Second Annual Sedona Book Festival
Yavapai College – Sedona Campus
Saturday, October 2, 2010
9 am to 5 pm

   
 
 

Authors & Other Presenters

Guest of Honor, Gary Every:

GARY EVERY has had over one-thousand poetry, fiction, and article publications, in such publications as Snowy Egret, South Carolina Review, North American Review, Weber Studies, The Temple, Blue Mesa Review, Gargoyle, Desert Leaf, Chiron Review, Tales of the Talisman, Mythic Delirium, Dreams and Nightmares, Black Petals, Beyond Centurai and others. He is a two-time Best Lifestyle Feature winner from the Arizona Newspaper Association, and a four-time nominee for the Rhysling Award for Best Science Fiction Poetry. He is the author of five books, including Cat Canyon Secrets, Inca Butterflies, Drunken Astronomers and his most recent Shadow of the OhshaD, a collection of the best of his award-winning newspaper columns.
 
Keynote Speaker, Allen Woodman:

ALLEN WOODMAN has published six books of fiction, including Saved by Mr. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a collection of humorous stories, and The Cows Are Going to Paris, a children's picture book (selected for Doubleday and Literary Guild Book Clubs). He has published scores of short stories in magazines and anthologies, including Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Sudden Fiction Continued, Mirabella, and Story. He is Professor of Creative Writing and Chair of the English Department at Northern Arizona University.
 

Attending Authors & Others:

Anna Anders, author of ANNA ANDERS

Arizona Authors Association

David L. Arnett, author of SWING HIGH, SWEET CHARIOT: THE GOSPEL OF JAKE DANIELS

Jennifer Ashley, aka Allyson James, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author of PRIDE MATES

Douglas W. Ayres, author of RIGHT IN THE CITY: A DOG'S TALE

Pamela S. Ayres

Sam Barone, author of DAWN EMPIRE and EMPIRE RISING

Becky Bartness, author of HOW TO RUIN A VACATION

Debra Beck, author of MY FEET AREN'T UGLY

Best Life Media, publisher of Ilchi Lee's books and products based on brain enhancement

Elizabeth L. Bewley, author of KILLER CURE

Rick Birk, author of THE SHEPHERDESS

James Bishop, Jr. , author of EPITAPH FOR A DESERT ANARCHIST

Marisa Bonill

T.J. Boyer, author of THE MIRROR GATE CHRONICLES

Patricia L. Brooks, author of GIFTS OF SISTERHOOD

Susan Budavari, contributor to HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION

Kebba Buckley Button, author of DISCOVER THE SECRET ENERGIZED YOU

Frank Case

Susan Case, author of THAT'S A DEAD ONE, ALRIGHT

Jeri Castronova, author of CODE OF THE KING

Victoria Clark, working with the SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM

Theresa Crabtree, author of MAYAN MESSAGES

Lisa Dahl, owner of Dahl & Diluca and Cucina Rustica restaurants

Judith March Davis, author of PAGODA DREAMER

Desert Sleuths Chapter of Sisters in Crime

Ann Eller, author of DRAGON IN THE SKIES: PROPHECY FROM THE STARS

Erik J. Ekstrom, author of THE STORYTELLER SERIES

Susan Ferguson, author of GAZE

Pat Frayne, author of TALES OF TOPAZ, THE CONJURE CAT

Gene Garrison, author of FROM THUNDER TO BREAKFAST

Marjorie Geiser, author of JUST JUMP

George Genyk, author of D'JON

GO-5 Books

Golden Words Books

Willma Gore, author of SOMETHING'S LEAKING UPSTAIRS and LONG DISTANCE GRANDPARENTING

Carol Gronewold, author of THE SECRET RECIPE

Beth Kingsley Hawkins, author of WORD PEARLS

Toby Fesler Heathcotte, author of OUT OF THE PSYCHIC CLOSET and THE ALMA CHRONICLES

Mary Heyborne, author of WORDS AND OTHER LOVERS and EPHEMERONS

Lori Hines, contributor to HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACTATIN

Richard Hooper, author of HYMNS TO THE BELOVED

A. Roy Horn, author of HEROES, SAGES & MADMEN

Edward Ingraham

Scott Jones, author of LILLY

Ruth Jordan-Van Epps, working with the SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM

Nancy Humphry, author of THOSE DAYS IN DECEMBER

Elizabeth Kaites, author of A COMMON THREAD: STORIES OF OUR ONENESS

Zanne Kennedy, author of SILENT DISCOURSE

Maia Kincaid, author of THE JOY OF BEING HUMAN

Dan Klatt

James P. Krohbiel, author of STEPPING OUT OF THE BUBBLE

Deborah J. Ledford, author of STACCATO; editor of HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION

Greg Lilly, author of SCALPING THE RED ROCKS, UNDER A COPPER MOON, DEVIL'S BRIDGE and FINGERING THE FAMILY JEWELS

Virginia Lloyd, author of RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THIS AND THAT and THE PERSISTENCE OF LIFE

Diane Line, author of AT HEAVEN'S DOORWAY

Greta Manville, author of DEATH KEY

Barbara Mayer, author of BEYOND RELIGION

Merle McCann, author of The Longjohners' Series; editor of HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION

Maureen Murphy, author of THE ART OF LIVING and THE JOY OF BEING

Martha Mertz, founder of theATHENA International

Murder Mysteries, LLC

Kris Neri, award-winning author of mysteries, urban fantasy, thrillers and short stories

Ashleen O'Gaea, author of FAMILY WICCA

Jiyoung Oh, working with BEST LIFE MEDIA

Oko Okon

Della May Olson, author of LENA'S RAINBOW and TERROR ON LOCO RIDGE

George Olson

Roni Olson

Mary Louisa Page

Jolene Pierson, working with the VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT

Michelle Phillips, author of THE CREATOR SPEAKS

David M. Quinn, author of IT MAY BE FOREVER

Nancy Redd, contributor to HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION

Woody Rowe, author of CLEVER BILLY and THE FLAW OF KARMA

Sanctuary Publications

Judy Starbuck, contributor to HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION

Sunny Schlenger, organizer, life coach, and author of ORGANIZING FOR THE SPIRIT

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

Sedona Heritage Museum

Sedona Meataphysical Spiritual Association

Adele Seronde

Merv Shapan, Veterans History Project

Cheryl Gander Spagnolo, author of OBS, LIGHTS & CLOUDS

Terry Van Steenburgh, author of TOMOLLY'S TALES

Jean Steffens

Genia Sullivan, working with BEST LIFE MEDIA

Kiki Swanson, author of REMNANTS: READY FOR A NEW LIFE

Vladimir Swirynsky, author of CHIPPING AWAY AT THE FOSSIL HEART

Deborah Vaughn, author of IN SEARCH OF THE MENOPAUSE RANCH

Veterans History Project

Barbara Watkins

Kenneth Weene, author of WIDOW'S WALK

Milton (Mitt) Winstead, author of EVIL IN THE MIRROR

Wisdom of Love Publishing

Patricia Yaghmourian, author of WITH HUSKIES, WHO NEEDS A RAINY DAY

JoAnne Zeterburg, contributor to HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION

 
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
GUEST OF HONOR
 
Photo by Colleen Timmons