lauber, Patricia – New Canaan
(Children’s Non-Fiction)
Fingers, Forks & Chopsticks
The True or False Book of Horses
Who Came First? New Clues to
Prehistoric Animals
Patricia Lauber is the award winning
author of some 125 books for young
readers, chiefly in the field of science,
that cover subjects ranging from
earthworms to earthquakes to Earth as
seen from space. Her Volcano: The
Eruption and Healing of Mount St.
Helens was Newbery Honor book. Her
work has also been honored by, among
others, the New York Academy of
Sciences, The American Nature Society,
The Washington Post Children’s Book
Guild, and the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. Ms. Lauber
has been the editor of Junior Scholastic,
founding editor and editor in chief of
Science World, chief editor, science and
mathematics of The New Book of
Knowledge. [email protected]
Lawler, Janet - Farmington
(Children’s)
If Kisses Were Colors (picture book, Dial,
2003)
A Father's Song (picture book, Sterling,
2006)
A Mama Bug's Love (pop-up, Little
Simon, 2006)
A life-long CT resident, Janet practiced
law for 15 years before becoming a fulltime children's author. Her first picture
book, If Kisses Were Colors was chosen
as a Main Selection by the Children's
Book of the Month Club. Family, nature
and gentle humor are favorite themes.
www.janetlawler.com
Lee, Henry – Branford
www.drhenrylee.com
Law, Janice - Hampton
(Fiction)
The Night Bus
The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed
Voices
Janice Law has written the Edgar
nominated Anna Peters series of mystery
novels, 9 novels published by Houghton
Mifflin, Walker Books and St. Martin’s.
She regularly publishes short stories in
Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock
Mystery Magazines, and has had stories
selected for the Best American Mystery
Stories series (1998) and the Fourth
Annual The World’s Best Mystery and
Crime stories. Her story, “Side Effects”
will appear in Omnidawn’s Paraspheres
anthology. The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed
(2002) and Voices (2003) were nominated
for the CT Center for the Book Fiction
Leeney, Robert - Bethany
(History/Community Life)
Elms, Arms and Ivy: New Haven in the
20th Century, Habitations
Bob Leeney joined the New Haven
Register in 1940, retired as editor
emeritus in 1982, and still writes a
weekly column after 65 years on the job.
In 2000, at 84, he published Elms, Arms,
and Ivy: New Haven in the 20th Century.
In 2005, at age 89, he published
Habitations. [email protected]
Leff, David –Collinsville Canton
(Essays and First Person Narrative)
The Last Undiscovered Place University
of Virginia Press, 2004
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David Leff is a freelance writer, member
of the Hartford Courant Place Board of
Contributors and a columnist for Imprint
Newspapers. Mr. Leff served as Deputy
Commissioner with the state Department
of Environmental Protection from 1995 to
2006. He was responsible for
conservation programs. He is chairman
of The Collinsville Historic District
Commission, a volunteer firefighter, and
a maple syrup producer. He is a 1978
graduate of the UConn School of Law.
[email protected]
Lewis, Pam - Storrs
(Fiction)
Speak Softly, She Can Hear
She wrote for newspapers, freelanced for
magazines, did PR then developed her
own business as a freelance writer. All
along, for the great joy of it, she wrote
fiction. Now she writes only fiction.
[email protected]
Li, Laura Tyson - Cornwall
(Biography/History)
Madame Chiang Kai-shek: China's
Eternal First Lady Atlantic Monthly
Press, 2006
Laura Tyson Li spent much of her career
in Asia as a journalist, covering
business and politics for the Financial
Times, the South China Morning Post,
The Economist, and other publications.
Ms. Tyson Li grew up in Cornwall,
Connecticut and graduated from
Dartmouth College. She and her husband,
Richard Li, have two daughters.
[email protected]
www.lauratysonli.com
L’Engle, Madeleine - Goshen
www.madeleinelengel.com
Levitt, Blake – New Preston/Warren
(Medical/Science for the Layperson)
Before You Conceive, The Complete
Prepregnancy Guide, with John R.
Sussman, MD (Bantam, 1989)
Electromagnetic Fields, A Consumer's
Guide to the Issues and How to Protect
Ourselves, (Harcourt Brace, 1995)
Cell Towers, Wireless Convenience? Or
Environmental Hazard? (Safe Good/New
Century, 2001)
B. Blake Levitt is an award-winning
journalist who has specialized in medical
and science writing for nearly two
decades. She has researched the
biological effects of non-ionizing
radiation since the late 1970's. A former
New York Times writer, she has written
widely on medical issues for both the lay
and professional audience. Her work has
appeared in numerous national
publications and has been translated into
Russian and Chinese. She is a two-time
winner of an Award of Excellence from
the American Medical Writers
Association. [email protected]
www.blakelevitt.com
Lineberger, Ann Sample - Wilton
(Architecture and Interior Design)
New Spaces, Old World Charm
(McGraw-Hill, 2004)
A journalist who is formally trained as an
interior designer, Sample has been
writing about architecture and interior
design since the late 1990s, including
authoring the book New Spaces, Old
World Charm. Presently, she is a
contributing editor for Connecticut
Cottages & Gardens and is its Antiques
columnist. She writes for a number of
newspapers and magazines about design.
Sample holds an MA in Journalism and
Mass Communication from New York
University and an Associate in Applied
Science from the New York School of
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Interior Design. Sample recently
launched an interior design consultation
business for private clients.
[email protected]
She has worked as a journalist and
columnist for a daily newspaper in
Westchester County, NY and as a public
relations writer and communicator for a
number of large corporations. She has
two grown children from her first
marriage and two granddaughters.
www.bflord.com
Lisle, Laurie – Sharon
(Non-Fiction)
Laurie Lisle is the author of biographies
of artists Georgia O’Keeffe and Louise
Nevelson. Her most recent book is Four
Tenths of an Acre: Reflections on a
Gardening Life. A native of Providence,
Rhode Island, she is married to artist
Robert Kipniss.
www.laurielisle.com
Luongo, Janet
www.openminds-opendoors.com
Machado, Linda - Meriden
(Fiction and Inspirational)
How Harwinton Got His Middle Name
Harwinton and the Ancient Book
For many years, Linda Machado has
desired to write stories that would
entertain as well as inspire children of all
ages. In 2002 she pursued her dream and
published her first book with Xulon Press.
Linda is a full-time employee of BristolMyers Squibb Pharmaceutical Company.
[email protected]
www.lindamachado.com
Lomuscio, James - Weston
(Nonfiction)
Village of the Dammed: The Fight for
Open Space and the Flooding of a
Connecticut Town (University Press of
New England)
An award winning journalist with more
than 30 years experience as a newspaper
and magazine writer and editor, he has
written for the New York Times since
1990, was a staff member of Gannett
Newspapers for more than 11 years, a
correspondent for the CT Post for 7 years
and is currently a Special Correspondent
for the Stamford Advocate. Village of the
Dammed was a 2006 finalist for the CT
Book Award in nonfiction. He is
currently president of the CT Press Club
and teaches at WCSU and Norwalk
Community College.
Maestro, Betsy – Old Lyme
www.maestrobooks.com
Maestro, Guilio
www.maestrobooks.com
Mama, Raouf
http://www.easternct.edu/personal/faculty
/mamar/
Mancini, Nicholas
http://www.njmancini.com
Lord, Blanche – Farmington
(Science Fiction/Suspense)
Cloud of Chaos Planet of Light
Chasing Cobwebs
Blanche F. Lord began writing novels
when she married her husband Edward
after she retired from her working career.
Mann, Jan – Glastonbury
(Non-Fiction)
Cruising CT with a Picnic Basket
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Jan's long-time passion for day tripping
has propelled her throughout the state to
discover all the exciting attractions it has
to offer. After many years of designing
special outings for friends and family, she
decided to embark on the adventure of
writing a day tripping book.
www.cruisingconnecticut.com
years. She is currently an adjunct
professor of English at Norwalk
Community College where she won The
Teacher of the Year award for 2005. She
teaches a course in Humor Writing at
NCC. www.judithmarks-white.com
Marra, Reggie - New Milford
(Poetry)
This Open Eye: Seeing What We Do-Poems 2003-2005 (2006)
Living Poems, Writing Lives: Spirit, Self
and the Art of Poetry (2004)
The Quality of Effort: Integrity in Sport
and Life for Student-Athletes, Parents,
and Coaches (1991)
Reggie Marra is an award-winning poet
and founder of Integral Journeys for
Pilgrims, Poets, Fools and Saints. He
engages identity and point of view with
people who want an authentic, dynamic
understanding of themselves and others
through an ongoing, integral exploration
of the art (and science) of conscious
living. www.integraljourneys.com
Marchi, Jason J. - Guilford
(Fantasy & Science Fiction, Mainstream
Fiction)
Who Till They Died
The Island People
Dark Street
After 17 years working for The McGrawHill Companies, Marchi left a career
management position to become a fulltime writer. Now he's so busy writing
fiction and non-fiction for the book,
magazine, and newspaper markets he
wonders how he ever had the time to
work in the corporate world.
Jason J. Marchi,Police Correspondent
Shore Publishing Newspapers
32 Alfred Street, New Haven CT 06512
(203) 469-6068;
[email protected]
www.jasonjmarchi.com
Margolis, Charles – South Windsor
(Poetry)
Class Dismissed: A Teacher Says
Goodbye
Charles Margolis is an award winning
educator, who taught art for thirty-five
years. Prior to retiring, he wrote a series
of twenty-five poems, which chronicle his
journey through the final year of teaching.
These were published in the book, Class
Dismissed: A Teacher Says Goodbye.
Charlie lives in South Windsor, CT,
where he is a member of the Human
Relations Commission and teaches at a
private art school. He continues to pursue
his passion for poetry, painting and
photography. [email protected]
Marks-White, Judith – Westport
(Fiction)
Seducing Harry 2007
Judith Marks-White's award-winning
column, "The Light Touch" appears every
Wednesday in the Westport News. She
has been writing her column for the past
twenty-two years. Prior to becoming a
freelance writer, Ms. Marks-White
worked for Time Inc. She served on the
staff of Time/Life Books in NY and
Doubleday and Company. She has also
been involved in the design and
instruction of creative writing programs
in CT and has taught writing for many
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sellers. www.sandramarton.com
[email protected]
Marshall, Franklin - Simsbury
(Poetry)
Solemnities--poetry and painting
Poet, translator, artist, erstwhile instructor
in oil painting in the East Granby school
system, born in Hartford, but has lived in
Simsbury for many years. Holder of
degrees in German and English at the
University of Connecticut (B.A.) and the
University of Vermont (M.A.), Marshall
has been engaged with poetry since early
youth, and has given poetry readings
throughout CT. (860)658-7254
[email protected]
Mattison, Alice – New Haven
(Fiction)
In Case We’re Separated:
Connected Stories
The Wedding of the Two-Headed Woman
The Book Borrower
Alice Mattison’s recent collection of
connected short stories, In Case We’re
Separated, was a NY Times Notable
Book and won the Connecticut Book
Award. She is the author of four novels,
four short story collections, and a
collection of poems, and teaches in the
Bennington College MFA program.
www.bennington.edu/acad_grad_writ_fac
_mattisona.asp
www.harpercollins.com/authors/17615/Al
ice_Mattison/index.aspx
Martin, Lyn S. Ph.D. – Essex
(Nonfiction, Self-Help, Parenting)
The Martin Method:
Ten Steps to Building Conscience, Selfdiscipline, moral maturity and Nice Kids!
The author has a Ph.D. in Educational
Psychology and Child Development and
Family Relations from the University of
Connecticut. She has taught at every
grade level from pre-school to college,
has raised two children. Other written
work includes journal publications,
school-based program evaluations, and
newspaper articles. [email protected]
[email protected]
Maulucci, Anthony - Norwich
(Fiction)
Anthony S. Maulucci is an awardwinning novelist, playwright, poet,
painter, and publisher who was born in
Hartford and currently resides in
Norwich. Maulucci's books include The
Discovery of Luminous Being, Adriana's
Eyes and Other Stories, The Rosselli
Cantata, Dear Dante, 100 Love Sonnets,
and The Morning Light. He holds an
M.A. from Wesleyan University.
www.anthonymaulucci.com.
Marton, Sandra - Storrs
(Romantic fiction)
The Sicilian’s Christmas
Bride Naked in his Arms
The Desert Virgin
Sandra Marton is a top author for
Harlequin Presents, the world’s bestselling line of romance fiction. She’s
written more than 65 novels. Her books
are published in more than 20 languages
with some 20 million novels in print.
Sandra’s won numerous awards. Her
books are national and international best-
Maxwell, Stacy Lytwyn – Easton
(Non-Fiction)
CEO of Cat Tales Press, Inc., a new CT
based publishing company, and author of
the travel guidebook Consummate
Connecticut: Day Trips with Panache.
Cat Tales Press will specialize in a range
of upcoming titles: Biography, Self- Help
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(Adults, Tweens & Teens), Children’s,
Christian, Cookbooks, Inspirational,
International, Travel Essays, General
Travel and General Interest.
www.cattalespress.com
for major and smaller publishers. Her
short work has appeared in 200
periodicals, including The New York
Times, Contemporary Connecticut
Writers. [email protected]
McBrier, Page - Norwalk
(Middle Grade Fiction/Picture Books)
Beatrice's Goat
Oliver and Company series
Treehouse Times series
Page McBrier is the author of over 47
children's books, including the awardwinning picture book, Beatrice's Goat,
based on the true story of an African girl
who was able to attend school for the first
time when she received an incomeproducing goat from Heifer International.
She is available for author talks as well as
writing residencies. [email protected]
www.pagemcbrier.com
McKinney, Louise Chessi – Waterbury
(Children’s/Young Adult)
The Journey to Freedom on the
Underground Railroad
Louise Chessi McKinney has a BFA from
the University of Connecticut, and an MS
in Art History from Central Connecticut
State University. Her Graduate Thesis
was on Jacob Lawrence and The
Migration Series. She also has
certificates in Interior Decorating and
Retail Merchandising. Her paintings tell
the story of the African-American
heritage and its struggles and triumphs.
She is the founder of Chessi's Creations
Art and Design and a member of The
Link's Inc., and Greater New England
Alliance of Black School Educators.
[email protected]
www.geocities.com/chessi3275@
sbcglobal.net/myart.html
McCafferty, Ursula – North Canaan
(Nonfiction)
Acorn Academy
Home is the Sailor – Home from the Sea
Ursula McCafferty is a widow, mother of
5, grandmother of 12 and great grandmother of 4 and an octogenarian. Writing
is her second career, and the first was
U.S. Postmaster.
McEnroe, Colin
http://blogs.courant.com/colin_mcenroe_
to_wit/
McEwan, Jamie - Lakeville
www.jamiemcewan.com
McCauley, Carole Spearin –
Greenwich
(Genre Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry,
Interviews)
Cold Steal, A Winning Death (medical
mystery series, Hilliard&Harris)
When Your Child Is Afraid
(Simon&Schuster)
Carole McCauley just completed How
She Saved Her Life (love/business crisis
novel). She's written 12 nonfiction and
fiction books, inc. medical mystery series,
McQuilken, Rennie - Simsbury
(Poetry)
His poetry has appeared in The Atlantic
Monthly, Poetry, The Southern Review,
The Yale Review, The American Scholar,
and elsewhere. He is the author of nine
poetry collections, two of which have
won awards (the Swallow's Tale Poetry
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Prize for We All Fall Down and the Texas
Review Chapbook Prize for An
Astonishment and an Hissing). He
received the CT Center for the Book’s
Lifetime Achievement Award.
help others find new ways of knowing the
wholeness of human beings.
[email protected]
Merlino, Linda - Ridgefield
(Women's Literary Fiction)
Swan Boat Souvenir-Published by
Authorhouse in 2003
Belly Of The Whale-will be published in
2008 by Kunati Publishers
Cosmic Gossip-More Sugar PublicationsMonthly Astrology column
Linda Merlino attended college in
Connecticut and has lived in Ridgefield
for almost three decades. Her writing
often opens questions surrounding a loss
of hope. Schooled in science and the
metaphysical, Linda approaches her
fictional characterizations with head
on reality, a mystic dash of spirituality,
suspense and Hitchcock-like endings.
[email protected];
celestialblueprints.com
McTigue G. Gaynor - Fairfield, CT
(Self-Help and Humor)
400 Ways to Stop Stress Now...and
Forever! (2006)
Why Make Yourself Crazy? (2001)
Life's Little Frustration Book (1994)
G. Gaynor (Jerry) McTigue is the author
of six books, including the bestselling
Life's Little Frustration Book series (St.
Martin's Press). His books have been
featured on hundreds of radio and TV
shows throughout the US and Canada.
Based on the same breakthrough
strategies contained in his new book 400
Ways to Stop Stress Now...and Forever!,
Mr. McTigue conducts life-altering stress
elimination workshops for groups and
organizations. He has also written
numerous articles and essays that have
helped millions of people improve the
quality and enjoyment of their lives.
www.pickmeupbooks.com
Minton, Jenny – West Hartford
(Memoir)
The Early Birds: A Mother's Story
for Our Times 2006
In 2002, Jenny Minton delivered twin
boys when she was 31 weeks pregnant,
and her boys, conceived through in vitro
fertilization, were placed on immediate
life support. For 64 days they hovered,
critically ill, in the neonatal intensive care
unit of a New York City hospital. The
Early Birds is a record of their time there
and the story of Minton’s harrowing,
triumphant quest to bring her sons home.
Minton is a freelance writer whose book
reviews frequently appear in the Hartford
Courant. She is also a volunteer for the
March of Dimes whose mission is to find
a cure for prematurity. 50% of the book's
profits are being donated to the March of
Dimes. [email protected]
Medrano Marianela - New Milford
(Poetry)
Los Alegres Ojos de la Tristeza/Happy
Eyes of Sadness (1987)
Regando Esencias/The Scent of Waiting
(1998)
Curada de Espantos/One Who Has Seen
It All (2002).
Dominican writer and psychotherapist,
living in Connecticut since 1990. She
offers workshops and readings in various
venues in CT, New York and other parts
of the country. Her poetry is rich with
imagery and metaphor, often dealing with
women’s issues. In her workshops, she
combines literature and psychology to
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Monagan, Charles - Waterbury
(Non-Fiction)
The Complete Neurotic (Chronicle 2005)
Connecticut Icons (Globe Pequot) 2006
How to Get a Monkey into Harvard
(Grove/Atlantic 2007)
Charles Monagan has been a writer and
editor for the past 30 years whose work
has appeared in a number of national
publications, such as Harper’s, Yankee,
The Washington Post and The Boston
Globe. He is also the author of seven
books. Since he became the editor of
Connecticut Magazine in 1989, the
magazine has won several national
awards for editorial excellence, including
three gold medals for reporting awarded
by the City and Regional Magazine
Assoc. Monagan won one of those medals
in 1999 for an article on Aetna Casualty
Insurance Co. He has been a multiple
winner of annual awards from the CT
Society of Journalist, the most recent in
2006. [email protected]
Moriarty, Colleen – Washington Depot
(Non-Fiction)
Shortcuts to Sexy Abs
Collen Moriarty is a contributing writer to
Fit Pregnancy Magazine and author of
Shortcuts to Sexy Abs: 337 Ways to Trim,
Tone, Camouflage, and Beautify (Fair
Winds 2004). Her work has appeared in
publications such as Marie Claire, Self
and Shape. [email protected]
Morris, Edmund - Kent
(Biography)
Beethoven: The Universal Composer
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan
Theodore Rex
Born and educated in Kenya, Edmund
Morris emigrated to the U.S. in 1968.
