Missouri County: Polk
Genre: Outdoor
Audience: Young Adult/Adult
Published Works:
Greatest Wild Gobblers... Lessons Learned from Old Timers & Old Toms, Lightin' Ridge Books, 1999; Front Bench Regulars... Wit and Wisdom from Back Home in the Hills, Lightin' Ridge Books, 1999; Memories from a Misty Morning Marsh... a Duck Hunters Collection, Lightin' Ridge Books, 1999; Dogs, Ducks and Hatrack Bucks... Short Stories for the Outdoorsman, Lightin' Ridge Books, 1999; Ain't No Such Animal, and Other Stories From the Ozark Hills , Lightin' Ridge Books, 1998.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Awards: Missouri Conservation Communicator of The Year, Missouri Conservation Federation, 1994.
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: None
Contact Information:
Lightin' Ridge Books
Box 22
Bolivar, MO. 65613
Phone: (417)777-5227
E-mail: lridge@ipa.net
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Westerns
Audience: Young Adult/Adult
Published Works:
Published by HARLEQUINN: No Quarter Asked, 1976; Boss Man From Ogalala,1976; Savage Land, 1976; Fire and Ice, 1976; Land of Enchantment, 1976; The Homeplace, 1976; After the Storm, 1976; Dangerous Masquerade, 1977; Night of the Cotillion, 1977; Valley of the Vapors, 1977; Fiesta San Antonio, 1977; Show Me,1977; Bluegrass King, 1977; A Lyons Share, 1977; The Widow and the Wastrel,1977; The Ivory Cane, 1978; The Indy Man, 1978; Darling Jenny, 1978; Reily's Woman, 1978; To Tell the Truth, 1978; Sonora Sundown, 1978; Big Sky Country,1978; Something Extra, 1978; The Master Fidler, 1978; Beware of the Stranger,1978; Giant of Mesabi, 1978; The Matchmakers, 1978; For Bitter or Worse, 1979;Green Moutain Man, 1979; Six White Horses, 1979; Summer Mahoghany, 1979;The Bride of the Delta Queen, 1979; Tidewater Lover, 1979; Strange Bedfellow,1979; Low Country Liar, 1979; Sweet Promise, 1979; For Mike's Sake, 1979;Sentimental Journey, 1979; A Land Called Deseret, 1979; Kona Winds, 1980; That Boston Man, 1980; Bed of Grass, 1980; The Thawing of Mara, 1980; The Matting Season, 1980; Lord of the High Lonesome, 1980; Southern Nights, 1980; Enemy in Camp, 1980; Difficult Decision, 1980; Heart of Stone, 1980; One of the Boys, 1980;Wild and Wonderful, 1981; A Tradition of Pride, 1981; The Traveling Kind, 1981;Dakota Dreamin', 1981; Northern Magic, 1982; With a Little Luck, 1982; That Carolina Summer, 1982.
Published by SILHOUETTE: The Hostage Bride, 1981; The Lancaster Men, 1981;For the Love of God, 1981; Wildcatter's Woman, 1982; The Second Time, 1982;Mistletoe and Holly, 1982; Separate Cabins, 1983; Western Man, 1983; Terms of Surrender, 1982; Foxfire Light, 1982; The Best Way to Lose, 1983; Leftover Love,1984.
Published by POCKET: Touch the Wind, 1979; The Rogue, 1980; Ride the Thunder,1980; Night Way, 1981; This Calder Sky, 1981; This Calder Range, 1982; Stands a Calder Man, 1983; Calder Born, Calder Bred, 1983; The Pride of Hannah Wade,1985.
Published by POSEIDON PRESS: Silver Wings, Santiago Blue, 1984; The Glory Game, 1985; The Great Alone, 1986.
Published by LITTLE, BROWN: Heiress, 1987; Rivals, 1989; Masquerade, 1990,Aspen Gold, 1991; Tangled Vines, 1992; The Proud and the Free, 1994.
Have any works been translated into other languages? Yes
Speaking Engagements: Author accepts.
Fee for Speaking: Variable
Contact Information:
Contact Publisher:
Richard Curtis
171 East 74th Street
New York, New York
Missouri County: St. Clair
Genre: Nonfiction, Autobiography/Biography, Missouri, History
Audience: Young Adult/Adult
Published Works:
Partners With God: Biographical Sketches of Our Ministers, 1832-1982, First Christian Church, Columbia, 1982; Show Me Missouri Women: Selected BiographiesVol. I, Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1989; Thomas Hart Bent, Artist, Writer, Intellectual, State Historical Society of Missouri, 1989; Show Me Missouri Women: Selected Biographies Vol II, Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1993.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: 50-100 miles
Contact Information:
RR 1 Box 310
Schell City 64783-9611
Missouri County: St. Louis
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Published Works: Heaven Lake, Scribner, 2004.
