LOCAL AUTHORSBy Genre (2020 Albany Book Festival)
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
& YOUNG ADULT
Shameka Andrews
Butterfly on Wheels (picture book)
Artie Bennett
The True Story of Zippy Chippy (picture book-biography) www.artiebennett.com
Anne O'Brien Carelli
Skylark and Wallcreeper
and One Light (middle grade novels) www.anneobriencarelli.com www.aminasnewfriends.com
Eric Devine
One in Ten (newest YA novel)
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Tania Guarino
Bedtime Band (picture book coming soon) http://taniaguarino.com
Melissa Hurt
I Am the Jungle: A Yoga Adventure (picture book) www.melissahurt.com/publications
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Gertrude Katz
Young Adult and Teaching Resources www.gertrudekatzchronicles.com
Lani Larson
(Volume II coming soon)
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Linda Elovitz Marshall
The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine (picture book)
Anne Frank: The Girl Heard Around the World (middle grade)
Have You Ever Zeen a Ziz?
(picture book)
Saving the Countryside
(picture book)
Shalom Bayit (board book)
Isabella Sementilli
The Short Story of One Tough Cookie
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Alexandra Siy
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Cynthia Stephens
The Princess and the Golden Yam (coming soon)
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D. R. Whitehead
Messy Adventures in Friendship Series
Taylor's Party Dilemma & Amanda's New Friend
(Christian Middle grade novels)
Series website
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ROMANCE
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Laura Heffernan
Romantic Comedy www.lauraheffernan.com
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SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
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Joe Di Bari
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HISTORICAL FICTION
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Jack Casey
Hamilton's Choice (new novel)
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Joe Di Bari
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John R. Teevan III www.AuthorJohnTeevan.weebly.com
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POETRY
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Esma Ashraf, MSW
Shamma: The Dancing Flame www.esmashraf.com
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Paul E Calarco, Jr.
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Carol Durant
Cold Pressed and Just Brewed Poetry
Also available at The Book House in Stuyvesant Plaza & Market Block Books
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Sarah Giragosian
The Death Spiral (new collection) https://sarahgiragosian.wordpress.com
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Shana Gourdine
The Mask Behind the Mask www.theladybehindthemask.com
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JoAnn Stevelos
Dream Alibis (poetry collection)
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Martin Willitts Jr.
For special promotions/deals, email the author: mwillitts01@yahoo.com
Unexpected (new collection)
The Temporary World Coming Home Celebration Unfolding Towards Love
FICTION
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Joachim Frank
Aan Zee (new novel) https://franxfiction.com/aan-zee
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Harvey Havel
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Joyce Hinnefeld
The Beauty of Their Youth
(new short story collection) http://joycehinnefeld.com/
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Eugene Mirabelli
Renato!
Forthcoming on October 23rd
www.mcphersonco.com/eugene-mirabelli.html
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Edward Schwarzschild
In Security (new novel) Available at 30% discount from SUNY Press (coupon code ABF20 through October24th) Click here to order.
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JoAnn Stevelos
Howard Be Thy Name (novel)
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Keith W. Willis
The Knights of Kilbourne fantasy/romance series
TRAITOR KNIGHT
DESPERATE KNIGHT
ENCHANTED KNIGHT www.keithwillisauthor.com
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MYSTERY/THRILLER
Catherine Bruns www.catherinebruns.net
Robert Knightley
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Peter G. Pollak
Missing (newest novel)
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Carol Pouliot
The Blackwell and Watson Time-Travel Mysteries www.carolpouliot.com
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Tom Swyers
www.tomswyers.com
Vincent Zandri
The Girl Who Wasn’t There
(new thriller) www.vincentzandri.com
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NONFICTION
Glenn Albrecht
Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World
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Ray Brescia
The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions
Rick Burton & Scott Pitoniak
Forever Orange: The Story of Syracuse University
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Dr. Mildred Chang
The Mask Is Off (memoir)
My Name Is George Weah: Journey From The Slum to President (biography)
Email the author to purchase: chang_mildred@yahoo.com
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Elaina Coe
The Grammar Palette: Complete grammar and how it translates into more varied and effective writing of fiction and nonfiction
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Michael A. Davi
PrivileGEd (memoir/nonfiction) www.michaeldavi.net
Peter Del Tredicci
Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast, Second Edition
Chuck D’Imperio
New York State/Regional Studies
Syracuse University Press
Upstate Uncovered (SUNY Press)
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John Seibert Farnsworth
Nature Beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field
Doug Feldman
A View from Two Benches: Bob Thomas in Football and The Law
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J (Johannes) Froebel-Parker ANASTASIA AGAIN: The Hidden Secret of the Romanovs
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Jay Howard Geller
The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction
J. Robert Harris
Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker
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Harvey Havel
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Sean Kirst
The Soul of Central New York
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Jeff Kosseff
The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet
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Lois Letchford
Reversed: A Memoir www.loisletchford.com
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Philip Mark Plotch
Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York City
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Peter Rose
History on Our Plate: Recipes from America’s Dutch Past for Today’s Cook
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NONFICTION
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Bridgette Shea
Cultivating Your Microbiome (newest book)
Holistic Health www.bridgetteshea.com
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Nina Shengold
Reservoir Year: A Walker’s Book of Days (memoir/nature writing)
Cathy A. Small
The Man in the Dog Park: Coming Up Close to Homelessness
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Rodney A. Smolla
Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer: Charlottesville and the Politics of Hate
Robert W. Snyder
Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City
Robert G. Spinney
City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago
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Lisa A. Tucker
Hamilton and the Law: Reading Today’s Most Contentious Legal Issues Through the Hit Musical
Mohammad Yadegari with Priscilla Yadegari
Always an Immigrant, a Cultural Memoir
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EXHIBITORS
Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza www.bhny.com
Cornell University Press www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
Editorial Freelancers Associations (EFA) www.the-efa.org
Empire State Center for the Book www.empirestatebook.org
Friends and Foundation
of Albany Public Library
www.ffapl.org
IMNF Education Press
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McPherson & Company
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Syracuse University Press https://press.syr.edu