Author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
(Pulitzer Prize, American Book Award,
1980). In 1985, he was appointed
President Ronald Regan’s biographer.
Dutch was published in September 1999
and became a New York Times bestseller.
In 2001, he published Theodore Rex, the
second volume of a projected trilogy on
the life of the 23rd President. It became a
bestseller, won the Los Angels Times
Book Prize for biography. Mr. Morris
appears extensively on national
television. A classically trained pianist,
he made his debut in December 2005 at a
concert by nonprofessional musicians at
Carnegie Hall. He is currently working
on the third volume of his Roosevelt
trilogy. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
is being developed by Paramount Pictures
as a feature film starring Leondardo
diCaprio as TR with Martin Scorcese
directing.
Monson, Nancy - Shelton
(Non-Fiction) and magazine articles on
craft, psychology, relationships, diet,
nutrition, and health topics
Craft to Heal: Soothing Your Soul with
Sewing, Painting and Other Pastimes
(Hats Off Books, 2005)
Smart Guide to Boosting Your Energy
(John Wiley and Sons, 1999)
Nancy Monson has been a freelance
writer and editor for over 15 years. Her
work has been published in many national
magazines, including Artist’s Sketchbook,
Bottom Line Personal, First For Women,
Fitness, Glamour, More, Quilter’s Home,
Reader’s Digest, Redbook and Woman’s
Day. [email protected]
www.nancymonson.com
Morse, David - Storrs
Novel: The Iron Bridge (Harcourt Brace,
1998)
Essays: The Rat Historian
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(Dogwood Press, 2003)
Poetry: Honor the Stones (Dogwood
Press, 2006)
David Morse was born in Oklahoma,
raised in Virginia, settled in Connecticut
in 1964, where he taught English first at
the Norwich Free Academy, then at Three
Rivers Community College. He makes his
living as a restorer of old houses and as a
freelance journalist. He is married to Joan
Joffe Hall. In recent years his literary
output has been devoted almost wholly to
the genocide in Darfur, and his publications have been chiefly on line, in Salon,
Tomdispatch, and other Internet venues.
www.david-morse.com
Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator
of twelve books and three chapbooks. She
has won many awards. Nelson is a
professor emeritus of English at the
University of Connecticut; founder/
director of Soul Mountain Retreat, a small
writers’ colony; and (2001 – 2006) Poet
Laureate of the State of Connecticut.
www.soulmountainretreat.com
Neubauer, Alexander - Cornwall
(Nonfiction)
Nature's Thumprint
Conversations on Writing Fiction
Alexander Neubauer grew up in New
York City. He lives with the writer April
Stevens and their two children in
Cornwall. Having taught creative writing
for five years at the New School, he is
currently at work on an anthology of
conversations with American poets.
Moulton, Mark
www.markkimballmoulton.com
Murstein, Bernard - Waterford
(Nonfiction)
Getting Psyched for Wall Street: A
Rational Approach to an Irrational
Market
Paths to Marriage
Who Will Marry Whom? Theories and
Research in Marital Choice
Bernard I. Murstein is an internationally
known psychologist, with 8 books and
164 publications. Among numerous
honors was being named one of the
Twentieth Century’s Distinguished
Psychologists by the Spanish
Psychological Association. He has just
completed his memoirs, the first volume
of which is entitled, Is Sex TaxDeductible? [email protected]
Neufeld, John - Lakeville
(Children, YA, Adult Fiction)
Lisa, Bright and Dark
Edgar Allan
Gaps in Stone Walls
The Handle and the Key
Born in Chicago, Neufeld is the author of
more than twenty novels for children and
adults, as well as teleplays, drama, short
stories. A fellow at Macdowell Colony,
he teaches creative writing at the Taconic
Learning center in Salisbury, and is
available as a speaker for book-related
events. [email protected]
www.johnneufeld.com
Neuwirth, Naomi, MFA, MSW –
West Hartford
(Fiction)
Tilted Lives: A Collection of Short
Stories, Publish America 2004
Nelson, Marilyn – East Haddam
(Poetry)
The Homeplace
Carver: A Life in Poems
A Wreath for Emmett Till
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Naomi Neuwirth received her MFA in
writing from Sarah Lawrence College in
June 2003. She received her Master’s in
Social Work from Columbia University in
1978. She received child psychoanalytic
training from the Postgraduate Center,
New York from 1980-84. She is a
practicing psychotherapist for the past 25
years, and is working on a novel.
www.naomineuwirth.com
Noel, Don - Hartford
(Memoir)
Near A Far Sea
Don Noel is a retired Connecticut
journalist whose work with the Hartford
Times, Hartford Courant and WFSB-TV
earned him a place in Who's Who In
America. His memoir celebrates an outof-the-way Jamaican fishing village
where he built a vacation home – a story
like Francis Mayes’ Under a Tuscan Sun.
www.NearAFarSea.com
Newby, Cynthia - Roxbury
(Textbook)
From Patient to Payment, 5e
Medical Insurance Coding Workbook,
2007 - 2008 Edition
McGraw-Hill's Hospital Billing, 1e
Following staff positions at McGraw-Hill
Book Company and Dialog Systems, Inc.,
Cynthia Newby founded textbook
development company Chestnut Hill
Enterprises, Inc., of which she serves as
principal and lead writer. Graduate of
Hood College and credentialed as a
Certified Professional Coder (CPC).
[email protected]
Norelli, Sallianne - Watertown
(Children's Books, Fiction)
The More The Merrier
The Fib
Is it an Earthquake?
Sallianne Norelli is a freelance copywriter
and creative writing instructor. She holds
a Fairfield University BA in English and
Fine Arts. She has 8 published children's
books and writes for magazines. She
accepts clients needing freelance writing,
public relations, and marketing
assistance. She also creates mixed media
art and jewelry.
www.creative-writing-coffee-shop.com
Nobleman, Marc Tyler - Cos Cob
(Children's)
What's the Difference? (Barnes & Noble
2005)
Vocabulary Cartoon of the Day
(Scholastic 2005)
How to Do a Belly Flop
(Avon/HarperCollins 2005)
Marc has written more than 60 books for
young people and one for adults. His
humorous writing appears regularly in
Nickelodeon Magazine. His single panel
cartoons have appeared in more than 100
international publications including The
Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Barron’s.
His first picture book is due out in 2008.
[email protected]
www.mtncartoons.com
Norton, Louis Arthur - West Simsbury
(Nonfiction - Maritime history)
Sailors' Folk Art Under Glass, Old Salt
Box Publishing House, 1995.
Joshua Barney: Hero of the
Revolutionary War and 1812, Naval
Institute Press, 2001.
Louis Arthur Norton, educated at
Bowdoin, Harvard and UConn, is a
professor emeritus from UConn. Norton
has published extensively on maritime
subjects. His article titled “The Scourge
of ‘the Scurvy,’ a Mariners Occupational
Disease,” published in The Log of Mystic
Seaport, was awarded the 2002 Morris
Prize for maritime historiography.
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The Dressmaker, Henry Holt & Co. 2006
Elizabeth Birkelund Oberbeck has
worked in book and magazine publishing,
contributed a regular column to
Cosmopolitan, and written for Glamour
and Working Woman among other
publications. She lives in Greenwich
with her husband and four sons. The
Dressmaker is her first novel.
www.elizabethoberbeck.com
Novins, Joanna
www.joannanovins.com
Nuland, Sherwin
(Nonfiction)
Sherwin Nuland, MD, FACS is Clinical
Professor of Surgery at the Yale School
of Medicine and Research Affiliate of the
University’s Institution for Social and
Policy Studies and of the Program in the
History of Science and Medicine. His
first book for the general reader, Doctors:
The Biography of Medicine, was
published in 1988. His work, How We
Die (1994) was winner of the National
Book Award and finalist for the 1995
Pulitzer Prize. Other works include How
We Live (1997), The Mysteries Within: A
Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine and the
Human Body (finalist for the 2002 Los
Angeles Times Book Award),
Maimonides (2005), Lost in America: A
Journey with My Father (2003) and The
Art of Aging (2007).
O’Brien, Maureen - West Hartford
(Fiction/Poetry)
B-Mother Harcourt Trade Publishers,
Feb. 2007
Poem in Anthology I am Becoming the
Woman I've Wanted, Papier Mache Press
Poem in The Anthology of New England
Writers 2003, Honorable Mention in the
Robert Penn Warren Award
She currently teaches creative writing and
literature classes at the Greater Hartford
Academy of the Arts. She is also a
teaching artist with Bushnell Partners and
is at work on her second novel.
[email protected]
Oakes, Chuck – South Windsor
(Non-Fiction)
Making Your Home Senior Friendly
When the Pink Slip Comes Home
Chuck Oakes is a talented speaker,
published author with an extensive
background in Human Resources. His
published articles have been in many
websites and publications, including USA
Today, the Progressive Grocer, the Wall
Street Journal and the American
Management Association. His focus has
been in employment, outplacement and
related topics.
www.chuckoakes.com
O’Connor, Richard
www.undoingdepression.com
Ogintz, Eileen – Westport
(Non-Fiction)
The Kids' Guide: Cruising Alaska
The Kids' Guide: NYC
Eileen Ogintz, the author and creator of
the nationally syndicated column Taking
the Kids and the website
www.takingthekids.com is considered
one of the leading family travel experts in
the country. After a long career as
a newspaper reporter, writing for The
Chicago Tribune, The Des Moines
Register and Bergen Record, among
others, she turned to travel, writing about
Oberbeck, Elizabeth Birkelund Greenwich
(Literary Fiction)
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her own misadventures with her
three children and interviewing many
families along the way. Ogintz has also
taught journalism, most recently at NYU
and Quinnipiac University in Hamden.
Osborne, Mary Pope - Goshen
www.marypopeosborne.com
Padowicz, Julian - Stamford
(Memoir/Biography)
Mother and Me: Escape from Warsaw
1939
Seeing the Franklin D. Roosevelt Home
and Museum with Julian Padowicz
Julian Padowicz was born in Lodz,
Poland and escaped from Soviet
occupation during WW II at the age of
eight with his mother, crossing the
Carpathian Mountains on foot.
Spent 35 years as a documentary
filmmaker. Now retired from film
production, is a full-time writer.
[email protected]
Olson, Karen – North Haven
(Mystery)
Sacred Cows, hardcover 2005
Secondhand Smoke, 2006
Karen E. Olson is a longtime Connecticut
journalist. Her Annie Seymour mystery
series is set in New Haven. Her debut,
Sacred Cows, won the Sara Ann Freed
Memorial Award and was a Gumshoe
Award finalist. She lives in North Haven
with her husband and daughter.
[email protected]
www.kareneolson.com
Palmer-Skok, Virginia - Monroe
(Business, history, human interest)
Images of America Southbury, Arcadia
Publishing
Southbury Revisited, Arcadia Publishing
Virginia Palmer-Skok is a Marketing
Professional with an MBA and a
penchant for writing. In addition to
freelance speaking she has had two books
published and has written for various
magazines, business journals and
newspapers on various topics ranging
from history, business, travel, sailing,
human interest to technology.
[email protected]
O’Nan, Stewart
www.stewart-onan.com
Onorato, Robert - Brookfield
(Education and Business writing)
Master Student Guide to Academic
Success - Instructor's Resource Manual Houghton Mifflin
Robert M. Onorato teaches business and
economics at Fordham University in New
York and Sacred Heart University in
Connecticut. He has earned an MBA
with a concentration in Marketing from
the University of Connecticut. He is the
author of the instructor's resource manual
for The Master Student Guide to
Academic Success, as well as many
feature and business articles in area
newspapers. Mr. Onorato is the founder
of Education Consulting Services,
specializing in curriculum development,
retention strategies, student success and
faculty development.
203-417-9524 or [email protected]
Parish, Madeleine - Darien
(Fiction, Memoir)
The Geography Lesson: A Novel of
Forgiveness
A Pilgrim's Way--Meditations for Healing
At the End of the Storm (2007)
Parish's award-winning prose has
appeared in The Phoenix, Buffalo Spree
and Christianity and the Arts. Look for
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“The Pilgrimage” in the upcoming
anthology, My Body of Knowledge. Her
Spiritual Memoir workshop participants call her "an inspirational speaker,"
who creates "an atmosphere of trust" and
"moments of knowing we are not alone."
[email protected].
for Dummies as well as numerous
magazine articles for Family Fun, Family
Life and Fairfield County Magazines.
Pepin, Jacques - Madison
(Cookbooks/Memoir)
Jacques Pepin’s Complete Techniques
(cookbook)
Black Dog and Leventhal, 2001
Jacques Pepin Celebrates (cookbook),
Knopf 2001
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
(biography), Houghton Mifflin, 2003
Fast Food My Way (cookbook),
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Jacques Pépin’s latest public television
series, his 9th, debuted in the fall of 2004
on PBS-TV stations around the country. It
is based on Jacques Pépin: Fast Food My
Way and has the same title. His memoir,
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
was published in paperback in the spring
of 2004 by Houghton after the hardcover
edition became a national bestseller. A
contributing editor to Food & Wine
magazine and one of America’s bestknown chefs, cooking teachers, and
cookbook authors, Pépin serves as dean
of special programs at The French
Culinary Institute in New York City and
teaches at Boston University. In 2004, he
was awarded France’s highest civilian
honor, the French Legion of Honor.
Parrish, Tim - Hamden
(Fiction)
Red Stick Men
Tim Parrish is the author of the story
collection, Red Stick Men (2000,
University Press of Mississippi), set in his
home town of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
He has most recently appeared in the
anthologies, Wide Awake in the Pelican
State (2006, LSU Press) and Louisiana in
Words (2007 Light of New Orleans
Press). He is Coordinator of Creative
Writing at Southern Connecticut State
University. His work was nominated by
Tim O'Brien for "Best New American
Voices, 2002," he has won a Whiting
Foundation Grant-in-Aid, and has
received fellowships from the
Connecticut Arts Council and the
Sewanee Writers Conference.
[email protected].
Parsons, Sarah - Fairfield
(Nonfiction)
Dress Your House for Success by Martha
Webb and Sarah Parsons Zackheim
Getting Your Book Published for
Dummies by Sarah Parsons Zackheim
Sarah Parsons worked in book publishing
(Doubleday, New York Times Books &
William Morrow) for nearly a decade
before moving to Connecticut and
becoming a widely published freelance
writer. She has written four books;
Choose the Perfect Name for Your Baby,
Living for Less, Dress Your House for
Success and Getting Your Book Published
Phelps, M. William - Vernon
(Nonfiction)
Perfect Poison (2003)
Murder in the Heartland (2006)
Because You Loved Me (2007)
Investigative journalist M. William
Phelps is the author of six books of
nonfiction. (He is currently working on a
narrative biography of Revolutionary War
hero Nathan Hale.) He has appeared on
dozens of national radio and television
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programs, including Court TV, The
Discovery Channel, History Channel,
Biography Channel, Fox, CNN, ABC’s
“Good Morning America,” Geraldo At
Large and Montel Williams. Beyond
being profiled in a wide variety of
publications, Phelps has consulted for the
Showtime cable television series
“Dexter.”
www.crimerant.com
www.mwilliamphelps.com
Wesleyan University. She received an
artist fellowship from the CT
Commission on The Arts, the Governor’s
Distinguished Advocate of the Arts
Award, and a 2006 Surdna Foundation
Fellowship. Her business, A Creative
Life, offers individuals and organizations
the opportunity to maximize their creative
potential. [email protected]
www.pitpinegar.com
Pogrebin, Abigail
www.starsofdavidbook.com
Pike, Lois - Litchfield
(Poetry)
Embracing Life - Living With Chronic
Pain
Working experience was spent in the
Commercial Investment divisions of
Aetna, Travelers, various law firms and
most recently as Assistant Vice President,
NewMil Bank until October 2003, when
permanent disability occurred. Currently
working on the sequel to Embracing Life
entitled Healing Hope. Embracing Life is
written from the perspective of a real
patient dealing with issues pertaining to
living with chronic pain.
Polhemus, John & Richard
www.catskill.net/purple/preston.htm
Pollard, Norah - Stratford
(Poetry)
Leaning In (Antrim House, 2003)
Report From the Banana Hospital
(Antrim House, 2005)
Norah Pollard lives near the Housatonic
River and works in a steel company in
Bridgeport. She began writing at the age
of 33. She received the Academy of
American Poets Prize from the University
of Bridgeport, and for several years was
editor of the Connecticut River Review.
antrimhousebooks.com/pollard
Pinegar, Pit Menousek - Plainville
(Poetry/Fiction/Nonfiction)
The Physics of Transmigration (poetry,
2005, Antrim House)
The Possibilities of Empty Space (poetry,
1997, Andrew Mountain Press)
Nine Years Between Two Poems (poetry,
1996, Andrew Mountain Press)
The Physics of Transmigration was
nominated for a 2006 Pulitzer Prize. Her
fourth collection, Luna, was a finalist in
Tupelo Press’s Snowbound Chapbook
Competition. She is a teaching artist at
The Greater Hartford Academy of the
Arts, The Bushnell Performing Art
Center, Litchfield Performing Arts, and
the Center for Creative Youth at
Pope, Dan - West Hartford
(Fiction )
Novel: In the Cherry Tree (Picador 2003)
Short Fiction: Karaoke Night (Best New
American Voices 2007, Harcourt)
Short Fiction: Reservations (Crazyhorse,
No. 68, Fall 2005)
Dan Pope is the author of In the Cherry
Tree. His short stories have been
published in Crazyhorse, Postroad, Iowa
Review, McSweeney's (No. 4),
Shenandoah, Gettysburg Review, Night
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Train, Witness, and other magazines. He
is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's
Workshop, where he attended on a
Truman Capote Fellowship. He is a
winner of the Glenn Schaeffer Award
from the International Institute of Modern
Letters, and a grant in fiction from
the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
[email protected] (860) 232-9930
www.danpope.com
contributor to The Christian Science
Monitor. She is a graduate of the
Elliott School of International Affairs at
George Washington University and
also the Graduate School of Journalism at
Columbia University. Prince has worked
as an adjunct professor of journalism at
both the Columbia Journalism School and
Boston University School of
Communications. [email protected]
Popielaski, John - Portland
(Poetry)
Contemporary Martyrdom (2001)
A Brief Eureka for the Alchemists of
Peace (2005)
John Popielaski was educated at the State
University of New York at Stony Brook
and American University. He has been
the recipient of a fellowship from the
District of Columbia Commission on the
Arts and Humanities. His poems have
appeared in a number of literary journals,
including most recently The Amherst
Review, The Emrys Journal, The
Evansville Review, Mudfish, and The
Ontario Review. He currently teaches
English at Xavier High School and
Middlesex Community College in
Middletown. [email protected]
Radasci, Geri - Farmington
(Poetry)
Geri Radacsi will soon be releasing a new
collection of poems, titled Tightrope
Walker from Antrim House. She is the
author of two previous collections of
poetry. Her prize-winning chapbook,
Ancient Music, was published in 2000 by
Pecan Grove Press; and her full-length
poetry collection, Trapped in Amber,
appeared in 2005 from Connecticut River
Press. She has been a journalist, English
teacher, communication/media specialist,
and freelance writer. She is Associate
Director of University Relations, Emerita,
at Central Connecticut State University.
She has been nominated for a Pushcart
Prize, is the 2003 winner of the CT River
Review Poetry Prize, and has won several
awards from the Connecticut Poetry
Society. In 2004 she was a finalist in the
Comstock Review, Blue Light Press and
Owl Creek poetry contests.
