Mary Jo Putney
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney was born in Upstate New York with a reading addiction, a condition for which there is no known cure. Her entire romance-writing career is an accidental by-product of buying a computer for other purposes. Her novels are known for psychological depth and intensity. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two Ritas and two Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, she has five times had books listed among the Library Journal's top five romances of the year, and
twice had books among the top ten romances of Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association. Her favorite reading is great stories, but in a pinch she'll settle for the backs of cereal boxes. Since 1987 Ms Putney has published twenty-nine books and counting. 

Releases in 2006 include a new historical romantic fantasy, The Marriage Spell, in
June and the paperback reprint of Stolen Magic (written as M. J. Putney) in July.



David Craig
Come and meet Harford County Executive David Craig at the Festival Bookstore. He will be selling and signing copies of his book Greetings from Havre de Grace, the story of the Chesapeake Bay’s “Harbor of Grace” as documented in 265 postcards from the early 20th century.

 
E. D. Baker
E. D. Baker is the author of the Frog Princess series which includes The Frog Princess, Dragon's Breath, and Once Upon a Curse. Ms. Baker will read selections from the series, including her newest book, No Place for Magic, which will be available in bookstores in September. E.D.Baker made her international debut with The Frog Princess, which was a Book Sense Children's Pick and has been optioned for an animated movie. Ms. Baker lives on a farm in Harford County where she and her family breed Appaloosa horses and take care of enough small mammals to start a petting zoo. She enjoys gardening, reading, swimming, and canoeing, although she is not always able to keep the last two activities separate. E. D. Baker’s program, including a question and answer period, is for children ages 8 and up, as well as college students, parents, and all E. D. Baker fans.



Katie Moose
Katie Moose is the author of several books on regional cooking, including Chesapeake’s Bounty, New England’s Bounty and Nantucket’s Bounty. She has also authored several guidebooks, including Annapolis: The Guidebook, Eastern Shore of Maryland: The Guidebook and Maryland’s Western Shore: The Guidebook. Besides gourmet cooking and fine wines, Ms. Moose’s hobbies include history, sailing, genealogy, theology and travel.
www.conduitpress.com

 
Jack O'Neill
Jack O'Neill is the author of Echelon, Somebody’s Listening, a factually based post-9-11 CIA/FBI thriller. He has worked for the National Academy of Engineering and in the White House during the Carter and Reagan administrations. He has collaborated in the design of some of the most sophisticated eavesdropping and intelligence-gathering systems ever devised. Mr. O’Neill has also appeared as an expert commentator on Fox News.


       
Bill Bates
How to Be a History Writer: If you want to write for publication or just for your family, Bill Bates, author of four books on Harford County history, and coordinator of the Maryland History Writers Collective, presents real world advice on how to become a history writer. Includes tips on the best way to collect images from old photographs, how to ask the right questions when gathering oral histories, and how to uncover the underlying story in the mountain of details you collect. Mr. Bates is the author of Images of America: Bel Air; Harford County in Vintage Postcards; Harford County Then and Now; Images of America: Havre de Grace. Bill wrote the top two bestselling books of the 2005 holiday season at the Bel Air Barnes & Noble.
www.harfordbooks.com


 
Jack Eddinger
Jack Eddinger, author of Inquisition, will discuss political power games and cynical ambition. He is a former newsman and U.S. Senate communications professional and press secretary. He has been a writer-editor with news organizations, including The Baltimore Evening Sun, Washington Star, and United Press International in the nation’s capital. He is currently working on a historic novel about the influence of newsmen and newspaper publishers in American government from Andrew Jackson to Abraham Lincoln.
www.jackeddinger.com



