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Valorie Veld is a Montessori Early Childhood
educator and an art teacher. She is a member of the American Montessori Society, NAEYC, and is listed in the Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
Valorie currently works at Lenawee’s Heart & Soul at 128 E. Maumee St., Adrian, MI. as an art teacher for children 18 months to 10 years old, and lead teacher for the Creative Arts Academy for 3-5 year olds which is also a part of Lenawee’s Heart & Soul; an art and music studio for young children. Valorie is a mother and grandmother who enjoys
spending time with her family. She lives with her husband and two cats locally. She enjoys children’s literature and water color painting.
She is the author of A Tale of Two Tails, and the
author/illustrator of I am a Montessori Kid.
Edward Skinner I was born in Tennessee in 1938, which means I have been on Planet Earth for 76 wonderful years. I moved from Kentucky to
Michigan in 1973 and came here to work at Bixby Hospital in the field of mental health. For many years I have been a guest lecturer/community partner at Siena Heights University, mostly in the
departments of Anthropology and Sociology. That, couple with my cultural history in Native American life has given me a deep love for and interest in the teachings and ways of the Original Peoples of Plant Earth. In my desire to help share these ways with other people, I have written two books which I hope will in some way assist
readers to understand more of why we are all here. These books are: “And I said to the Wind….”Let’s Play!” and “The Story of Little Big Drop” .
This past Summer, I was invited to present both of these books at a Book Fair in Huron, Ohio. Now I am very please to again share them at this event where I live.

Addison-area author Dan Cherry has penned six books on Lenawee County area history,
starting with his first book on the history of
Addison in 1997. Three years later, he started
research on the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado of 1965, research that
culminated in the 2002 book, "Night of the Wind." That chronicle of the double tornado disaster in
Lenawee County has sold nearly 3,000 copies to date through the Lenawee County Historical
Museum. In 2005, he turned his attention to the
Brooklyn-Irish Hills with an old photograph
pictorial, "The Best of the Brooklyn Exponent
Attic." Cherry returned to his home community roots in 2009 with the Devils Lake-Manitou Beach history book, "Along the Trails of Michemanetue." In 2013, Cherry published a second, richly-illustrated history book on the village of Addison and in 2014, released a 50th
anniversary tribute book on the Palm Sunday Tornado of 1965. "Fifty Years Later" contains more than 200
photographs and illustrations on the damage and its aftermath, in vintage, all-color images, with some
compared side-by-side with modern day photographs of the same scene five decades later.
Andy Lockwood is a local author and
National Novel Writing Month enthusiast. His own love of horror has driven him to make his own contribution to the genre. Empty Hallways is
currently available in paperback and eBook
formats. He is currently in editing on two novels: House of 13 and Threshold. Other stories are
always swimming and in various stages of
unfinished. He lives in mid-Michigan with 3 cats, a
runaway imagination and a misguided idea of what it means to be an adult.
Philip Wigent is a retired educator with an
Interest in Genealogy. He currently lives in Michigan . In “Ansley”, a fictionalized memoir, author Philip Wigent explores these issues among early
generations of his family.

Adrian
District Library
Author Fair
Saturday, March 28th
11—2:30
Author Biographies
Adrian District Library
143 E. Maumee
Adrian, Mi 49221
517-265-2265

TL Schwartz is the author of a horse story
adventure series that is a good read for both the young and mature horse lover. Terri is a
multiple Stakes Race winning Thoroughbred trainer in the Midwest and also an artist,
working in both clay and watercolors.
“The Adventures of Steffie and Sefa" is the first book in the series of horse stories about a young girl and her rescued ex-race horse. Many of the events and locations are based on real horses that Terri has owned or trained. The homestead farm where the main character "Steffie" lives in this
series is a fond memory of the author's
grandparents' greenhouse/farm in Plymouth, MI where Terri spent as much of her childhood as
possible.
Mercy Sister Patricia L. Schnapp, Ph.D., is currently an Associate Professor of English at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. Pat has published poetry in many
religious journals and magazines, including
Christianity and Literature, America, and
Review for Religious. She has also published articles on novelist Alice McDermott and poet Francis Thompson. In 2007, with colleague Dan McVeigh, she co-edited The Best
American Catholic Short Stories, published by Sheed and Ward. Recently, her article “Dan Berrigan’s
Lyrical Memoir” appeared in the Merton Journal of England and Ireland. A volunteer teacher and
chaplain at a nearby state prison, Pat has
frequently written and lectured on restorative
justice. During the past five years, she has also
published two books, Alleluias and Amens,
poetic reflections on various gospels, and Out of the Shadows, prose poems about prisoners and others we rarely see.
Benjamin J Nichols owns the sun. He's
president of Atlantis and knows exactly how many shoelaces are in existence at any given
moment. He can hold his breath for seconds at a time and doesn't care if his skin gets water on it... because he's water resistant... skin-wise."

