Columbus Circle, Friday - Sunday, July 30 - August 1, 10 am - 5 pm 

The literary and creative talents of local and regional authors and illustrators will be showcased. Many authors will be on hand to discuss and personally autography their books. Visit http://bookstore.syr.edu for more information about the Syracuse University Bookstore.

Book Fair Authors:

Childrens Books - Graphic Novels

Frank Cammuso is the Eisner nominated creator of the comic book series Max Hamm Fairy Tale Detective. He has been a political cartoonist for 20 years and draws editorial cartoons for the Post-Standard newspaper in Syracuse. His work, including fiction and satire, has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Village Voice and on National Public Radio. Saturday 1 - 3pm, Sunday 12 - 2pm.

Douglas Brode is a screenwriter, playwright, novelist, film historian, and multi-award winning journalist. Born and raised on Long Island, he traveled upstate to attend SUNY Geneseo as an undergrad and never really left. After graduate work in Shakespearean studies at Syracuse University, he and his wife Sue (Johnson) Brode stayed on and raised a family. Brode became the coordinator of the Cinema Studies program at Onondaga College and then an adjunct professor at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. He is the author of over 30 books on film and the mass media. Doug's newest book is a graphic novel, Yellow Rose of Texas illustrated by Joe Orsak. Friday 11am - 3pm, Saturday 11am - 2pm.

Joe Orsak is a graphic illustrator born in Syracuse, NY. Joe traveled the world as a youth, graduating from high school in Rome, Italy. He returned to the States in 1970 to attend Syracuse University, graduating in 1974. From September 2008 through January 2009 Joe returned to comic strips, doing a weekly strip, SALT CITY, for the SYRACUSE NEW TIMES WORKING with Douglas Brode. His newest book is a graphic novel, Yellow Rose of Texas written by Douglas Brode. Friday 11am - 3pm, Saturday 11am - 2pm.

Childrens Books - Puzzles

David Kalvitis, a lifelong puzzle and game fan, has a Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University and operated a graphic design business in Upstate NY for 13 years. In 2000 he opened Monkeying Around Publishing , with a goal to provide fun and challenging dot-to-dot puzzles that entertain both young and old alike. So far he has published twelve books and has sold over a quarter of a million books worldwide. He also has weekly dot-to-dot puzzles published in various newspapers in the USA, Belarus, Italy, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. Friday 11am - 6pm.

Childrens Books - Illustrator

London Ladd is a lifelong Syracuse resident, is a graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. He studied with renowned illustrators James Ramsone, Bob Dacey, John Thompson, Yvonne Buchanan and Roger DeMuth learning all aspects of illustration, art and design. London has partnered with Christine King Farris, older sister of Martin Luther King Jr, for a children's book, March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. His newest book is called Oprah the Littlest Speaker and chronicles Oprah Winfrey's childhood inspirations. His work has been displayed at the Everson Museum and the Syracuse Jazz Fest. London has also worked with various recording artists illustrating CD covers and he has designed a mural for the Cultural Resource Council depicting Reverend Jermain Loguen, an abolitionist, who helped escaped slave to freedom in the Underground Railroad. Saturday 10am - 5pm.

Fiction

Elizabeth Brundage holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she received a James Michener Award. Before attending Iowa, she was a screenwriting fellow at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Her short fiction has been published in the Greensboro Review, Witness magazine, and New Letters. Her newest novel Stranger Like You will be available a month early exclusively at the Arts and Crafts Festival. Saturday 11am - 5pm.

Matthew Dunn represents central New York talent at its best! Author of The Good Silver and Erased, he is the first self-published author to ever be inducted into the International Thriller Writers organization, joining such well-know suspense authors as James Patterson, Janet Evanovich, David Balducci, and Sandra Brown. The Good Silver intertwines a compelling present-day murder mystery with the secretive Oneida Community, a utopian commune established in the mid-1800's. Friday 12 - 1pm, Saturday 11am - 12:30pm.

Shane Durgee is an artist, author and former member of vegan straight edge bands Oversight, Framework (which would later become Earth Crisis), Gatekeeper, Farthest Man, and Path of Resistance. Shane's book North American Primates is set in the Adirondacks and tells the story of a small town loner named Clay Sturgeon who experiences a life-altering encounter with a mysterious beast. Saturday 12 - 4pm.

James Howard Kunstler is an author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere, World Made By Hand and The Long Emergency . He also gives lectures on topics related to suburbia, urban development, and the challenges of what he calls "the global oil predicament" and a resultant change in the "American Way of Life." He is also a leading proponent of the movement known as "New Urbanism". Friday 12 - 3pm.

Allie Larkin is the cofounder of TheGreenists.com, a site dedicated to helping readers take simple steps toward going green. Stay is her first novel, a big-hearted unforgettable debut about friendship, love and a German Shepard named Joe. Saturday 1 - 5pm.

*In conjunction with Allie Larkin's appearance at the Book Fair, human and dog representatives from the German Shepard Rescue of Central New York, Inc. will be at the Bookstore tent on Saturday, July 31 from 1 - 5pm. GCRCNY is a federal non-profit organization that was created to provide a lifeline to German Shepard dogs with stable temperaments facing euthanasia in shelters throughout the region. Practice the Art of Compassion and adopt a dog during the Arts and Crafts Festival.

Local Interest

Harvey Kaiser is a local author specializing in the architecture of National Parks and the spectacular vistas of the Adirondacks. His books National Park Architecture Sourcebook, Architectural Guidebook to National Parks and Great Camps of the Adirondacks are essential for outdoors enthusiasts. Friday 1 - 3pm.

