Local Author Fair
Thursday, October 29
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
Marvin Auditorium 101ABCMeet more than 20 local authors whose writing covers a range of genres including children's stories, memoirs, poetry, romantasy and true crime.
Authors who will be in attendance at this event include:
- Dr. Aly – Children’s stories including Black Heirs, I Am Beautiful, and Fast Cars
- F. C. Appelhanz – Poetry collections including Mind Dancing, Valley View Farms, and Embrace the Adventure
- Annette Hope Billings – Affirmation book Descants for a Daughter and poetry books Just Shy of Stars and A Net Full of Hope
- Art Brennan – Blood on the Line, a book designed to help veterans, first responders and their families
- Anamarie Davis-Wilkins - Novels Didn’t Know to Say No and Under and Over, the poetry collection To See My Own World and more
- EJ Drake – Several comics including Composition Book Chronicles Anthology Series, A Harvest of the Macabre and Lil Pat (coauthored by Olive Drake)
- Dawn Feltrop – Children’s picture book Rosemary Chick: Pip, Zip, Hooray! A Rosemary and Sassafras Story.
- D. D. Franklin – Paranormal romance novels Silver Lake: Awakening and Silver Lake: Birthright
- Kimberly Garber – Biographical historical fiction novel Scratched Vinyl: Louie’s Story
- Debbie Gassert – True crime book Mighty Neighborly: A True Story of the Fredrick Iwert Murder
- Rita Grace – Children’s story The Magical Train Ride
- William Isley - Fiction novels The Likeness of Sinful Flesh: A Story of Redemption and Chasing the Wind: A Philosophical Novel
- Raylynne Lee – The Empty Graveyard, a novel for middle grade readers
- C. B. Livingston – Memoir Infusion Diaries and the young adult novel A Diamond in the Rough
- Timothy McHenry – Young adult novel You’re With Me and the memoir A Leg to Stand On
- Samantha Morrison - Poetry collection Barefoot
- Julie Nischan – Autobiography Misspent: My Life in Retail, The Substitute Cook cookbook, the poetry collection Human/Nature
- Leslie "Pepper" Richards - Children's book Let's Be Amigos
- Kaleb Stoppel – Memoir One Step at a Time: Surviving a School Shooting, Rebuilding My Life, and Rediscovering What Matters Most.
- Melanie Bonner Thomas – Scientific biography Old Man of the Fossil Beds: A Kansas Dreamer, His Family of Hunters, and Their Search for Prehistoric Sea Creatures and the science book Fossils of the Rock Chalk: Bones and Beasts of Cretaceous Kansas
- Stacy Thowe – The Guardians, a romantasy series, and romance novels God Bless My Broken Road and Soap Opera Digest: The Story of a Woman. A Dream. And an Endless Love.
- Ernie W. Webb III – True crime book Goodbye, Butterfly: Murder, Faith, and Forgiveness in a Small Town
- Victor Williams – Elsie, “The Scarecrow” a true story about Williams' childhood.
*There is currently no space remaining for additional authors at this event. If you are an author who would like to join us at the library for future author fair events, please fill out this form.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Books/Authors/Writing |
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Our mission is sparking curiosity and connecting our community through literacy and learning. The library features the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, the Millennium Café, Chandler Booktique (bookstore and gift shop), free meeting rooms, computer training and free Wi-Fi access. The library has a collection of more than 414,000 books and serves more than 81,000 registered borrowers. Bookmobiles make 23 stops Monday-Saturday across Shawnee County. The website tscpl.org serves customers’ needs 24/7. The library offers state-of-the art technology, youth programs that encourage learning and reading, adult learning programs, online learning tools, events, and reference and research tools.