Updated on Saturday, September 17, 2011
Updated on Saturday, September 17, 2011 |
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| Author | Genre | Title | Description | Web site | Cover |
| Sheryl Acosta | Fiction for young readers | Smudge the Wonder Dog | This is a story that is filled with adventure, humor, frustration, life, death, spirituality and life-lessons learned. It is a book that can be enjoyed by young readers trying to deal with growing up, and the adults trying to live with them. | www.smudgethewonderdog.com | |
| Atascadero Friends of the Library | Friends grouyp | Atascadero Friends of the Library | The Atascadero Friends of the Library supports the local library with fund-raising, book sales, and volunteer activities in and for the Atascadero Library. | www.atascaderofriendsofthelibrary.org | |
| Bhira Backhaus | Literary Fiction | Under the Lemon Trees | Backhaus's debut novel explores love, loss and the tangled web of family in the matriarchal Oak Grove, Calif., Sikh community of 1976. Teenage narrator Jeeto is already caught between two worlds, the college-bound crowd of her American classmates and the traditional marriage, arranged by her mother, to an unknown young man from India. | www.underthelemontrees.com | |
| Nancy and Biff Barnes | How-to, Memoir and Family History | Stories to Tell, An Easy Guide to Self Publishing Family History Books and Memoirs | Nancy and Biff Barnes are editors and book designers who help authors to self publish. Nancy Barnes is the author of Stories To Tell: An Easy Guide to Self Publishing Family History Books and Memoirs. | www.storiestotellbooks.com | |
| Barnes & Noble Booksellers | Bookstore | Nook e-book reader | Barnes and Noble sells books, and also sells the Nook e-book reader. At the Book and Author Festival they will demonstrate the Nook, and show how e-books are changing people's reading style. | www.bn.com | |
| Friedl E. Semans Bell | Creative Non-fiction | She Cried for Mother Russia: A Princess in San Luis Obispo | Russian princess Tatiana Volkonsky narrowly escaped death from marauding Bolsheviks in 1917. She escaped with some of her family members, ultimately settling in San Luis Obispo. This book is the amazing story of her life and her family. | |
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| Michael Paul Brown | Spirituality; Inspirational; Self-help; Death & Grief | You Are a Gift to the World: Blessings from My Mom | "I recommend everyone read this.... This book will lead you straight to life's most important purpose of all..." — Sonia Choquette, New York Times best-selling Author | www.YouAreAGift.com | |
| Jeannie Bruenning | Various genres; editing services for authors | Glow; Mr. Hobbins; Your Wagon is a Saggin'; 3 Cool Dudes; The Big Floating Zoo; If God is... | In a world overloaded with programs, systems, checklists and agendas, Silver Thread Publishing is committed to publishing works that challenge our thoughts, our beliefs and our values. In doing so, we bring a unique color palette to our individual lives. | www.asilverthread.com | |
| Michael Cervin | Travel Guidebooks | Santa Barbara & the Central Coast; California Wine Country | Everything you need to know when visiting the Central Coast. From Ventura and Ojai, to Santa Barbara Wine Country, San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay and Paso Robles, this is how best to spend your time. | www.michaelcervin.com | |
| Evelyn Dabritz | Children's nature books | Bonnie Barnacle Finds a Home, How the Innkeeper Worm Got a Full House, The Kelp Condo Crisis | Read about Bonnie Barnacle's adventures as she goes through her life cycle. Third graders and up should enjoy this story about on of nature's creatures. A fascinating look at one of the sea's most interesting creatures. | |
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| Doug Danielson | Nautical Mystery Adventure | Shore Loser, Wet Dreams | Jake Mortensen's friend Buddy Wright is threatened by a mysterious assassin—someone who may have served with him during the Vietnam War—and twenty-six years later, Buddy is scared. He's exhibiting symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and can't remember who might want him dead. | www.doug-danielson.com | |
| Lee Anne Del Rio, M.D. | Self-help | The Loving Divorce | Divorce is not the end of the family; it's the evolution of family! The Loving Divorce is a step-by-step process enabling parents to sever their relationship as lovers, while maintaining a stable family environment. | www.thelovingdivorce.com | |