Ron Tanner
Ron Tanner will discuss A Bed of Nails, his first collection of short stories, which won the first-annual G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize, sponsored by BkMk Press at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Mr. Tanner’s work has been anthologized in Best of the West, The Pushcart Prizes, and Twenty Under Thirty: Early Work of America’s Influential Writers. Awards for his short fiction include a James Michener Fellowship from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, first prize in the New Letters national fiction competition, gold medal in the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society national competition for short fiction, and many others. Mr. Tanner is currently the chair of the Writing Department at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland.
www.ronaldtanner.com



Middleton Evans
Meet Middleton Evans at the Festival Bookstore between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. He will be selling and signing copies of his book Maryland’s Great Outdoors. This beautiful book showcases evocative photographs of Maryland’s natural places and wildlife.
www.ravenwoodpress.com



Stephen Parlato
Stephen Parlato will present his picture book, The World That Loved Books, which has been recommended by PBS. Mr. Parlato describes his work as “visual puns” with a “double identity of forms.” He says his “images are constructed of bits and pieces of the familiar and are meticulously rearranged into strange, exotic, and marvelous new creatures.” Considered one of the foremost collage artists working today, a 2007 art calendar of his images entitled All Things Great and Small, will be published this summer.
www.stephenparlato.com



Karol Bloch
In A World Of Deaf Ears, by first-time author Karol Bloch, is a collection of poetry that expresses every angle of her growth and development into adulthood. Each poem describes an observation of life, love, acceptance, and loss as seen through her eyes. This is Karol's unheard message to the world: her inner thoughts and feelings expressed through prose, rhyme, and metaphor. Every page of In A World Of Deaf Ears holds a piece of the author, and in turn, each reader will find a piece of themselves hidden between the lines. What was once silent will now sing in a beautiful and powerful voice. Let your soul soar like it never has before. The world is listening...speak from the heart.
Karol Bloch was born in Pleasantville, New Jersey, in April 1986. She is currently studying Psychology at Delaware State University in order to achieve her goal of becoming a Guidance Counselor. She currently resides in Havre de Grace, Maryland, with her family, where she has been writing poetry for eight years.
www.freewebs.com/inaworldofdeafears

Vonnie Crist
Vonnie Winslow Crist will demonstrate illustration techniques as well as display examples of illustrations in various stages throughout the day of the Festival. She is the author and illustrator of Leprechaun Cake & Other Tales, Essential Fables, and River of Stars. She served as editor and cover artist for the books Lower Than the Angels and Through a Glass Darkly and she has illustrated over 2 dozen books including the Lean & Luscious cookbook series. Ms. Crist is currently a Maryland State Arts Council Poet and staff artist for "Vegetarian Journal."
wincrist@yahoo.com



Kerry Dunnington
Join popular Maryland cookbook author Kerry Dunnington at the Bel Air Book Festival. Kerry, author of This Book Cooks will be discussing publishing options and unique ways to market your nonfiction book. Ms. Dunnington will discuss the power of communication and building relationships as well as how to align your books with events and charities. Kerry will be selling signing copies of her book after the program.
www.thisbookcooks.com



Lynne Agress
Dr. Lynne Agress is the author of Working With Words in Business and Legal Writing, a quick, witty, and comprehensive reference guide to grammar and style for the business writer. This playful and practical romp through the pitfalls and improper practices of modern business writing will appeal to anyone who cares about making a good impression through effective writing. Dr. Agress is the founder of Business Writing at Its Best, Inc., a traveling writing workshop for various businesses. Dr. Agress will be present at the Festival to speak with you and to sign her book. www.business-and-legal-writing.com

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E. D. Baker
E. D. Baker is the author of the Frog Princess series which includes The Frog Princess, Dragon's Breath, and Once Upon a Curse. Ms. Baker will read selections from the series, including her newest book, No Place for Magic, which will be available in bookstores in September. E.D.Baker made her international debut with The Frog Princess, which was a Book Sense Children's Pick and has been optioned for an animated movie. Ms. Baker lives on a farm in Harford County where she and her family breed Appaloosa horses and take care of enough small mammals to start a petting zoo. She enjoys gardening, reading, swimming, and canoeing, although she is not always able to keep the last two activities separate. E. D. Baker’s program, including a question and answer period, is for children ages 8 and up, as well as college students, parents, and all E. D. Baker fans.