(860) 561-2047; (860) 832-1792
Prince, Cathryn - Weston
(Nonfiction History)
Burn the Town and Sack the Banks:
Confederates Attack Vermont! Carroll &
Graf, 2006
Shot from the Sky: American POWs in
Switzerland U.S. Naval Institute
Press, 2003
Cathryn J. Prince worked as a
correspondent for The Christian Science
Monitor in Switzerland and New York,
where she covered the United Nations.
She writes a weekly column for The
Weston Forum and has been a frequent
Radune, Richard - Branford
(Nonfiction)
Pequot Plantation – The Story of an Early
Colonial Settlement (2005)
Richard Radune is a 1965 graduate of
Syracuse University with a major in U.S.
History. He served during the Vietnam
War as an Air Force Captain at Grand
Forks AFB, North Dakota and in the
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Alaskan Air Command at Sparrevohn
AFS, Alaska. Following a 30 year career
in different parts of the country, Radune
retired in 1998 and returned to his native
Connecticut where his life long interest in
history could be readily pursued. He has
always been fascinated by historical
events prompting movement of people on
a large scale. Pequot Plantation gave
him the opportunity to research this
phenomenon and tell the true story of an
early colonial settlement in southeastern
CT. www.researchintime.com
history, biographies, crafts, and games.
Her books have also won awards,
including A Star in My Orange named
one of Booklist’s Top 10 Sci-Tech Books
of the Year for 2002 and A Box Can Be
Many Things, (Children’s Press) included
on the International Reading Association
and the Children’s Book Council’s list of
Children’s Choices for 1998. She is
available for school and library visits.
[email protected]
Reed, Kit - Middletown
(Literary Fiction and SF)
The Baby Merchant
Dogs of Truth
Thinner Than Thou
A Guggenheim fellow and the first
American recipient of an international
literary grant from the Abraham Woursell
Foundation, Kit Reed teaches writing at
Wesleyan. Her stories appear in
periodicals ranging from The Yale
Review to The Magazine of Fantasy and
Science Fiction. www.kitreed.net
Rafferty, Charles – Sandy Hook
(Poetry)
A Less Fabulous Infinity (Louisiana
Literature Press)
The Man on the Tower (University of
Arkansas Press)
During the Beauty Shortage (M2 Press)
He has published four full-length
collections of poetry, as well as a number
of chapbooks. His poems have appeared
in TriQuarterly, Louisiana Literature,
Southern Review, and CT Review. He
received a grant from the CT Commission
on the Arts. [email protected]
Reilly Giff, Patricia
www.patriciareillygiff.com
Ratliff, Tom
www.mattytrescott.com
Reilly, Michael - Winchester Center
(Literary Fiction)
Bird in Tree, Outskirts Press, 2006
Michael Reilly’s short stories have
appeared in publications including Alaska
Quarterly Review, Confrontation, The
Glens Falls Review, and Ouroboros. His
novel, Bird in Tree, was published in
2006. He holds a bachelor's degree from
SUNY Albany and a master's degree from
UConn. [email protected]
michaelreilly.blogspot.com
Rau, Dana Meachen - Burlington
(Children’s)
A Star in My Orange, Millbrook Press,
2002
Our Solar System Series, Compass Point
Books, 2001-2005
Bookworms Series: Verbs in Action,
Marshall Cavendish, 2005-2007
Dana Meachen Rau is the author of more
than 200 books, including nonfiction and
early readers, for children preschool to
middle school. Topics include science,
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marriage counseling. In addition, Dr.
Reynolds is a writer and instructor of the
court mandated parenting class for all
divorcing parents in Connecticut.
[email protected]
Reilly, Steven M. - Seymour
(Sports & Recreation/General)
The Fat Lady Never Sings: How a
Football Team Found Redemption on the
Baseball Diamond October 2, 2006
Since 1976, Steve Reilly has coached
baseball in CT's Lower Naugatuck Valley
(Babe Ruth, Senior Babe Ruth and
American Legion teams) and has spent
the last 20 years assisting high school
coaches. He assisted at Derby High
School from 1986-1995, assisted Emmett
O'Brien Regional Vocational Technical
School in 1996 and will be coaching in
his 11th season at Seymour High School
in the Spring of 2007. He continues to
coach a summer Senior Babe Ruth team
and fall league team in Derby. He is a
practicing attorney since 1980, in Oxford.
www.TheFatLadyNeverSings.com
Rice, Luanne
www.luannerice.com
Richter, Robert - Mystic
(Non-Fiction)
Eugene O’Neill & Dat Ole Davil Sea
Robert A. Richter is director of arts
programming at Connecticut College. He
received a BA in anthropology and
theater from Connecticut College and an
MA from Wesleyan University. His book
Eugene O’Neill and Dat Ole Davil Sea,
published by Mystic Seaport, was a
finalist for the 2005 Connecticut Book
Award. [email protected]
Reyna, Bessy – Bolton
(Poetry, Prose and Opinion Columnist)
Chapbooks: The Battlefield of Your Body
(Hill-Stead Press, Farmington, CT 2006)
She Remembers (Andrew Mountain Press,
Hartford, CT 1998)
Short stories: “Ab Ovo” INAC, Panama
Born in Cuba, raised in Panama, Reyna
came to the US in 1968. She is a graduate
of Mt Holyoke College (BA) and the
University of CT (MA and JD degrees).
She is currently an opinion columnist for
the Hartford Courant. Her poems, short
stories and essays have appeared in many
anthologies in the US and Latin America.
Riggio, Anita
www.anitariggio.com
Rinaldi, Nicholas - Bridgeport
(Fiction and Poetry)
Between Two Rivers (a novelHarperCollins)
The Jukebox Queen of Malta (a novelSimon & Schuster)
We Have Lost Our Fathers (poetryUniversity Press of Florida)
Nicholas Rinaldi's poems and stories have
appeared widely, here and abroad. His
work includes three collections of poems
and three novels. His poems have
received many awards, and his novels
have been favorably noticed by major
reviewers in this country as well as in
Canada and England. Two of his novels
have appeared in foreign translation.
Nicholas Rinaldi currently offers courses
Reynolds, Lisa Renee - Warren
(Non-Fiction)
Coming Out and Covering Up: Catholic
Priests Talk About Sex Scandals in the
Church (2004)
My Little Firstborn (2001)
Lisa Rene Reynolds is a family therapist
specializing in couples' treatment/
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in literature and creative writing at
Fairfield University, in Fairfield, CT.
[email protected]
Best American Erotica and The Auntie’s
Book. Rose is also the co-author with
Angela Adair Hoy of How to Publish and
Promote Online, and with Doug Clegg of
Buzz Your Book. She is one of the
founding members and is on the board of
directors of International Thriller Writers,
Inc. and runs two wildly popular blogs:
Buzz, Balls & Hype and Backstory. In
addition Rose runs the only marketing
service for authors - Authorbuzz.com.
www.mjrose.com
Roberts, Bethany
www.bethanyroberts.com
Rodda, Geri – New Milford
(Children’s Health)
Lyme in Rhyme (LCCN 2006296543)
In Production: The Flu and You
Geri is a registered nurse currently
working as Public Health nurse for the
town of New Milford CT. She lives with
her husband Gerry and has three adult
children and two grand children. After
having a rough time getting her first book
published, Geri decided to form her own
publishing company, called Pumpkin Hill
Productions. Lyme in Rhyme was
published under these auspices and is
doing quite well. [email protected]
Rosner, Stanley Ph.D. – Stamford
(Non-Fiction)
The Self-Sabotage Cycle: Why We
Repeat Behaviors That Create Hardships
and Ruin Relationships Oct. 2006
A clinical psychologist in private practice
for 45 years, Stanley Rosner practices in
Stamford and Fairfield. A member of the
Allied Health Staff, Dept. of Psychiatry at
Norwalk Hospital, Fellow of American
Psychological Assoc., a Diplomate in
Clinical Psychology, American Board of
Examiners of Professional Psychology,
member of the Nat’l Academy of Neuropsychologists. He has served as President
of the CT Psychological Assoc. and
President of the CT Society of
Psychoanalytic Psychologists.
[email protected]
www.counspsychotherapy.com
Rohm, Jessica
www.jessicadeerohm.com
Rondel, Dana
www.bookofmetaphhors.com
Rose, M.J. - Greenwich
(Psychological Suspense)
The Halo Effect
The Delilah Complex
The Venus Fix
Lying in Bed
M.J. Rose is the internationally
bestselling author of eight novels as well
as a contributor to Poets and Writers,
Oprah magazine, The Writer magazine,
Pages magazine. Her short fiction has
appeared in Pages magazine, The Vestal
Review and several anthologies including
Rossiter, Nan Parson – New Milford
(Children’s)
Nan Rossiter is the author-illustrator of
Rugby & Rosie, an American Bookseller
Pick of the Lists and winner of the 1999
Golden Sower Award, and The Way
Home, one of Smithsonian magazine’s
Notable Books for Children, 1999 and
Sugar on Snow, published in 2002.
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Roughan, Howard
www.howardroughan.com
Award and received an Artist Grant from
the State of Connecticut. [email protected]
Roy, Ron
www.ronroy.com
Ryan, Bernard, Jr. – Southbury
(Nonfiction)
Tyler’s Titanic, RDR Books, 2003
The Wright Brothers: Inventors of the
Airplane, Scholastic Library Press,
Franklin Watts imprint, in its Great Life
Stories series, 2003. Six biographies
published in Ferguson Career Biographies
(Facts On File) series: Jeffrey Bezos:
Business Executive & Founder of
Amazon.com, 2005. Stephen Hawking:
Physicist and Cosmologist, November.
Hillary Rodham Clinton: First Lady and
Senator. 2004. Condoleezza Rice: Secy of
State, 2005 Warren Buffett: Capitalist,
2005. Jimmy Carter: U.S. President,
2006. Great American Trials, Gale
Group, Detroit. [email protected]
www.bernardryanjr.com
Roystone, Lee
www.hedgefundmistress.com
Rozwadowski, Helen – New London
(History of Science)
The Sea Knows No Boundaries–2002
The Machine in Neptune's Garden (with
David van Keuren)–2004
Fathoming the Ocean–2005
Dr. Rozwadowski is an associate
professor of history at the University of
Connecticut, Avery Point, where she
directs the interdisciplinary Maritime
Studies Program. She has worked as a
public historian and has received grants
and fellowships from the National
Endowment for the Humanities, National
Science Foundation, and the Smithsonian
Institution.
Saba, Mark – Hamden
(Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction)
The Landscapes of Pater (novel) The
Vineyard Press (NY), 2004
Publication in these literary magazines
(partial listing): Fiction, Confrontation,
Phantasmagoria, The Ledge, The Larcom
Review, The MacGuffin, Mildred, The
Midnight Mind, Under The Sun, Palo Alto
Review, Caduceus, Louisiana Literature,
U.S. Catholic, Mars Hill Review,
Jeopardy, Permafrost, South Dakota
Review, Kentucky Poetry Review. Also
these anthologies: Poetic Voices Without
Borders (Gival Press), Essential Love
(Grayson Books), Nantucket (White Fish
Press), Elvis in Oz (U. of Virginia Press).
[email protected]
Rubenfeld, Jed
www.interpretationofmurder.com
Russ, Lawrence - Southport
(Poetry)
The Fire Puzzle (Owl Creek Press),
Nocturne with Smoke and Other Poems
(Legal Studies Forum)
Shadows and Other Poems (Legal Studies
Forum)
Lawrence Russ has published poetry in
numerous magazines, such as The Nation
and The Iowa Review, and anthologies,
including The Gift of Experience (best of
Atlanta Review). He has placed second
for the Yale Series of Younger Poets
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George. Fifty-two years, four children
and five grandchildren later, they are still
married and happily retired to the CT
shoreline. judithstgeorge.com
Sabulis, Cindy - Shelton
(Young Adult and Collectible Reference)
The Collector’s Guide to Dolls of the
1960s and 1970s
The Collector’s Guide to Dolls of the
1960s and 1970s, Volume II
The Collector’s Guide to Tammy, the
Ideal Teen
Cindy Sabulis is the author of three
reference books on collectible dolls and a
regular contributor to collectible price
guide books published annually. She is
currently writing two young adult novels.
She has published articles on varied
topics ranging from advances in cosmetic
dentistry to women who ride motorcycles.
[email protected]
www.dollsntoys.com
THE BUZZ by
M.J. Rose
An international bestseller with more than
10 fiction and nonfiction titles in print,
M.J. Rose started her career in 1998
when she self-published her first
novel. Today she lectures on being a
writer in the 21st century.
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How can writers use the digital world to
their advantage to build and keep an
audience? How can writers get published
in the first place?
Sacha, Linda – East Haddam
(Self-Help)
The Birthday Princess Handbook
The Woman’s Guide to Reclaiming your
Crown – November 2006
As a recovering birthday pouter, Sacha
shares her journey with wit and wisdom
and invites her readers to become the
supreme ruler of their happiness. The
Birthday Princess Handbook is her first
book and has women around the world
celebrating themselves like never before.
[email protected]
www.thebirthdayprincess.com
Rose, who owns Authorbuzz.com, the first
marketing company for authors, also does
brainstorming sessions with published
authors to help them learn how to market
their books.
www.mjrose.com
[email protected]
Sanders, Jack – Ridgefield
(Non-fiction)
The Secrets of Wildflowers (Lyons, 2003)
Ridgefield: 1900-1950 (Arcadia, 2003)
Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles: The
Lives and Lore of North American
Wildflowers (McGraw-Hill, 1993)
A long time Fairfield County resident,
Jack Sanders writes about nature and
local history, and is the author of six
published books. He has been an editor of
The Ridgefield Press, a community
newspaper, for nearly 40 years.
[email protected]
www.sandersbooks.com
.St. George, Judith - Old Lyme
(Juvenile Nonfiction and Fiction)
So You Want to be President?
The Journey of the One and Only
Declaration of Independence
Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt
Born and raised in Westfield, NJ, St.
George wrote her first juvenile book in
1969 and has since written forty more
books (so far). After graduating from
Smith College, she married David St.
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Schade, Susan
www.bullersooz.com
Scrimgeour, James
http://people.wcsu.edu/scrimgeourj/
Schilpp, Margot - New Haven
(Poetry)
The World's Last Night (2001)
Laws of My Nature (2005), both from
Carnegie Mellon University Press
Margot Schilpp's books are The World's
Last Night and Laws of My Nature. Her
poems have appeared in Chelsea, The
Southern Review, Shenandoah, Denver
Quarterly, Hotel Amerika and elsewhere.
She is an editor for Tupelo Press, an
independent literary publisher. She earned
an M.F.A. from the University of Utah,
and lives in New Haven with her husband
and daughter. (203)387-7420
[email protected]
Seagraves, Trudy - Bethel
(Commercial Fiction)
Cowboy, Metropolitan Life,
Skiing Lessons
Trudy Seagraves was a medical editorwriter-copywriter for 23 years. She is a
Book Doctor, and a PEN woman, letters
category. Her stories have appeared, or
are soon to appear, in Aethlon, Passages
North, North Dakota Quarterly, So To
Speak, The MacGuffin, and Cantaraville.
Her novel, Bad Ladies, is with an agent.
[email protected]
Trudyview.com
Senator, Mel - Norwalk
Catskill Summers, Xlibris 2000
A Fictionalized Memoir
Reflections In Haiku, iUniverse 2006
Mel Senator, a former high school teacher
and house-master, is an adjunct professor
of American History and teacher of
education. He is currently completing a
series of children's books.
Schoen, Allen
www.drschoen.com
Schwartz, Susan E.B.
www.susanebschwartz.com
Sciarra, John - Groton
(Fiction)
No Time for Dinosaurs
Sciarra is the former curator at the Mystic
Aquarium. He has written and published
two novels, Noah’s Diary for adults and
Shoestrings No Time for Dinosaurs, a
novel for ages 8+. He recently completed
a manuscript for an adult novel entitled
Beachmaster.
Shachtman, Tom – Salisbury
(Non-Fiction)
Tom Shatchtman has written or coauthored thirty books, as well as
magazine articles, a monthly newspaper
column, and documentaries for the major
networks. His recent non-fiction books
include Rumspringa, The Inarticulate
Society, and Absolute Zero and the
Conquest of Cold, the latter currently
being filmed for a two-hour PBS and
BBC special. He is on the board of the
Connecticut Humanities Council.
www.tomshachtman.com.
Scott, Justin/Garrison, Paul
www.seastoriesbypaulgarrison.com
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in the MFA Program at the New School.
Her work has been widely anthologized,
and translated into seven languages.
www.danishapiro.com
Shandrowski, Joe – Stratford
www.hugatuga.com
Shankar, Ravi
(Poetry)
Instrumentality
Ravi Shankar is poet-in-residence at
Central Connecticut State University and
founding editor of the internationally
acclaimed online journal of the arts,
www.drunkenboat.com. His first book
Instrumentality, was published by Cherry
Grove in May 2004 and was named a
finalist for the 2005 CT Book Awards.
His work has appeared in The Paris
Review, Poets &Writers, Time Out New
York, and many other publications, as
well as two anthologies of contemporary
poetry. He has held residencies from the
MacDowell Colony, Ragdale, and the
Atlantic Center for the Arts, has been a
commentator for NPR, KKUP and
Wesleyan radio. He is currently coediting an anthology of South Asian, East
Asian, and Middle Eastern poetry, due
out with W.W. Norton & Co. in 2007.
www.cherry-grove/shankar
Sharnick, Mary Donnarumma –
Beacon
(Fiction)
Mary Sharnick co-edits The Litchfield
Review, a literary journal in its third year
of publication and leads writing
workshops in Connecticut. She is the
chair of the English Department at Chase
Collegiate School in Waterbury. Mary
has just finished her first novel Bloodlines
and has begun research on her next,
Island of Sisters, set in 16th century
Venice and Torcello.
Shea, Pegi Deitz - Vernon
Multicultural Picture Books & Novels
Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl's Story
Ten Mice for Tet: A Vietnamese counting
book
Liberty Rising: The Story of the Statue of
Liberty
Pegi Deitz Shea is the winner of the 2004
Connecticut Book Award for Children's
Literature. She has published more than
250 poems, essays and books for adult
readers as well as children. Her other
works include award-winners, The
Whispering Cloth and The Carpet Boy's
Gift. Patience Wright: America's First
Sculptor & Revolutionary Spy (2007),
followed by Noah Webster: Weaver of
Words (2008)
www.pegideitzshea.com
Shapiro, Dani - Bethlehem
(Fiction)
Dani Shapiro is the author of five novels:
Playing With Fire 1990; Fugitive Blue
1993; Picturing the Wreck; 1996; Family
History 2005, and Black & White 2007.
She is also the author of a memoir, Slow
Motion 1998. Shapiro has written
commissioned screenplays, working with
Phoenix Pictures/SONY and HBO. Her
fiction, non-fiction and reviews have been
published in The New Yorker, Granta,
The New York Times Magazine, Elle,
Oprah, House & Garden, Tin House,
Ploughshares, Bookforum among others.
She has taught at Columbia, Bread Loaf,
Bennington, NYU and currently teaches
Sheehy, Helen - Hamden
(Biography)
Helen Sheehy has worked in the theatre,
written about the theatre and taught
theatre. Sheehy’s biography, Eva Le
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Gallienne, was selected by the New York
Times Book Review as a notable book of
1996. Eleonora Duse: A Biography, was
chosen by the New York Times Book
Review as a notable book of 2003.
www.helensheehy.com
Shipley, Vivian – North Haven
(Poetry)
Hardboot: Poems New & Old (So.
Louisiana University Press, 2005)
Gleanings: Old Poems, New Poems (So.