| Dianetics Foundation | Self-help | Dianetics: Modern Science of Mental Health | www.dianetics.org | ||
| Mary Embree | Reference | Author's Toolkit, Birds and Bees of Words | The Birds and Bees of Words is an entertaining, informative look at the ever-changing nature of the English language. More than 1,000 words are featured on the book's list of new and inventive words; nearly 30,000 more words are discussed in sections including a look at word roots and how they are used in modern language | www.maryembree.com | |
| Mary Ann Fraser | Children's books | I.Q. Goes to the Library; Heebie Jeebie Jamboree | He's been Student of the Week, but will I.Q. ever get a library card? When Mrs. Furber announces that it's Library Week, I.Q. can't be more excited. During his first visit, I.Q. makes the amazing discovery that he can borrow books once he gets his own library card. He wants to take out the funny book that Mrs. Binder, the Librarian, reads to the class. | www.maryannfraser.com | |
| Friends of Arroyo Grande Library | Friends Group | The Friends of Arroyo Grande Library is a support group that helps the library with book sales, fund raising, and volunteer support. All of the Friends' efforts are voluntary, and all of the proceeds of the work benefit the Arroyo Grande branch of the library. | www.fotagl.org | |
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| Friends of the Creston Library | Friends group | The Friends of the Creston Library is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and enhancing the services and facilities provided by the Creston branch of the San Luis Obispo City-County Library. We work together to keep our community thriving and our library open! | www.crestonlibraryfriends.com | ||
| Patricia Fry | Publishing and self-promotion | The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book; How to Write a Successful Book Proposal in 8 Days or Less, etc. | Ms. Fry will take the confusion and mystery out of the publishing process. | www.patriciafry.com | |
| Galaxy Press | Mystery, thriller, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, romance and western stories | Branded Outlaw, Under the Black Ensign | Stories from the Golden Age is a line of 80 books and audiobooks featuring mystery, thriller, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, romance and western stories from master storyteller L. Ron Hubbard. | www.goldenagestories.com | |
| Ken Haggard | Architecture; Sustainability; History | Passive Solar Architecture; A Brief Architectural History of San Luis Obispo County; Fractal Architecture; Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference | Passive Solar Architecture was written to fill a void in the literature about this important approach to building. Passive solar offers a more joyous environment while also reducing energy and material requirements in building. Examples in the book include passive solar heating, passive cooling, materials reduction and methods for harvesting renewable resources as part of a synergistic design for living. | www.fractalarchitecture.com | |
| Kathleen Reading Haws | Spiritual, Pregnancy and Childbirth | The Baby Connector, How We Came to Be | This picture book was written with the little ones in mind to help them remember how we came into existence. Within the pages of this book are beautiful reminders of our angelic nature and an understanding of our human experience. How We Came to Be speaks to children of all ages and to the awakening human. | www.adoulabirth.com | |
| Jeff Herten | Addiction recovery; self help; medical | The Sobering Truth: What You Don't Know Can Kill You | What you don't know about alcohol can kill you. Alcohol consumption contributes to nine cancers, heart disease, acid reflux, osteoporosis, hypertension, depression, insomnia, and more. The Sobering Truth can save your life! | www.soberingtruth.com | |
| Janice Higgins | Non-Fiction | There Were No Parents Here | (Exhibiting with Roy King)In her first series of five, Janice Higgins captures a view of her life through the eyes of a child. Each book is like a piece of a puzzle that represents her life. | www.janicehiggins.com | |
| Woody Hochswender | Buddist Books | The Buddha in Your Mirror | While the notion that "happiness can be found within oneself" has recently become popular, Buddhism has taught for thousands of years that every person is a Buddha, or enlightened being, and has the potential for true and lasting happiness. | www.middlewaypress.com | |
