authors table
There’s nothing like a good book.
With 53 Oregon authors appearing at the State Fair in Salem from August 23 to September 2, this year there’s something for everyone to read – literally. Here’s a sampling of newly released books by five local authors who are new to the fair this year.
The Oregon Authors Table is located in Columbia Hall, between the fair’s quilts and cakes. Unlike those exhibits, however, the authors take turns, so only a dozen authors are on hand at a time.
Daniel Potter
Emergency Shift
Daniel Potter of Salem writes fantasy fiction with what he describes as “badass, snarky oddballs raging against the broken systems they inhabit.” In the four books of his “Full Moon Medic” series, a paramedic who happens to be a werewolf keeps trying to protect her daughter from hungry fairies.
David G. Lewis
Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley
David G. Lewis lives in Chemeketa (now known as Salem) but commutes to Corvallis to teach Anthropology and Indigenous Studies at OSU. A member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, he has written “Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley,” a book that reveals much that had been neglected about local Kalapuyans.
Cheryl Wanner
See Me As I Am
Cheryl Wanner of McMinnville has written for Oregon Coast Magazine and has helped run pizza stores. Now she plays the keyboard in a church worship band and writes young adult novels with a romance angle. “See Me As I Am” tells the story of a 17-year-old blind girl who falls in love with her favorite rock star without knowing it’s him.
Anna Grace
Reunited With The Rancher
While Anna Grace was teaching history at a rural high school outside Eugene, she would get up early, drink a lot of espresso, and write wholesome romance novels before sunrise. “Reunited with the Rancher” is the fifth and final book in her “Love, Oregon” series published by Harlequin Heartwarming.
Leslie Barnard
One Day This Tree Will Fall
Leslie Barnard Booth of Portland earned a degree in creative writing at the University of Oregon and has put it to use composing a series of children’s books published by Simon & Schuster in New York. “One Day This Tree Will Fall” is the life history of a tree, and “A Stone Is a Story” tells the history of a rock.
- 10am-2pm, Craig Comer (murder mystery)
- 10am-4pm, Mireya DeYoung (coloring books)
- 10am-4pm, Jean Moule (children and culture)
- 10am-8pm, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, David Buzan (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Patrick Castles (science fiction)
- 10am-8pm, Jennifer Chambers (Oregon history)
- 10am-8pm, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
- 10am-8pm, Jason Kilgore (fantasy, horror)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history)
- 10am-8pm, Solber Martinez (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 4pm-8pm, Doug Beisley (children’s books)
- 4pm-8pm, David Lewis (tribal history)
- 4pm-8pm, Lisa Lowell (fantasy)
- 10am-4pm, Paul Neville (novels)
- 10am-4pm, Jerry Sutherland (Oregon history)
- 10am-6pm, Donna McFarland (children’s)
- 10am-6pm, Jean Moule (children and culture)
- 10am-8pm, Dan Armstrong (novels)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, Jennifer Chambers (Oregon history)
- 10am-8pm, Craig Comer (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Jason Kilgore (fantasy, horror)
- 10am-8pm, Arlene Sachitano (mystery)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 10am-8pm, Cheryl Wanner (young adult)
- 4-8pm, Dan Liberthson (spy novels)
- 4-8pm, Lisa Lowell (fantasy)
- 10am-12noon, Jack Cooper (children’s)
- 10am-2pm, Cheryl Smith (goats)
- 10am-4pm, Susan Field (historical novel)
- 10am-6pm, Sharleen Nelson (time travel)
- 10am-8pm, Dan Armstrong (novels)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, C. Steven Blue (poems)
- 10am-8pm, Craig Comer (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Veronica Esagui (history)
- 10am-8pm, Jason Kilgore (fantasy, horror)
- 10am-8pm, Arlene Sachitano (mystery)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 12noon-4pm, Peter Vanderwall (children’s)
- 2-8pm, Doug Beisley (children’s)
- 4-8pm, Mireya DeYoung (coloring books)
- 4-8pm, Jim Ragon (historical novels)
- 10am-12noon, Mireya DeYoung (children’s)
- 10am-6pm, Craig Comer (fantasy)
- 10am-6pm, Sharleen Nelson (time travel)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
- 10am-8pm, Jason Kilgore (horror)