Louisiana University Press, 2003)
When There Is No Shore (Word Press,
2002)
Vivian Shipley is the Connecticut State
University Distinguished Professor from
SCSU. Shipley has published 5 chapbooks and her seventh book of poems,
Hardboot: Poems New & Old, won the
2006 Paterson Prize for Sustained
Literary Achievement and the 2006 CT
Press Club Prize for Best Creative
Writing. She won the 2005 Lifetime
Achievement Award for Service to the
Literary Community from the Library of
Congress CT Center for the Book and the
2005 SCSU Faculty Scholar Award.
[email protected]
Sheehy Patricia Herchuk Wethersfield
(Fiction)
Veil of Illusion - June 2004
Field of Destiny - June 2007
Giving with Meaning - June 2007
A Connecticut native, Patricia holds a
Master's Degree from Wesleyan
University. In addition to writing
brochures and newsletters for a range of
business clients, she writes articles and
essays for national and local publications.
Patricia is a seasoned public speaker and
workshop facilitator. She is working on
her next novel for release in 2008.
[email protected]
www.psheehy.com
Shmurak, Carole - Farmington
(Mystery)
Death by Committee 10/06
Professor Emeritus at Central Connecticut
State University, author of 9 books,
including two Susan Lombardi mysteries,
Deadmistress and Death by Committee.
As Carroll Thomas, she is co-author of
the Matty Trescott series. Ring Out Wild
Bells, third in the series, was nominated
for the Agatha for best young adult
mystery of 2001.
www.mattytrescott.com/carole.htm
Shelton, Sandi Kahn - Guilford
(Fiction)
A Piece of Normal
What Comes After Crazy
You Might As Well
Sandi Kahn Shelton is a novelist and
feature reporter for the New Haven
Register. She's written freelance articles
for a variety of magazines, including
Redbook, Family Circle, Woman's Day,
Reader's Digest, and Salon, and was a
contributing editor and humor columnist
for Working Mother magazine for ten
years. She is hard at work on her third
novel. [email protected]
www.sandishelton.com
Sidney, Joan Seliger – Storrs-Mansfield
(Poetry and Memoir)
Body of Diminishing Motion: Poems and
a Memoir (CavanKerry, 2005)
The Way the Past Comes Back (The
Kutenai Press, 1991)
Deep Between the Rocks (Andrew
Mountain Press, 1985)
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Joan Seliger Sidney is writer-in-residence
at the University of Connecticut’s Center
for Judaic Studies and Contemporary
Jewish Life, and Lecturer in the
Department of English. She facilitates
“Writing for Your Life,” an adult writing
workshop. Body of Diminishing Motion:
Poems and a Memoir documents her forty
years of living with multiple sclerosis,
from the perspective of a secondgeneration Holocaust survivor. Joan has
also published two chapbooks, Deep
Between the Rocks (Andrew Mountain,
1985) and The Way the Past Comes Back
(The Kutenai Press, 1991). She has
received a number of fellowships. Her
poems published in 2003 were nominated
for a Pushcart Prize XXIX.
Siegel, Mary – Stamford
(Self-Help)
Are You Really Listening? Keys to
Successful Communication (2005) coauthored with Paul J. Donoghue, Ph.D.
Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired:
Living with Invisible Chronic Illness
(2001) co-authored with Paul J.
Donoghue, Ph.D.
Mary E. Siegel, Ph.D. is a psychologist at
Community Psychological Consultants.
She specializes in individual and family
psychotherapy for people with chronic
illness. She has served on the boards of
Connecticut Colitis Foundation of
America. Dr. Siegel received her
undergraduate degree, magna cum laude,
at St. Thomas Aquinas College and her
MS and Ph.D. from Fordham University.
She is a former ballet dancer and studied
at the Joffrey and San Francisco Ballet
Schools. [email protected]
Siegel, Bernie - Woodbridge
(Non-Fiction)
Help Me To Heal
365 Prescriptions For The Soul
101 Exercises For The Soul
Love, Magic & Mud Pies
Bernie originated Exceptional Cancer
Patients in 1978, a form of individual and
group therapy utilizing patients’
drawings, dreams, images and feelings.
ECaP is based on “carefrontation,” a safe,
loving therapeutic confrontation, which
facilitates personal lifestyle changes,
personal empowerment and healing of the
individual’s life. The benefits which
followed led to his desire to make
everyone aware of his or her healing
potential. His first book, Love. Medicine
& Miracles was published in 1986
followed by Peace, Love & Healing and
How To Live Between Office Visits. He is
working on other books with the goal of
humanizing medical education and
medical care, as well as empowering
patients and teaching survival behavior to
enhance immune system competency.
www.ecap-online.org
Singer, Jefferson
www.jeffersonsinger.com
Slotkin, Richard
(Fiction)
Richard Slotkin is author of a trilogy on
the American myth of the frontier:
Regeneration Through Violence (1973),
Fatal Environment (1985), Gunfighter
Nation (1992); and three historical
novels: The Crater (1980), The Return of
Henry Starr (1988) and Abe: A Novel of
the Young Lincoln (2000). His latest book
is Lost Battalions: The Great War and the
Crisis of American Nationality (2005).
Finalist for National Book Award (1973,
1993), winner of the Beveridge Award
(American Historical Association, 1973),
Little Big Horn Associates Literary Prize
(1985), and Shaara Prize for Civil War
fiction (2001).
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Smith, Diane – Norwalk/West Hartford
(CT stories/travel)
Diane Smith is the co-host of the top
rated Morning Show on WTIC-AM News
Talk 1080 with Ray Dunaway. An Emmy
award winning TV journalist, Diane
produces programs for CT Public TV,
based on her very popular series
"Positively Connecticut" which searches
out the inspiring, warm, funny, and
sometimes downright strange stories that
give Connecticut its character. Her book
by the same name has been a bestseller
for The Globe Pequot Press. Absolutely
Positively Connecticut was published in
2000. Summer in Connecticut is a
celebration of the season. For more than
16 years Diane was a news anchor and
reporter at WTNH TV. She serves on the
board of directors of the IMPAC-CT
State University Award for Young
Writers, and is the honorary chairperson
of “The World of Words” programs.
www.positivelyct.com
Kitchen Afloat: Galley Management and
Meal Preparation Sheridan House 2002
The Perfect First Mate: A Woman's
Guide to Recreational Boating
Sheridan House 1999
www.joysmith.net
Smith, Dan - Clinton
(Mystery)
The Camera Eye
Dan graduated from the creative writing
program at The Educational Center of
The Arts in New Haven in 1986. Since
then, he has seen 18 of his plays produced
on various stages in CT. He has had
3 short screenplays produced, and several
short stories published in various mystery
magazines. His debut novel, The Camera
Eye, was published by Hilliard and Harris
in June2006. [email protected]
www.dwsmith.net
Snyder, Bettie
(aka B.L. Walker) - Sharon
(Stage and Screen Plays)
The Gambler (STAGE)
Tillie
Bedroom Relations (SCREEN)
Her writing has appeared in newspapers,
magazines, and the Internet and two
books that she has published. Acting has
taken her throughout New England, lately
performing a monologue spin off of the
Tillie film script. She is active in
voiceover work.
[email protected]
Smith, Joy - Glastonbury
(Non-Fiction)
The Empty Nest Cookbook: Recipes.
Menus. Revelations
Cumberland House 2003
Spagna, Neil – Fairfield
Sports (Non-Fiction)
Welcome To Pottersville © 2006
Born in New York at the very end of the
baby boom era, he grew up in
Smith, Kathryn - Middletown
(Historical and Paranormal Romance)
Still In My Heart (October 2005)
Be Mine Tonight (July 2006)
Night of the Huntress (Feb 2007)
Kathryn Smith is the bestselling author of
11 books and has been published in a
variety of different languages world wide.
Born in Nova Scotia, she moved to
Connecticut in 2005 with her husband.
She loves romance and things that go
bump in the night.
Smith, Lane
www.lanesmithbooks.com
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Westchester, Dutchess and Fairfield (CT)
counties. He is a graduate of the
University of South Florida and a former
officer in the Air Force Reserves. He has
worked in the mortgage business almost
his entire professional career, including
two stints on Wall Street. Welcome To
Pottersville, a non-fiction study of the
differences between fans of the New
York Mets and Yankees, is his first book.
www.lulu.com/coolerkingbooks
stationed in the British Virgin Islands,
and his sometime partner Julie Laramie, a
sharp-tongued satellite intelligence
analyst. An International Thriller Writers
Best First Novel nominee, Painkiller is
out in paperback. [email protected]
www.willstaeger.com
Staubach, Suzanne (Suzy) - Ashford
(History)
Clay: The History and Evolution of
Humankind’s Relationship with Earth’s
Most Primal Element
Connecticut: Driving Through History
A longtime bookseller and potter,
Suzanne Staubach writes on history,
ceramics, and gardening. Her work has
appeared in various magazines. In
addition to her books, she has written
essays for exhibition catalogs, most
recently for Alfred University.
[email protected]
www.willowtreepottery.us
Speart, Jessica - Easton
(Mystery)
Blue Twilight
Restless Waters
Unsafe Harbor
Jessica Speart is an investigative
journalist whose focus is on endangered
species issues and the environment.
Speart created her sleuth -- U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Agent Rachel Porter -- after
years of investigating wildlife and drugtrafficking crimes. When she began to
find the characters she covered stranger
than fiction, she decided to turn her pen to
mysteries. Prior to writing, Ms. Speart
worked as an actress in New York City.
www.jessicaspeart.com
Stanizzi, John – Coventry
(Poetry)
Ecstasy Among Ghosts (Antrim House)
John Leonard Stanizzi, former Wesleyan
Etherington Scholar, was poet in
residence at Manchester Community
College and the Middletown schools. In
1998 he was named New England Poet of
the Year by NEATE. Twice nominated
for Pushcart Prizes, John has been widely
published. He teaches at MCC and Bacon
Academy in Colchester.
Spencer, Julia Farish
www.groundhogs.com
Staeger, Will - Fairfield
(Mystery-Thriller Fiction)
Painkiller, 2005 (William Morrow
hardcover), 2006 (HarperTorch
paperback)
Public Enemy, 2006 (William Morrow
hardcover), 2007 (HarperTorch
paperback)
Will Staeger is the author of Painkiller, a
gritty spy thriller featuring W. Cooper, an
irascible, quasi-retired CIA operative
Stanley, Sanna
www.two-ems.com/Sanna.htm
Steers, Billy - Roxbury
(Children’s)
Tractor Mac Arrives at the Farm
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Tractor Mac Harvest Time
Little Book of Planes
Billy Steers writes and illustrates the
'Tractor Mac' series of books and has
worked on over 40 children's books.
Billy appears at schools, libraries, and
bookstores around Connecticut to draw
for children and explain the story writing
process. Billy is also an Airline Pilot, an
Air Force Reserve Officer, and Volunteer
Fireman. Billy is a graduate of Shepaug
Valley High School in Washington and
the University of Utah.
www.TractorMac.com
Press in 2002. He has given workshops
on writing and teaching throughout the
eastern United States and in
Ireland. [email protected]
Suresha, Ron - New London
(Non-Fiction)
Ron Jackson Suresha is the senior editor
of the nonfiction anthology Bi Men:
Coming Out Every Which Way,
copublished as a double issue of the
Journal of Bisexuality; and sole editor of
its companion volume, Bi Guys:
Firsthand Fiction for Bisexual Men and
Their Admirers, both out 2006 from
Haworth Press. He authored the 2002
Alyson book Bears on Bears: Interviews
& Discussions, acclaimed by the Village
Voice as "required reading for anyone
interested in gender studies," and is a
nationally recognized authority on the
gay/bisexual male (two-legged) Bear
subculture. www.RonSuresha.com.
Stengel, Joyce - Glastonbury
(Children’s)
Mystery at Kittiwake Bay
Mystery of the Island Jewels
Joyce A. Stengel holds a M.F.A. in
English and a B.A. with a concentration
in Writing. Prior to writing for children,
she was Writing Center Coordinator at
CCSU and wrote freelance articles for
newspapers and magazines.
www.joyceastengel.com
Surowiecki, John - Hebron
(Poetry)
The Hat City after Men Stopped Wearing
Hats (Word Works, 2007)
Further Adventures of My Nose: 24
Caprices (Ugly Duckling Presse,
2005)
Watching Cartoon before Attending a
Funeral (White Pine Press, 2003)
John Surowiecki is the author of two
collections of poetry and five
chapbooks. In 2006, he won the Pablo
Neruda Prize sponsored by Nimrod
International Journal. He also finished
second in the 2006 Sunken Garden Poetry
Festival National Competition.
Publications include: Alaska Quarterly,
Columbia, Poetry, Prairie Schooner,
Rhino, West Branch and Xanadu.
Stevens, April - Cornwall
(Fiction)
Angel Angel
April was born and raised in Bridgewater
and currently lives in Cornwall with her
husband, the writer Alexander Neubauer,
and their two children. She is at work on
her second novel.
Straight, Steve – South Windsor
(Poetry)
The Water Carrier (Curbstone 2002)
Steve Straight is professor of English and
director of the poetry program at
Manchester Community College. His
first full-length book of poetry, The Water
Carrier, was published by Curbstone
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Sutcliffe, Jane - Tolland
(Children’s Non-Fiction)
Jesse Owens (Lerner Publishing, 2000)
Abigail Adams (Lerner Publishing, 2006)
John Adams (Lerner Publishing, 2006)
Jane Sutcliffe was born in Providence, RI,
in the days when library fines were a
penny. One of her earliest memories was
a weekly trip to the library with her
father. She has loved books ever since.
She didn't start writing until her own two
sons were born. Having children just
unlocked her creative spirit.
[email protected]
www.janesutcliffe.com
Temlock, Marsha – Westport
(Nonfiction) Relationships, Divorce
Your Child's Divorce: What You Can
Expect ... What You Can Do
An Unsociable Murder & Overkill (two
Mickey Goodman mss.) looking for a
home. Former staff member with Family
and Children’s Agency, Inc., Norwalk.
Columnist with New Canaan NewsReview; feature writer for Weston
Magazine; Country Capitalist; Chicago
Suburban Woman; contributing editor for
Adopting for Tomorrow. Teaches History
of the Mystery (LLI)[email protected]
www.impactpublishers.com
Taylor, Alexander – Willimantic
(Poetry)
Dreaming at the Gates of Fury: New and
Selected Poems (Azul, 2006)
The Look (Orpheus Press 2006) bilingual
chapbook: Bulgarian/English
Voices in the Park / Stemmer i parken
(Vindrose 1984) bilingual:
Danish/English
Author of six books of poetry, Alexander
Taylor was Poet-in-Residence at Central
Connecticut State University in 1974 and
1976. His poems have appeared in
numerous periodicals, including The Café
Review, Common Courage, The
Connecticut Review, The Massachusetts
Review, and Rattle.
Tetu, Randeane- Haddam
(Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry)
Jasmine Sugar, 2005
When the Trees Are Laughing, 2000
Flying Horses, Secret Souls, 1997
Author of two short fiction collections
with work in the widely acclaimed
anthology, When I am an Old Woman I
Shall Wear Purple, Randeane Tetu is
recognized by Best American Short
Stories and other national awards for
fiction. Her most recent titles are
inspirational non-fiction: Jasmine Sugar
and Singing the Trees. Listed with New
England Foundation for the Arts and
Connecticut Commission on Culture and
Tourism, Southern Connecticut Library
Council. Home phone: (860) 345 4226
www.rowanlakepublishers.com
Taylor, Hatsy Robinson
A graduate of Miss Porter's School, she
lives on a 250 acre farm in Northwestern
CT. Her book, Weeds and Wisdom, a
compilation of her columns on flowers,
vegetables and other garden subjects, was
published in 2000. Her website
www.weedsandwisdom.com, combines
informative articles and photographs on
gardening.
Thermes, Jennifer – Newtown
(Picture Book Author and Illustrator)
When I Was Built, Henry Holt, 2001
Sam Bennett's New Shoes, Carolrhoda
Books, 2006
Jennifer Thermes is a children's picture
book author and illustrator whose stories
are inspired by her love of history and
colonial times. She also works as an
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illustrator specializing in lighthearted
maps and artwork for magazines,
educational publishers, and various other
clients. [email protected]
www.jenniferthermes.com
Treat, Jessica
(Fiction )
A Robber in the House (Coffee House
Press)
Not a Chance (FC2)
Hidden Drive (forthcoming 2008)
Treat’s fiction, prose poems, essays and
translations have been widely published
in anthologies and literary journals,
including Epoch, Quarterly West, Black
Warrior Review. She was nominated for
a Pushcart Prize and received the
Dominion Review Fiction Award. In
2001 she received an Artist Fellowship
Award from the CT Commission on the
Arts, and is a recipient of writer's
residency awards from the Fundacion
Valparaiso (1998) and the Civitella
Ranieri Foundation (2008). Treat
is Professor of English at Northwestern
Connecticut Community College, where
she coordinates the Mad River Literary
Festival, now in its 11th year.
www.jessicatreat.com
Thibault, Andy - Litchfield
(Non-Fiction)
Law & Justice in Everyday Life
The Cool Justice Report [Blog] evolved
from Andy Thibault’s column The Cool
Justice column popularized by the book,
Law & Justice In Everyday Life, and the
opinion pages of The CT Law Tribune
which recently concluded a six-year run.
Thibault, a mentor in the MFA writing
program at WCSU in Danbury, is a
licensed private investigator and a
professional boxing judge. He is a
consulting editor for CT Review and
adjunct professor at the University of
Hartford's Hillyer College. Thibault
manages the IMPAC-CSU Young Writers
Trust. www.andythibault.com
Trent, Brian - Prospect
(Historical novels, Sociopolitical Essays)
Remembering Hypatia: A novel of
Ancient Egypt (2005)
Thorson, Robert - Mansfield
(Nonfiction Science/History)
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History
in New England's Stone Walls
(Walker & Company, 2002)
Exploring Stone Walls (Walker &
Company, 2005)
Stone Wall Secrets (with Kristine
Thorson, coauthor and Gustave
Moore, illustrator, Tilbury House,
Publishers, 1998).
Originally a midwesterner from a
Scandinavian American family, Robert
Thorson migrated north by west
(California, Washington, Alaska)
before moving to New England in 1984.
Though a geologist, he spends much of
his time writing books and being an op-ed
journalist for the Hartford Courant.
www.stonewall.uconn.edu
Brian Trent is a respected socio-political
essayist, a poet, playwright, journalist,
and historical novelist, and has begun his
foray into professional screenwriting. He
has enthusiastically lectured on NPR, The
Yale Bookstore, and at libraries in the tristate area, and is an active supporter of
travel, languages, and literature.
www.rememberinghypatia.com
Trentham, Edwina - Moodus
(Poetry)
Stumbling into the Light (Antrim House,
2004)
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Edwina Trentham is Professor of English
at Asnuntuck Community College in
Enfield, where she is the editor of
Freshwater, a poetry magazine she
founded in 2000, and also organizes the
Freshwater Poetry Festival, now in its
eighth year. Her poetry has appeared in
many periodicals and anthologies,
including the Massachusetts Review,
Prairies Schooner, and Atomic Ghost:
Poets Respond to the Nuclear Age
(Coffee House Press). She was a
featured reader at the Sunken Garden
Poetry Festival in June 2005.
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.estreetpress.com
Turner, Jennifer Smith - Hartford
(Poetry)
Perennial Secrets, Poetry&Prose 2003
Lost and Found, Rhyming Verse
Honoring African American Heroes 2006, Connecticut River Press
Jennifer Smith Turner began writing
poetry 30 years ago while an English
major at Union College in NY. Her work
is included in Vineyard Poets, an
anthology of poems and in numerous
literary publications. She was featured on
NPR’s Faith Middleton Show, CPTV and
the Ivanhoe Broadcasting Smart Woman
program. She received her Masters degree
from Fairfield University. She is a former
Deputy Commissioner of DECD through
an appointment made by Governor Rell.
