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

Authors Booth
Inside the A/B Building

• Author-Manager
• Participating Authors
• Calendar

Author-Manager

• West, Naida: History novels, including her boxed set: California Gold Trilogy, based on 1900s people and events

Participating Authors (in alphabetical order by last name)

• Agriculture in the Classroom: Winning elementary school students sign chapters they contributed to book on California agriculture
• Baker, Sandy: Two children’s books (ages 5-10), and a nuclear thriller, The Tehran Triangle
• Bolton, Ruthie: In The Ride of a Lifetime, the author rises from adversity to world sports celebrity
• Branco, Denise Lee: Horse at the Corner Post is the author’s true story about a journey to reunite with her horse
• Buck, Shelley: Floating Point, a memoir, describes how to shorten a commute, author moves to a boat on SF Bay
• Buckroth, A. K.: My Diabetic Soul is an autobiography, from young childhood onward
• Cota, Deborah Rae: The Kindred is the first in a series of fantasy novels set in the modern Bay Area
• Crawford, L.F.: Born in Blood is the author’s latest smart, sexy mystery novel
• Dunne, Martha: Wait, What Do You Mean? A mother pieces together the puzzle of Asperger’s syndrome in this nonfiction book
• Frazeé, Paul Michael: Four military novels set in World War II and Vietnam
• Galloway, Gloria: In Dead by My Side, a police detective’s sassy spirit helps her partner solve crime
• Garcia, Max Rodrigues: Auschwitz, Auschwitz . . . I Cannot Forget You: With luck and pluck, author survives the Holocaust; www.tellingstories.org/holocaust/mgarcia
• Gardner, Bud: Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul and other Chicken Soup books
• Graves, Theodora: Three Phantom-of-the- Opera take-off novels, with protagonist Erik
• Hamilton, M.L.: Her two-novel World of Samar series is edgy fantasy reminiscent of J.R.R. Tolkien
• Hanson, Jacquelyn: Historical fiction based on 19th century migration to California
• Kevin W. Hecteman: Arcadia book of historic photos and text on Sacramento’s S.P. Railroad and shops
• Kataoka, Hazuki: Traditional Japanese theatrical storytelling, with colorful card props. Age 3 and up
• Luna, Frank: Near-future science fiction, realistic drama on Mars
• Martin, Jennifer: In The Huna Warrior, ancient magic of Hawaiian kahunas aids a Folsom teacher
• Macko, Elaine: Armed, a mystery novel
• McGonigle, Gail: Dad’s Home Alone and another nonfiction guide to elder care
• Murray, Margaret: New! Dreamers: A Coming of Age Love Story of the ’60s and two more titles
• Myers, Tom: Three Sacramento books of photography, two historic, one modern
• Novak, Brenda: Romance and life — B. Novak’s latest NY Times bestselling novels
• Nunes, Yvonne: Penicillin tested on author in 1943 saves her life and changes medicine (Older children & adults)
• Pinkerton, Elizabeth: History of Elk Grove, 3-4 volumes
• Pryor, Alton: Multiple books about the history of the West
• Sample, Cindy: Dying for a Dance, second mystery romance novel in series
• Silver, Phil: In these children’s books for the very young, bears and bees learn about life
• Torngren, Maya: Maya: Adventures of a German War Bride is her memoir from WWII through today
• Van Eaton, James: Cartoon Eyes, a teen fantasy with adventure, flirtation, and nifty outfits; and other books
• Walker, Jennifer: A 13-year-old girl learns life lessons while having adventures with horses
• Webb, Margie Yee: Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings, inspirational gift book about a thoughtful cat; www.catmulan.com

July 12-29, 2012
The shift times are minimums. Authors may come earlier and/or stay later than shown.