Linda Kaiser is a local author who's newest book Pulling Strings: The Legacy of Melville A. Clark is published by Syracuse University Press and chronicles the founding in 1859 of the Clark Music Company, of which Melville Clark became president in 1919. Originally just a tinkers shed, the business ultimately moved into a six-story building in the center of Syracuse. The music company celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2010. Clark also combined his talents as a gifted musician and astute entrepreneur to start the first Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Friday 1 - 3pm.

Jim Kraus is a widely published photographer and writer. He taught forest recreation at Paul Smith's College for 30 years and lives in the Adirondacks year round. His new book Adirondack Moments features gorgeous photographs of one of America's most beloved park and vacation destinations. Friday 1 - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 12pm; 1 - 5pm.

Roger Lucas a self-published author who specializes in the history and architecture of the Thousand Islands. His books include Boldt Castle: Heart Island, Waldorf Hotel, Thousand Islands Club and the recently published The Bellevue - Stratford Hotel. Mr. Lucas has researched the Thousand Islands since the 1960's and has an encyclopedic knowledge of the region. Friday 11am - 6pm, Saturday 10am - 5pm.

Sue Ellen McManus is village historian and director of The Museum at Shacksboro Schoolhouse in Baldwinsville's history archive. Sue's book is entitled Images of America: Greater Baldwinsville and includes over 200 historic photos. Images range from a picture of one of the Baldwinsville area's natural gas wells, which once supplied the city of Syracuse, to shots of canal boats; the village's tobacco industry and a neat photograph of employees of a pioneer local industry, The New Process Raw Hide Co., from 1888, ancestor of a company that's still among us. Friday 2 - 4pm.

Memoir

Sonja Livingston has been honored with a NYFA Fellowship, an Iowa Review Award, Pushcart Prize nomination, and grants from Vermont Studio Center and The Deming Fund for Women. Her work has appeared in some of the country's finest literary journals. Sonja's first book, Ghostbread, won an AWP Book Prize for Nonfiction. Saturday 10am - 2:30pm.

Nature and Environment

Donald Leopold will speak and answer questions about native plants, endangered species, and habitat management. He is a Distinguished Teaching Professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and is the author of Native Plants of the Northeast, and Trees of New York State Native & Naturalized, a comprehensive identification guide to nearly 150 tree species of New York. He is coauthor of The Landowner's Guide to State-Protected Plants of Forests in New York State and Trees of the Central Hardwood Forests of North America: An Identification and Cultivation Guide. Friday 11am - 2pm.

Tim Starmer has always been an outdoor enthusiast and spent most of his childhood seeking out remote and wild areas whenever possible. Throughout his life, the Adirondacks and its vast wilderness have been one of Tim's favorite destinations for hiking and backpacking trips. In 2006 Tim explored numerous wilderness gems across New York when he co-authored The Best in Tent Camping: New York State. Tim currently owns and operates New Heritage Woodworking, a construction company that specializes in designing and building timber frames in Upstate New York. Tim's most recent book is Five-Star Trails in the Adirondacks: A Guide to the Most Beautiful Hikes. Sunday 10am - 3pm.

Non Fiction - Military

Benjamin Tupper has been in the Army National Guard for sixteen years, serving first as an enlisted man and then as a commissioned officer. Prior to joining the National Guard, he earned his Bachelors and Masters Degrees at Syracuse University, where he focused on Political Science in the United States and abroad. His book Greetings From Afghanistan, Send More Ammo: Dispatches from Taliban Country takes us inside the intricacies of the war, opening up a unique and multifaceted view of both Afghan culture and the daily life of an American soldier. Saturday 10am - 5pm.

Non Fiction - Reference

Matthew Frederick is an architect and urban designer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has taught at a number of colleges and universities, including Boston Architectural College and Wentworth Institute of Technology. His books include: 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School, 101 Things I Learned in Culinary School, 101 Things I Learned in Film School, 101 Things I Learned in Business School and 101 Things I Learned in Fashion School. Saturday 12 - 3pm.

Poetry

Marv Druger published Strange Creatures and Other Poems, a book of poems for children of all ages. He is a Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and taught introduction to Biology for more than 50 years. He served as president of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), and twice president of the Society for College Science Teachers (SCST). He is the recipient of the Robert Carleton Award from NSTA and the Honorary Emeritus Member Award from ASTE - the highest awards bestowed by these international science education organizations. Currently, Dr. Druger is secretary of the Education Section (Q) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - the largest multidisciplinary science organization in the world. Dr. Druger's newest book, The Misadventures of Marvin is a memoir chronicling his academic and person adventures with his wife Pat. Friday 12 - 3pm, Saturday 10am - 1pm, Sunday 12 - 3pm.

Sports

Sean Kirst is a columnist for the Post-Standard in Syracuse, New York. He was a contributing editor for Empire State Report, a political magazine in New York, and he is the author of The Ashes of Lou Gehrig and Moonfixer: Basketball Journey of Earl Loyd. Kirst was awarded the 2008 Ernie Pyle Journalism Award for human interest writing, given by the Scripps Howard Foundation to the one newspaper writer nationwide who most exemplifies the works of Pyle, a famed World War II correspondent. Friday 2 - 5pm.

Mike Waters, award-winning sportswriter, has covered Syracuse University basketball for many years, has garnered numerous awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors and the United States Basketball Writers Association. He currently covers sports for the Syracuse Post-Standard. His books include the Syracuse University Basketball Vault, The Orangemen, and Legends of Syracuse Basketball. Friday 4 - 6pm.

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