Elaine Bunting
Elaine Bunting and Pat D'Amario co-authored the four books in the Maryland Counties series which includes Counties of Central Maryland, Counties of Northern Maryland, Counties of Southern Maryland  and Counties of Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore. Elaine Bunting initiated the idea as a school librarian when students came to her for information about Maryland's counties. She began to write about  Harford and St. Mary's Counties and Pat D'Amario, a teaching colleague,  teamed up with her to do the research, broaden the perspective and co-author the four books in the series. The program, for elementary through middle-school age, includes fun facts and not so-fun-facts, about the books and illustrations.


 
Becky Titelman
Becky Titelman has been writing her whole life, from pasting papers together and using stickers for the pictures, to writing a full-length story from the ages of nine to thirteen. She now lives in midtown Manhattan in New York City. She has recently been cast in an off-off-Broadway production of “Footloose.” Becky loves children, writing, singing, dancing, and living in NYC. Ms. Titelman will talk about her extremely popular book, The Wonky Witch. She is currently working on the second book in the series. For older elementary – middle school/young adult, Ms.Titelman’s interactive website is filled with games, pictures, contests, and sneak peeks at Book Two.
wonkywitch.tripod.com



Wendie Old
Wendie Old has been a storyteller and children’s librarian for over 30 years. Ms. Old’s program for children and everyone highlights her book Groundhog Day: Book of Facts and Fun. She will talk about writing and researching about groundhogs. She is the author of biographies for middle schoolers. Two of her most recent books, To Fly, the Story of the Wright Brothers (for younger readers) and The Wright Brothers, Inventors of the Airplane (for older readers) were published to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of flight.
www.wendieold.com



Stephen Parlato
Stephen Parlato will present his picture book, The World That Loved Books, which has been recommended by PBS. Mr. Parlato describes his work as “visual puns” with a “double identity of forms.” He says his “images are constructed of bits and pieces of the familiar and are meticulously rearranged into strange, exotic, and marvelous new creatures.” Considered one of the foremost collage artists working today, a 2007 art calendar of his images entitled All Things Great and Small, will be published this summer.
www.stephenparlato.com



Margaret Meacham
Where do stories come from? How are books made? Author Margaret Meacham will talk to kids about what it's like to be a writer, and where her ideas come from. Kids will create their own characters and get started on their own stories.
Margaret Meacham is an award-winning author of fourteen novels for children and young adults, including Oyster Moon, Secret of Heron Creek, Quiet! You're Invisible and A Mid-Semester Night's Dream.
Program will include a short reading and a question and answer session.
For kids age seven and up
Parents welcome.
www.margaretmeacham.com



Kerry Dunnington
This Chocolate Cake Really Can't Be Beat
Cookbook author Kerry Dunnington will be hosting this program for children ages 4 - 10 about clever ways of disguising fruits and vegetables in the food we eat. The program will include hands- on participation, cake sampling, show and tell, and guessing the secret ingredient in the cake. Kerry will be selling and signing copies of her book after the program.
Sponsored by Bel Air Friends of Harford County Public Library
www.thisbookcooks.com



Karol Bloch
In A World Of Deaf Ears, by first-time author Karol Bloch, is a collection of poetry that expresses every angle of her growth and development into adulthood. Each poem describes an observation of life, love, acceptance, and loss as seen through her eyes. This is Karol's unheard message to the world: her inner thoughts and feelings expressed through prose, rhyme, and metaphor. Every page of In A World Of Deaf Ears holds a piece of the author, and in turn, each reader will find a piece of themselves hidden between the lines. What was once silent will now sing in a beautiful and powerful voice. Let your soul soar like it never has before. The world is listening...speak from the heart.
Karol Bloch was born in Pleasantville, New Jersey, in April 1986. She is currently studying Psychology at Delaware State University in order to achieve her goal of becoming a Guidance Counselor. She currently resides in Havre de Grace, Maryland, with her family, where she has been writing poetry for eight years.
www.freewebs.com/inaworldofdeafears


