Category: Authors

Steve Wiegand Steve Wiegand is an award-winning journalist and history writer. His 35-year journalism career was spent at the San Diego Evening Tribune, where he was chief political writer; San Francisco Chronicle, where he was state capitol bureau chief, and Sacramento Bee, where he was a special projects writer and politics columnist. Wiegand is the… Continue reading Steve Wiegand

Rohini Ralby Rohini Ralby began walking home early, not quite sure where or which way to go. Until she could find the right teacher, she had to rely on her own effort. By the time she was 21, dance was her main focus. Her teachers at Washington University in St. Louis, especially Annelise Mertz and… Continue reading Rohini Ralby

Emily Locker EMILY LOCKER spent most of fourth grade persuading her friends to reenact scenes from Sweet Valley High. She was raised in Washington, D.C., by two psychothera- pists, who often caught her reading well past midnight and who inspired her early interest in the human psyche and relation- ship dynamics.  Emily moved to New… Continue reading Emily Locker

Libby Sternberg A Baltimore native, Libby earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music and also attended the summer American School of Music in Fontainebleau, France. After graduating from Peabody, she worked as a Spanish gypsy, a Russian courtier, a Middle-Eastern slave, a Japanese geisha, a Chinese peasant, and… Continue reading Libby Sternberg

Stephanie Kane Stephanie Kane is a lawyer and award-winning author of four crime novels. Born in Brooklyn, she came to Colorado as a freshman at CU. She owned and ran a karate studio in Boulder and is a second-degree black belt. After graduating from law school, she was a corporate partner at a top Denver… Continue reading Stephanie Kane

Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff is the author of ten books, including a Writer’s Digest Selection for The ABCs of Writing for Children and Jackson and Bud’s Bumpy Ride. The Missing Kennedy: The Secret Bonds of Four Women is her first adult memoir. Her aunt, Sister Paulus Koehler, was Rosemary Kennedy’s beloved friend and caregiver. A… Continue reading Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

J. Winn Rousuck J. Wynn Rousuck is the former longtime theater critic for The Baltimore Sun and current critic for WYPR, Baltimore’s NPR affiliate.  Among the highlights of her years (1974-2007) at The Baltimore Sun was her extensive series on the making of the Broadway musical Hairspray.  Her interviews have been published in Hairspray: The… Continue reading J. Winn Rousuck

Chris Halvorson Chris Halvorson grew up in the Pacific Northwest. In fifth grade, he skipped a day of school to attend the Seattle Sonics championship parade. After dreaming of playing in the NBA himself, he soon realized he was too short and slow, so he followed his passion for books to become an author. He… Continue reading Chris Halvorson

Sara Peterson Sara Peterson attended the University of La Verne in California, where she earned a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Political Science and in History. After being told by her Political Science Department Chair that she could not do her senior thesis on the Kennedy assassination, she went ahead anyway, focusing on those planning, carrying… Continue reading Sara Peterson

Tom Matthews Tom Matthews wrote the original screenplay Mad City, which hit theaters in 1997. Starring Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, and Alan Alda, it was directed by Costa-Gavras. He has also written scripts for Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, Twentieth Century Fox, and Walt Disney Pictures, working with such producers as Steven Soderbergh… Continue reading Tom Matthews