The 2010 State Fair has ended! Thank you to the participating authors and to everyone who visited the Authors Booth.

California State Fair 2010 Authors Booth
Inside the A/B Building

• Organizing Authors
• Participating Authors
• Calendar

Organizing Authors

• Naida West, very historical fiction, including Rest for the Wicked, completing the California Gold Trilogy set in Sacramento and surrounding areas
• Jody Hornor, the Golden History Books, California history from primary sources

Participating Authors (in alphabetical order by last name)

• Agriculture in the Classroom, Emma Morris and Anna Harris, award-winning student authors featured in Imagine This . . . Stories Inspired by Agriculture
• Laurel Anderson, textile artisan and author of Appliqué Workshop
• Lance Armstrong (historian, journalist), Echoes of Yesterday: History of Elk Grove, Sacramento County
• Joan Barsotti, young adult and children’s books
• Theodora Bruns (book trailer on YouTube), Through Phantom Eyes, a series of novels inspired by The Phantom of the Opera
• Pat Canterbury, mysteries for children and adults
• L.F. Crawford, mystery and romantic suspense
• Stefanie Cruz (Sacramento news anchor), children’s book
• Nora Dohlke, author of The Wonderful Adventures of Ozzie the Sea Otter
• Paul Frazeé, author of Cornfield Soldiers: Utah Beach to the Elbe River and other military fiction
• Bud Gardner (Sacramento’s writing guru), inspirational nonfiction for writers
• Jacquelyn Hanson (book trailer on YouTube), historical fiction
• Carson Hendricks, author of California State Fair and Postcards of America: California State Fair
• Janis Herbert, author of children’s history books
• Cheewa James, motivational speaker and author of Modoc: The Tribe that Wouldn’t Die and other Native American books
• Zoe Keithley, poet and writing coach
• Liberty Kovacs, author of Building a Reality Based Relationship: The Six Stages of Modern Marriage and Liberty’s Quest, a memoir
• Mary Ellen Lorray, storyteller and author of I’ll Tell You a Story of Saudi Arabia, a memoir of her time in the kingdom from 1952 until 1964
• Brookelea Lutton, California history
• Nan Mahon, fiction and a family anthology
• Jennifer Martin, fiction and screenplays
• Tom Motter, author of Sacramento, Dirt Capital of the West, the history of car racing in Sacramento
• Margaret Murray, mystery novel combining the Anasazi past and the Silicon Valley present
• Tom Myers, author of Postcards of America: Sacramento
• Brenda Novak, bestselling romantic suspense author who lives in the Sacramento area
• Corky Oakes, publisher and author of Señor Fideles: Adventurer of the Sierra Nevada and Beyond
• Shirley Parenteau, children’s books
• Elizabeth Pinkerton, long-time South Sacramento County historian and journalist
• Alton Pryor, Little Known Tales in California History and 15 other historical titles
• Morton M. Rumberg, author of military thriller Codename: Snake
• Phil Silver, children’s books
• Carol Timmerman, author of Picket Pin of the High Sierra children’s book
• James Van Eaton, bookstore proprietor and author in multiple genres

July 14-August 1, 2010

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			14 noon-8 pm Jody Hornor Alton Pryor Brookelea Lutton Theodora Bruns Carson Hendricks noon-5 pm Liberty Kovacs 2-10 pm Naida West 5-10 pm Paul Michael Frazeé	15 noon-8 pm Naida West Elizabeth Pinkerton Nora Dohlke noon-5 pm Theodora Bruns 2-10 pm Jody Hornor Carson Hendricks Margaret Murray 5-10 pm Lance Armstrong	16 10 am-6 pm Naida West 10 am-4:30 pm Phil Silver noon-8 pm Alton Pryor Bud Gardner Jennifer Martin 2-10 pm Jody Hornor 4:30-10 pm Laurel Anderson Shirley Parenteau	17 10 am-6 pm Naida West Stefanie Cruz Tom Motter 10 am-4:30 pm Alton Pryor noon-8 pm L.F. Crawford 2-10 pm Jody Hornor 4:30-10 pm Tom Myers
18 10 am-6 pm Jody Hornor Nan Mahon Pat Canterbury noon-8 pm Alton Pryor Carson Hendricks 2-10 pm Naida West Cheewa James Morton M. Rumberg	19 noon-8 pm Naida West Elizabeth Pinkerton noon-4 pm Emma Morris Anna Harris noon-5 pm Zoe Keithley Morton M. Rumberg 2-10 pm Jody Hornor James Van Eaton Theodora Bruns July 19. and noon - 4 p.m	20 noon-8 pm Jody Hornor Laurel Anderson Morton M. Rumberg 2-10 pm Naida West Phil Silver Carson Hendricks Cheewa James	21 noon-8 pm Naida West Joan Barsotti Brookelea Lutton Morton M. Rumberg 2-10 pm Jody Hornor Carson Hendricks Jacquelyn Hanson Paul Michael Frazeé	22 noon-8 pm Jody Hornor Bud Gardner James Van Eaton Jennifer Martin noon-5 pm Theodora Bruns 2-10 pm Naida West Alton Pryor 5-10 pm Paul Michael Frazeé	23 10 am-6 pm Naida West Carol Timmerman Corky Oakes 10 am-4:30 pm Cheewa James noon-8 pm Brenda Novak 2-10 pm Jody Hornor 4:30-10 pm Lance Armstrong	24 10 am-6 pm Jody Hornor Joan Barsotti 10 am-4:30 pm Janis Herbert 10 am-8 pm Brenda Novak 2-10 pm Naida West Tom Myers 4:30-10 pm Alton Pryor
25 10 am-6 pm Naida West Tom Myers Brenda Novak 10 am-4:30 pm Brookelea Lutton Carol Timmerman noon-10 pm Jody Hornor noon-8 pm Joan Barsotti 4:30-10 pm Carson Hendricks	26 noon-8 pm Jody Hornor Carol Timmerman Theodora Bruns Tom Motter 2-10 pm Naida West Jacquelyn Hanson	27 noon-8 pm Jody Hornor Cheewa James Nora Dohlke Shirley Parenteau 2-10 pm Naida West Jacquelyn Hanson	28 noon-8 pm Jody Hornor Jacquelyn Hanson Carol Timmerman 2-10 pm Bud Gardner Liberty Kovacs Jennifer Martin Paul Michael Frazeé	29 noon-8 pm Jody Hornor Jacquelyn Hanson Tom Motter noon-5 pm Elizabeth Pinkerton 2-10 pm Naida West Carson Hendricks 5-10 pm James Van Eaton Margaret Murray	30 10 am-6 pm Naida West Joan Barsotti 10 am-4:30 pm Nan Mahon Pat Canterbury noon-8 pm Margaret Murray 2-10 pm Jody Hornor 4:30-10 pm Jacquelyn Hanson L.F. Crawford	31 10 am-6 pm Jody Hornor Jacquelyn Hanson noon-8 pm Naida West Phil Silver Theodora Bruns 2-10 pm Alton Pryor
1 10 am-6 pm Naida West Stefanie Cruz noon-8 pm Jody Hornor Bud Gardner Jennifer Martin Mary Ellen Lorray 2-10 pm L.F. Crawford Alton Pryor

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Updated August 19, 2010