 
JoAnn Dawson
JoAnn Dawson, author of the Lucky Foot series for ages 8-12 will talk about her life as an author and actress, as well as give anecdotes on being a wrangler for TV and film. Come and meet her pony, Butterscotch.
A horse lover since early childhood, Ms. Dawson lives with her husband and two sons on a horse farm and bed & breakfast in Maryland where they offer riding lessons, trail rides and a summer camp for children. Her farm has been featured in the Washington Post, New York Times, Baltimore Sun, and on Good Morning America.
Dawson's film and television credits include principal actor in The Sixth Sense and 12 Monkeys and horse wrangler in Oprah Winfrey's Beloved and on television's America's Most Wanted. She is an educator and Director of the Equine Institute at a local college and enjoys competing her American Paint horse, Painted Warrior.
www.luckyfootseries.com

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Beth Maahs-Hoagberg, M. Ed
Beth Maahs-Hoagberg, Educational Director at The Highlands School will present two programs.  In Reading Readiness, she will discuss what parents need to know before their child is ready to read.  In Understanding Disorders of Reading, she will discuss Dyslexia, language processing, comprehension, fluency, and their relationship to the printed word.
Beth Maahs Hoagberg holds a Masters in Education in Reading and Language Disabilities from Loyola College in Baltimore Maryland.  Her post graduate work includes a multitude of classes, conferences and workshops in the diagnosis and remediation of language disabilities, Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism and other learning differences.  In 1975, she established the Harford County Chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association and served as its Charter President for six years. In 1976, before the days of Child Find, she established the Preschool Enrichment Program in Bel Air, a therapeutic nursery school for children with speech and language and/or motor delays.  She successfully raised a learning disabled daughter, and she is currently a board member of the Maryland Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (MBIDA).
The Highlands School is currently located in Street, Maryland but plans to open the doors on its new building in Bel Air, Maryland in the fall of 2007.
www.highlandsschool.net



The Book Guys Radio Show and Book Appraisals
Have any old or interesting books lying around the house? Have you ever wondered if they are worth anything? Bring them to the Festival for a free appraisal by The Book Guys and you and your book might be chosen to participate in our on-air appraisal.
The Book Guys will be taping shows at 1:30 pm and at 2:30 pm. Selections for both tapings will begin at approximately 1:00 pm. The Book Guys will also give free book appraisals to those not chosen for the show. The Book Guys Radio Show airs locally on WBJC-FM 91.5 and WHFC-FM 91.1.
www.bookguys.com



Margaret Meacham
FROM IDEA TO PUBLICATION
Ever thought about writing a children's book? Join children's book author Margaret Meacham as she talks about the writing process, including tips on getting started, finding ideas, creating characters, revising, and the publishing world.
Ms. Meacham teaches writing and children's literature at Goucher College and Gotham Writer's Workshops. She has lectured at schools, universities, and conferences throughout the nation. She has just finished a sequel to A Mid-Semester Night's Dream, and is currrently at work on a new novel.

Martha Edgerton
Book conservator Martha Edgerton, from the Johns Hopkins' Sheridan Libraries Preservation department, will conduct a program on general care of books and present a bookbinding demonstration in the Exhibitor's Tent.

   General Book Care
In a short lecture on the proper handling and care of books and book collections, participants will learn handling and storage techniques that will prolong the life of their paper based objects - books and flat materials such as newspapers, maps and legal documents.

   Bookbinding Demonstration: Making a Blank Book
Participants will see the construction of a hardback, blank-page book that includes the sewing of the book's text block (the pages.) They will also view separate book components that demonstrate the progression of bookmaking. In the Exhibitors' Tent.