| Brendan Kelso | Children's Drama | Shakespeare's Hamlet for Kids, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream for Kids, Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet for Kids, Shakespeare's Macbeth for Kids, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar for Kids | This is not your granddaddy's Shakespeare! This is the crazy, melodramatic, fun version, with duel-to-the-death sword-fighting, tragedy, and romance. Shakespeare has never been easier to understand. | www.playingwithplays.com | |
| Roy King | Romance | Symphonie Fantastique | (Exhibiting with Janice Higgins)How did he vanish so completely that night? Twelve years have passed, yet she remains hopelessly enthralled as the day she first met the young cowboy. Shouldn't she relinquish her idealistic fantasies and start living in the real world? | www.authorrhking.com | |
| Literacy Council of San Luis Obispo | Community service organization | The San Luis Obispo County Literacy Council is a nonprofit organization committed to assisting adult learners and their families in the development of English language skills. | www.sloliteracy.org | |
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| Shelly Lowenkopf | Writer's how-to, non-fiction | The Fiction Lover's Companion | This master editor has shepherded over 700 books through publication, and authored over thirty volumes himself. Now he distills for fiction lovers—both readers and writers—a lifetime of editorial wisdom. The Fiction Lover's Companionis the definitive volume explaining the words and phrases writers use when they discuss their work—terms and concepts writers need to know to be able to compete in today's crowded markets, and that will enrich the joy of books for readers. | www.lowenkopf.com | |
| Jonathan Maberry | Science Fiction, Suspense | The King of Plagues | A blast rocks a London hospital and thousands are dead or injured… Joe Ledger arrives on scene to investigate. The horror is unlike anything he has ever seen. Joe rejoins the DMS and within hours is attacked by a hit-team of assassins and sent on a suicide mission into a viral hot zone during an Ebola outbreak. | www.jonathanmaberry.com | |
| Shelley Malcolm | Photo/Coffee table, Inspirational | Real | A deep beauty exists in the stories our hands have to tell. Each of us has a chance to be REAL and claim our own beauty. The book features photos by Terilee Dawn Ouimette. | www.marthamartha.net | |
| Melinda Marchiano | Memoir | Grace: A Child's Intimate Journey Through Cancer and Recovery | From Melinda's blog, August 24, 2011: I read in my Government homework that we spend $500 billion a year for National Defense. I propose we re-allocate $100 billion of this to fight the war against childhood cancer. Childhood cancer is an invisible enemy that uses stealth tactics to destroy the lives of children and their families. This insidious enemy attacks children in their own land, in their own homes, and it invades their innocent, healthy bodies for the purpose of destruction. I cannot imagine a more violent, threatening enemy than childhood cancer. | www.melindamarchiano.com | |
| Susan E. McKee | Memoir | Days Like Floating Water, A Story of Modern China | Days Like Floating Water braids the lives of a resourceful American couple, volunteers, into their English language students' days, bringing humor to a gray, rural campus in today's Communist China. | www.dayslikefloatingwater.com | |
| Heather Mendel | Non-fiction | Dancing in the Footsteps of Eve | Exhibiting with Eve Nauhaus | www.heathermendel.com | |
| Marilyn Meredith | Mystery | Angel Lost; An Axe to Grind; No Sanctuary; Invisible Path; Dispel the Mist; Kindred Spirits | The sudden appearance of an angel in the window of a furniture store captures everyone's imagination and causes problems for RBPD, and then the worst possible happens—will Stacey and Doug's wedding take place? | www.fictionforyou.com | |
| Eve Neuhaus | Spiritual Memoir | The Crazy Wisdom of Ganesh Baba | The stories Ganesh Baba told were never meant to be taken literally. Thus, little is known about his background — though it was clear that he was exceptionally well-educated, particularly in the sciences. This book describes the man, his beliefs, and his amazing following. Eve is exhibiting with Heather Mendel. | www.ganeshbaba.com | |
