Authors

2008 Books by the Banks Authors

 

Authors were available throughout the day to sign copies of their books in the Author Room (room 237). Some authors participated in panel discussions.

A printed program of the day's activities with a list of authors is available online as a pdf (download Adobe Acrobat Reader).

 

A submission form to participate in Books by the Banks, 2009, scheduled for October 17 at Duke Energy Convention Center will be available in January. Check back for more information.

 

2008 Authors - by genre

Adult Fiction | Romance | Graphic Novels | Science Fiction | Adult Non-Fiction | Business/Career | Cooking | Local History | Local Travel | Spirituality | Sports | Memoir | Wellness | Children | Teen

 

Adult Fiction

• James Braziel, Birmingham, 35 Miles
• Moira Crone, What Gets Into Us
• Jennifer Crusie, Agnes and the Hitman
• Susan DeBow, Cleaning Closets
• Alan Drew, Gardens of Water
• Ellen Everman, Pink Dice
• Carmen K. Glenn, Overdrive and Ambition
• Patricia Henley, In the River Sweet
• Angela Henry, Diva's Last Curtain Call
• Rusty McClure
• Vanessa Miller, Through the Storm
• Dorinda D.E. Nusum, Afflicted
• Donald Ray Pollack, Knockemstiff
• Rick Robinson, The Maximum Contribution
• David Shone, Crimson Snow: The Last Desperate Days of Imperial Russia
• Porter Shreve, When the White House Was Ours
• Teresa Slack, Evidence of Grace
• Anthony Swofford, Jarhead and Exit A: A Novel
• Gayle Price Thomas, A Desperate Man
• Dorothy Weil, A Good Woman
• Sheila Williams, Girls Most Likely

 

Romance

• Donna MacMeans, The Trouble with Moonlight
• LuAnn McLane, A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action
• Shiloh Walker, Through the Veil

 

Graphic Novels

• David Mack, Kabuki series

 

Science Fiction

• Philip G. Cargile, The Clone Chronicles
• A.J. Menden, Phenomenal Girl
• D.S. Meyers, Adventures of the Manic Raven

Adult Non-Fiction

• Fred Anderson, Cruicible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North American, 1754-1766 and The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000
• Andrew Cayton, The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000
• Cynthia Crane, Divided Lives: The Untold Stories of Jewish-Christian Women in Nazi Germany
• Timothy Gaffney and Ty Greenlees, The Dayton Air Show: A Photographic Celebration
• Nancy S. Grant, The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Your Carbon Footprint
• John Kachuba, Ghosthunting Ohio
• Randolph Paul Runyon, Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad
• Sharon Siepel, Essential Survial Guide to Living on Your Own
• J. Michael Skaggs, America Revisited: Volume 1
• John Tallmadge, The Cincinnati Arch: Learning from Nature in the City

 

Business/Career

• Andrea Kay, Work's a Bitch and Then You Make it Work: 6 Steps to Go From Pissed Off to Powerful
• Charles Watson, Are You Your Own Worst Enemy? The Nine Inner Strengths You Need to Overcome Self-Defeating Tendencies at Work
• Brett Wilder, The Quiet Millionaire
• Joanna Zucker, Millennium Mom: 100 Tips to Help You Go from a Working Woman to a Working Mom

 

Cooking

• Robin Victor Goetz, Room at the Table: A Collection of Recipes from the Premiere Bed and Breakfasts of Kentucky
• Marilou Suszko, Farms and Foods of Ohio: From Garden Gate to Dinner Plate
• Virginia Willis, Bon Appetit, Y'All: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking

 

Local History

• Chery Bauer, Shakers of Indiana: A West Union Reader
• Pamela Ciafardini Casebolt, Italians of Greater Cincinnati
• Gary L. Knepp, Freedom's Struggle: A Response to Slavery from the Ohio Borderlands
• Robert Shrage & Donald Clare, Along the Ohio River: Cincinnati to Louisville
• John Fine & Frederic Krome, Jews of Cincinnati
• Betty Ann Smiddy, Cincinnati's Great Disasters
• Christine Mersch, Price Hill
• Sue Korn Wilson & Kathleen Mulloy Tamarkin, Images of America: Mt. Healthy
  
  

Local Travel

• Sandra Gurvis, Ohio Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
• Felix Winternitz, Insider's Guide to Cincinnati

 

Spirituality

• J. Brent Bill, Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment
• Kenn Day, Dance of Stones: A Shamanic Road Trip
• Robert G. Schroeder, John Paull II and the Meaning of Suffering: Lessons from a Spiritual Master
• Robert Smith, Jr., Doctrine that Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life
  

Sports

• Greg Hoard, Joe: Rounding Third and Heading For Home
• Andrew O'Toole, Paul Brown: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Football's Most Innovative Coach
• Michael Perry, Xavier Tales: Great Stories from Musketeers Basketball
• Mike Shannon, The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Cincinnati Reds History
• Bob Wallace, Thirteen Women Strong: The Making of a Team

 

Memoir

• Katherine Durack, Unmentionables: A Woman's Journey, Body to Soul
• Bich Minh Nguyen, Stealing Buddha's Dinner: A Memoir
• Susan Sturgill, I'm Just a Cat Mattress
• James C. Wilson, Weather Reports from the Autism Front: A Father's Memoir of His Autistic Son

 

Wellness

• Dan Erdman and Roger Null, Yoga and the 21st Century Man: Fitting Yoga Into A Busy Man's Life
  

Children

• Bender & Bender, Ribbit! Flip and See Who Froggy Can Be
• Jinny Powers Berten, Jake and Sam at the Empty Abbey
• Marie Bradby, Some Friend
• Judy Burris and Wayne Richards, The Life Cycle of Butterflies: From Egg to Maturity, a Visual Guide to 23 Common Garden Butterflies
• Mary Kay Carson, Exploring the Solar System: A History with 22 Activities (available from 1:00-4:00p.m.)
• Andrea Cheng, Where the Steps Were (available from 1:00-4:00p.m.)
  
• Sally Derby, No Mush Today
• Sandra Dutton, Dear Miss Perfect: A Beast's Guide to Proper Behavior
• Kaza Kingsley, Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness (available from 1:00-4:00p.m.)
• Loren Long, Drummer Boy (available from 1:00-4:00p.m.)
• George Ella Lyon, My Friend, the Starfinder
• Tammie Lyon, My Pup
• Cynthia Matyi, Little Town of Spirals
• Brandon Marie Miller, George Washington for Kids: His Life and Times: 21 Activities
• Stephanie Reed, The Light Across the River: A Novel
• Annie Ruth, I Can Read and Dada Means Sister: How Jezebella Became a Sister Scout
• Rick Sowash, Critters, Fritters, & Spitters: 24 Amazing Ohio Animal Tales and Heroes of Ohio: 23 True Tales of Courage and Character
• Linda Leopold Strauss, The Princess Gown (available from 1:00-4:00p.m.)
• Tom Uhlman, Exploring the Solar System: A History with 22 Activities

 

Teen

• Jaime Adoff, The Death of Jayson Porter
  
• Alan Gratz, Something Wicked
• L. King Perez, Remember As You Pass Me By
• Ellen Schreiber, Vampire Kisses Series (available from 1:00-4:00p.m.)

 

 

The list will be updated regularly as authors confirm. Please check back frequently.

 

Who was at Books by the Banks, 2007? Look at our 2007 author list.