Kimmie Meissner
World Champion figure skater, Kimmie Meissner, will be reading to children at 1:30 pm at the Bel Air Book Festival. When Kimmie is not skating, she loves to read, horseback ride, draw and play tennis. Her motto is "Don't take yourself too seriously. Have fun!" Kimmie has recently been named national co-chair for American Library Association's 2006 Teen Read Week being celebrated October 15-21, 2006. Come and meet Kimmie at the Bel Air Book Festival.
Prior to her scheduled time as Guest Reader, Kimmie will hold a short autograph session in the Festival Bookstore tent where her Cool Kids “TRIUMPH” bracelets will be sold.

Harford County Public Library - ADA Related Software Packages
Andrea Wiley, Human Resources Specialist, will highlight ADA related software packages available for disabled library customers that have been recently installed at all branches, as well as other equipment and services that are available.
www.HCPLonline.info



Gyleen Fitzgerald
Gyleen X. Fitzgerald, Principal Quilt Artist and Author will present a program entitled "Something to Say: The Art of Writing Haiku Poetry" for the middle- to high-school age group. Ms. Fitzgerald has been quilting for many years and began needlework at the young age of four.She has authored and published two books, Poetry and Patchwork, a haiku poetry writing program for teens, and The Dream, a picture book coloring project for younger children. Her work is published in Quilt Magazine, Patchwork Quilting and Quilter's Almanac magazines.
www.colourfulstitches.com

Movable Book Society
Eleanor Heldrich from the Movable Book Society, an international organization of movable book enthusiasts, will discuss pop-up, pull-tab and turn-the-wheel books, and share items from her collection. These movables are irresistible as sculpture and movement.
robertsabuda.com/mbs.html

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Michael Gaudreau
Michael Gaudreau is a storyteller, teacher, and visual artist from a little town north of Baltimore known as Bel Air. He brings a sense of wonder to life in his spirited telling of wonder tales from Celtic lands. With ancestors hailing from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and even Cornwall, Michael mines his Celtic heritage to bring you stories of kings and tricksters, leprechauns and giants, often accompanied by the beat of the Irish drum.
410-515-4348 mgaudreau@johncarroll.loyola.edu



Susan K. Wooden
Susan K. Wooden is a writer and founding member of the Chesapeake Storytellers Guild. Her collection of folk tales and faeriefoolery also includes a few originals. Make sure you remember your steps so you can find your way home after listening to her tales of magic and mystery.
410-515-2465 swooden21009@verizon.net



Bunjo Storytellers
Bunjo Storytellers are Michelle Hamiel, Subhanallah Ali, and Bunjo Butler. Even though each of the trio performs and shares separately, they initially joined forces in 1989 and have been delighting audiences of all ages for aver 17 years.
Each of the three is Library Managers, Educators, Workshop Facilitators, and Storytellers in the African Oral Tradition. Their wide repertoire includes variations and improvisations of the "Universal Truths" found in the myths, stories, games, songs, and proverbs of the African Diaspora as well as those of their own creations.
Michelle, Bunjo, and Subhanallah, each have a fierce dedication to the oral tradition and work avidly to keep it alive through involvement with organizations that perpetuate the art of storytelling.



Chris Potts
Chris Potts is a storyteller and university instructor who tells stories from around the world.  She teaches topics in oral narrative in her writing classes as well as writes and performs spoken word narrative poetry.  Chris describes the best stories as those that capture the truth of what it means to be human: to love, to lose, to laugh, and perhaps most importantly, to keep learning.

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Vonnie Crist
Vonnie Winslow Crist will demonstrate illustration techniques as well as display examples of illustrations in various stages throughout the day of the Festival. She is the author and illustrator of Leprechaun Cake & Other Tales, Essential Fables, and River of Stars. She served as editor and cover artist for the books Lower Than the Angels and Through a Glass Darkly and she has illustrated over 2 dozen books including the Lean & Luscious cookbook series. Ms. Crist is currently a Maryland State Arts Council Poet and staff artist for "Vegetarian Journal."
wincrist@yahoo.com

Martha Edgerton
Book conservator Martha Edgerton, from the Johns Hopkins' Sheridan Libraries Preservation department, will conduct a program on general care of books and present a bookbinding demonstration in the Exhibitor's Tent.

