The 2011 State Fair has ended! Thank you to the participating authors and to everyone who visited the Authors Booth.

California State Fair 2011 Authors Booth
Inside the A/B Building

• Organizing Authors
• Participating Authors
• Calendar

Organizing Authors

• West, Naida: Award-winning historical trilogy set in Gold Country/Sacramento

Participating Authors (in alphabetical order by last name)

• Agriculture in the Classroom: Anthology of winning elementary school writers (Nick O’Brien, Guadalupe Landeros, Delaney Black, others), illustrated by high school artists
• Albritton, Jane: Peace Corps at 50: an anthology of world adventure
• Anderson, Laurel: Many methods of appliqué, plus 6 quilt patterns
• Anson, Elva, M.A.: A marriage therapist for 31 yrs provides advice on family
• Applegate, Marian: Murder mystery adventures
• Barsotti-Dooling, Cathy: Children’s picture books/proceeds to Joan Barsotti scholarship fund
• Bithell, Katie: Memoirs of April: What a Blind Dog Helped Me See
• Borg, Todd: Mystery thrillers set in the Tahoe basin
• Branco, Denise Lee: Inspirational memoir about a girl and a horse
• Crawford, L.F.: Smart, sexy suspense novels
• Del Oro, Donna: Humorous fiction with Latina heroines
• Dunne, Martha: Wait, What Do you Mean? Asperger’s Show and Tell: Memoir, interviews & more on Asperger’s Syndrome (high-functioning autism)
• Fitzpatrick, Shari: Berried in Chocolate: How I Built a Multimillion-Dollar Business by Doing What I Love to Do and How You Can Too
• Frazeé, Paul Michael: Military novels rooted in history
• Graves, Theodora: A fiction series detailing the life of Erik, the man known as The Phantom of the Opera.
• Hamilton, M.L.: Emerald — Edgy fiction reminiscent of J.R. Tolkien
• Hanson, Jacquelyn: Biographical novels of author’s family (1800s) and historical fiction of early CA
• Hendricks, Carson: Historical photos & text of the California State Fair/Arcadia book
• Johnson, Pamela: Adventures of female pirate Anne Bonny; very historical fiction
• Murray, Margaret: Cyber-Native-American mystery in two dimensions
• Myers, Tom: Stunning photography of Sacramento area
• Novak, Brenda: Life and romance, Novak’s latest NY Times bestselling novels
• O’Farrell, Brigid:She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker, biography
• Osa, Naty: Children’s picture books, English and Spanish
• Parenteau, Shirley: Counting/learning with frogs and bears, preschool and primary grades
• Pieper, Bill: Realistic fiction in California settings
• Pinkerton, Elizabeth: History of Elk Grove, multiple volumes
• Pryor, Alton: Books that make Western history fun to read, 2 new this year
• Rumberg, Morton: High octane thrillers
• Sample, Cindy: Dying for a Date, a romantic mystery
• Timmerman, Carol: Sierra Nevada story for children ages 7-12
• Unger, Steven: In the Footsteps of Dracula, a travel memoir with photos
• Van Eaton, James: Teen fantasy and historical fiction
• Walker, Jennifer: Fiction for middle-graders and all horse lovers
• Yee Webb, Margie: Inspirational gift book about a thoughtful cat

July 14-31, 2011
The shift times are minimums. Authors may come earlier and/or stay later than shown.

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				14 noon-8 pm Naida West Laurel Anderson Elva Anson 2-10 pm James Van Eaton Alton Pryor Pamela Johnson	15 10 am-6 pm Naida West Brigid O'Farrell Elizabeth Pinkerton noon-8 pm Brenda Novak Carson Hendricks 2-10 pm Denise Lee Branco Elva Anson	16 10 am-6 pm Tom Myers Pamela Johnson noon-8 pm Cindy Sample Brenda Novak 2-10 pm Alton Pryor Donna Del Oro noon-10pm Naida West
17 10 am-6 pm Martha Dunne Morton Rumberg noon-8 pm Naida West Paul Michael Frazeé Pamela Johnson 2-10 pm Alton Pryor Laurel Anderson	18 noon-8 pm Naida West Elizabeth Pinkerton Donna Del Oro Carson Hendricks 2-10 pm Tom Myers Cathy Barsotti-Dooling Steven Unger	19 noon-8 pm Marian Applegate Alton Pryor Todd Borg Carol Timmerman 2-8 pm Margaret Murray 2-10 pm Naida West Morton Rumberg	20 noon-8 pm M.L. Hamilton Paul Michael Frazeé Brenda Novak Margie Yee Webb noon-10 pm Naida West 2-10 pm Alton Pryor Bill Pieper	21 noon-8 pm Naida West Carol Timmerman Elizabeth Pinkerton Carson Hendricks Katie Bithell 2-10 pm Jennifer Walker Steven Unger	22 10 am-6 pm James Van Eaton L.F. Crawford Margie Yee Webb or Cindy Sample noon-8 pm Paul Michael Frazeé noon-10 pm Naida West 2-10 pm Jennifer Walker Margie Yee Webb or Cindy Sample	23 10 am-6 pm Shari Fitzpatrick Jane Albritton 10 am-2 pm Agriculture in the Classroom 10 am-8 pm Naida West noon-8 pm Denise Branco L.F. Crawford 2-10 pm Marian Applegate James Van Eaton
24 10 am-6 pm Paul Michael Frazeé Shari Fitzpatrick Jane Albritton noon-8 pm Naida West Theodora Graves 4:30-10 pm Denise Branco James Van Eaton	25 noon-8 pm Naida West Jennifer Walker Donna Del Oro Katie Bithell 2-10 pm M.L. Hamilton Bill Pieper Theodora Graves	26 noon-8 pm Jennifer Walker Margaret Murray Cathy Barsotti-Dooling Elva Anson Margie Yee Webb noon-10 pm Naida West 2-10 pm Carson Hendricks	27 noon-6 pm Shirley Parenteau noon-8 pm Naida West Tom Myers Carol Timmerman Donna Del Oro 2-10 pm Theodora Graves Carson Hendricks	28 noon-8 pm Elva Anson Paul Michael Frazeé Marian Applegate noon-9 pm Naida West noon-10 pm Carol Timmerman 2-10 pm Jacquelyn Hanson Cathy Barsotti-Dooling	29 10 am-6 pm Naida West Brenda Novak noon-8 pm Margaret Murray Jacquelyn Hanson Shari Fitzpatrick 2-10 pm Tom Myers Natty Osa	30 10 am-2 pm Cathy Barsotti-Dooling 10 am-8 pm Naida West noon-8 pm Shirley Parenteau Naty Osa M.L. Hamilton 2-10 pm Jennifer Walker Jacquelyn Hanson Steven Unger
31 10 am-6 pm Margaret Murray Jacquelyn Hanson Katie Bithell noon-8 pm Naty Osa 2-10 pm Naida West Alton Pryor Morton Rumberg

Top: Game and prizes at the 2005 California State Fair. Bottom: Rides at the 2005 California State Fair.
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Updated August 1, 2011