Local Author Book Fair this Saturday

Books by local authors make great holiday gifts! Come meet authors who call Oak Park and our neighboring villages home on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 2 pm at the Main Library. Introductions begin at 2:15 p.m. Chat with authors and purchase books until 4 p.m.

Participating local authors will include:

• Terry Abrahamson, In the Belly of the Blues. Chicago to Boston to L.A. 1969 to 1983. A Memoir
• Gint Aras, Finding the Moon in Sugar
• George Bailey, Haunted Exiles Back Up on the End (collection of short stories)
• Bonnie Blue, Emmet Till historical ficional
• Lee Brooke and Marcy Kubat, Behind the Badge: Profiles of Police Chiefs and Officers of the Oak Park Police Department
• Jeff Coen and John Chase, Golden: How Rod Blagovich Talked Himself Out of the Governor’s Office and Into Prison
• Neil DiLauro, Bodily Matters (poetry)
• Mary Lou Edwards, Look Back, But Don’t Stare: A Memoir
• Paul Erickson, parody of The Hobbit
• David Heinzmann, Throwaway Girl” (2011) and “A Word to the Wise
• Burt Levy, The Last Open Road
• Jenny Lewis, Midwest Sweet Baking History: Delectable Classics around Lake Michigan
• Billy Lombardo, The Man with the Golden Arm and other titles
• Mary Anne Mohanraj, Bodies in Motion
• Dan Montville, Disabled Fables: Celebrating the Lighter Side of Parenting a Child with Disabilities
• Alec Nevala-Lee, The Icon Thief
• Janet Nolan and Sallie Wolf, books for children
• Charlie Rossiter and Al DeGenova, Back Beat
• Robin Sheerer, Thrive: The Entrepreneurial Path to a Great Life
• David Sokol, Oak Park: The Evolution of a Village
• Emily Victorson, Allium Press publisher
• Sophia Wells, 97 Ways to Senior-Proof Your Home