M.J. will be appearing at KPL on September 28, 6:00 pm!!M. J. Kuhn is a fantasy writer by night and a mild-mannered office worker by day. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and a very spoiled cat named Thorin Oakenshield.Less than a year into her life as a full-time office-worker she began using her nights and lunch breaks to work on her first novel, and she hasn’t looked back since.When she isn’t reading or writing you can find her playing the piano, weightlifting, or anxiously awaiti...

Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul has adapted Stamped (For Kids), the #1 New York Times best selling children's book. She is an educator, author, and the co-founder of the Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy. Sonja is the Director of Diversity and Equity at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University and the host of The Black Creators Series. She develops curricula that centers the work of racial literacy in K-12 schools. Sonja leads presentations at educational conference...

Married writers Deborah Ann Percy (Johnston) and Arnold Johnston live in Kalamazoo and South Haven, MI. Their individually and collaboratively written plays have won over 300 productions and readings on stage, screen, and radio, as well as numerous awards and publications across the country and internationally; and they’ve written, co-written, edited, or translated some twenty books. Their award-winning poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and translations have appeared widely in literary jour...

Emmy is an author and illustrator of children’s books. Her first book series, Nerdy Babies, is a primer for curious babies and young readers exploring an exciting range of topics, from SPACE to DINOSAURS.A former high school teacher, Emmy taught English and science in San Francisco, CA. Moving back to Michigan, she co-founded Read and Write Kalamazoo (RAWK), a youth writing center devoted to celebrating and amplifying youth voices.Emmy lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan with her husband and three k...

Megan Giddings' debut novel, Lakewood, was published by Amistad in 2020. It is a Michigan Notable book for 2021, was nominated for two NAACP Images Awards, was an NPR best book of 2020, a New York Magazine Best Book of 2020, and is nominated for an LA Times Book Prize. Megan is currently an assistant professor at Michigan State University and visiting faculty at Antioch University. Her next novel, The Women Could Fly, will be published by Amistad in August 2022. More about her can be found at...

Kristin Kobes Du Mez is Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. She has written for the Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, Christianity Today, and The Daily Beast, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. Her most recent book is Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fra...

Luke Epplin’s writing has appeared online in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, GQ, Slate, Salon, The Daily Beast, and The Paris Review Daily. Born and raised in rural Illinois, Luke now lives in New York City.You can purchase a signed copy of Our Team by clicking this LINK.Follow on Instagram - @fiveauthorquestions Follow on Twitter - @5AQpodEmail 5AQ - [email protected] 5AQ is produced by Jarrod Wilson. The technical producer is Brian Bankston. 5AQ is hosted by Sandra Farag and Kev...

Liz Braswell spent her childhood reading fairy tales, catching frogs, and going on adventures in the woods with her stuffed animals. She has a degree in Egyptology from Brown University (and yes, she can write your name in hieroglyphs). After making video games for ten years Liz now writes full-time and plays video games for fun. She has written Snow, Rx, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, and several books in the best-selling Twisted Tales series, including Part of Your World and As Old as Time. ...

Wade Rouse is the internationally bestselling author of 11 books, including four memoirs and five novels, which have been translated into 20 languages and sold over a million copies worldwide. His books have been selected multiple times as Must-Reads by NBC’s Today show, featured in USA Today, The Washington Post and Chelsea Lately and chosen three times as Indie Next Picks by the nation’s independent booksellers. Wade is the noted humorist of four critically acclaimed memoirs. He was a final...

Michelle Nijhuis is the author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting For Life in the Age of Extinction. She is a project editor at the Atlantic and a longtime contributing editor of High Country News. Her reporting has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, and elsewhere, and she lives in White Salmon, Washington.For more about Michelle got to michellenijhuis.com.You can purchase a copy of the book HERE.Follow on Instagram - @fiveauthorquestions Follow on Twitter - @5AQpodEm...