EVENTS
AUTHORS
Come join us at the Heartland Book Festival to meet authors and find books you want to read. We have scheduled events for elementary, middle, and high school students on Friday and writer workshops for Saturday.
2019 AUTHOR LINEUP
We are thankful for the authors who have offered to come to the Heartland Book Festival. You can find information about the authors and their books they will be selling at the book festival. Come on out to meet them and find the books you'd like to read.
Childrens
Biography
Lisa Colodny grew up in the rural countryside of Kentucky and earned her Doctorate in Pharmacy from Nova Southeastern University in Florida. She later obtained her MBA and has written approximately 34 publications in the health and science industry. Upcoming releases include Chimera and a third book in the Place Where Magic Lives Series.
Place Where Magic Lives: Walking The Plank
APRIL RENNER CURTSINGER
Biography
Originally from Mt. Vernon, KY, April now lives in Elizabethtown. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a degree in Child Development. Her first book is a true story of how she rescued her dog, Boone.
Boone
Biography
A Laramie Award winning author, Juliette hails from Kentucky where she lives on an old farm she has named Froggy Flats Farm…cause it’s flatter than a pancake and has tons of frogs in the pond? Her pets include two possums, who are featured in her book, “We Are Awesome Possums.”
We Are Awesome Possums
Biography
Sherry and her children live in Middletown, KY, very near the beautiful horse farms that made Kentucky famous. An award-winning educator, she served as a teacher, consultant, and principal. Her poems and journals have appeared in multiple journals and anthologies, and also authored the picture book, “Rock and Roll Woods.”
Rock & Roll Woods
KAZI MOHAMMED
Biography
Nine-year-old Kazi is an author and lover of books. Having autism, he did not speak in complete sentences until he was five. This opened up a whole new world and he began writing his own stories, and his bookshelves are now full of his own creations.
Mo and Ela
Biography
Ms. Morris was born in rural Alaska where the wild landscape and her many adventures into the woods sparked her love for epic fantasy. Eventually moving to Kentucky she competed in barrel racing, but her imagination allows her to create children’s stories in the world she calls Nythoria.
Biography
Lenora is from Elizabethtown, KY, and writes for PS Publishing’s Books 4Kids Program providing free books to school children everywhere. She is also a member of The Peacock Writers which publishes children’s books for charity.
Other Books
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The Secret in Santa's Beard
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Chess Challenge
My First Saturday in May
Biography
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Jen has published more than 200 books, many of which contain poetry. She has worked as a professional librarian for over fourteen years, and is also an editor for Pen It! Publications and Hydra Publications. Jen and her husband now live in Sellersburg, IN.
You Are You!
Other Books
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Bunny's Song
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Our Beloved Ashley
Biography
Margo Smith is a Speech-language Pathologist and lives in Louisville, KY. Before writing two children’s books, “The Perfect Shade of Pink”, and “The Lost Bone and the Found Sister”, Margo taught writing, spelling, and reading skills to children and specialized in written-language disorders.
The Lost Bone and The Found Sister
