Events kick off with a presentation from 2011 Newbery Award-winning Wichitan Clare Vanderpool! Mrs. Vanderpool will speak in the library's auditorium at 10:30am. There will be copies of Moon Over Manifest available for purchase and Mrs. Vanderpool will sign autographs after her presentation.
Throughout the remainder of the day, these great authors will be presenting programs in the big tent at 10th & Main (or in the auditorium if the weather is bad):
- Children's author Beverly Olson Buller, whose works include, From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White and A Prairie Peter Pan: The Story of Mary White
- Linda A. Born, author of My Mom Has Alzheimer's: Inspiration and Help for Caregivers;
- Hays resident Joanne Emerick, author of Courage Before Every Danger;
- Great Bend resident and Barton Community College instructor Linda McCaffrey, author of "Praying Hard for You" - Love Letters to a Death Camp;
- Lowell May, WWII historian and author of Camp Concordia: German POWs in the Midwest;
- Roy Bird and Gwen Battis author and illustrator of Little Ike: Dwight D. Eisenhower's Abilene Boyhood;
- From Andover, Kansas, Robert Collins, author of 3 science fiction novels and more;
- Hutchinson's Mary Rintoul (author) and Betsie Andrews (publisher) with their book, Prairie Nutcracker;
- McPherson's Steven Farney, author of several Kansas sports books including Title Towns: Class BB Boys Basketball Champions;
- Kim Vogel Sawyer, author of many inspiration fiction titles including the forthcoming A Seeking Heart;
- Hutchinson-area authors Amy Bickel and Jason Probst authors of The Complete Guide to Kansas Fishing;
- Hutchinson writer and photographer Linda Laird, author The American Grain Elevator: Function and Form;
- Writing duo Vickie Britton & Loretta Jackson, co-authors of several mysteries, their latest is The Mayan Mask of Death
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