   General Book Care
In a short lecture on the proper handling and care of books and book collections, participants will learn handling and storage techniques that will prolong the life of their paper based objects - books and flat materials such as newspapers, maps and legal documents.

   Bookbinding Demonstration: Making a Blank Book
Participants will see the construction of a hardback, blank-page book that includes the sewing of the book's text block (the pages.) They will also view separate book components that demonstrate the progression of bookmaking. In the Exhibitors' Tent.

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Specs
Specs is the new mascot of the Bel Air Book Festival. He will be featured in a song by children's headliner Kidsinger Jim.



Tales
Meet Tales, the mascot of Harford County Public Library.



Jim Hossick of the The Kidsinger Jim Band
Meet The Kidsinger Jim Band featuring Kidsinger Jim on guitar and vocals, Christine on bass guitar and vocals, and Art McKinney on drums at 12:30 at the Bel Air Book Festival. They will be performing Kidsinger Jim's catchy, original tunes such as "Daddy Longlegs," "Zoo In My Room," "Let Kids Be Kids," and Jim's newest, "Catnapper." Jim enjoys telling the stories behind some of his songs, and encourages children to create their own poems, stories, and songs from
their imagination or real-life experiences. Jim left teaching to dedicate his efforts full-time to songwriting and performing. In 2005 he surpassed the milestone of 2,500 performances. Kidsinger Jim is currently developing a children's radio show and has plans to turn one of this songs, "Millie the Millepede," into a children's book.
www.kidsingerjim.com



The Book Guys Radio Show and Book Appraisals
Have any old or interesting books lying around the house? Have you ever wondered if they are worth anything? Bring them to the Festival for a free appraisal by The Book Guys and you and your book might be chosen to participate in our on-air appraisal.
The Book Guys will be taping two shows at 1:30 pm and at 2:30 pm. Selections for both tapings will begin at appproximately 1:00 pm. The Book Guys will also give free book appraisals to those not chosen for the show. The Book Guys Radio Show airs locally on WBJC-FM 91.5 and WHFC-FM 91.1.
www.bookguys.com

Bel Air Jazz Ensemble
Starting at 4:30 pm, a rousing performance by the Bel Air Jazz Ensemble will close out the Festival. You will tap your toes as you browse the bookstore and visit our exhibitors for your end of the day purchases.

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Festival Book Store operated by Barnes & Noble Booksellers
The Festival Book Store, operated by Barnes & Noble Booksellers and open from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., will carry books written by Bel Air Book Festival invited authors as well as a variety of current best sellers.

Illustration Contest and Story Writing Contest for Children
Illustrate a scene from your favorite book or write a story telling us about your favorite Bel Air Book Festival event. Visit the KidsNews/HarfordNeighbors.net exhibit to work on your entry, which will be displayed and voted on by the public. Arrive early so everyone attending the Festival will see your work. You could win a prize!
Sponsored by HarfordNeighbors.net and KidsNews.

Book Covering
You can have your Festival book purchase or your favorite book from home professionally covered at the Harford County Public Library exhibit for only $1.00. Books must have a paper book jacket. Sizes available are limited. Proceeds will help to defray Festival costs.

Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company
Staff of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company will provide information and conduct tours of EMS and Fire equipment, as well as provide onsite emergency medical care.

The Highlands School, Inc. Used Book Sale

Food Vendors
Throughout the day, vendors will offer a variety of food and drink, including pizzas, pit beef, hot dogs, ice cream, salads, and subs.