She presently serves as the President of
the Board for the Hartford Stage Co.
www.jennifersmithturner.com
Trowbridge, Thomas R. III - Sharon
(Humor)
Golf Made Difficult (Three Bridges Press,
2000)
Tom Trowbridge's essays have appeared
on the Op-Ed page of the New York Times
and in a variety of publications. A
collection Ask Your Mother: Family Life
and Other Impossible Situations was
published by William Morrow & Co. He
is married, has three children, and
practices law in New York City.
[email protected]
Vandermeer, Zoe - Gaylordsville
(Poetry; Lyrics)
A Cricket in Her Voice
Murderer's Lullaby
Hiding in the Light
Zoe Vandermeer recently relocated to
Connecticut from California. A graduate
of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music
and Drama, she is an opera singer,
composer, lyricist, recording engineer/
producer, multi-instrumentalist, and
freelance writer for the Classical Singer
Magazine. Her original work 'Zoe's
Musical Fairy Tale, Upon A Time', has
frequently been compared to 'Phantom of
the Opera', 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', etc.
www.zoevandermeer.com
www.zoesmusicalfairytaleuponatime.com
Turk, Michele - Greenwich
(Non-fiction)
Blood, Sweat and Tears: An Oral History
of the American Red Cross (E Street
Press, hardcover; May 2006)
Journalist and former Red Cross
employee Michele Turk tells the story of
the modern-day Red Cross through the
voices of 29 current and former Red
Cross workers. A graduate of the
Columbia University Graduate School of
Journalism, Turk launched E Street Press
and is available as an author and selfpublishing consultant.
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the Whole and Provisions and performed
improvisational work “composing on the
tongue” while painting simultaneously.
She recently served on the board of
Touchstone, a residential treatment
facility for female juvenile offenders in
Litchfield, Connecticut. She is currently
a Justice of the Peace.
Van Wormer, Laura
www.lauravanwormer.com
Vara, Theresa - Roxbury
(Historical Nonfiction and Poetry)
Profligate with Love, a collection of
poetry, published by Antrim House
The History of the United Church of
Christ, Southbury, CT Gateway Press,
2002.
Theresa C. Vara is a founding Editor with
Mary Donnarumma Sharnick of The
Litchfield Review, a literary magazine
publishing excellent writing in English
from around the world. The local histories
of Connecticut towns interest her deeply;
she has recently completed a book
entitled The Confession of Harriet Stiles.
[email protected]
www.thelitchfieldreview.com
Vicinanza, Faith
(Poetry)
Faith Vicinanza Greatest Hits
Founder and executive director of the
Wednesday Night Poetry Series – the
longest running poetry open mike in
Connecticut. She is a poet, educator,
visiting artist, editor, publisher, nature
photographer, Information Technologies
Consultant, I.T. Management Consultant,
and web site developer. She is a Master
Teaching Artist in poetry for the CT
Commission on Culture and Tourism.
Verniero, Joan - Monroe
(Children's)
You Can Call Me Willy
101 Read-Aloud Myths and Legends
United No More! Stories of the Civil War
(co-author, Doreen Rappaport)
Joan Verniero is an award-winning
children's book author whose picture
book You Can Call Me Willy was selected
by ABC-TV for the Millennium Time
Capsule. She also writes myths and
legends, biography, and YA and middlegrade fiction. She is a high school reading
specialist too.
www.jvstory.com
Violette, Elaine - Niantic
(Historical Romance)
Regal Reward January 2007
Elaine Violette has been weaving stories
and writing poetry since grammar school.
When her youngest graduated from high
school, she, too, received her degree
and became a high school English
teacher, later receiving her masters in
educational leadership. After teaching for
a number of years, her desire to write her
first novel became a reality. She is
working on her second novel. Violette is
a member of Romantic Writers of
America and Charter Oak Romantic
Writers. [email protected]
Verstandig, Davyne
(Poetry)
Davyne Verstandig is a lecturer in
English and Creative Writing at UConn
Torrington. She is director of the
Litchfield County Writers Project and has
published two books of poetry, Pieces of
Vojt, Joe – Farmington Valley
(Fiction)
Author of Threshold of Consciousness,
and Threshold of Consciousness II. He is
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one of the contributing authors with his
article Marketing Bliss in The Published
Author's Guide to Promotion: Marketing
Tips by Published Authors. He is seeking
a publisher for two completed science
fiction novels. The Prophecy Of
Humanity, The Beginning and Web Of
Confusion, The Return.
www.authorsden.com/joevojt
Specialist providing therapeutic play to
hospitalized children and taught pre
kindergarten. Her book Baby Day! is
given to infants born at seven Connecticut
hospitals by READ TO GROW, a
community inspired, literacy program.
She is the 2006 Children’s Illustrator,
Connecticut Book Award winner.
Webb, Shirley - North Haven
(Children and Young Adults)
Tales From The Keeper of the Myths
(includes 8 Stories for Children)
The Howell Women Saga (three novels
for young adults/adults)
Shirley is of Cherokee heritage and is a
retired TV ad writer. In 2003 her entire
collection of children’s stories was
published under the title, Tales from the
Keeper of the Myths. She is well
known for her student/teacher sessions
and hour long program called The Muse,
The Mouse, Equals the Magic.
[email protected]
www.shirleygwebb.com/home.html
Vreeland, Claire
(Poetry)
An internationally published writer and
an award winning poet. She has taught
creative writing for Continuing Education
classes at Northwestern Connecticut
Community College for eleven years.
The primary focus of her workshops now
given at The Writers Shed in Colebrook
has been Memoir Gathering and Journal
Writing for Writers, (the use of memoir in
creating fiction).
Wakely, Julie – Lisbon
(Fiction)
Only Isn't Lonely
Funny How Things Turn Out
Julie Wakely lives, works, and writes in
Connecticut. She is a college professor
with a Doctorate in Education. She also is
the author of Response of State Police
Training Academies to a Multilingual
Population. Dr. Wakely currently is
writing Everybody Has a Story About
Johnny.
Weber, Katharine – Bethany
(Fiction)
Triangle
Katharine Weber is the author of the
Novels Objects in the Mirror Are Closer
Than They Appear, The Music Lesson,
and The Little Women. She has taught
fiction writing at Yale, The Paris Writers
Workshop, and Goucher College. Her
first fiction in print appeared in the New
Yorker in 1993.
www.katharineweber.com
Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth - Branford
(Children’s Picture Books 18 to date)
Recycle Every Day!
The Kindness Quilt
LOOK! LOOK! LOOK!
Nancy holds an M.A. in Child
Development from UConn. She has been
an Author-in-Residence, a Child Life
Webb, Shirley
(Fiction)
Author of Tales from the Keeper of the
Myths: Cherokee Stories for Children and
Cherokee Love, Dance in the Rain and
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Song of Love, a three novel Howell
Women Saga for Young Adults. Shirley
is well known throughout the U.S. for her
school sessions and has an hour long
program called The Muse, The Mouse,
Equals the Magic.
www.shirleygwebb.com/home.html
Wiknik, Arthur, Jr. - Higganum, CT
(Humor/Lifestyles)
Nam Sense
Chicken Soup for the Soul (three different
titles), Army Magazine
Arthur served with the 101st Airborne
Division in the Vietnam War and was the
first in his unit to reach the top of
Hamburger Hill. As a proud veteran,
Arthur often gives talks about his military
service. He is a member of the Haddam
Memorial Day Parade Committee and a
founding member of the Haddam
Veteran's Museum.
[email protected]
www.namsense.com
Webber, Christopher – Sharon
(Poetry, Theology)
Beyond Beowulf (iUniverse)
A Year with American Saints (Church
Publishing)
Re-Inventing Marriage (Morehouse)
A graduate of Princeton and the General
Theological Seminary, Christopher L.
Webber has published over 25 books,
mostly in the area of theology. Beyond
Beowulf (2006) is the first ever sequel to
the classic saga. Webber is a priest of the
Episcopal Church and has served parishes
in inner city, suburban, and rural areas
and Japan. [email protected]
Wilhelm, Hans - Weston
(Children’s)
I'll Always Love You
Bunny Trouble
The Book of Courage
Author and illustrator of more than 200
books for children and adults with over
35 million copies in print. His books have
been translated into more than twenty
languages and have won numerous
international awards and prizes. Wilhelm
was born in Bremen, Germany. He lived
for many years in Africa before moving
to America.
www.hanswilhelm.com
www.ChildrensBooksForever.com
Weinberger, Jill
(Nonfiction)
Vienna Voices
Jill Knight Weinberger (PhD, University
of Connecticut) is an Associate Professor
of English at Central Connecticut State
University, where she teaches courses in
creative writing and American literature.
Her travel writing has appeared
frequently in the New York Times, Boston
Sunday Globe, and Los Angeles Times. In
2000, the Society of American Travel
Writers Foundation recognized her
writing with a Lowell Thomas Award for
Travel Journalism.
Winter, Ronald - Hebron
Masters of the Art, A Fighting Marine's
Memoir of Vietnam, an historical memoir,
published by Random House, released
this year. He has also written a collection
of war poetry entitled Incoming Is
Outgoing To The Other Side. Has written
extensively in the print media and in
advertising. His first novel is in the final
stages. Ronald E. Winter gave up a
college scholarship in 1966 to join the
Wells, Rosemary
www.rosemarywells.com
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Marines and fight in Vietnam, where he
flew 300 missions as a helicopter
machine gunner. He later earned
Electrical Engineering and English
Literature degrees and spent 20 years as
an award-winning journalist in the CT
print media. [email protected].
RonaldWinterbooks.com
Yager, Fred - Stamford
(Nonfiction)
Author or co-author of 6 books including
the novels Rex, Cybersona, Untimely
Death, and Just Your Everyday People
and the two reference books Career
Opportunities in the Publishing Industry
and Career Opportunities in the Film
Industry. [email protected]
203-968-8098
www.fredandjanyager.com
Woog, Dan – Westport
(Nonfiction)
Jocks 2: Coming Out to Play
Gay Men, Straight Jobs
Staples High School: 120 Years of A+
Education
Dan Woog is the author of 15 books on
topics ranging from gay issues (athletics,
education, the workplace, straight allies)
and soccer to local history. His column
"Woog's World" has appeared in the
Westport News since 1986, and he has
published two volumes of his most
popular work. [email protected]
www.danwoog.com
Yager, Jan, Ph.D. - Stamford
(Nonfiction)
Author or co-author of 25 books
including the novels Just Your Everyday
People, Untimely Death, and the
nonfiction books When Friendship Hurts,
Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship
and How It Shapes Our Lives, Who’s that
sitting at my Desk: Workshop, Friendship
or Foe?, 125 Ways to Meet the Love of
Your Life, Single in America and others.
203-968-8098; [email protected]
www.drjanyager.com
www.whenfriendshiphurts.com
Wortman, Marc - New Haven
(Nonfiction)
The Millionaires Unit: The Aristocratic
Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and
Invented American Airpower (Public
Affairs Books)
Award-winning freelance journalist and
independent scholar Marc Wortman
writes on a wide range of subjects
including history, architecture and design,
and biomedical science. He is a former
senior editor of the Yale Alumni
Magazine. He attended Brown University
as an undergraduate and holds a doctorate
in comparative literature from Princeton
University where he has taught.
Yoder, Jeff - Trumbull
(Humor/Satire)
Early Fatherhood Development (humor)
The Quayle Quarterly (political satire)
What a Waste It Is: An Unauthorized
Autobiography of Dan Quayle (political
satire)
Jeff Yoder was publisher of the political
satire journal, The Quayle Quarterly,
during the period when Dan Quayle was a
heartbeat away from the presidency,
appearing on Phil Donohue and other talk
shows, and was featured in publications
as diverse as People magazine,
Newsweek, and the Wall Street Journal.
He authored Early Fatherhood
Development, a humorous look at
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parenting, and as written many humorous
articles. [email protected]
Language Quarterly. She is currently
working on a second collection of poetry
entitled Tales Told by an Idiot.
[email protected]
Young, Karen Romano - Bethel
(Children’s and Young Adult Nonfiction
and Fiction - Nonfiction includes science,
geography, art, and history)
Across the Wide Ocean: The Why, How,
and Where of Navigation for Humans and
Animals at Sea
(Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 2007)
The Rainbow Timeline (Dutton, 2007) - a
history of the gay civil rights movement
Cobwebs (Greenwillow, 2004)
Karen Romano Young is a children's
author and illustrator with a strong
interest in science -- especially ocean
science and animals. She has raised three
children, published 18 books, and dived
to the bottom of the ocean in a
submarine. She is working on her French
and Italian, writing new books, and
serving on a national committee dedicated
to ocean science. [email protected]
www.karenromanoyoung.com
Zeidenstein, Sondra - Goshen
(Poetry)
A Detail in that Story
Resistance
Family Reunion: Poems about Parenting
Grown Children (ed.)
Sondra Zeidenstein’s poems have been
published in magazines, journals and
anthologies, Taos Review, Women's
Review of Books, Ms Magazine,
MacGuffin and Mudfish and in a
chapbook collection entitled Late
Afternoon Woman. She is editor of A
Wider Giving: Women Writing after a
Long Silence. She is publisher of Chicory
Blue Press, a small literary press founded
in 1987 that focuses on writing by older
women. [email protected]
www.chicorybluepress.com
Zimmerman, Andrea - Newtown
(Non-Fiction)
Andrea Zimmermann is a writer, editor,
and librarian. Eleanor Mayer's History of
Cherry Grove Farm, was published in the
spring of 2005. She has edited the two
volumes of Newtown Oral History
Project, Newtown Remembered, as well
as the 2004 book The Remarkable
Huntingtons by CT authors Mary
Mitchell and Albert Goodrich. Her
writing credits include articles in
Connecticut Magazine, Yankee,
Appalachian Trailway News, Twist,
Spotlight Magazine, Business Digest, and
Greenwich Magazine. She was a features
writer for The Newtown Bee and a
regular contributor to The New York
Times' CT Weekly section.
Yuran, Robin - Norfolk
(Poetry)
The Shelf Life of a Mouse and Other
Tales 2003
Robin Yuran has had many different job
experiences- as an artist, columnist,
coppersmith, jeweler, garden designer
and nightclub singer. Robin began
volunteering at the Norfolk Library in
1995 and worked her way up to her
current position of Co-Director. She has a
BA with a concentration in literature from
Charter Oak State College where she
graduated with honors for outstanding
achievement. Robin did her graduate
studies in library and information science
at SCSU. She has published her poetry in
a number of magazines including Library
Journal, The Shy Librarian and Verbatim
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Zobel Nolan, Allia - Norwalk
(Children’s)
Allia Zobel Nolan is an internationally
published author of over 125 children’s
and adult trade titles with over 2.5 million
books in print. Her books focus on God
and cats, and include The Worrywart’s
Prayer Book, Good Night, God Bless;
Baby’s First Bible Stories and DVD;
among others, as well as Women Who
Love Cats Too Much, Everything I Know
About the Rat Race I Learned From My
Cat;, The Joy of Being Fifty, and The Joy
of Being Single (written a month before
she met Mr. Right.) Among other places,
her work has also been featured in The
New York Times, The International
Herald Tribune, The Hartford Courant, A
former journalist, Zobel Nolan is now
senior editor for religious books at
Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing.
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The author, Susan Deane,
has experience both
teaching and developing
online courses. She has
a Master’s Degree in
Nursing and was an
online student herself.
Zweig, Aaron – Kent
(Fiction)
Peeling Apart
Zweig lived in Eugene, Oregon for four
years after realizing a desire to see the
great Pacific Northwest. He worked at
the busiest restaurant in town, befriending
colorful characters and developing a love
for the culinary arts along the way.
[email protected]
www.AaronZweig.com
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The Connecticut Press Club is a
statewide organization of established
writers and publishing professionals
in all genres and all media.
Its mission:
To promote creativity through social interaction,
educational programs, and shared resources.
As the state affiliate of National Federation of Pen Women, Connecticut Press
Club actively supports responsible media journalism through the recognition of
individual excellence and the promotion of professional standards. Membership
benefits include networking, programs/workshops, newsletter, membership
directory and job leads.
www.ctpressclub.org
Litchfield Artists Association Studio Open House
Pat Gullett, Lisa Kadison, Joanne Conant, John & Leslie Hardacre,
Linda Banks and Julie Czerenda
May 5 & 6, Sat. 10 to 5 and Sun. 10-4
Fine Art Jewelry, Gold/Silver/Precious Stones, Beaded
and Glass Items, Iron Sculptures
119 Old Ridge Road, New Milford, CT 860-350-2663
Visit HowlingMoonStudio.com for unique artistic
Jewelry created by Pat Gullett
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PUBLISHERS
Antrim House
P.O. Box 111
Tariffville, CT 06081
Founded in 1990 to promote the work of
Connecticut poets, Antrim House now
doubles as a publishing house and literary
agency. Poets who have produced a body
of work sufficient to create a chapbook or
full-length collection are invited to submit
3 poems (no more than 5 pages) as a
sample. Our marketing includes a)
featuring titles on the Antrim House
website; b) submitting new books and
pictorial material to reviewers; c)
arranging for listings at Amazon.com; d)
a variety of promotional material and
submitting books for national awards.
The publisher provides considerable
support by calling upon his connections
to the literary community in Connecticut
and beyond. [email protected]
Bick Publishing House publishes books
for teenagers and adults on the skills and
art of living: Psychology, Health
Addiction Recovery, Living with
Disabilities and Mental Illness, General
Science, Brain Science, Philosophy,
Meditation, and Wildlife Rehabilitation.
Benchmark Publications Inc.
1279 Smith Ridge Road
PO Box 1594,
New Canaan, CT 06840-1594
203-966-6653
benchpress.com/bookstor.htm
Books and Tools for Business, Education
and the Public Interest. Special focus:
Books on Perceptual Control Theory
(PCT) an evolutionary system of ideas
about how living organisms, from cells to
communities, actually function. The
seminal work in this series, Behavior: The
Control of Perception.
Curbstone Press
321 Jackson Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
(860) 423-5110
www.curbstone.org
Founded in 1975, Curbstone Press is a
non-profit organization dedicated to
publishing works of literature that
promote human rights and intercultural
understanding and to bringing writers into
the community to advance literacy and
multicultural understanding.
Bick Publishing House
307 Neck Road
Madison, CT 06443
203-245-0073
www.bickpubhouse.com
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Chicory Blue Press, Inc.
Sondra Zeidenstein, Publisher
Goshen, CT 06756
Focuses on writing, especially poetry, by
women past sixty. Recent titles include:
What if your mother, Judith Arcana
The Love Word, Betty Buchsbaum
Family Reunion: Poems about Parenting
Grown Children
www.chicorybluepress.com
[email protected]
Floating World Editions
26 Jack Corner Road
Warren, CT 06777
860-868-0890
[email protected]
floatingworldeditions.com
They publish approximately 16 titles
annually on topics relating to Asian
cultures, with an emphasis is on art,
architecture, and history, as well as some
literature in translation. The press is ready
to collaborate with individuals and
institutions desiring to publish in these
areas, to help bring their works
successfully to the trade.
Brown Barn Books
119 Kettle Creek Road
Weston, CT 06883
203-227-3387; fax 203-222-9673;
[email protected]
www.brownbarnbooks.com
A division of a much older scholarly
publishing company, Pictures of Record,
Inc., Brown Barn Books is two years old
this month (August, 2006). We publish
only fiction for young adults, mainly from
twelve years old through high school and
sometimes beyond, in trade soft cover.