- 10am-8pm, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 10am-8pm, Ed Wollert (historical novels)
- 12noon-4pm, Cheryl Smith (goats)
- 12noon-4pm, Francesca Varela (science fiction)
- 12noon-8pm, Mary Jo Nyssen (children’s)
- 4-8pm, Doug Beisley (children’s)
- 4-8pm, Chester Benson (biography)
- 10am-2pm, Sharon Franklin (children’s)
- 10am-4pm, Mireya DeYoung (children’s)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
- 10am-6pm, Craig Comer (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
- 10am-8pm, Veronica Esagui (history)
- 10am-8pm, Jason Kilgore (horror)
- 10am-8pm, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
- 10am-8pm, Sharleen Nelson (time travel)
- 10am-8pm, Arlene Sachitano (mystery)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 2-8pm, Dani Nichols (children’s)
- 4-8pm, Doug Beisley (children’s)
- 10am-2pm, Sara Behrman (children’s)
- 10am-2pm, Dani Nichols (children’s)
- 10am-6pm, Cheryl Wanner (young adult)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
- 10am-8pm, Judy Gabriel (midwife biographies)
- 10am-8pm, Jason Kilgore (horror)
- 10am-8pm, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
- 10am-8pm, Arlene Sachitano (mystery)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 12noon-8pm, Mary Jo Nyssen (children’s)
- 2-4pm, Barry Craft (science fiction)
- 2-8pm, Pam and Rick Bocko (children’s)
- 4-8pm, James Ragon (historical fiction)
- 10am-4pm, Cheryl Gill (estate planning)
- 10am-6pm, Cheryl Wanner (young adult)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Veronica Esagui (history)
- 10am-8pm, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
- 10am-8pm, Jason Kilgore (horror)
- 10am-8pm, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
- 10am-8pm, Solber Martinez (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Katherine Munson (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 12noon-4pm, Eva Seyler (young adult)
- 4-8pm, Chester Benson (biography)
- 4-8pm, Lisa Lowell (fantasy)
- 10am-2pm, Chelsey Elise Young (romance)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Kurt Cyrus (children’s books)
- 10am-8pm, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
- 10am-8pm, Mark Fearing (children’s books)
- 10am-8pm, Jason Kilgore (horror)
- 10am-8pm, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
- 10am-8pm, Solber Martinez (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Katherin Munson (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 2-8pm, George Sorensen (cooking, history)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Kurt Cyrus (children’s books)
- 10am-8pm, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
- 10am-8pm, Mark Fearing (children’s books)
- 10am-8pm, Judy Gabriel (midwife biographies)
- 10am-8pm, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
- 10am-8pm, Solber Martinez (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Katherin Munson (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Daniel Potter (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 12noon-8pm, Mary Jo Nyssen (children’s)
- 10am-2pm, Terry Evers (memoir)
- 10am-4pm, Linda Caradine (memoir)
- 10am-4pm, Jerry Sutherland (Oregon history)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Kurt Cyrus (children’s books)
- 10am-8pm, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
- 10am-8pm, Mark Fearing (children’s books)
- 10am-8pm, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
- 10am-8pm, Solber Martinez (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Katherin Munson (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 2-8pm, Valarie Anderson (history)
- 4-8pm, Barry Craft (science fiction)
- 4-8pm, Anna Grace (romance)
- 4-8pm, Kristine Lynn (romance)
- 10am-2pm, S. Lee Barckman (thrillers)
- 10am-2pm, Eva Seyler (young adult)
- 10am-6pm, Valarie Anderson (history)
- 10am-6pm, Leslie Booth (children’s books)
- 10am-8pm, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
- 10am-8pm, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
- 10am-8pm, Anna Grace (romance)
- 10am-8pm, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
- 10am-8pm, Kristine Lynn (romance)
- 10am-8pm, Solber Martinez (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, Katherine Munson (fantasy)
- 10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
- 2-6pm, Chester Benson (biography)
- 2-6pm, Mireya DeYoung (children’s)
- 4-8pm, Beauford Averette (fantasy fiction)
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