| Oak Tree Press | Memoir, self-help | Jetta's Journey: My Life as a Service Dog; Bullets and Bad Bad Men | Author Denise Solters helps Jetta, a service dog, tell the story of her training, education, and challenges as she serves her mistress. Illustrated by Isobel Hoffman. | www.oaktreebooks.com | |
| Meryl Perloff | Book Arts, Handmade Books, Structures, Boxes | Book Arts | Meryl Perloff will show examples of her delightful hand-made book art constructions. | www.etsy.com/shop/artsNletters | |
| Eileen Pritchard | Natural History Guidebook | A Self Guided Tour of the San Andreas Fault in San Luis Obispo & Adjoining Counties | This book tells the earth-shaking story of the San Andreas Fault as it passes through eastern San Luis Obispo County. Includes charts, diagrams, maps and earthquake information. | |
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| Joel F. Pullen, M.D. | Fiction | It Always Works Sometimes | It Always Works Sometimes begins in Little Rock, Arkansas in the poverty stricken 1930s as the voice of Laurel Hardy Lubeck maps life as seen during his travel through this Great Depression Era. The author has woven a superb tapestry disclosing a paradox, an enigma and a mystery. | www.summersetproductions.com | |
| Mara Purl | Women's Fiction | What the Heart Knows | The first in a series of romantic novels centered in the fictional California coastal town of Milford-Haven, near Santa Barbara. We meet Miranda, the talented young artist who is intrigued by wealthy Zack, who has been romancing Cynthia, a young woman on the rise. Added to this mix is a cast of other diverse characters whose machinations lead to romance and intrigue. —Santa Barbara News Press | www.marapurl.com | |
| David Rasch | Self-help, Writing | The Blocked Writer's Book of the Dead | This book offers solutions to a number of common productivity problems including procrastination, perfectionism, anxiety, fear of criticism, poor time management, impostor feelings and binge writing at deadlines. | www.davidraschphd.wordpress.com | |
| Reading in Public | Public Literacy | The Reading in Public Chair | The Reading in Public Chair was designed to provide a forum for everyone to read aloud, to make a statement, to be a witness to literacy in our society. The Chair is part of the Book and Author Festival this year, and will be the center of literary attention throughout the day in front of the Mission. In 2010 the creatives of RIP co-founded San Louie Magazine,a quarterly publication exploring the cultural, artistic and scientific goings-on relevant to the Central Coast. | www.ReadingInPublic.com | |
| Beryl Reichenberg | Children's Books | Ants on a Log | Ants on a Log is a tale about Jack the Rabbit who learns to like vegetables after eating a snack at school called ants on a log. For those who never heard of ants on a log, visualize a piece of celery filled with peanut butter topped with raisins. This story is based on a personal story about my son who refused to eat his greens until he discovered this healthy snack. | |
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| Leigh Rubin | Humor/Cartoons | Rubes Cartoons | Rubes draws zany cartoons, providing entertainment to people all over the world. His is always one of the most popular tables at the Book and Author Festival. | www.rubescartoons.com | |
| San Luis Obispo City/County Library | Library | Public Library | There are 15 branches of the San Luis Obispo County Library. The Library supports citizens of San Luis Obispo County with its branches, and through online services. The Library also operates the Bookmobile, which travels around the county to locations not served by a branch building. | www.slolibrary.org | |
| San Luis Obispo Friends of the Library | Friends group | Friends groups support local libraries by volunteering in the library, helping with book sales, fund raising, and helping to increase public awareness and use of the library. | www.slofol.org | ||
| Ann Schroeder SLO NightWriters | Fiction, Poetry, Memoir, Non-Fiction | Ordinary Aphrodite | Survival lessons for women who want to keep up the heat in their relationship while finding their own worth and purpose. Lessons for celebrating the million small steps that make up a woman's journey. An evocative journey back and a reminder of what is important. | www.readanneschroeder.com | |
| Bill Scott | Historical Fiction | Light on a Distant Hill; Angel of the Gold Rush; Angel's Daughter; Legacy of Angels | SALINA, KANSAS, 1874: A young girl stands at her window. She is fourteen, on the edge of womanhood. Looking out across the vast sea of grass that is the Great Plains, she dreams of the day when she might set sail upon it. | www.lightonadistanthill.com | |
