2026
Authors by genre
CHILDREN
Aimee Bissonette
Peter Bremer
Kate DiCamillo
Gordon Fredrickson
Nancy Fredrickson
Wanda Gag
Bert Haagenstad
Logan Hayden
Kristin Johnson
Terry Karsten
Kathy Kasten
Maud Hart Lovelace
Maggie McCoy
James Schmitt
Julie Schrader
Kelly Strenge
Kathryn Sullivan
Ronni Vlaminick
FANTASY
Peter Bremer
Maria Dembouski
ML Dunker
Gordon Fredrickson
Jessie Fries
Rachel Korpi
Jenny Prater
E. Rathke
Kathryn Sullivan
Charity Tahmaseb
Tori Tecken
Scott Welvaert
FICTION
Cheryl Bailey
Margaret Blenkush
Michael Cummings
ML Dunker
Gordon Fredrickson
Bert Haagenstad
Jamie Hallen
Pat Harris
Terri Karsten
Maud Hart Lovelace
Barbara Marshak
Melissa Meyers
E. Rathke
J. Marie Rundquist
Amy Shomshak
Scott Welvaert
NON-FICTION
Bonnie Bley
Holly Day
John Gaspard
Rachael Hanel
Steven Hauer
Julie Hoag
Kristin Johnson
Terry Karsten
Kathy Kasten
Barbara Marshak
Brett Ortler
Julie Schrader
Bryce Stenzel
Jonathan Sweet
Renee Valois
Sherman Wick
Naomi Yaeger
MEMOIR
Leslie Anderson
Ruth Bures
Nancy Fredrickson
Rachael Hanel
Bruce Schultz
Jill Swenson
Naomi Yaeger
MYSTERY
Nicollette Brandon
Jessie Chandler
Susan Dean
Douglas Dorrow
Julie Fasciana
John Gaspard
Julie Holmes
Terri Karsten
Judy Kerr
Chris Norbury
Amy Pendino
Jonathan Sweet
OTHER
Leslie Anderson
Cheryl Bailey
Bonnie Bley
Ruth Bures
Michael Cummings
Susan Dean
Allan Evans
POETRY
Ruth Bures
Gordon Fredrickson
Kristin Johnson
THRILLER
Douglas Dorow
Allan Evans
Bert Haagenstad
Jamie Hallen
Chris Norbury
J.R. Olson
YOUNG ADULT
Kate DiCamillo
Allan Evans
John Gaspard
Julie Hoag
Kristin Johnson
Erin Makela
Maud Hart Lovelace
Megan Peterson
Morgan Sauer
Kelly Strenge
Charity Tahmaseb
Selma Verde