2012 Book Bash
Sherri Dusky Rinker: Sherri has returned to her passion of writing to indulge her own children's passions. A graphic designer, she lives in Chicago with her photographer husband, a cockapoo named Quincy, several fish, a few hermit crabs, an ever-changing array of insects in jars, toys in every corner, and two energetic and inquisitive young boys: one fascinated by bugs and magic and another obsessed with trucks and trains. She's constantly inspired -- and often exhausted! Click here to read more...
Keir Graff: Keir Graff was born in Missoula, Montana in 1969. From the very start he had an interest in writing. “At the age of 5, I dictated my first play to my father, who typed it up on his Hermes portable typewriter. It was titled Zorro and the Bad Guy". Graff started writing novels in high school in an elective class called The Detective Novel. The teacher asked the students to start writing their own detective novels—and Graff’s Dark Suns was born. Click here to read more...
Frances O'Roark Dowell: Frances O’Roark Dowell was born May 30, 1964, in Berlin, Germany. “My dad was in the U.S. Army at the time, and I was born on a military post, so I’ve always been an American citizen.” She lives in Durham, North Carolina with her husband and two sons. Click here to read more...
Eric Rohmann: Eric Rohmann was born in Riverside, Illinois in 1957. He grew up in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago. As a boy, Eric played Little League baseball, read comic books, collected rocks and minerals, insects, leaves, and animal skulls. Click here to read more...
Keir Graff: Keir Graff was born in Missoula, Montana in 1969. From the very start he had an interest in writing. “At the age of 5, I dictated my first play to my father, who typed it up on his Hermes portable typewriter. It was titled Zorro and the Bad Guy". Graff started writing novels in high school in an elective class called The Detective Novel. The teacher asked the students to start writing their own detective novels—and Graff’s Dark Suns was born. Click here to read more...
Frances O'Roark Dowell: Frances O’Roark Dowell was born May 30, 1964, in Berlin, Germany. “My dad was in the U.S. Army at the time, and I was born on a military post, so I’ve always been an American citizen.” She lives in Durham, North Carolina with her husband and two sons. Click here to read more...
Eric Rohmann: Eric Rohmann was born in Riverside, Illinois in 1957. He grew up in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago. As a boy, Eric played Little League baseball, read comic books, collected rocks and minerals, insects, leaves, and animal skulls. Click here to read more...
