Authors
2012 Ohioana Book Festival Featured Authors
Tom Batiuk, Medina County, The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Vol. I
Jeni Britton Bauer, Franklin County, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home
Cinda Williams Chima, Cuyahoga County, The Gray Wolf Throne
Casey Daniels, Cuyahoga County, Wild, Wild Death
Nancy Petro, Franklin County, False Justice: Eight Myths That Convict the Innocent
Donald Ray Pollock, Ross County, The Devil All the Time
Les Roberts, Cuyahoga County, The Cleveland Creep
Michael J. Rosen, Perry County, The Hound Dog’s Haiku and Other Poems for Dog Lovers
Robin Yocum, Franklin County, Favorite Sons
2012 Ohioana Book Festival Authors
Lisa Abraham, Trumbull County, Famous Chefs and Fabulous Recipes
Arnold Adoff, Greene County, Virginia Hamilton: Speeches, Essays, and Conversations
Saundra Crum Akers, Franklin County, Shattered Hart
J. Kelley Anderson, Licking County, Casting Shadows
Yvonne Anderson, Tuscarawas County, The Story in the Stars
Thomas E. Barden, Lucas County, Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War
Rebecca Barnhouse, Trumbull County, Peaceweaver
Paul Bauer, Portage County, Jim Tully: American Writer, Irish Rover, Hollywood Brawler
Carrie Bebris, Montgomery County, The Deception at Lyme: Or, The Peril of Persuasion
Tim Bowers, Licking County, It’s a Big World, Little Pig!
Gary A. Braunbeck, Franklin County, Mr. Hands
Dale Patrick Brown, Hamilton County, Literary Cincinnati: The Missing Chapter
Christopher Busta-Peck, Cuyahoga County, Hidden History of Cleveland
Leah Clifford, Lorain County, A Touch Morbid
Kacy Cook, Franklin County, Virginia Hamilton: Speeches, Essays, and Conversations
Kambri Crews, Summit County, Burn Down the Ground: A Memior
Mark Dawidziak, Summit County, Jim Tully: American Writer, Irish Rover, Hollywood Brawler
Darryl S. Doane, Stark County, Life’s Journey: Find Your Place to Stand and Build the Right Future
David S. Doane, Stark County, Life’s Journey: Find Your Place to Stand and Build the Right Future
Julie Drew, Summit County, Daughter of Providence
Jeffrey Ebbeler, Hamilton County, Haunted House, Haunted Mouse
Mary Ellis, Medina County, A Marriage for Meghan
Terry W. Ervin II, Champaign County, Blood Sword
David S. FitzSimmons, Richland County, Animals of Ohio’s Ponds and Vernal Pools
Amanda Flower, Summit County, Murder in a Basket
Regina M. Geither, Cuyahoga County, Island of Tory
Carole Gerber, Delaware County, Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer
Raimund E. Goerler, Franklin County, The Ohio State University: An Illustrated History
Richard Hague, Hamilton County, Learning How: Stories, Yarns, and Tales
Karen Harper, Franklin County, Fall from Pride
Steve Harpster, Hamilton County, Drawing Sea Animals with Numbers
Sherri Hayes, Union County, Slave: Finding Anna Book 1
Susan Gee Heino, Union County, Temptress in Training
Nancy Herriman, Franklin County, The Irish Healer
Rick Hilles, Stark County, A Map of the Lost World
John B. Kachuba, Hamilton County, Ghosthunting Ohio: On the Road Again
Nellie Kampmann, Franklin County, A Haunted History of Columbus, Ohio
Daniel Kirk, Franklin County, Library Mouse: A Museum Adventure
Joy M. Kiser, Summit County, America’s Other Audubon
Leonard Kress, Wood County, Living in the Candy Store
Julie Anne Lindsey, Stark County, Death by Chocolate
Matt Livigni, Summit County, Journey Bread II: Five Minute Meals for the Soul
Tammie Lyon, Clermont County, Olive and Snowflake
Donna MacMeans, Franklin County, Redeeming the Rogue
Jack Matthews, Athens County, The Gambler’s Nephew
Karen Meyer, Delaware County, Battle at Blue Licks
Beverly Meyers, Franklin County, Look to Lazarus: The Big Store
David Meyers, Franklin County, Look to Lazarus: The Big Store
Elise Meyers Walker, Franklin County, Look to Lazarus: The Big Store
Brandon Marie Miller, Hamilton County, Thomas Jefferson for Kids: His Life and Times
Dara Naraghi, Franklin County, Witch and Wizard: Operation Zero
Mike Olszewski, Portage County, WIXY 1260: Pixies, Six-packs, and Superman
Karen A. Patterson, Ross County, Eating Your Way Across Ohio
Mae Pelster, Summit County, Abolitionists, Copperheads, and Colonizers in Hudson and the Western Reserve
Nancy Roe Pimm, Union County, Colo’s Story: The Life of One Grand Gorilla
David Powers, Lorain County, Beyond Delicious: The Ghost Whisperer’s Cookbook
Doug Ramspeck, Allen County, Mechanical Fireflies
Robert A. Reynolds, Erie County, A Poetic Journey
Joyce Richardson, Athens County, Nude Descending a Staircase
Josh Rolnick, Summit County, Pulp and Paper
Rafael Rosado, Franklin County, Giants Beware!
Gregg Sapp, Franklin County, Dollarapalooza or The Day Peace Broke Out in Columbus
Rose D. Sloat, Stark County, Life’s Journey: Find Your Place to Stand and Build the Right Future
Larry Smith, Erie County, The Free Farm: A Novel and Mingo Junction
Lucy A. Snyder, Franklin County, Switchblade Goddess
Jeffrey F. Spieles, Montgomery County, In Sherman’s Path
Tricia Springstubb, Cuyahoga County, Mo Wren, Lost and Found
Catherine St. John, Trumbull County, Famous Chefs and Fabulous Recipes
Lynne Sturtevant, Washington County, A Guide to Historic Marietta, Ohio
Marilou K. Suszko, Lorain County, The Locavore’s Kitchen: A Cook’s Guide to Seasonal Eating and Preserving
Denise C. Verrico, Franklin County, My Fearful Symmetry: Book 3 of the Immortyl Revolution
Christina Wald, Hamilton County, Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer
Laura Maylene Walter, Cuyahoga County, Living Arrangements
Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Franklin County, Hatred at Home: al-Qaida on Trial in the American Midwest
Jack Wilson, Richland County, Voices from the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers
Angene Wilson, Richland County, Voices from the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers
Mary Ann Winkowski, Cuyahoga County, Beyond Delicious: The Ghost Whisperer’s Cookbook
Eric J. Wittenberg, Franklin County, The Battle of White Sulphur Springs
Katherine Ziff, Athens County, Asylum on the Hill: History of a Healing Landscape
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