Local Adult Authors

NOTE: In response to requests from MHLS member libraries, this list has been created to help you identify area authors/illustrators to invite for library visits.

Ways to contact people on the list:

• In most cases, unless library staff know the author/illustrator's personal contact information, it will be necessary to book them through their publisher or agent.
• If the author/illustrator listed has a website, it will be linked to their name, which may facilitate contact.
• Consider asking other area libraries if they have booked the author and how they contacted them.
• Try the phone book. You might get lucky!
  
  Keep in mind that the library should negotiate the fee to be charged for the visit, as many of them will present programs at local public libraries at reasonable rates. Fees will vary, as some are established authors/illustrators whereas others are just starting out. Do negotiate with them; most authors have a real fondness for libraries!

IMPORTANT: If you know of local authors/illustrators in your community who will present library programs, please contact Margaret Keefe with this information so they can be added to this list. Please include author name, county of residence and contact information (as long as you are authorized to disclose it).

If an author below has written nonfiction, the topic is generally listed; assume the rest have written fiction. An asterisk* indicates the author has done presentations at the Staatsburg Library so you may contact Staatsburg Director, Anne Jordan for more information.

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