Rosemary Douglas Lombard will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Rosemary Lombard, former university teacher, editor, and naturalist, now independent interdisciplinary researcher in animal cognition, brings to her writing decades of surprise and delight exploring turtles’ cognitive potential. Award winner in creative nonfiction and poetry, she has…
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Willamette Writers Author Signing: Riley Costello
Riley Costello will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Riley Costello, an Oregon native, writes the popular lifestyle and fashion blog, sincerelyriley.com. Waiting at Hayden’s is her first novel and the first book where readers can watch scenes unfold and shop the characters’ clothes. Costello coined and branded this…
Willamette Writers Author Signing: Jack Estes
Jack Estes will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Jack Estes is the author of the critically acclaimed Vietnam memoir, A Field of Innocence – Finalist for the Oregon Book Awards- and his equally powerful, recent novel, A Soldier’s Son. His articles and essays have appeared in…
Willamette Writers Author Signing: Mary DeMocker
Mary DeMocker will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Mary DeMocker uses the arts to fight for a healthy future. Her book, The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep, features a…
Willamette Writers Author Signing: Cheryl M. Willis, Ed.D.
Cheryl M. Willis, Ed.D. will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Temple University graduate, Cheryl M. Willis pursued her passion for Tap Dance writing the first doctoral dissertation on African American women tap dancers from the Swing Era. Recently, she published “Tappin At the Apollo: The African…
Willamette Writers Author Signing: John Dover
John Dover will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Author and musician, John Dover, lives in Portland Oregon. He is the writer and creator of the Johnny Scotch series of novella’s and comics. He is also a contributor on several horror anthologies. As a musician, John considers…
Willamette Writers Author Signing: Jeff Stookey
Jeff Stookey will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Growing up in a small town in rural Washington State, Jeff Stookey enjoyed writing stories. He studied literature, history, and cinema at Occidental College, and then got a BFA in Theater from Fort Wright College. In his 40s…
Willamette Writers Author Signing: Gregg Coodley M.D.
Gregg Coodley M.D. will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Gregg Coodley M.D. is the author of 3 prior books. His first history, The Magnificent Losers: History’s Greatest Unsuccessful Reformers, Revolutionaries, and Fighters for Freedom and Justice, was published in 2017. Coodley graduated with a BA in…
Willamette Writers Author Signing: Susan Ralphe
Susan Ralphe will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Susan’s disease was traced back to kindergarten. On a manic high in high school, she got straight A’s while joining almost every extracurricular activity. Depression colored most of her college years. Normal demands of marriage and children brought…
Willamette Writers Author Signing: Kim Allred
Kim Allred will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Kim Allred grew up in Southern California but now enjoys the quiet life in an old timber town in the Pacific Northwest where she raises alpacas, llamas, and an undetermined number of free-range chickens. Just like her characters,…