We've published two Connecticut
authors: Dolph LeMoult--RUNNING
HORSEMEN (Aug., 2004--our first
book); and Colin Neenan--IDIOT!
(2004) and THICK (2006).
Greenwood Publishing
88 Post Road West
Westport, CT 06881
203-226-3571
www.greenwood.com
Ladder Press
A publishing firm that focuses on the
author, Ladder Press Publishing, works
with writers who have already established
themselves in other areas of the media.
www.ladderpress.com
Lorenzo Press
www.lorenzopress.com.
Based in a 200-year-old house on the
Norwichtown Green, Lorenzo Press has
published books for inquiring minds since
1995. We began as a one-man operation
and have since added another dedicated
staff member. Our quality paperback list
includes over 10 titles in the categories of
fiction, poetry, and mysteries. We have
also been the producer/packager for a
major book on environmental studies for
another press.
Connecticut River Press
www.wolfcolorprint.com/PAGES/faq.
Htm
Flat Hammock Press
Church Street
Mystic, CT 06355
(860)572-2722
www.flathammockpress.com
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with years of experience writing about
their community, Insiders' Guides®
provide newcomers, visitors, and business
travelers with a native's perspective of the
area. Each guide details hotels,
restaurants, annual events, attractions,
nightlife, parks and recreation, and more.
New Canaan Publishing Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 752
New Canaan, CT 06840
www.newcanaanpublishing.com
Roaring Brook Press
143 West Street
New Milford, CT 07667
860-350-4434
Roaring Brook Press publishes distinctive
and distinguished books for children –
picture books for toddlers, fiction for
teens, graphic novels, and nonfiction for
students all ages – written by brand new
authors as well as some of the best names
in children's literature. Celebrating our
5th anniversary of publishing, Roaring
Brook is committed to quality books for
discerning readers.
Globe Pequot Press
246 Goose Lane
P.O. Box 480
Guilford, CT 06437
www.globepequot.com
Imprints:
The Lyons Press
FalconGuide®
Insiders’ Guide®
The Globe Pequot Press is the largest
publisher of U.S. guidebooks and is the
leading source for outdoor recreation
guides, specializing in everything from
local travel to outdoor sports, history to
relocation. For more than 25 years,
FalconGuides have set the standard for
outdoor recreation guidebooks. Written
by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts,
each guide combines comprehensive
information with accurate directions and
descriptions. Written by local authors
The Taunton Press, Inc.
63 South Main St., PO Box 5506
Newtown, CT 06470-5506
Phone: 203-426-8171
Fax: 203-426-3434
www.taunton.com
The Toby Press
P.O. Box 8531
New Milford, CT 06776
www.tobypress.com
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Wesleyan University Press
215 Long Lane
Middletown, CT 06459
860-685-7711
www.wesleyan.edu/wespress
Vital Health Publishing, Inc.
P.O. Box 152
Ridgefield, CT 06877
203-894-1882
www.vitalhealthbooks.com
Yale University Press
P.O. Box 209040
New Haven, CT
06520-9040
203-432-0960
203-432-0948
yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp
Yuganta Press
6 Rushmore Circle
Stamford, CT 06905
203-322-5438
[email protected]
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action. The work we publish is the future
of serious literature.
PUBLICATIONS
Connecticut Muse
“A Celebration of Contemporary
Connecticut Authors”
Connecticut Muse is a quarterly
newsletter with book reviews, author
interviews and information about new
releases and author appearances.
860-354-6488
www.connecticutmuse.com
Miranda Literary Magazine™
27 Fowler Court
New London, CT 06320
Miranda Literary Magazine is a quarterly
online magazine that presents fiction,
poetry, art, essays, book reviews and
other literary works. All work is
copyrighted by the individual authors and
creators and they retain their rights to the
work after the publishing of this volume.
Connecticut Review
39 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT
860-493-0093
www.connecticutreview.com
An award-winning literary and scholarly
journal published by Connecticut State
University. Two issues per year, 212
pages including 8 pages of four color.
Reads from Sept. 1 through May 15 only.
Receives about 2,000 submissions per
year, accepts 50-75. Payment in copies.
Winner of Pushcart, Best American and
other awards. Spring issues include
section on special topics. Active in
sponsoring literary events. Subscriptions
$24 per year, forms on the website.
The Fairfield Review
Connecticut's oldest on-line literary
journal, providing a venue for poetry,
short stories and essays from new and
established writers. We are celebrating
our tenth anniversary in 2007.
Edward Granger-Happ, Publisher
The Fairfield Review
Fax: 203-256-1970
[email protected]
www.fairfieldreview.org
The Litchfield Review
203-723-9321
www.thelitchfieldreview.com
Seeks original, unpublished poems,
essays and short stories for its upcoming
Contest. See website for contest
information. All prizewinners are
published in The Litchfield Review.
Runners-up may also be published and
will receive a free copy of the issue in
which they appear. The Litchfield
Review is published twice a year. Single
copies $15 each; annual subscription
$25.00; two years, $48.00.
Drunkenboat.com is an international
online journal for the arts that publishes
more traditional forms of representation,
such as poetry, prose, and photography,
alongside works of art endemic to the
medium of the web, such as hypertext,
audio, video, and interactive web art.
Drunkenboat.com is also dedicated to
principles of the egalitarian reception and
distribution of art, its audience constituted
by tens of thousands of readers around the
world and its art created by a diverse
group of artists and writers. We create a
space where art can help community
development, even help mobilize political
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LITERARY VENUES
The Litchfield Review
Arts + Literature Laboratory
Word of Mouth Monthly Reading Series
319 Peck Street, New Haven, CT
203-671-5175
www.allgallery.org
The Litchfield Review seeks original,
unpublished poems, essays and short
stories for its contests. We provide a
forum to both emerging and established
writers; our only criterion for acceptance
is excellence. We look for good stories
beautifully told, quality poetry of
substance, and creative nonfiction that
lingers long in the minds of readers.
Visit our website for more information
about contest guidelines.
Books, Brushes, Jazz & Blues
New London’s maritime, literary, and
culinary arts festival. The weekend event
features artists and regional authors.
Sept. 7 through 9, 2007 10 AM-10 PM
[email protected]
The Litchfield Review
7 Bonna Street
Beacon Falls, CT 06403
www.thelitchfieldreview.com
[email protected]
Common Thread Poetry Series
at Artwell Gallery
19 Water Street, Torrington, CT
860-482-5122
www.artwellgallery.org
The Litchfield Review is published twice
a year Single copies: $15.00 each
Annual subscription $25.00
Two years $48.00
Connecticut Center for the Book
Annual Connecticut Book Awards
It is the mission of the Connecticut Center
for the Book to celebrate books, writers
and readers who engender and sustain the
life of the imagination and to highlight
authors, illustrators, printers, publishers
and the literary heritage of the State of
Connecticut. CT Center for the Book is
an affiliate of the Center for the Book in
the Library of Congress.
Contact: Kat Lyons
Hartford Public Library, Hartford, CT
Connecticut Children’s Book Fair
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Features presentations and book signings
by well known authors and illustrators.
November 10-11, 2007
www.bookfair.uconn.edu
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by authors and illustrators; live storytelling, music, poetry and spoken word
performances; The Festival of Words is
the only literary arts event of its kind in
Fairfield County. Contact Festival
producer Sonja Ahuja (203) 557-3730.
www.ctfestivalofwords.com
Connecticut State University Writer’s
Conference - Open to local writers,
faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and high school students.
Rotates between the four CSU Campuses
(Central, Eastern, Western, Southern).
Generally this conference, the largest
writing conference in the state, brings
together many local and national writers
to host a day-long celebration of the
literary arts. This includes small
workshops open to the students, panel
discussions, a book fair and creative
performances. In the past we have had
such figures as Frank McCourt, Stewart
O’Nan and Robert Pinsky serve as
keynote speakers. Open and free to
public. (April 27, 2007)
Contact Ravi Shankar [email protected]
Phone Number: 860-832-2766
www.connecticutreview.com/links.html
Freshwater Poetry Festival
Asnuntuck Community College
170 Elm Street, Enfield, CT
(May 5, 2007)
Get Lit - A Literary Cocktail Series
Sundays at CHOW in conjunction with
R.J. Julia Booksellers. GET LIT features
readings and signings by celebrated
authors from Connecticut. Authors come
to read their published or soon to be
published work and have an opportunity
to read for passionate and avid fans,
introduce their work to newcomers, sell
books and mingle.
The Cabaret at CHOW
966 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT
www.chownewhaven.com
203-772-3002
Connecticut Storytelling Festival
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Festival held on the last weekend in April
(April 27 - 29, 2007)
Many different storytellers over the
course of the weekend offering
performances and hands-on workshops.
Friday evening for families - Everything
else for ADULTS. Full weekend: $150,
Concerts pro-rated starting at $10.
Contact Info - Ann Shapiro
860-439-2764
www.connstorycenter.org
Green Street Arts Center
51 Green Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 685-7871
Fax: (860) 685-7875
www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Festival of Words - A Multicultural
Celebration of Books, Stories, Poetry and
Song. With a mission "to strengthen
community ties through the love of books
and stories” the Festival of Words is an
annual event held at Norwalk Community
College. The day long program, free and
open to the public, appeals to adults and
children with readings and book signings
Hill-Stead Museum's Sunken Garden
Poetry Festival
Hill-Stead Museum
35 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT
Contact Info: Cynthia Cagenello
860.677.4787 ext 111
[email protected]
www.hillstead.org
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Hill-Stead's Sunken Garden Poetry
Festival in 2007 will be a 3-day event, in
September. There will be multiple poetry
readings (including a reading by Galway
Kinnell), workshops, a headline musical
performance on September 15, and other
activities both in the garden and under
tents. Details will be posted on
www.hillstead.org in the spring.
(September 14-16, 2007)
(Canada). For further info please contact
Festival Coordinator Jessica Treat at
[email protected]
or 860-738-6340
(April 18, 19 & 20, 2007)
Maritime Authors Series
at Mystic Seaport
Monthly from February through May
75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, CT 06355 860-572-0711
www.mysticseaport.org
Literary Coffeehouse at Bethlehem
Public Library
Sponsored by Friends of Bethlehem
Library – Spring and Fall. Area writers
are welcome to read their work in a
pleasant, friendly atmosphere to lovers of
the written word. Applications requested.
Contact Dot Adamson at 203-266-7251
Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word and
Music Series
Manchester Community College
Second Thursday of each month from
6:00 to 8:30 in MCC’s Fireside
Commons. Featuring live music, a
spoken word open mic and a featured
poet/writer for each event.
Manchester Community College
Great Path, Manchester, CT
Literary Lights Holiday Book Festival
c/o Greenwich Arts Council
Multi author book signing helps to
promote literary arts in Greenwich.
www.greenwicharts.org
NEAR, Inc./The Buttonwood Tree: A
non-profit cultural arts organization
located in the north end district of
Middletown, CT at 605 Main Street. See
website for events listings
www/buttonwood.org.
Mad River Literary Festival is an
annual 3-day literary festival sponsored
by the English Department, the Cultural
Planning Committee and the Student
Senate of Northwestern Connecticut
Community College, Winsted. Festivities
include refreshments and book signings
by the authors. The event begins at
6:30pm on a Tuesday evening with an
Open Reading (members of the
community, students, faculty and staff),
and continues on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings with readings by
nationally acclaimed poets and novelists
and have also included original dramatic
works. Authors are poet Ravi Shankar
(CT); short story writer Kelly Link (MA);
poet and short story writer Robyn Sarah
Noble Horizons –An independent living
and continuing care community that
frequently invites authors to speak and
read from their books. Located in
Salisbury, Noble Horizons has a strong
focus on cultural enrichment. All literary
events are open to the public and
supported by a focused promotional
effort. www.noblehorizons.org
17 Cobble Road, Salisbury, CT 06068
860-435-9851
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theme, with time before and after for
conversation and connecting.
Real Art Ways
56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT 06106
860-232-1006
mailto:[email protected]
Ordinary Evening Reading Series
Listen to an hour of (usually) two writers
read their works in a comfortable,
informal atmosphere. Drinks - hard and
soft - available for purchase. The Series
occurs on a Tuesday night, usually the
3rd in the month, between September and
May. Check the website for readers and
details, as dates sometimes change.
In the Mermaid Room at the Anchor Bar
272 College St., New Haven, CT
[email protected]
www.ordinaryevening.blogspot.com
Yale Collection of American Literature
Reading Series
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, Yale University
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
Nancy Kuhl, [email protected]
http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/read
ings-at-beinecke/
The Yale Collection of American
Literature Reading Series hosts several
readings each semester by American
poets.
The Spoken Word Series
Wood Memorial Library
www.woodmemorialibrary.org
Wednesday Night Poetry Series
WNPS, the longest running weekly
poetry series in Connecticut, boasts an
open mike, feature poets, a Q&A
with the feature, and a poetry critique
workshop.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
www.wedpoetry.net
LITERARY RELATED
Litchfield County Writers Project
The mission of The Litchfield County
Writers Project at the University of
Connecticut Torrington Campus is to
preserve and promote the work of the
writers of Litchfield County and to
nourish the creative life of the community
by providing a gathering place for
programs that both celebrate the work of
Litchfield County writers and support the
academic aims of the University. The
LCWP is a non-profit organization
focusing specifically on sharing
information and insights contributed by
writers in Litchfield County, past and
present. LCWP connects with the
community at large through speakers’
series, workshops and educational
outreach events. The heart of the project
Wintonbury Library Poetry Series
1015 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT
860-242-0041
Writers & Readers Series at
Real Art Ways
A bi-monthly gathering for everybody
who loves the written and spoken word;
for people in writing groups or book
clubs; for those passionate about writing,
reading and thinking. Each evening has a
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is a collection of over 1,000 books written
by Litchfield County authors.
Professor Davyne Verstandig
U-Conn Torrington
855 University Road
Torrington, CT 06790
860-626-6847
www.lcwp.unconn.edu
Connections Signature Tours:
Mark Twain’s Connecticut
Introduces you to the man and the place
he called home for more than 20 years.
- Mark Twain’s Hartford
- Paddlewheeling with Mark Twain
- Mark Twain on the menu
- Mark Twain on the Venue
Contact: Betty Cordellos
Connecticut Signature Tours for Groups
P.O. Box 986, Darien, CT 06820
203-656-0207 or 866-656-0207
[email protected]
Between the Covers Radio Show
WAPJ 89.9 FM/ Torrington CT
WVOX 1460 AM/ New Rochelle NY
WAPJ has no website, WVOX.com
About the show: "Between the Covers" is
an hour-long interview show. It generally
features one author and an in-depth
discussion of that author's work. There
are brief book reviews, information about
local programs, workshops, etc., stories
about publishing and anything to do with
the printed word.
860 489 903; 3914 636 1460
Connecticut Humanities Council
Reading Series:
Literature for a Lifetime
Book Voyagers
Contact Marcia Trotta
2911 Dixwell Avenue, Suite 203
Hamden, CT 06518
203-287-0757
www.ctculture.org
Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens
PO Box 2482
Hartford, CT 06146-2482
Christine Palm, President
[email protected]
860-508-2810
Wallace Stevens Birthday Bash: Annual
event, first Saturday in October, featuring
guest speakers.
Rose Garden Reading: Held every June,
during the Elizabeth Park Rose Garden
Festival Weekend, this event features two
poets who live in Connecticut or with
strong ties to the area.
Wallace Stevens Scholarship: $1000
given annually to a college-bound high
school senior who lives in Hartford.
The Wallace Stevens Walk: 13 uniquely
carved granite markers, inscribed with a
section from Stevens' famous poem, “13
Ways Of Looking At A Blackbird.”
IMPAC-Connecticut State University
Young Writers Trust
231 Beach St., Litchfield, CT 06759
Andy Thibault
860-567-8865
[email protected]
www.ctyoungwriters.org
The annual competition, which offers
$16,000 in prizes and a chance for the
two top winners to attend the
International IMPAC Dublin Literary
Award ceremonies in June, has attracted
about 3,500 young entrants and has
distributed more than $135,000 since
1988. Poets and writers from each of the
state's eight counties win $1,000 each and
go on to compete for the top prize.
Regional ceremonies are held on the
campuses of Western, Eastern, Central
and Southern CT State Universities in
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April. There is an annual dinner in June at
the Litchfield Inn.
LITERARY SERVICES
Ambler Documenting Processing
Manuscripts, screenplays, transcription,
general word processing. 25 yrs. Exp.
Very dependable, accurate and organized.
Call Jane at 203-849-0708 or e-mail:
[email protected].
The Faith Middleton Book Show
WNPR-Connecticut Public Radio
90.5 FM Hartford/New Haven
89.1 FM Norwich/New London
88.5 FM Stamford/Greenwich
91.3 FM Southampton
99.5 FM Storrs
Roxanne Coady of R.J. Julia Booksellers
in Madison, Dr. Rose Quiello, lecturer in
English at Albertus Magnus College in
New Haven, and enthusiastic reader Sally
Gessner join Faith Middleton in the
studio every two weeks to tell listeners
about books they have enjoyed recently,
and listeners are invited to share their
favorite books on line. E-mail
[email protected] about a favorite
book, or a recent great read, and why you
love it. Adults and children are welcome!
They read your letters over the air.
Meryl Moss Media Relations, Inc.
155 Post Road East – Suite 8
Westport, CT 06880
203-226-0199
www.mediamuscle.com
Rita Reali, Editor
The Persnickety Proofreader
(860) 656-6119
[email protected]
WRITERS GROUPS
The Nutmeg Book Award
Encourages children in grades 4-8 to read
quality literature and to choose their
favorite from a list of ten nominated
titles. Jointly sponsored by the CT
Library Association (CLA) and the
Connecticut Educational Media
Association (CEMA), the Nutmeg
Committee is comprised of children's
librarians and school library media
specialists who are members of our
sponsoring organizations.
www.nutmegaward.org
Connecticut Authors & Publishers
Association – Established in 1994 to help
Connecticut’s authors (and aspiring
authors) improve their writing skills and
increase the visibility and sales of their
books and articles by providing a forum
for the exchange of ideas and
information. Meetings are held the third
Saturday of every month at the Sycamore
Hills Park Community Center on Route
167 in Avon, CT from 10:30 am – 12:30
[email protected]
Phone/fax: (203) 729-5335
www.aboutcapa.com
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Connecticut Authors & Publishers
Association – Southeast Division
Monthly meetings on Monday nights 7:00
to 8:30 third Monday of the month at
Borders Waterford, Waterford Commons
Mall. www.aboutcapa.com
bring questions and enjoy literary
conversation. No critiquing! Meetings
are held on the second Wednesday
evening 7-9 of April, June, August and
October. For information, contact Dot
Adamson, 203-266-7251
Connecticut Poetry Society
Founded in 1974, the Connecticut Poetry
Society, (CPS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and
enjoyment of poetry with a tradition of
excellence in publishing the work of
national and CT poets. Our mission is to
support the art form of poetry with
chapter meetings, contests, and events
dedicated to CPS members throughout the
state. Chapters meet on a regular basis
for poetry readings, poetry work shops, or
sponsor lectures and guest readers in their
communities. Membership dues,
contests, grants and corporate entities
sponsor CPS.
The Nutmeg Writers Guild is a group of
twelve northwestern CT writers who meet
weekly to read and discuss their works in
progress. The Guild was formed in 2002
and this year published its first anthology,
Carousel, which features the works of
fourteen Connecticut writers. The guild
gives readings and those who would like
to book a reading for their club or group
may contact Robin Yuran at The Norfolk
Library, 860-542-5075
Pencils! Writing Workshop
c/o Kaye Petersen, Moderator
Writing group meets from 7:00 to 9:00
pm the second and fourth Tuesdays of
every month except December. All
genres welcome, bring copies of materials
to share.