Dawn Flemington started out hobby writing gay romance fan fiction back in the 70’s and has had a few things published in fanzine form and on fan-fic
websites. She has written a weekly column for a county newspaper and has had a couple
magazine articles printed. Dawn is engaged to Scott Flemington, a retired HS English teacher. They are life-long
Michiganders and between the two of them, have five children, seven grandchildren, two adopted senior dogs, a fat sassy cat, two stray, but equally sassy kittens and a turtle who is the boss of all of them. They are highly active with their local GLBT and BDSM
community.
Janice Whelan retired after a 30-year career
teaching language arts to middle school students. She graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors from the
University of Michigan, where she majored in English and political science, both of which helped her bring Erna Pauline Roberts' story to life. Whelan now lives in Adrian, Mich., with her husband Michael Allen and their three cats. She spends her time being a devoted
grandmother. Her book, ‘Erna's Life,’ author Janice Whelan uses recordings made by Erna Pauline
Roberts to tell one woman's story of survival
during World War II.
Clark Cothern has served Living Water
Community Church in Ypsilanti, MI, as Senior Pastor since 2002. Prior to his ministry at Living Water he served for a decade as the Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Adrian, MI. Clark wrote a weekly column in the Adrian Daily Telegram for seven years and he has a
uthored three books: ““At the Heart of Every Great
Father,” “Detours: Sometimes rough roads lead to right places,” and “Spirit-Controlled Living,” all
published by Multnomah, now an imprint of
Random House.
Lindsey Sanford (or L. Sanford as she’s known in the publishing community) fell in love with writing at the age of eight. From then on, she spent the years
absorbed in a literary world. In high school she
discovered her enjoyment for writing erotica, and while she dabbles in other branches of writing as well, it seemed fitting that her first novel be within that genre. Thus, “While You Were Gone” was written and
published in October 2014. She currently resides in her hometown of Adrian, surrounded by the most
supportive bunch of people anyone could ask for.

Jasmine Shea Townsend is currently in her last semester of working toward her masters in
literature. She has had a few of her short stories
published, including two in MicroHorror, two in The Mill Magazine, and another to be published on The Toledo Writers Workshop website. Her literary
heroes are Margaret Atwood, Edgar Allen Poe, George Saunders, Octavia Butler, Ralph
Ellison, Djuna Barnes, and Vladimir Nabokov.
Jennifer Friess lives in Lenawee County,
Michigan, with her husband, son, and two dogs. She loves entertainment trivia. She doesn't match her socks. She is a picky eater and likes it that way.
Jennifer has written several unpublished short stories. The Wind Could Blow a Bug is her first published novel.
Elle Wright /LR Wright, Born and raised in
Southwest Michigan near Ann Arbor, Elle learned the importance of reading from her mother. It was also her mother who, later on in her life, gave Elle her first
romance novel: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins. From that moment on, Elle became a fan of Ms. Jenkins for life and a lover of all things romance. An old journal she wrote back in college became her first book (which she still wants to publish one day). Elle is hard at work on her next novel.
Patti Keno lives in Belleville with her family and her two fur babies. She has been writing since she was ten years old. She has written many poems and many stories waiting to be turned into
novels. When she isn’t writing she likes crafting,
bowling and ghost hunting. She is a spirit medium who, like her main character, can speak with the dead. She likes creating her own cute crochet stuffie patterns and playing cards with her family. When she can, she volunteers at local animal rescue groups and urges everyone to support their local rescue groups: Don’t shop…Adopt!!