TAG: authors
Q&A with romance novelists: Asa Maria Bradley, Katee Robert, and Rebecca Zanetti
Posted in Explore and Discover on January 24, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Erin Dodge My inner fangirl starts jumping up and down every time I find out that an author is coming to the library to give a reading or discuss writing. So you can imagine the backflips (my inner fangirl is much more flexible than I am) when I heard that three amazing authors are […]
Tags: adults, author visit, authors, books, events, reading, romance, romance series, writing
How to Thrive and Survive the Writing Life
Posted in Explore and Discover on October 27, 2016 at 6:00 am
By Claire Rudolf Murphy On October 30, longtime writing friend Sarah Conover and I will present a session on the writing life for the NaNoWriMo Readiness Conference. After two days of sessions about elements of craft at Moran Prairie Library, ours will be the final event of the weekend. I teach in a graduate writing […]
Tags: authors, classes, community, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, professional writer, writers life, writing
Irena’s Children: Q&A with Mary Cronk Farrell
Posted in Explore and Discover on September 22, 2016 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs Local author Mary Cronk Farrell writes about the kinds of people whose stories aren’t widely told, but ought to be. In Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific, she tells the story of nearly 100 army and navy nurses who struggled to not […]
Tags: authors, battle zones, books, family, history, illustrated books, nonfiction, parents, POW, prison camp, prisoner of war, Warsaw, WWII, YA, young learners
The Last Full Measure: Q&A with Local Author Trent Reedy
Posted in Explore and Discover on May 3, 2016 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs The United States are no longer united. In the wake of the Second Civil War, the once great nation is in shambles. And as the Republic of Idaho emerges alongside other newly formed, formerly American countries, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Local author Trent Reedy concludes his stunning […]
Going Local: The Collection That Shares the Talented Artists of the Greater Spokane Area
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on March 17, 2016 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs In a prominent corner or shelf of your closest County Library you might find stories about Sasquatch, about a derelict hotel rescued from obscurity, about a kid from North Idaho who implausibly becomes a drug kingpin before getting caught and going to prison. There are stories about a woman and her daughter […]
Animal rescues: Q&A with local author Kelly Milner Halls
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids, Teens on September 23, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs What do Sasquatch, wild dogs, dinosaur babies, ghosts, and alien visitors all have in common? Besides being intrinsically awesome, they’ve all been book subjects for local writer Kelly Milner Halls. Halls is a passionate profiler of the wonderfully weird, with nonfiction titles like Tales of the Cryptids, Ghostly Evidence, a […]
Talking to myself: an alternative writing method
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 30, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kevin J. Anderson Guest Writer If you see a person walking along engaged in a vigorous conversation with no one else around them, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s escaped from the nearest asylum. It could be me talking to myself. But don’t be concerned, don’t interrupt me, don’t bother me at all—I’m writing. It’s been […]
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You and Me and Him: Q&A with YA Author Kris Dinnison
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, Teens on June 30, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs One of the best things about having bright, talented literary friends is getting to read their work and celebrate with them when their novels are published. I’m especially excited in the case of Kris Dinnison, longtime friend, community builder, and emerging YA voice. Her debut novel You and Me and Him is […]
Hunting For Sasquatch: a conversation with Sharma Shields
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on January 22, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Cara Strickland Sharma Shields is a rising star in the literary world. Her first book, a collection of short stories called Favorite Monster won the 2011 Autumn House Fiction prize, and her novel The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac releases on January 27. Sharma lives in Spokane with her family (and she can often be found bringing her childr […]
Tags: authors, Favorite Monsters, Jess Walter, local authors, q&a, Sharma Shields, The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac
Interview with Jess Walter, Award-Winning Author of “Beautiful Ruins” & “Citizen Vince”
Posted in Explore and Discover on December 12, 2013 at 6:00 am
By Ellen Peters Local Spokane author Jess Walter is a former National Book Award finalist and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, as well as the author of six novels and one nonfiction book. Recently, I had the pleasure to interview Mr. Walter about his life and his writing. Ellen Peters: What’s the one […]