Have any works been translated into other languages? Yes
Awards: First Place- Fiction, Barnes & Noble 2004 Discover Award; Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts & Letters for Best First Fiction of 2004; James Michener Award, 1993.
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: None
Contact Information:
709 Cordell Ct.
Olivette, MO. 63132
Phone: (314)993-6418
E-mail: johndalton@daltonnovel.com
Web site: www.daltonnovel.com
Missouri County: Jackson
Genre: Illustrated Children's Books and Teacher's Guides
Audience: Children/Young Adult/Adult
Published Works:
Grindle Lamfoon And The Procurnious Fleekers, Star Publications, 1979; Willo Mancifoot and the Mugga Killa Whomps, Star Publications, 1985; Fire Ferret Town,Pan Educational Institute, 1987; Tea with Adella Dine Crow, Star Publications, 1990; Creative Teachers' Guide to Grindle Lamfoon, Star Publications, 1983;Creative Teachers' Guide to Willo Mancifoot, Star Publications, 1987
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts
Fee for speaking: Yes
Contact Inormation:
1211 West 60th Terrace
Kansas City 64113-1318
Missouri County: St. Louis
Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Family
Audience: Adult
Published Works:
Dear Mom, Dear Reed, Love Cessie, The Running Duck Press, 2000.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: Variable
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 220964
St. Louis, MO. 63122-0964
Phone: (314) 984-0580
E-mail: diannadavis@usa.net
Missouri County: St. Charles
Genre: Fiction, Christian
Audience: Young Adult/Adult
Published Works: Invasion of the Togakura, Publish America, 2003.
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: Preferably within Missouri.
Contact Information:
E-mail: adventureauthor@lycos.com
Pen Name(s): Sandra Donovan
Missouri County: St. louis
Genre: Fiction, Romance
Audience: Audlt
Published Works:
Kensington Publishing, Zebra Books: Deception's Fire, 1998; Rapture's Reward,1989; Restless Passions, 1992; Silver Seduction, 1993
Have any works been translated into other languages? Yes
Speaking Engagments:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: Depends on Circumstances
Contact Inormation:
2683 South Big Bend #15
St. Louis 63143-2100
Missouri County: Cole
Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Audience: Children and Adult
Published Works: Christmas Turtles, Purple Sky Publishing, 2006.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Awards: None
Speaking Engagements: Yes
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Depends on circumstances
Limitations on travel: No
Contact Information: www.saraanndenson.com
E-mail: saraanndenson@embarqmail.com
Missouri County: Jackson
Genre: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Autobiography/Biography/Mixed-Media/Cross-Genre/Screenplays
Audience: Adult
Published Works:
Prayers of an Accidental Nature (short stories), Coffee House Press, 1999; Drought & Say What You Like (novellas), New Direction Books, 1997.
Have any works been translated into other languages? Yes
Awards:First Place, Big Ugly Review Flash Fiction Award, 2004; First Place, National League of American Pen Women Essay Contest, 2003; First Place, Christopher Isherwood Foundation Award, 2003; Special recognition, Moondance International Film Festival Competition, 2002; First Place, National League of American Pen Women Poetry Contest, 2002; Cinovation Screenwriting Award for, Drought (screenplay), 1999; Thorpe Menn Award for, Drought & Say What You Like, 1998; Eyster Prize for Fiction for, "An Interview With My Husband," 1991.
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: /Variable
Limitations on travel: None
Contact Information:
Jaded Ibis Productions, Inc.
5540 Central
Kansas City, MO. 64113
Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~ddiblasi/
Missouri County: Christian
Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Mystery Romance, Western, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Health/Self Help
Audience: Children/Adult/Young Adult
Published Works: The Price of Peace, Publish America, 2004; Passing Images, Rain Publishing, 2007.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: None
Contact Information:
Web site: www.jenniferdicamillo.com
E-mail: poorboy@atlascomm.net
Missouri County: Greene
Genre: Nonfiction/Poetry/Health/Self help/Autobiography/Biography/Contemporary Social Issues
Audience: Young Adult/Adult
Published Works:
Learning, Changing, Leading: Keys to Success in the 21st Century, University of Missouri Printing Services, 1998.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Yes
Limitations on travel: None if in Missouri
Contact Information:
1918 S. Ingram Mill Rd.
Springfield, MO. 65808
Phone: (417)882-1990
Missouri County: Livingston
Genre: Children's and Parenting
Audience: Young Adult and Adult
Published Works: Alexander the Moose, Publish America, 2004; Buck Up - Be A Parent, Publish America, 2005.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Awards: None
Speaking Engagements: Yes
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Depends on circumstances
Limitations on travel: Depends on circumstances
Contact Information:
Website: http://christopherdixon.com
E-mail: cafdixon@yahoo.com
Missouri County: Callaway
Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Essays, Mystery, Romance, Health/Self-Help, Plays/Screenplays
Audience: Adult
Published Works: Miss Cornett's Courtship, Hummingbird House, 1998; Walking Wonders: Stepping Your Way to a More Creative Life, Time/Warner, 2001;Shadowed Memories, Booksforabuck.com, 2004.
