Enjoy stories, music, games, and food today at Lake County AuthorFest
It’s the beginning of August. Back to school ads are already popping up like weeds. Summer is on the back nine, but it’s not over yet. It’s the first Saturday in August. The sun is out. Do something fun outside by heading to Round Lake Beach and the 2nd Annual Lake County Authorfest from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., where you’ll find award-winning mysteries, thrillers, horror, fantasy, science-fiction, books for kids, travel books, cookbooks, memoirs, and so much more.
What’s that? Kids? Yep, bring the kids! Activities include children’s book readings and face painting—not to mention a community art project hosted by the Grayslake Art Alliance that visitors of all ages can take part in. You can also win a prize in the raffle or in the scavenger hunt. Plus, enjoy some live music by the Gardiner Jazz Combo and Here Comes Summer. And come hungry. There will be food. There will also be authors:
- Richard Bell (LIFE SEEMED GOOD, BUT….)
- Robb Chase (BROKEN DAGGER)
- John Clark and Cheryl Clark (SORROW’S ASHES)
- Donna Codell (THERE ARE NO ALLIGATORS IN HEAVEN)
- Trisha Daab (THE NOT-SO-EVIL STEPMOTHER IN THE MOST MAGICAL PLACE ON EARTH)
- Mitch Davis (FINDING RICHARD)
- Dennis F. Depcik (WOULDN’T IT BE SOMETHING)
- Dwight E. DeRamus Jr. (DISAPPEARING DADS)
- Joni Downey (SHAPE UP WITH HEALTHY HIPPO)
- Catherine Finger (SHATTERED BY DEATH)
- David John Ford (CONFESSIONS OF A SMALL TOWN MINISTER)
- Mitchell Granger (JACK STRYDER AND THE LOST LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA)
- Justin Hamelin (THE DARKEST CORNER)
- Elizabeth Harmon (PAIRING OFF)
- Ruth Hull Chatlien (BLOOD MOON: A CAPTIVE’S TALE)
- E.M. Kaplan (FULL SLAB DEAD)
- Kathryn Knapik-Kick (THE MANY TALES OF SAMMY THE CAT)
- Christian A. Larsen (THE BLACKENING OF FLESH)
- Audrey N. Lewis (EVERYBODY HAS A STORY…. THESE ARE OURS…..)
- Gail Lukasik (DEATH’S DOOR)
- Patricia McClure-Chessier (LOSING A HERO TO ALZHEIMER’S)
- M.P. McDonald (ISOLATION)
- Sue Myers (DECEPTION)
- M.E. May (UNSCRUPULOUS)
- Papa V (VANISHED)
- Jerry Peterson (ICED)
- Georgann Prochaska (THE CASE OF THE EX WHO PLOTTED REVENGE)
- Dawn Napier (WORLD OF DRAGONS, WORLDS OF MIST)
- William D. Napier (WHEN WATCHERS ASCEND)
- David A. Rench (THE NEW AQUARIAN SPIRITUAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT DIET)
- Randy Rossi (THE LAST MAN TO LIVE THE REAL AMERICAN DREAM)
- Kimberley Schumacher (MY LETTERS TO AMY)
- Jean-Michel Smith (AUTONOMY)
- tel (INK ON PAPER)
- Christine Todd (PINS)
- C.A. Verstraete (LIZZIE BORDEN, ZOMBIE HUNTER)
- C.J. Warrant (FORGETTING JANE)
- Charlene Wexler (LORI)
- Jeffrey Westhoff (THE BOY WHO KNEW TOO MUCH)
- Donn G. Ziebell (GORKY, RUSSIA: FIRST MAN IN)
Profits from Lake County Authorfest support The Ray Bradbury Museum project in Waukegan. Bradbury, a Waukegan native, spent much of his formative years at the Carnegie library at 1 North Sheridan, which inspired so much of his work, including DANDELION WINE, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, and FAREWELL SUMMER. The Ray Bradbury Museum project seeks to open an interactive museum in the same space, inspiring future generations’ creativity.
Sponsors include Hotel EMC2, Meijer in Round Lake Beach, the Round Lake Beach Cultural & Civic Center, Century 21 of Mundelein, the Writers Bloc, and M. Fisher Studios Photography.
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