Children's Activity Area
Sponsored by Bel Air School of Art

Puppet Theatre Activity Area
At the Puppet Theatre Activity Area an assortment of puppets will be available for creative play. Children can also use a puppet they make in the Children's Activity Area or a favorite puppet brought from home.

Silver Reader
Visit the Silver Reader, Harford County Public Library's new mobile service for seniors. The Silver Reader visits senior housing, assisted living, long term care and senior center sites, providing a variety of books, DVDs, CDs, audio books, large print materials, magazines and computers with internet access.
www.HCPLonline.info

Scholastic Book Sale
A wide selection of Scholastic Books for readers of all ages will be available for purchase.

Giant Crossword Puzzles
Test your knowledge and help us solve two giant crossword puzzles.

   Harford County Maryland, Then and Now Crossword Puzzle
Created by Eileen Y. Frado for the Bel Air Book Festival

   It's a Mystery to Me Crossword Puzzle
Created by cruciverbalist Bob Cooper for the Bel Air Book Festival

Rolling Reader
Step inside the Rolling Reader, Harford County Public Library's "library on wheels" for school-aged children. It is equipped with books, talking books, homework resources, and two computers that provide access to the library's catalog, online databases and the Internet. The Rolling Reader visits after school programs including the YMCA, YWCA, PAL and the Boys & Girls Clubs.
www.HCPLonline.info

Used Books Wanted
The Book Lady is looking for used books.  The Book Lady is a non-profit organization that donates books and magazines to county and state correctional facilities, shelters and reading programs, including the Washington County Detention Center “Storybook Project.”  Especially needed are materials for children and young adults, and those that are culturally diverse.  Donations can be brought to The Book Lady exhibit the day of the Festival.  For large quantity donations, contact The Book Lady at dwebb33@verizon.net.

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David Craig, Harford County Executive

Melinda Lee Craig, First Lady of Harford County and Honorary Chair of the Bel Air Book Festival

Kimmie Meissner, Reigning Women's World Figure Skating Champion

Pat Bonney, Executive Director, The Highlands School, Inc.

Audra Caplan, Director Harford County Public Library

Kristien Foss, Bel Air Cultural Arts Commission

Sheryl Davis Kohl, Harford County Delegate

Terry Hanley, Mayor of Bel Air

Susan McComas, Harford County Delegate

Don Morrison, Director, Public Information Office, Harford County Public Schools

Irene Padilla, Maryland State Librarian

Joanne Parrott, Harford County Delegate

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The Highlands School, Inc.

Harford County Public Library

KidsNews

Radio Reading Network

Charles W. Lightner Library at Bel Air United Methodist Church

Harford Community College, Adult Developmental and Literacy Programs

HarfordNeighbors.net

Abecedarian Books, Inc.

R.J. Communications / Self Publishing

Harford Poetry and Literary Society

FUNdamentals

Harford Writers Group

Proactive Publishing

Flying Geese Quilt Guild

Imaginator Press

St. James Academy

Maryland Writers Association

University of Delaware, Special Programs

American Literary Press

Usborne Books at Home

Starbucks Tasting Truck
   
The Book Lady

Harford Day School – Burgers, Dogs & Italian Sausage

Maryland Public Broadcasting

United Nations Association of Maryland

Bel Air Downtown Alliance

Buontempo Brothers and Main Street Tower

Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Inc.

Broom’s Bloom Ice Cream

Subway Subs

The Pen Lady

Maryland Conservatory of Music

Baltimore Chop Sports Books

Christopher Matthew’s Christian Store

and many more

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Brian Hartford, Change of Heart

Alice Deck, Poland, A Unique Country and its People

C.C. Colee, The Widow Maker

Lill-Till Press, The Girl from Keelonia

Writing for the Lord Ministries, Give God the Glory Series

Lee Rudolph, The Sultan of Atlantic City

Heather Harvey, Intentions and Reflections

Stephanie Halvorson, Threading the Snail: My Journey through Deafness

Patrick Smithwick, Racing My Father

and many more

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