David J. Corwell
http://booktour.com/author/david_j_corwell dcorwell@hotmail.com David J. Corwell's latest short story, "Susto," will appear in Dia de los Muertos (forthcoming, 2009). Other fiction has been published in the Dead in Th13teen Flashes and Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves anthologies. The latter volume, a compilation of traditional and contemporary/urban fantasy tales of elves, was a Double Finalist in the New Mexico Book Awards in the Anthology and Science Fiction/Fantasy Book categories. David is always available to discuss his stories, as well as various writing topics, including fictional techniques, short stories and genre fiction.
Beverly Eschberger
Beverly Eschberger is able to speak to children and families about travel to foreign countries and how other countries can be different from America. She is the author of two children's books in the Elephant Family Adventures series: The Elephants Visit London and The Elephants Tour England. The Elephants Visit London is a Mom's Choice Silver Award Winner and was a 2008 New Mexico Book Award finalist. She'll be happy to read from herbooks to children.
Geoff Habiger
Geoff Habiger available to speak to children about dinosaurs. His Dinosaur Learning Activity Book uses fun activities to teach the scienceof paleontology to children. Geoff has a degree in geology and has been onseveral dinosaur digs. He's willing to talk about geology and paleontology(especially dinosaurs) to grade-schoolers.
Kathy Barco
Kathy Barco, author of READiscover New Mexico/Leido descubra Nuevo Mexico/Yootooji HahoodzohNidinool’jjl Wolta’go : A Tri-Lingual Adventure in Literacy (a 2008 New Mexico Book Award Winner) does school or classroom visits, which can include hands-on activities for students. In addition, she would be happy to come to your school or library to take part in family literacy events, or present in-service programs for teachers or librarians. Please visit her website for more information.
Zelda Gatuskin
Zelda is a visual artist aas well as an author. As the proprietor of Studio Z, multi-media arts, and co-owner of Amador Publishers, LLC, she has a unique perspective on the conflicts between art for art's sake and the business of art. She is availalable to speak to book clubs, artists, writers, and school groups about her creative process and the value of artistic expression. Write to her at zelda@cinderzelda.com (8/09-6)
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Sabra Brown Steinsiek
Sabra is available to teach Haiku poetry in classrooms using her
Red Velvet Shoes: Contemporary Haiku
She is also the author of four romance novels with an Albuquerque heroine perfect for bookclub reading. Annie's Song was the Winner of the 2008 New Mexico Book Awards for Romance. She'll be happy to attend your bookclub meeting.
Book excerpts are available on her website.
Greg resides in Albuquerque and is the author of four novels,
the Unknown Country Trilogy and Zahir, a story of deep Amazon horror.
The trilogy is a story of adventure with a touch of fantasy and a taste of SciFi and is perfect for a bookclub. Zahir is a quick read which will keep you on the edge of your seat.
The author would welcome an invitation to bookclub meeting to discuss these books, his current project or the creative process. Book excerpts and short stories are available on his website
Rheanni Lightwater
Invite Rheanni to speak to your organization about how Intuitive Learning can be used to deal effectively with stress, burnout and learning disabilities. Rheanni is the author of
Soul Oriented Solutions, a 2008 Winner of the New Mexico Book Awards.