Have any works been translated into other languages?
Awards: Semi-finalist for "The Precious Ones," Austin Heart Film Festival, 1994; Semi-finalist for "Legacy," Chesterfield Screenwriting Fellowship Competition, 1998; Quarter-finalist for "A Place to Call Home," Lone Star Screenwriting Competition, 1998; Quarter-finalist for "The Precious Ones," and "Legacy," Writers Network Screenwriting Competition, 1998; Finalist for "Legacy," Empire Screenwriting Competition, 1998; Finalist for "Legacy," Telluride Indiefest, 1999; Finalist for "Legacy," Moondance Screenwriting Competition, 2001.
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Yes
Limitations on travel: None
Contact Information:
Phone: (573)592-1996
E-mail: crdodson@sbcglobal.net
Missouri County: St. Louis
Genre: Nonfiction, Textbooks, Business/Economics, Money, Financial Planning, Investments, Taxes, Est
Audience: Children/Young Adult/Adult
Published Works:
How to Achieve Your Financial Goals, Dorrance Publishing, August, 1993
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: None as long as expenses are paid
Contact Information:
1001 Craig Road Suite 260
St. Louis 63146-6212
Missouri County: Jackson
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Audience: Adult
Published Works: 67 - Feet in the Air, Plaides Press, 1994
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements: Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: No
Contact Information:
32080 Fishing River Road
Lawson, MO 64062
Phone: 816-630-6163
Email: jackadotson@yahoo.com
Pen Name(s): Eugene Warren
Missouri County: Phelps
Genre: Poetry, Missouri
Audience: Adult
Published Works:
Christographia, Houghton, NY: Ktaadn Poetry Press, 1973; Rumors of Light, St. Louis: GrafiikTrakt/1, 1974; Christographia 1-32, St. Louis: Cauldron Press, 1966;Gemoetries of Light, Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1981; Fishing at Easter, kansas City: BkMk Press, 1981; Similitudes, Berkeley: Carmarthen Oak Press, 1983
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Yes
Contact Information:
Department of English
University of Missouri-Rolla
Rolla MO 65401-0249
Missouri County: St. Louis
Genre: Fiction/Nonfiction
Audience: Children
Published Works:
Fun Facts and Games, GHB Publishers, 2000; M is For Michigan, GHB Publishers, 2000,
The Internet (Enslow 2002), A Parent's Guide to St. Louis (Parent Guide Press/Mars Publishing 2002).
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author does not accept speaking engagements at this time.
Contact Information:
8795 Sturdy Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63126
Phone: (314) 984-0116
E-mail: julied3@sbcglobal.net
Missouri County: St. Louis
Genre: Nonfiction/Health/Self-Help
Audience: Young Adult
Published Works: Stepping Stones to Success, Prioritybooks, 2005; Taking Care of Business, Prioritybooks, 2008; Reaching Higher Heights, Prioritybooks, 2008.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Yes
Limitations on travel: None
Contact Information:
(314) 741-2531
Publisher:
Prioritybooks.com
P.O. Box 2535
Florissant, MO 63033
E-mail: Ldoug48305@aol.com
Web site: www.booksbyLydia.com
Pen Name(s): Kathleen Korbel
Missouri County: St. Louis
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Missouri
Audience: Adult
Published Works:
Books by Eileen Dreyer: A Man to Die For, Harper Collins, 1991; If Looks Could Kill,1992; Nothing Personal, Harper Collins, 1994; Bad Medicine, Harper Collins, 1995;Malice Domestic Anthology 4, Pocket books, 1996.