Borders Books
314 Road, Wilton, CT
203-744-1008
www.writinglover.com/pencils
Connecticut Press Club
The Connecticut Press Club is a statewide organization of established writers
and publishing professionals in all genres
and all media. Its mission is to promote
creativity through social interaction,
educational programs, and shared
resources. As the state affiliate of NFPW,
the CPC actively supports responsible
media journalism through the recognition
of individual excellence and the
promotion of professional standards.
www.ctpressclub.org
Ridgefield Writers Guild - A monthly
networking group for writers at the
Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street,
Ridgefield. Writers get together to
network and talk about their craft.
Call Eileen Hackett at 203-438-1432 for
more information.
Northwest Writers - A group of active
and aspiring writers who meet at Goshen
School cafeteria to share information,
inspiration and our mutual love of words
on the path to publication. All writers
active or would be are invited to come,
Society of Professional Journalists
Connecticut Chapter
www.ctspj.org
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experience of writing. Weekend includes
formal and informal workshops. Contact
Susan Lamson, P.O. Box 109, Waterford,
CT 06385. www.writersonthesound.org
So. Windsor Poet’s Critique Group
First and third Wednesdays of the month
at 7:00 PM. Workshops for serious poets.
For more info call 860-644-1218
So. Windsor Writer’s Critique Group
Second and fourth Wednesdays of the
month at 7:00. For more info call Nancy
at 860-568-6185.
South Windsor Public Library
1550 Sullivan Avenue
South Windsor, CT
LITERARY LANDMARKS
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105
www.harrietbeecherstowe.org
Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
www.marktwainhouse.org
WRITERS RETREATS
Soul Mountain Retreat
Located in the rural town of East
Haddam, Connecticut, Soul Mountain
Retreat offers three to eight week
residencies for six poets at a time. It's a
place of quiet beauty in which to think,
dream and write in community with other
poets and founder/host, Marilyn Nelson.
Retreats offered from March 15 to May
15, July 1 to July 31, Sept 1 to Nov 1.
www.soulmountainretreat.com
PROGRAMS
Connecticut Authors & Publishers
Association Professional Development
Day - CAPA U (May 12, 2007)
CAPA U offers breakout sessions for
marketing, publishing, fiction, non-fiction
and a specialty track. NY Literary Agents
covering: adult fiction, adult nonfiction,
children's fiction, children's nonfiction
and screen/play writing will appear on an
agent's panel for open questions. Lunch
sitting will be split into table-topics of
interest. Also fifteen minute private
consultations will be scheduled
throughout the conference.
Visit www.aboutcapa.com
Wisdom House Retreat
229 East Litchfield Road
Litchfield, CT 06759
(860)567-3163
www.wisdomhouse.org
Writers on the Sound
An open community of writers – poets,
novelists, essayists, short story writers,
screenwriters, playwrights - who gather
together every May on the CT shore
(Mercy Center in Madison) to share the
Connecticut Writers Conference at
Norwalk Community College
188 Richards Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06854
[email protected]
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Green Tiger Writers Workshop
www.greentigerwritersworkshop.com
GTWW is the alternative way to study
creative writing in Connecticut. Founded
by author and college teacher Anthony
Maulucci in Hartford's West End, the
Workshop has been going strong since
1989. Popular six-week classes in fiction
writing are offered every summer in Old
Saybrook and one-day intensives run
periodically at various locations
throughout the year.
Wesleyan Writers Conference
The Wesleyan Writers Conference
(established in 1956) welcomes
experienced writers, new writers, and
anyone interested in the writer's craft.
Held annually the third week in June, the
conference offers seminars, workshops,
manuscript consultations, lectures,
readings, publishing advice, and private
time for writing-- all designed to bring
you new perspectives on your work and
the company of other writers who share
your interests. Topics include the novel,
short story, poetry, short and long-form
nonfiction, memoir, mixed media work,
reviewing, and publishing. Recent
faculty: fiction writers Robert Stone,
Edward P. Jones, Ann Beattie, Richard
Bausch, Roxana Robinson, Alexander
Chee, Paul LaFarge; poets Honor Moore,
Elizabeth Willis, Peter Gizzi; journalists
George Packer and William Finnegan (of
The New Yorker), Katha Pollitt, Lis
Harris, Jonathan Schell, Philip
Gourevitch; and many agents and editors
including Amy Williams, Marysue Rucci,
Esmond Harmsworth, Johnny Temple.
Scholarships and fellowships available
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Contact Anne Greene, Director
[email protected]
www.wesleyan.edu/writers
860-685-3604
Hartford Courant’s
National Writers Workshop
April 14 and 15, 2007
Two full days of great lectures by
professional writers. Exciting and
informative sessions on reporting,
memoir writing, feature writing,
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MFA in Professional Writing at
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81 Whitfield Street
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53 West Main Street
Mystic, CT 06355
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Broad Street Books
45 Broad Street
Middltown, CT 06459
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Burgundy Books
4 Norwich Road
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Barrett Bookstore
314 Heights Road
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10 North Main Street
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Recharging the Sensorium:
A Multimedia Day of the Arts
April 26 & 27, 2007
Thursday, April 26th from 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm Kickoff Extravaganza for the
2007 CSU Multimedia Conference
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genres (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, sound art, photo, video and web art) followed
by a concert of electro-acoustic music by renowned composer and performer
Robert Black, who will premiere a piece by Anthony Cornicello, artistic director
of SEMI and partially funded by a grant from the Roberts Foundation. Reception
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Friday, April 27th from 9:00 am – 9:00 pm Writing and Multimedia Day of
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Bentley Memorial Library
206 Bolton Center Rd.
Bolton 06043 • 860-646-7349
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Abington Social Library
536 Hampton Rd.
Abington 06230 • 860-974-0415
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library
234 Kensington Rd.
Kensington 06037 • 860-828-7125
Acton Public Library
60 Old Boston Post Rd.
Old Saybrook 06475 • 860-395-3184
Bethel Public Library
189 Greenwood Ave.
Bethel 06801 • 203-794-8756
Aldrich Free Public Library
299 Main St.
Moosup 06354 • 860-564-8760
Bethlehem Public Library
32 Main St. South
Bethlehem 06751 • 203-266-7792
Andover Public Library
355 Rte. 6 (P.O. Box 117)
Andover 06232 • 860-742-7428
Bill Memorial Library
240 Monument St.
Groton 06340 • 860-445-0392
Ansonia Library
53 S. Cliff St.
Ansonia 06401 • 203-734-6275
Booth & Dimock Memorial Library
1134 Main St. (P.O. Box 129)
Coventry 06238 • 860-742-7606
Atwater Memorial Library
1720 Foxon Rd. (P.O. Box 258)
North Branford 06471 • 203-315-6020
Bracken Memorial Library
P.O. Box 355
South Woodstock 06267 • 860-928-0046
Avon Free Public Library
281 Country Club Rd.
Avon 06001 • 860-673-9712
Brainerd Memorial Library
920 Saybrook Rd. (P.O. Box 8)
Haddam 06438 • 860-345-2204
Babcock Library
25 Pompey Hollow Rd. (P.O. Box 360)
Ashford 06278 • 860-487-4420
Bridgeport Public Library
925 Broad St.
Bridgeport 06604 • 203-576-7777
Bakerville Library
6 Maple Hollowy Rd.
New Hartford 06057 • 860-482-8806
Bristol Public Library
5 High St.
Bristol 06010 • 860-584-7787
Beacon Falls Public Library
10 Maple Ave.
Beacon Falls 06403 • 860-729-1441
Brookfield Library
182 Whisconier Rd.
Brookfield 06804 • 203-775-6241
Beardsley & Memorial Library
40 Munro Pl.
Winsted 06098 • 860-379-6043
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Brooklyn Town Library
10 Canterbury Rd. (P.O. Box 357)
Brooklyn 06234 • 860-774-0649
Cragin Memorial Library
8 Linwood Ave. (P.O. Box 508)
Colchester 06415 • 860-537-5752
Burlington Public Library
34 Library Ln. (P.O. Box 1379)
Burlington 06234 • 860-673-3331
Cromwell Belden Public Library
39 West St.
Cromwell 06416 • 860-632-3460
Burnham Public Library
62 Main St. S. (Box 430)
Bridgewater 06752 • 860-354-6937
Cyrenius H. Booth Library
25 Main St.
Newtown 06470 • 203-426-4533
Canterbury Public Library
1 Municipal Dr. (P.O. Box 757)
Canterbury 06331 • 860-546-9022
Danbury Public Library
170 Main St.
Danbury 06810 • 203-797-4505
Canton Public Library
40 Dyer Ave.,
Canton 06019 • 860-693-5800
Darien Library
35 Leroy Ave.
Darien 06820 • 203-655-1234
Case Memorial Library
176 Tyler City Rd.
Orange 06477 • 203-891-2170
David M. Hunt Library
64 Main St. (P.O. Box 217)
Falls Village 06031 • 860-824-7424
Chaplin Library
130 Chaplin St.
Chaplin 06235 • 860-455-9424
Deep River Public Library
150 Main St.
Deep River 06417 • 860-526-6039
Cheshire Public Library
104 Main St.
Cheshire 06410 • 203-272-2245
Derby Neck Library
307 Hawthorne Ave.
Derby 06418 • 203-734-1492
Chester Public Library
21 W. Main St. (P.O. Box 310)
Chester 06412 • 860-526-0018
Derby Public Library
313 Elizabeth St.
Derby 06418 • 203-736-1482
Clark Memorial Library
538 Amity Rd.
Bethany 06524 • 203-393-2103
Douglas Library
22 Main St.
Hebron 06248 • 860-228-9312
Cora J. Belden Library
33 Church St.
Rocky Hill 06067 • 860-258-7621
Durham Public Library
7 Maple Ave.
Durham 06422 • 860-349-9544
Cornwall Free Library
24 Pine St. (P.O. Box 126)
Cornwall 06753 • 860-672-6874
E.C. Scranton Memorial Library
801 Boston Post Rd. (P.O. Box 631)
Madison 06443 • 203-245-7365
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East Glastonbury Public Library Assoc.
1389 Neipsic Rd.
Glastonbury 06033 • 860-633-5637
Fairfield Public Library
1080 Old Post Rd.
Fairfield 06430 • 203-256-3155
East Granby Public Library
24 Center St.
East Granby 06026 • 860-653-3002
Farmington Library
6 Monteith Dr. (P.O. Box 407)
Farmington 06034 • 860-673-6791
East Haddam Free Public Library
18 Plains Rd. (P.O. Box 372)
Moodus 06469 • 860-873-8248
Ferguson Library
One Public Library Plaza
Stamford 06904 • 203-964-1000
East Hampton Public Library
105 Main St.
East Hampton 06424 • 860-267-6621
Fletcher Memorial Library
257 Main St. (P.O. Box 6)
Hampton 06247 • 860-455-9031
East Hartford Public Library
840 Main St.
East Hartford 06108 • 860-289-6429
Gilbert Library, Inc.
Main St.
Northfield 06778 • 860-283-8176
East Lyme Public Library
39 Society Rd.
Niantic 06357 • 860-739-6926
Goshen Public Library
42 North St.
Goshen 06756 • 860-491-3234
East Norwalk Library
51 Van Zant St.
East Norwalk 06855 • 203-838-0408
Granby Public Library
15 N. Granby Rd.
Granby 06035 • 860-653-8955
Eastford Public Library
179 Eastford Rd. (P.O. Box 908)
Eastford 06242 • 860-974-0125
Greenwich Library
101 W. Putnam Ave.
Greenwich 06830 • 203-622-7900
Easton Public Library
691 Morehouse Rd. (P.O. Box 2)
Easton 06612 • 203-261-0708
Groton Public Library
52 Newtown Rd.
Groton 06340 • 860-441-6750
Edward Smith Library
3 Old Post Rd. (P.O. Box 130)
Northford 06472 • 203-484-0469
Guilford Free Library
67 Park St.,
Guilford 06437 • 203-453-8282
Enfield Public Library
104 Middle Rd.,
Enfield 06082 • 860-763-7510
Guilford Smith Memorial Library
17 Main St. (P.O. Box 159)
South Windham 06266 • 860-423-5159
Essex Library Association
33 West Ave.
Essex 06426 • 860-767-1560
Gunn Memorial Library
5 Wykeham Rd. (P.O. Box 1273)
Washington 06793 • 860-868-7586
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Hagaman Memorial Library
227 Main St.
East Haven 06512 • 203-468-3890
Kent Memorial Library
50 N. Main St.
Suffield 06078 • 860-668-3896
Hall Memorial Library
93 Main St. (P.O. Box 280)
Ellington 06029 • 860-870-3160
Killingly Public Library
25 Westcott Rd.
Danielson 06239 • 860-779-5383
Hamden Public Library
2901 Dixwell Ave.
Hamden 06518 • 203-287-2680
Killingworth Library
301 Rte. 81
Killingworth 06419 • 860-663-2000
Hartford Public Library
500 Main St.
Hartford 06103 • 860-543-8628
Ledyard Public Libraries
Bill Library: P.O. Box 225
Ledyard 06339 • 860-464-9912
Harwinton Public Library
80 Bentley Dr.
Harwinton 06791 • 860-485-9113
Gales Ferry Public Library
P.O. Box 225
Gales Ferry 06339 • 860-464-6943
Henry Carter Hull Library
10 Killingworth Tpke.
Clinton 06413 • 860-669-2342
Levi E. Coe Library
414 Main St.
Middlefield 06455 • 860-349-3857
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon
10 Upper Main St.
Sharon 06069 • 860-364-5041
Library Association of Warehouse Point
107 Main St.
East Windsor 06088 • 860-623-5482
Howard Whittemore Memorial Library
243 Church St.
Naugatuck 06770 • 203-729-4591
Licia & Mason Beekley Comm. Library
10 Central Ave. (P.O. Box 247)
New Hartford 06057 • 860-379-7235
Ivoryton Library
P.O. Box 515
Ivoryton 06442 • 860-767-1252
Lucy Robbins Welles Library
95 Cedar St.
Newington 06111 • 860-665-8700
James Blackstone Memorial Library
758 Main St.
Branford 06405 • 203-488-1441
Lyme Public Library
482 Hamburg Rd.
Lyme 06371 • 860-434-2272
Jonathan Trumbull Library
580 Exeter Rd.
Lebanon 06249 • 860-642-7763
Manchester Public Library
586 Main St.
Manchester 06040 • 860-643-2471
Kent Memorial Library
32 No. Main St. (Box 127)
Kent 06757 • 860-927-3761
Mansfield Library
54 Warrenville Rd.
Mansfield Center 06250 • 860-423-2501
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Mark Twain Library
Rte. 53 & Diamond Hill Rd. (Box 1009)
Redding 06875 • 203-938-2545
New Fairfield Free Public Library
2 Brush Hill Rd. (P.O. Drawer F)
New Fairfield 06812 • 203-312-5679
Mary D. Edwards Public Library
111 River Rd., Rte. 32
Willington 06279 • 860-429-3854
New Haven Free Public Library
133 Elm St.
New Haven 06510 • 203-946-8130
May Memorial Library
15 Prospect St. (P.O. Box 14)
East Woodstock 06244 • 860-928-0284
New London Public Library
63 Huntington St.
New London 06320 • 860-447-1411
Meriden Public Library
105 Miller St. (P.O. Box 868)
Meriden 06450 • 203-238-2344
New Milford Public Library
24 Main St.
New Milford 06776 • 860-355-1191
Middlebury Public Library
Crest Rd.
Middlebury 06762 • 203-758-2634
Norfolk Library
9 Greenwoods Rd. E. (P.O. Box 605)
Norfolk 06058 • 860-542-5075
Milford Public Library
57 New Haven Ave.
Milford 06460 • 203-783-3290
North Haven Memorial Library
17 Elm St.
North Haven 06473 • 203-239-5803
Minor Memorial Library
23 South St. (P.O. Box 249)
Roxbury 06783 • 860-350-2181
North Woodstock Library
1286 Rte. 169
Woodstock 06281 • 860-928-2629
Monroe Public Library
7 Fan Hill Rd.
Monroe 06468 • 203-452-5458
Norwalk Public Library
1 Belden Ave.
Norwalk 06850 • 203-899-2780
Morris Public Library
4 North St.
Morris 06763 • 860-567-7440
Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library
2 Library Ln.
Old Lyme 06371 • 860-434-1684
Mystic & Noank Library
40 Library St.
Mystic 06355 • 860-536-3019
Oliver Wolcott Library
160 South St. (P.O. Box 187)
Litchfield 06759 • 860-567-8030
New Britain Public Library
20 High St.
New Britain 06051 • 860-224-3155
Otis Library
261 Main St.
Norwich 06360 • 860-889-2365
New Canaan Library
151 Main St.
New Canaan 06840 • 203-801-2665
Pequot Library
720 Pequot Ave.
Southport 06490 • 203-259-0346
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Perrot Memorial Library
90 Sound Beach Ave.
Old Greenwich 06870 • 203-637-1066
Richmond Memorial Library
15 School Dr. (P.O. Box 387)
Marlborough 06447 • 860-295-6210
Plainfield Public Library
39 Railroad Ave. (P.O. Box 286)
Plainfield 06374 • 860-564-4407
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield 06877 • 203-438-2282
Plainville Public Library
56 E. Main St.
Plainville 06062 • 860-793-1446
Rockville Public Library
52 Union St. (P.O. Box 1320)
Vernon 06066 • 860-875-5892
Plumb Memorial Library
65 Wooster St.
Shelton 06484 • 203-924-1580
Rowayton Library
33 Highland Ave.
Rowayton 06853 • 203-838-5038
Pomfret Public Library
449 Pomfret St. (P.O. Box 91)
Pomfret 06258 • 860-928-3475
Russell Library
123 Broad St.
Middletown 06457 • 860-347-2528
Portland Public Library
20 Freestone Ave.
Portland • 860-342-6770
Salem Free Public Library
264 Hartford Rd.
Salem 06420 • 860-859-1130
Preston Public Library
389 Rte. 2
Preston 06365 • 860-886-1010
Saxton B. Little Free Library
319 Rte. 87
Columbia 06237 • 860-228-0350
Prospect Public Library
17 Center St.
Prospect 06712 • 203-758-3001
Scotland Public Library
9 Devotion Rd. (P.O. Box 286)
Scotland 06264 • 860-456-8627
Prosser Public Library
1 Tunxis Ave.
Bloomfield 06002 • 860-243-9721
Scoville Memorial Library
38 Main St.
Salisbury 06068 • 203-435-2838
Putnam Public Library
225 Kennedy Dr.
Putnam 06260 • 860-963-6826
Seymour Public Library
46 Church St.
Seymour 06483 • 203-888-3903
Rathbun Free Memorial Library
36 Main St. (P.O. Box G)
East Haddam 06423 • 860-873-8210
Raymond Library
832 Raymond Hill Rd.
Oakdale 06370 • 860-848-9943
Sherman Library
1 Sherman Ctr. (P.O. Box 40)
Sherman 06784 • 860-354-2455
Silas Bronson Library
267 Grand St.
Waterbury 06702 • 203-574-8222
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Simsbury Public Library
725 Hopmeadow St.
Simsbury 06070 • 860-658-7663
Thompson Public Library
934 Riverside Dr., North
Grosvenordale 06255 • 860-923-9779
Slater Library (Griswold Public Library)
26 Main St.
Jewett City 06351 • 860-376-0024
Tolland Public Library
21 Tolland Green
Tolland 06084 • 860-871-3620
Somers Public Library
51 Ninth District Rd.
Somers 06071 • 860-763-3501
Torrington Library
12 Daycoeton Pl.
Torrington 06790 • 860-489-6684
South Windsor Public Library
1550 Sullivan Ave.
South Windsor 06074 • 860-644-1541
Trumbull Library
33 Quality St.
Trumbull 06611 • 203-452-5197
Southbury Public Library
561 Main St. S.
Southbury 06488 • 203-262-0626
Voluntown Public Library
115 Main St. (P.O. Box 26)
Voluntown 06384 • 860-376-0485
Southington Public Library & Museum
255 Main St.
Southington 06489 • 860-628-0947
Wallingford Public Library
200 N. Main St.
Wallingford 06492 • 203-265-6754
Sprague Public Library
1 Main St.
Baltic 06330 • 860-822-3012
Warren Public Library
Sackett Hill Rd.
