Author Panels
Your Favorite Authors and Books You Love!
Listen to your favorite authors as they speak about their work, the creative process, and more in these fun and informative panel discussions. Seating is first come, first served. You can meet all of our authors in the Author Pavilion.
2025 Author Panel Schedule
10:15 AM
Third Floor
Writing & Art Contest Winner Announcements
10:30 AM
Lives Lived, Stories to Tell
Jack Brennan, Hilary Cambell,
Marty Ross-Dolen
Moderator: Audrey Bullar
Room 1SA
True Crime
Eli Frankel, Randy Hubbard,
James Renner
Moderator: Amanda Rossman
Room 1SB
Buzzworthy Books
Sarah Landenwich, Madge Maril,
Mindy McGinnis
Moderator: Isa Fernandez
Room 1SC
11:30 AM
Poetry
Alissa Sammarco, upfromsumdirt,
Artress White
Moderator: Zinnia Stewart
Room 1SA
Local Interest
Marvin Bartlett, Chris Hanlin,
Katy Mark, Kathleen Smythe
Moderator: Jeff Seuss
Room 1SB
Thrillers & Suspense
Wes Browne, Angela Henry,
Sharon Short,
Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Room 1SC
Author Spotlight
Tessa Bailey In Conversation with Paula Brehm-Heeger
3rd Floor Room
12:30 PM
Graphic Novels
Jay Kalagayan, Rafael Rosado,
Kim Shearer, Scout Underhill
Moderator: Shawn Pryor
Room 1SA
Horror
Philip Fracassi, Emily Jane,
Katherine Kerestman
Moderator: Rick Pender
Room 1SB
Book Club Picks
Jaclyn Youhana Garver,
Julie Hensley, Jessica Strawser, Heather Webber
Moderator: Kim Brock
Room 1SC
Romance
Crystal Caudill, Susan Furlong,
Jenna Beall Mueller,
Patricia Sargeant
Moderator: Kaitlyn Craig
3rd Floor Room
1:30 PM
Bridging the Gap
Elisa Stone Leahy,
Tricia Springstubb,
Shannon Stocker, Misty Wilson
Moderator: Natalie Richards
Room 1SA
Literary Fiction
Esinam Bediako, Wes Blake,
Katherine Howe, Lynne Hugo
Moderator: Isa Fernandez
Room 1SB
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Andrea Hairston,
Mary Robinette Kowal,
Meredith R. Lyons,
Shawntelle Madison
Moderator: Jeremy Clark
Room 1SC
2:30 PM
Teen
Lindsey Duga,
Michelle Kulwicki,
Mariama J. Lockington,
Erica Ivy Rodgers
Moderator: Christen Randall
Room 1SA
Music Past and Present
Rob Harvilla, Alan Light,
Annie Zaleski
Moderator: Brian Powers
Room 1SB
Mysteries
Connie Berry, Lynn Cahoon,
Catherine Mack
Moderator: Valerie Davis
Room 1SC
In Conversation
Silas House with Yalie Kamara
3rd Floor Room
Author Stage Talks - 2nd Floor
10:30AM – The Sober Shift –Suzanne Wrye & Susan Knower
11:00AM – Surviving Soccer: A Chill Parent’s Guide to Carpools, Calendars, Coaches, Clubs, and Corner Kicks– Karen Scholl
11:30AM – Classic Cocktail Revival– Jennifer Brian
12:00PM – Crossing Borders, Expanding Boundaries: A White Soldier’s Experience of the WWII Segregated Army–Daniel Hurley
12:30PM – Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins – Roger Brucker
1:00PM – Healing Division: How Balancing Empahty and Power Can Heal American Society– Amy Hull
1:30PM – Promised Land: How the Midwest Was Won– Peter Bronson
2:00PM – Women & Power: Your Guidebook to Risk, Resilience, and Confidence – Jane Sojka
2:30PM – Ghosts of an Old Forest: Essays on Midwestern Rural Heritage– Deborah Fleming
3:00PM – Forty Ways to Know a Star– Jillian Scudder
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