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March 21,
2009 Featured Authors
We
take great pride and pleasure in announcing
this
stellar line-up for our
10th anniversary celebration !ADULT
Lisa Black – Her latest,
“Takeover” released in September 2008.
http://www.lisa-black.com/
Tracy Brown – Known for
urban fiction; her latest release is “Twisted.”
www.tracy-brown.com
Tim Dorsey – He was at our
first event in 2000 and has been at nearly all of
our Festivals since then. Tim is coming back for #10!
Watch for his January 2009 release is “Nuclear
Jellyfish.”
www.timdorsey.com
Tess Gerritsen – “The
Keepsake” is her latest; you’ll also know her for
“Harvest,” “Gravity,” and “The
Surgeon” among others.
www.tessgerritsen.com
Jennifer Haigh –
Sorry! She has cancelled.
Ad Hudler – “Man of the House,” released in
September 2008. Hudler lives in Fort Myers with his
daughter and wife, Carol Hudler,
president and publisher of The News-Press.
http://www.adhudler.com/index.html.
Dennis Lehane – Dennis
Lehane was at our first event in 2000 and has agreed to
return for the 10th anniversary celebration!
“The Given Day” debuted in September 2008 to RAVE
reviews!
www.dennislehane.com
Jeff Lindsay – “Darkly
Dreaming Dexter” upon which the Showtime series, DEXTER,
is based.
http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/dexter/index.html.
David Liss - Most recent
historic novel, “The Whiskey Rebels.” Also authored “The
Ethical Assassin,” an
outrageous mystery set in Florida.
http://www.davidliss.com/index.html.
Robert Macomber – Almost
everyone locally knows Bob, a Lee County resident, for
his military fiction, the latest of which is
“A Different Kind of Honor.”
http://www.robertmacomber.com/
Jeff Shaara — “Gods and
Generals” and “The Last Full Measure” – two novels that
complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his
father’s Pulitzer Prize—winning classic “The Killer
Angels.” His latest, “The Steel Wave,” is the second
volume of a trilogy that began with "The Rising Tide,"
relating the story of the Second World War in Europe.
Sponsored by WGCU Public Media
www.JeffShaara.com.
Tom Smoot – Brought to us by
the Edison & Ford Winter Estates. A native and lifelong
resident of Fort Myers who wrote “The Edisons of Fort
Myers: Discoveries of the Heart.”
http://new.pineapplepress.com/pdfbookdetails.asp.
AnnieVanderbilt – Author of
"The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti"
http://www.annievanderbilt.com/
YOUNG ADULT
Jeff Kinney – The third book
in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, "Diary of a Wimpy
Kid: The Last Straw," came out in January 2009,
just in time for our Reading Festival!
http://www.wimpykid.com/
CHILDREN’S
Katie Davis – Wrote and
illustrated the novel "The Curse of
Addy McMahon." Davis' picture
books include
"Kindergarten Rocks," "Mabel
the Tooth Fairy,"
"How She Got Her Job" and "Who Hops?"
http://www.katiedavis.com/
Darrell House –
Singer/Songwriter and
Author of "Miller The Green
Caterpillar"
http://www.darrellhouse.com/
Lois Lowry – Renowned,
award-winning author of over 35 books for young people
including “The Giver” and “Number the Stars.”
www.loislowry.com
Janeen Mason - Award-winning
author/illustrator whose titles include "Going Around
the Sun: Some Planetary Fun" and "Ocean Commotion: Sea
Turtles" and more.
www.janeenmason.com
Anne Mazer –
Sorry! She has cancelled.
Ellen
Potter
–
Sorry! She has cancelled. The
Southwest Florida Reading Festival is proud to deliver
an exciting line-up of popular best-selling authors each
year! We strive to present a variety of topics and
genres, and something for every reading level with
separate presentation stages for adult fiction and
non-fiction, young adult books, and children’s
literature and picture books.
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