Warren 06754 • 860-868-2195
Stafford Library
10 Lewinthal St. (P.O. Box 100), Stafford
Springs 06076 • 860-684-2852
Waterford Public Library
49 Rope Ferry Rd.
Waterford 06385 • 860-444-5805
Stonington Free Library
20 High St. (P.O. Box 232)
Stonington 06378 • 860-535-0658
Watertown Library Association
470 Main St.
Watertown 06795 • 860-945-5360
Stratford Library Association
2203 Main St.
Stratford 06615 • 203-385-4161
Welles-Turner Memorial Library
2407 Main St.
Glastonbury 06033 • 860-652-7719
Terryville Public Library
238 Main St.
Terryville 06786 • 860-582-3121
West Hartford Public Library
20 S. Main St.
West Hartford 06107 • 860-523-3277
Thomaston Public Library
248 Main St.
Thomaston 06787 • 860-283-4339
West Haven Public Library
674 Washington Ave.
West Haven 06516 • 203-931-1136
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West Woodstock Library
5 Bungay Hill Connector
Woodstock 06271 • 860-974-0376
Wolcott Public Library
469 Bound Line Rd.
Wolcott 06716 • 203-879-8110
Westbrook Public Library
61 Goodspeed Dr.
Westbrook 06498 • 860-399-6422
Wood Memorial Library
783 Main St.
South Windsor 06074 • 860-289-1783
Weston Public Library
56 Norfield Rd. (P.O. Box 1146)
Weston 06883 • 203-222-2665
Woodbridge Town Library
10 Newton Rd.
Woodbridge 06525 • 203-389-3433
Westport Public Library
Arnold Bernhard Plaza
Westport 06880 • 203-227-8411
Woodbury Public Library
269 Main St. S.
Woodbury 06798 • 203-263-3502
Wethersfield Library
515 Silas Deane Hwy.
Wethersfield 06109 • 860-721-2985
Wheeler Library
101 Main St. (P.O. Box 217)
North Stonington 06359 • 860-535-0383
Willimantic Public Library
905 Main St. (P.O. Box 218)
Willimantic 06226 • 860-465-3079
Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library
146 Thimble Islands Rd.
Stony Creek 06405 • 203-488-8702
Wilton Library Association
137 Old Ridgefield Rd.
Wilton 06897 • 203-762-3950
Windham Free Library
The Green (P.O. Box 168)
Windham 06280 • 860-423-0636
Windsor Public Library
323 Broad St.
Windsor 06095 • 860-285-1910
Windsor Locks Public Library
28 Main St.
Windsor Locks 06096 • 860-627-1495
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Manchester Community College - Library
Manchester • 860-512-3420
University Libraries
Albertus Magnus College – Library
New Haven • 203-773-8511
Middlesex Community College –
Jean Burr Smith Library
Middletown • 860-343-5830
Asnuntuck Community College Learning Resource Center
Enfield • 860-253-3174
Mitchell College - Library
New London • 860-701-5156
Briarwood College –
Anthony A. Pupillo Library
Southington • 800-952-2444
Naugatuck Valley Community College Max R. Traurig Library
Waterbury • 203-575-8024
Capital Community College – Library
Hartford • 860-906-5020
Northwestern Connecticut Community
College - Library
Winsted • 860-738-6480
Central Connecticut State University Elihu Burritt Library
New Britain • 860-832-2055
Norwalk Community College –
Everett I. L. Baker Library
Norwalk • 203-857-7200
Connecticut College –
Shain Library
New London • 860-439-2650
Paier College of Art - Library
Hamden • 203-287-3023
Eastern Connecticut State University –
J. Eugene Smith Library
Willimantic • 1-877-587-8693
Post University –
Traurig Library & Learning Resources
Center, Waterbury • 203-596-4560
Fairfield University –
Dimenna-Nyselius Library
Fairfield • 203-254-4044
Quinebaug Valley Community College Library Learning Center
Danielson • 860-774-5967
Gateway Community College - Library
New Haven • 203-285-2057
Gateway Community College - Library
North Haven • 203-285-2340
Sacred Heart University –
Ryan-Matura Library
Fairfield • 203-371-7700
Gibbs College - Library
Norwalk • 800-845-5333
St. Basil College Seminary - Library
Stamford • 203-964-8003
Goodwin College - Library
East Hartford • 860-528-4111
St. Joseph College –
Pope Pius XII Library
West Hartford • 860-231-5435
Housatonic Community College - Library
Bridgeport • 203-332-5070
St. Thomas Seminary –
Archbishop O'Brien Library
Bloomfield • 860-242-5573
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Three Rivers Community College Learning Resource Centers
Mohegan Campus •
Norwich • 860-383-5289
Thames Valley Campus
Norwich • 860-885-2346
Allen Memorial Library (Hartt School of
Music) • West Hartford • 860-768-4491
Bess Graham Library & Electronic
Connecticut Library Consortium
234 Court Street
Middletown, CT 06457
860-344-8777
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AUTHOR INDEX
Poetry
Kuhl, Nancy
Kunsch, Joan
Marra, Reggie
Margolis, Charles
Marshall, Franklin
McQuilken, Rennie
Medrano, Marianela
Nelson, Marilyn
Pike, Lois
Pinegar, Pit
Pollard, Norah
Popielaski, John
Radasci, Geri
Rafferty, Charles
Reyna, Bessy
Russ, Lawrence
Schilpp, Margo
Shankar, Ravi
Shipley, Vivian
Sidney, Joan Seliger
Stanizzi, John
Straight, Steve
Surowiecki, John
Taylor, Alexander
Trentham, Edwina
Turner, Jennifer Smith
Vandermeer, Zoe
Vara, Theresa
Verstandig, Davyne
Vicinanza, Faith
Webber, Christopher
Yuran, Robin
Zeidenstein, Sondra
Abo-Hamzy, Ameen
Albrizio,
Alexander, Elizabeth
Allen, Dick
Altieri, Carol Leavitt
Andersen, Jon
Appel, Allan
Barone, Dennis
Barrett, Lou
Black, Sophie Cabot
Brody, Polly
Bussan, Paul
Cappella, David
Carlson, Sandy
Charde, Sharon
Chernoff, Shulamith
Clements, Brian
Connor, Tony
Connors, Ginny Lowe
Cording, Robert
Davis, Brad
Davis, Cortney
Deshefy, G. Scott
Donaghy, Daniel
Duncan, David
Ebner, Sandra Bishop
Elster, Martin
Enes, Bonnie
Forges-Ryan, Sylvia
Frischkorn, Suzanne
Fusco, Anthony
Gearen, Cameron
Gibson, Margaret
Glad, Madeline
Hall, Joan Joffe
Hoffman, Lynn
Hollander, John
Holmes, Ann
Jacobik, Gray
Kelly, Latrina
Kincaid-Ehlers, Elizabeth
Kinsolving, Susan
Krauss, Janet
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Law, Janice
Lewis, Pam
Lord, Blanche
Marchi, Jason
Marks-White, Judith
Marton, Sandra
Mattison, Alice
Maulucci, Anthony
McCauley, Carole Spearin
Merlino, Linda
Morse, David
Neuwirth, Naomi
Oberbeck, Elizabeth
O’Brien, Maureen
Olson, Karen
Parish, Madeline
Parrish, Tim
Reed, Kit
Reilly, Michael
Rinaldi, Nicholas
Rose, M.J.
Saba, Mark
Sciarra, John
Seagraves, Trudy
Shapiro, Dani
Sharnick, Mary Donnarumma
Sheehy, Patricia
Shelton, Sandi Kahn
Shmurak, Carole
Slotkin, Richard
Smith, Dan
Smith, Kathryn
Speart, Jessica
Staeger, Will
Stevens, April
Treat, Jessica
Trent, Brian
Violette, Elaine
Vojt, Joe
Wakely, Julie
Weber, Katharine
Fiction
Allaire, M.J.
Appel, Allan
Ascher, Carol
Avocato, Lori
Atkins, Charles
Baratz-Logsted, Lauren
Barron, Sandra Rodriguez
Basch, Rachel
Benn, James
Benton, Richard
Bostwick, Marie
Bradfield, Scott
Briggs, J.P.
Brodsky, Daniella
Brooks, Patricia
Buckley, Roger
Cheney, Golenn
Christian, Zita
Christman, Pamela
Clark, Melissa
Coffey, Jan
Cote, Lynne Kathryn
Crooke, Robert
Cross, Art
Crossland, Roger
Dahlberg, Jennifer
DiRusso, Terry
Denning, Lee
DeYoung, Carmine Coco
Ferriss, Lucy
Friel, Fran
Garnes, David
Gillman, Jonathan
Glenn, William
Green, Jane
Grossman, Leonard
Hart, Arianna
Hathorn, Melvin
Hruby, Andes
Hutton, Jeff
Isleib, Roberta
Jordan, Evora
Katz, David Evan
Kelleher, Annie
Knopf, Chris
Labriola, Jerry
Drama
Frome, Shelly
Snyder, Betty
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Stengel, Joyce
Sutcliffe, Jane
Thermes, Jennifer
Verniero, Joan
Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth
Webb, Shirley
Wilhelm, Hans
Young, Karen Romano
Zobel, Allia Nolan
Children/Young Adult
Abbott, Tony
Alexander, Elaine
Aller, Susan Bivin
Antle, Nancy
Aust, Pat Hinckley
Barham, Lisa
Baskin, Nora
Boyle, Doe
Boynton, Sandra
Broach, Elise
Bulion, Leslie
Carter, Don
Catanese, P.W.
Clayton, Elaine
Collins, Suzanne
Connor, Leslie
Coombs, Patricia
DeKeyser, Stacy
Dunlap, Susanne
Friesner, Esther
Garofalo, Rob
Gauthier, Gail
Gilbert, Frances
Hermann, Spring
Hermes, Patricia
Herz, Sarah
Himmelman, John
Hubbell, Patricia
Katz, Alan
Kline, Suzy
Laschever, Barnett
Lauber, Patricia
Lawler, Janet
Machado, Linda
McBrier, Page
McKinney, Louise Chessi
Neufeld, John
Nobleman, Marc Tyler
Norelli, Sallianne
Pope, Dan
Rau, Dana Meachen
Rodda, Geri
Rossiter, Nan Parson
St. George, Judith
Shea, Pegi Deitz
Steers, Billy
Nonfiction
Adams, Jana
Adams, John
Alborghetti, Marci
Andronik, Catherine
Antilla, Susan
Baar, Karen
Balmer, Randall
Barker, Ernets
Barreca, Regina
Barzach, Amy Jaffe
Beckius, Kim Knox
Benedict, Jeff
Benton, Sue
Bercowitz, Cynthia
Bidou, Ann
Bisbort, Alan
Block, Charles
Bloom, Lary
Bloom, Lynn
Bosco, Antoinette
Bostrom, Shirley
Boyle, Doe
Boyle, Prill
Boyle, Richard
Brazaitis, Peter
Brook, Kevin
Brooks, Andree Aelion
Burke, Sarah Jo
Burns, Eric
Burton, Bill
Bussolini, Karen
Caron, Denis
Cavanaugh, Jack
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Chadwick, Ina
Chatfield, Cheryl
Cheney, Glenn
Cole, Roberta
Cooper-O’Boyle, Donna-Marie
Danowski, Debbie
D’Ascoli, Patricia
Deane, Susan
Deford, Frank
Denbaum, Drew
Donoghue, Paul
Duncan, David
Eire, Carlos
Farewell, Susan
Ferber, Donna
Fink, Douglas
Fried, Joel
Frowine, Steven
Furse, Raymond
Gaffny, Peggy
Gamble, Duane
Garskof, Josh
Giannuzzi, Maria
Gleckler, Joan
Goddard, Stephen
Golden, C.J.
Gonzalez, Lisa Sanchez
Goodrich, Chris
Greene, Howard & Matthew
Greenberg, Sandy Tovray
Greenlee, Gina
Haffner, Debra
Hakakian, Roya
Hall, Phil
Hanrahan, Brendan
Hargrove, Terry
Hazuka, Tom
Hedrick, Lucy
Helfand, Jessica
Heres, Celestino
Hill, May Brawley
Hoffman, Betty
Holden, Daniel
Housley, Kathleen
Hurston, Lucy
Jansen, Julie
Jud, Brian
Kavasch, E. Barrie
Keil, Charles & Angeliki
Keeney, Carol
Kennedy, Paul
Klein, Karen
Klein, Woody
Kline, Dan
Koones, Sheri
Laskowski, Lenny
Leeney, Robert
Leff, David
Levitt, Blake
Lineberger, Ann Sample
Lisle, Laurie
Lomuscio, James
Mann, Jan
Martin, Lyn
Maxwell, Stacy Lytwyn
McCafferty, Ursula
McTigue, G. Gaynor
Minton, Jenny
Monagan, Charles
Monson, Nancy
Moriarty, Colleen
Morris, Edmund
Murstein, Bernard
Newby, Cynthia
Noel, Dan
Norton, Louis Arthur
Nuland, Sherwin
Oakes, Chuck
Ogintz, Eileen
Onorato, Robert
Padowicz, Julian
Palmer-Skok, Virginia
Parsons, Sarah
Pepin, Jacques
Phelps, M. William
Prince, Cathryn
Radune, Richard
Reilly, Steven
Reynolds, Lisa Renee
Richter, Robert
Rosner, Stanley
Rozwadowski, Helen
Ryan, Bernard
Sabulis, Cindy
Sacha, Linda
Sanders, Jack
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Senator, Mel
Shachtman, Tom
Sheehy, Helen
Siegel, Bernie
Siegel, Mary
Slotkin, Richard
Smith, Diane
Smith, Joy
Spagna, Neil
Staubach, Suzanne
Suresha, Ron
Taylor, Hatsy
Temlock, Marsha
Thibault, Andy
Thorson, Robert
Trowbridge, Thomas
Turk, Michele
Weinberger, Jill
Wiknik, Arthur
Woog, Dan
Wortman, Marc
Yager, Jan
Yoder, Jeff
Zimmerman, Andrea
Additional Authors
Albee, Sarah
Andersen, Christopher
Anglund, Joan Walsh
Aust, Pat
Barber, Charles
Bentivegna, Joseph
Best, Cari
Bickford, Christopher
Bishop, Holly
Black, David
Bless, Will
Buckley, Priscilla
Button, Robert
Calia, Charles Laird
Campbell, Susan
Cantrell, Catherine
Caputo, Philip
Carter, Graydon
Chananie, Gloria
Charters, Ann
Clark, Mary Lafy
Clements, Bruce
Cointreau, Maya
Cole, Joanna
Cooney, Caroline
Cornelio, Alicia
Daley, Robert
Dannhauser, Carol
Davis, Martin
Delaney, Michael
DeLosSantos, Oscar
Dormer, Frank
Douskey, Franz
Dunne, Dominick
Dunne, Valerie
du Plessix Gray, Francine
Duval, Pete
Engler, Lynda
Euchner, Charles
Farrell, Grace
Farewell, Susan
Fasman, John
Fenn, Fred
Fiedler, Lisa
Fisher, Clavin
Fisher, Leonard Everett
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Foster, William H.
Frei, Carol
Gallo, Frank
Galvin, Laura
Gambrell, Sharon
Ganick, Peter
Garrels, Anne
Gaudet, Mark
Gay, Peter
Goeway, David
Goldstone, Lawrence
Goldstone, Nancy
Good, Michael
Goulart, Ron
Grant, Ellsworth
Grossman, Bill
Gurney, A.R.
Halkias, Peter
Hallinan, Pat
Hamilton, Lisa
Hart, Hilary
Hartman, Charles
Haskins, Colin
Heald, Bill
Heinrich, Peggy
Heitner, Jack
Herz, Stephen
Hodgman, Ann
Hollander, John
Housley, Kathleen
Horning, Sandra
Horton, Joan
Hourihan, John
Hunt, Tom
Hunter, Richard
Isler, Martin
Jacobis, Lee
Jones, Arlene
Judson, Daniel
Kann, Wendy
Katz, Sandra
Keating, Robert E.
Keller, Holly
Kleindienst, Patricia
Kloman, Ann
Koster, Gloria
Kra, Siegfried
Kruel, Sarah
Kudlinski, Kathleen
Kuhl, Nancy
Kuzmeskus, Elaine
Lamar, Howard
Lamb, Wally
Lamm, Drew
Langdon, Philip
LeComer, Laurie
LeMieux, Anne Connelly
LeMoult, Dolph
Levine, Jeffrey
Lisle, David
Littman, Sarah
Lupica, Mike
Lussier, Paul
Lynch, David
MacClintock, Dorcas
MacDonald, Ross
Mack, Dana
Magowan, Robin
Mallet, Ron
Mandler, Lou
Marielle, Valerie
Mariotti, Celine Rose
Mathieu, Lois
Mayer, Gina
Mayer, Marianna
Mayer, Mercer
McCourt, Frank
McCoy, Elin
Michaud, Evie
Miller, Char
Miller, Kenneth
Miller, Rebecca
Miner, Margaret
Neenan, Colin
Newton, Kurt
Norris, Gunilla
Olson, Mary
Omilian, Susan
Otfinski, Steve
Owen, David
Palmer, Michelle
Pascoe, Elaine
Pelizzon, Penelope
Perlis, Vivian
Phillips, Kevin
Pickering, Sam
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Qi, Shouhua
Rabe, David
Rae, Douglas
Randel, James
Rawson, Hugh
Rembert, Winfred
Riccio, Anthony
Ring, Elizabeth
Rockwell, Anne
Rogers, Rosemary
Rohm, Jessica
Roth, Philip
Sassi, Maria
Schipul, Martha Matus
Schult, Jeff
Schulze, Sharon
Schwartz, Susan
Scrimgeour, James
Sebgrest, Mab
Sendak, Maurice
Shapiro, Fred
Sharpe, Mike
Sherrow, Victoria
Skedgell, Marian
Slack, Charles
Smith, Bob
Smith, George W.
Smith, James
Sobel, Sharon
Soderlind, Lori
Stanley, Sanna
Stave, Bruce
Speth, James
Spiegelman, Peter
Spignesi, Stephen
Spiro, Carolyn
Spiro-Wagner, Pamela
Spitz, Bob
Stadther, Michael
Zoehfeld, Kathleen
Steinbreder, John
Stern, Michael and Jane
Stevens, April
Stevens, Brooke
Stoehr, Shelley
Stout, Harry
Stromberg, Gary
Strumpf, Manny
Styron, Alexandra
Sullivan, Steve
Tafuri, Nancy
Temes, Peter
Thompson, Norma
Tirone-Smith, Mary Ann
Valerio, Anthony
Valla, Drew
Van Slyck, Abigail
Vlahakis, Andrea
Wallach, Janet
Warshauer, Matthew
Weiner, Mark
Weisman, Mary Lou
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