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				12 11am-7 pm Naida West Bud Gardner Jennifer Martin Max R. Garcia noon-8 pm Deborah Rae Cota 2-10 pm Frank Luna M.L. Hamilton Gloria Galloway	13 10 am-6 pm Naida West Margaret Murray Shelley Buck Max R. Garcia noon-8 pm Sandy Baker Phil Silver 2-10 pm Kevin W. Hecteman Alton Pryor	14 10 am-6 pm Martha Dunne Gloria Galloway Frank Luna 10 am-10 pm Elaine Macko Margie Yee Webb noon-8 pm James Van Eaton Alton Pryor Max R. Garcia noon-10pm Naida West 6-10 pm Phil Silver
15 10 am-6 pm Elizabeth Pinkerton noon-8 pm Naida West Jennifer Walker Margaret Murray Shelley Buck Frank Luna 2-10 pm James Van Eaton M.L. Hamilton	16 11 am-7 pm Phil Silver 11 am-8 pm Naida West Elizabeth Pinkerton 11 am-10 pm Margie Yee Webb 1-9 pm Martha Dunne 2-10 pm Cindy Sample Paul Michael Frazeé	17 11 am-7 pm Naida West Elizabeth Pinkerton noon-8 pm Hazuki Kataoka & D. Battino Margaret Murray Shelley Buck 2-10 pm A.K. Buckroth Martha Dunne Brenda Novak	18 11 am-5 pm James Van Eaton 11 am-7 pm Alton Pryor Jennifer Walker 11 am-8 pm Naida West noon-8 pm Cindy Sample 2-10 pm Brenda Novak Bud Gardner Jennifer Martin 5-10 pm Phil Silver	19 11 am-7 pm Brenda Novak Ruthie Bolton 11 am-8 pm Naida West noon-8 pm Sandy Baker 1-9 pm Alton Pryor 2-10 pm Gail McGonigle Jacquelyn Hanson	20 10 am-7 pm Naida West Brenda Novak noon-8 pm A.K. Buckroth Jennifer Walker L.F. Crawford 2-10 pm Cindy Sample Ruthie Bolton	21 10 am-6 pm Brenda Novak Ruthie Bolton 10 am-9 pm Naida West 11 am-4 pm Agriculture in the Classroom noon-8 pm Sandy Baker Denise Branco noon-10 pm Bud Gardner Jennifer Martin 2-10 pm Alton Pryor
22 10 am-6 pm Alton Pryor Tom Meyers Yvonne Nunes 10 am-8 pm Naida West noon-8 pm Jennifer Walker 2-10 pm Brenda Novak Martha Dunne	23 11 am-7 pm Naida West Hazuki Kataoka & D. Battino noon-8 pm Tom Myers M.L. Hamilton Sandy Baker 2-10 pm Margie Yee Webb Paul Michael Frazeé	24 11 am-7 pm Naida West noon-8 pm Alton Pryor Deborah Rae Cota Gail McGonigle 1-9 pm Phil Silver 2-10 pm Margie Yee Webb James Van Eaton	25 11 am-7 pm Naida West Theodora Graves Paul Michael Frazeé noon-8 pm Tom Myers Maya Torngren 2-10 pm Yvonne Nunes Alton Pryor Ruthie Bolton	26 11 am-7 pm Denise Lee Branco 11 am-8 pm Naida West noon-8 pm Margaret Murray Shelley Buck Gail McGonigle Ruthie Bolton 2-10 pm James Van Eaton Jacquelyn Hanson	27 10 am-6 pm Naida West Theodora Graves noon-8 pm Martha Dunne Ruthie Bolton L.F. Crawford 2-10 pm Denise Lee Branco Paul Michael Frazeé	28 10 am-6 pm Naida West Jacquelyn Hanson noon-8 pm Phil Silver Deborah Rae Cota Ruthie Bolton 2-10 pm Hazuki Kataoka & D. Battino L.F. Crawford
29 10 am-6 pm Tom Myers Bud Gardner Jennifer Martin Denise Lee Branco noon-8 pm Naida West Jacquelyn Hanson M.L. Hamilton 2-10 pm Gail McGonigle Margie Yee Webb

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Updated July 10, 2012