| Jerry Scott | Humor | Cut (Baby Blues), Drive (Zits) | In this chronological collection, readers get a close-up view inside the home of the MacPhersons, a perfectly normal family with perfectly chaotic lives. Daryl and Wanda are deep in the trenches of child-rearing and earning their stripes as parents to Zoe, Hammie, and baby Wren. | www.babyblues.com | |
| Sherry Shahan | Young Adult Fiction | Purple Daze; Death Mountain | Purple Daze is a story about six high school friends and their sometimes humorous, often painful, and ultimately dramatic lives. | www.sherryshahan.com | |
| Deborah Sherrell | Children's book | Baby Lauren and Theodore | Baby Lauren and Theodore is a heartwarming story of friendship, love, loss, and renewed hope that teaches on multiple levels. Children delight in this tale, which is told in a simple, kid-friendly manner to make presented concepts easy to understand. Ages 2.5 - 8 years. | www.healingtreearts.com | |
| Sisters in Crime | Mystery | More SLO Death; And Some of Them are Dead; Gone Coastal; Never Safe | www.centralcoastsisters.blogspot.com | ||
| Gordon Snider | Suspense, Mystery, Thriller | Venice Lost; The Hypnotist; The Separatist; Sigourney's Quest | In 1906, San Francisco has reached the peak of its golden age. Fortunes have created a society that attracts European opera singers and cordon bleu chefs. It is a world defined by elegant balls, oysters, and champagne. But there are darker sides to the city as well. One of these darker places is The Mission district south of Market Street houses tenements where shanties huddle together and rats plague the streets. | www.gordonsnider.com | |
| Elizabeth Spurr | Children's Picture Book | Monsters, Mind Your Manners! | Monsters, Mind Your Manners, a colorful picture book (ages 3 to 8), is the latest work of award-winning Elizabeth Spurr, a Cayucos author, who often speaks on children's writing at conferences and schools. | www.elizabethspurr.com | |
| Staples | Office Supplies; Computers, Kindle eBook Reader | Kindle eBook Reader | Staples sells the Kindle eBook reader, the first and most popular eBook reader on the market. | www.staples.com | |
| Gene Stirm | How-To, Fiction | Oscar Goes Camping; Art and Craft of Cover Design; Mystical Path to Mystique | Gene Stirm is an author and a specialist in self-publishing. His how-to guide to cover design was produced to assist those authors who are taking the bold step of becoming self-publishers. | www.waywestproductions.com | |
| Volumes of Pleasure Bookshoppe | Book store | Volumes of Pleasure is a family-owned book store in Los Osos featuring books, meditation supplies, gifts, jewelry, and much more. All genres of books are available for readers of all ages. | www.volumesofpleasurebookshoppe.com | ||
| S. Connell Vondrak | Mystery, Crime | No Evidence of a Crime | Twenty-five years in forensics and a passion for writing makes S. Connell Vondrak's book of two Washington detectives hard to put down, as they encounter countless challenges, Homeland Security and a case with tampered forensics. | www.crimelabmysteries.com | |
| Matt Weber | Children's, Travel, Local Interest | San Francisco: The Alphabet Book; California's Missions from A to Z | Visit San Francisco sights and history in 26 A to Z categories. Learn about 26 of the architectural and historical features of California's missions. | www.121publications.com | |
| Robert Wedaa | Children's Books | When I Was a Little Boy I Played in a Hayloft; I Caught a Rabbit | Uncle Bob's children's books are delightful, true, and fun stories, wonderfully illustrated by school children in China, that take place during the Depression years. All the profits go towards supporting TMI's orphanage in Linjiang, China. | |
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| Bobbi White | Young Adult Fiction | Escape from Marianna | Bobbi White presents her Eric Hoffer/Montaigne Medal Award novel, Escape From Marianna, inspired by a true story. Participating with Persia White | |
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| Persia White | Art/Photography | Alchemy of Innocence, Flowers | Persia White presents her Art/Photography coffee table books highlighting the innocence and beauty of children. Participating with Bobbi White | |
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