Before we imagined the closure of our library buildings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plans were underway to host an in-person Children’s and Young Adult Author Fair. As a commitment to local authors and enthusiasm for connecting local authors’ works, we’ve decided to highlight these authors virtually for the thousands of patrons that visit our website.
The list below features the some of the amazing local children’s and young adult authors that were scheduled to be at our event. Along with the author bios are their Amazon pages, their blogs/websites and their social media to stay in touch with the authors and purchase their books.
B.A. Willamson
B.A. Williamson is the overly caffeinated writer of The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray. When not doing battle with the demons in the typewriter, he can be found wandering Indianapolis with his family, singing in a tuxedo, or taming middle-schoolers. He is a recipient of the Eli Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship. Please direct all complaints and your darkest secrets to @BAWrites on social media, or visit gwendolyngray.com.
Fida Islaih
Fida Islaih is a multicultural Muslim blogger and poet. She writes about her strong love for her faith and country. She shares her experiences with her faith and other life events. She loves to read realistic and historical fiction. Her other loves are chocolate and her two cats.
Isaac Crowe
Isaac Crowe was born in 1978 in Brazil, Indiana. Following an early love of computers he went to Purdue University and obtained a B.S. in Computer Technology. He is now a Sr. Systems Administrator. Outside of work, he plays console games, mostly RPGs, watches anime, fishes, goes to car shows, and tries anything else that looks interesting. He also gets together with friends on a weekly basis to play Pathfinder 3.5 adventures.
Katherine Clark
Ms. Clark is a graduate of Butler University (Go Dawgs!) and calls Indiana home! She currently has seventeen novels out with plans to have twenty by the end of 2020. Writing is her passion and can be found most of the time with a pen in my hand or at her computer hard at work on her next novel.
Katie Andrews Potter
Katie Andrews Potter is an author, educator, mother, and family historian… a storyteller.
Katie has a degree in Elementary Education, and is currently an online ESL teacher and homeschool mother. She is the author of young adult historical fiction novels as well as a children’s book, When Mother Read Aloud.
Katie lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband Ben, and their children, Ellie, Micah, and Baby Silas.
Keith Lowe
Keith Lowe is an illustrator and designer with over 14 years of publishing experience, designing books and limited edition products for clients in the video game industry, as well as published indie board and tabletop games.
At his alma-mater Indiana Wesleyan University, he teaches a variety of classes in the Illustration program, training students to become visual storytellers themselves. Keith lives in Fishers, IN with his lovely wife and two young daughters. They are always eager to help him come up with new ideas, and help him embellish his images with drawings of their own.
Shannon Anderson
Shannon Anderson is an award winning children’s book author and third grade teacher. She is the regional advisor for the Indiana Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, is on the executive board for the Indiana State Reading Association, and is a frequent presenter at teaching and writing conferences. She loves teaching, presenting, writing, and running very early in the mornings
Sydney Scorgham
Born and raised in Virginia, Sydney Scrogham has always loved horses and books. She has been a horse owner for 14 years and moved to Indiana to be with the love of her life whom she met on Twitter! Sydney lives in central Indiana and teaches horseback riding lessons to individuals with special needs.
Tippi Hickey
Tippi Hickey lives in central Indiana with her hubby, children, kitties, and many fond memories of all the pets she has loved over the years.
Tracy Richardson
Tracy Richardson wasn’t always a writer, but she was always a reader. Her favorite book growing up was A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. In a weird way her life reflects the book through odd synchronicities. She has a degree in Biology like Mrs. Murry and without realizing it she named her children Alex and Katie after Meg’s parents. (Really, it was not intentional, because that would be weird)! Tracy uses her science background in her writing through her emphasis on environment issues and metaphysics. Growing up, Tracy’s younger brothers called her ‘sarge’ and once when she took a personality test for a job, the evaluator said she could give a Drill Sargent a run for his money. If you need someone to boss your around, Tracy’s your gal! Tracy lives in Indianapolis.