Books by Kathleen Korbel-Silhouette Books: Playing the Game, 1986; A Stranger's Smile, 1986; Worth Any Risk, 1987; A Prince of a Guy, 1987; Edge of the World,1988; The Princess and the Pea, 1988; Perchance to Dream, 1989; The Road to Mandeley, 1989; The Ice Cream Man, 1989; Hotshot, 1990; Lightning Strikes,1990; A Fine Madness, 1991; Jake's Way, 1991; Timeless, 1992; Isn't It Romantic?, 1992; Walk on the Wild Side, 1993; Simple Gifts, 1994; A Soldier's Heart, 1994; Don't Fence Me In, 1995
Have any works been translated into other languages? Yes
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: 2-hour drive from St. Louis, or fly/paid expenses
Contact Information:
PO Box 8614
St Louis 63126-0614
Missouri County: Boone
Genre: Nonfiction, Anthologies, Fiction, & Poetry
Audience: Adult
Published Works:
"The Day I Met Jane Froman," in The Columbia Missourian, January 2003.
Two-Room Outhouse, The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt, 2004; Gift-Wrapped Memory, Chicken Soup for the Soul, 1998; Songs on the Wind, The National Library of Poetry, 1995; Show Me Missouri Women, The Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1989; Missouri Women Writers, Sheba Review, 1987.
Co-Edited: How to Save Money on Your Health Care Costs, by Steven J. Addonizio, M.D.
Have any works been translated into other languages? yES
Awards: First Place, Springfield Writer's Guild, "Grief Taught Me Butterfly Language," 2002. First Award, Best Speech Text, Missouri Writer's Guild, "I can see. . . Life is Beautiful," 2001; First Award Poem, Missouri Poets and Friends, "Virtual Dreamality," 1999; Second Place, Missouri Writer's Guild Best Magazine Article for, "Journey into Ancient Civilizations," 1991; First Place, Columbia Chapter Missouri Writer's Guild for the Short Story, "Family Reunion," 1989; Honorable Mention, Missouri Writer's Week Award for Poetry, Sestina; Honorable Mention, Missouri Writer's Week Award for Poetry, Story Poem.
Contact Information:
921 South Greenwood Avenue
Columbia 65203-2814
E-mail: GinkoBabe@aol.com
Missouri County: Boone
Genre: Nonfiction, Journalism, Travel, Autobiogrpahy/Biography, Missouri, History/Heritage/Guidebooks
Audience: Young Adult/Adult
Published Works:The Katy Trail Guidebook: Guide to Services, Towns, People, Places and History Along Missouri's Katy Trail, Sedalia to St. Louis, Pebble Publishing, 1995; Missouri Interpretive Nature Guide, Pebble Publishing
Have any works been translated into other languages? Multi-lingual writer
Speaking Engagements:Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 431
Columbia 65205-0431
County: St. Charles
Genre: Non-fiction, Science/Medicine, Over 400 articles on Wikipedia
Audience: Adult
Do you accept speaking engagements? Yes
Do you charge a fee? Variable
Are there limitations on the distance you would travel for a speaking engagement? No
Would you consider becoming a member of a Missouri Authors Speakers Bureau? Yes
Have any of your works been translated into other languages? Yes
Mammoth
Book of Secret Codes & Cryptograms,(was Carroll & Graf, now
running Press), 2006;Mammoth Book of Secret Code Puzzles ( Constable
& Robinson), 2006; (co-author) Secrets of the Lost Symbol: The
Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries behind the Da Vinci Code Sequel (
William Morrow/ Harper Collins), 2009
Contact Information:
St. Charles, MO 63303
E-mail: elonka@aol.com
Website: http://elonka.com
Missouri County: St. Louis
Genre: Autobiography/Biography, Legal History
Audience: Adult
Published Works:
Monetary Decisions of the Supreme Court, Rutgers University Press, 1960; Justice Joseph Story, Simon & Schuster, 1971; Hugo Black, Simon & Schuster, 1977;Grenville Clark, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986; The Missouri Supreme Court,University of Missouri Press
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Yes
Limitations on travel: St. Louis and Eastern Missouri
Contact Information:
701 S. Skinker
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: (314) 725-3361
Missouri County: St. Louis
Genre: Fiction, Journalism, Romance
Audience: Adult
Published Works:
Nonfiction: Middle/Junior High Curriculum Guide, Journalism Education Association, 1999.
Fiction: A Little Office Romance, Harlequin American, 2000.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: Variable
Contact Information:
E-mail: michele@micheledunaway.com
or, contact publisher
Harlequin
300 East 42nd St. 6th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212)682-6080
Missouri County: St. Louis
Genre: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Contemporary Social Issues, Psychology, Spirituality
Audience: Adult
Published Works:
Close Encounters of a Very Special Kind, Rivendell Books, 1999.
Have any works been translated into other languages? No
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Variable
Limitations on travel: None
Contact Information:
butch@rivendellbooks.com
or through publisher at:
Rivendell Books
P.O. Box 9306
Richmond Hts, MO. 63117- 0306
Phone: (314) 609- 6534