Meet Author, Lisa Anne Novelline

Lisa Anne Novelline is an award-winning writer. She’s the author of the Piccadilly and her Magical World Book Series, which includes Piccadilly and the Fairy Polka, Piccadilly and the Waltzing Wind & Piccadilly and the Jolly Raindrops. Having taught both mathematics and problem-solving, she’s inspired by a profound commitment to the cultivation of creativity and critical thinking along with her abiding love of nature. She holds a MEd in Teaching and Curriculum from Harvard University, a BS in Psychology from Northeastern University, and a BS in Mathematics from Lesley University. She’s a mother of four and lives with her family in Massachusetts.

Meet Lisa Anne Novelline
and other authors at
Great American Book Festival
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota

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Meet Author, Dawn Nelson

Dawn Nelson is a true cowgirl. She was born and raised on a cattle ranch in North-Eastern Washington state. Married to a rancher, she now calls Creston, Washington home. Dawn, her husband, and their daughter, Laren, own and operate a large cattle ranch in central Washington. Dawn enjoys showing her cattle, riding horses, camping, hunting and other outdoor activities. She volunteers a lot of her time to 4-H and is actively involved in her community. Dawn is a twenty-seven time published author, with three books signed to movie contracts and over forty awards won. Writing is not just a past time for Dawn...it is her passion.


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and other authors at
Great American Book Festival
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota

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Meet Author, Linda Naseem

Linda Naseem has always been a writer; she likes to say that she was born with a pen in her hand, an event her mother did not appreciate. Her two novels, Eden and Nothing, are concerned with social issues. She is a retired RN and a world traveler, and currently lives in Colorado.


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and other authors at
Great American Book Festival
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota

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Meet Author, Cat Michaels

Cat Michaels started writing stories in fourth grade and hasn’t stopped since.

After earning an M.S. degree in special education from the University of Kansas, she spent two decades helping students from kindergarten to college reach their potential. She also managed training programs for an international high-tech company. However, she returned to her education roots, serving at a community college as a writing coach to support students with Asperger’s syndrome and learning disabilities.

Cat’s tales for early readers tell of everyday life, with twists of mischief and mystery, that open young minds to new ways of looking at the world.

Cat and her family live in North Carolina where she designs pocket gardens, dabbles in graphic design and photography, works out nearly every day, and writes.


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and other authors at
Great American Book Festival
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota

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Meet Author, P.H.C. Marchesi

P.H.C. Marchesi has a Ph.D. in English literature and is currently an English professor at LaGrange College, GA. She has written two science-fiction novels for middle-grade audiences, Shelby & Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes and Shelby & Shauna Kitt and the Alterax Buttons. Marchesi is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and moved to Europe as a young teen before coming to the United States for college and graduate school. The space travels of Shelby & Shauna Kitt, brother-and-sister twins, are partially based on fond childhood memories of exploring new places and cultures.

Marchesi is a nature lover, avid reader, stargazer, and optimist. She is currently working on a fantasy novel for young adult audiences.

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and other authors at
Great American Book Festival
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota

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Meet Author, Brad McKim

Brad McKim practiced law for 30 years before retiring in 2015 to pursue several interests, including his long-time passion for U.S. Presidential history. His historical novel about the Presidents between Washington and Lincoln, A Presidents Story, is the result. Brad has lived in Colorado, Texas, Alaska and London, England while his work and love for travel have taken him to all 50 states and over 60 countries. He now lives in Wyoming with his wife Kay.

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and other authors at
Great American Book Festival
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota


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Meet Author, Jacqui Letran

Jacqui Letran is an Author, Speaker, Mindset Mentor and the Host of the Stop the Bully Within podcast. Jacqui’s Words of Wisdom for Teens Book Series won multiple awards and is often regarded as “must read” books for teens and young adults struggling with low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression.

A gifted and energetic Mindset Mentor, Jacqui dedicates her life’s work to help her clients and students transform their inner critic into their best friend and cheerleader so they can create that powerful and resilient mindset needed to be happy and successful in life.

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and other authors at
Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota

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Meet Author, Evelyn Leite

Evelyn Leite has been in the addiction and mental health profession for 35 years and has a private practice, Living With Solutions. She founded a non-profit corporation called A Center For Training And Restoration. She is the author of 14 books and she holds workshops nationwide which are devoted to teaching individuals and families about mental health and addiction, she does a lot of trauma related work with men and women who have been abused. Because her work as a humanitarian has been widely recognized she was installed in the SD Hall of Fame in 2008. Her work has included founding a youth center in Ft Pierre, SD, helping establish a women’s shelter in Pierre, SD, and helping to establish the Hope Center, a day shelter for the homeless in Rapid City, SD. Most of her work for the last 15 years has taken place on Indian Reservations. She has a new book coming out January 15, 2019 called A Fix For The Family Rift Caused By Addiction.



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and other authors at
Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota

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Meet Author, Nelda LaTeef

While living in the Republic of Niger, Nelda LaTeef traveled by Land Rover to the fabled city of Timbuktu. Her children’s picture book, The Hunter and the Ebony Tree, received the Storytelling World Honor Award. It was translated into Italian, Korean, and Gaelic; and the illustrations showcased at the Society of Illustrators in New York and the McLean Project for the Arts. LaTeef studied at Harvard University and her book, Working Women for the 21st Century: Fifty Women Reveal Their Pathways to Success, was selected as recommended reading for young adults by The New York Public Library. She lives with her family in Virginia.

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and other authors at
Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota


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Meet Author, DG Lamb

DG Lamb is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist. His day job involves helping people to become more independent after some type of neurological injury. While his professional experiences influenced his story in the series Driven to the Hilt, he also drew upon his love of cooking and backpacking the mountain trails of Arizona (where unlike Cyprus Grove, it rarely rains). He lives with his wife, a dog and two cats in Scottsdale. This is his debut novel and the first in a series of three already published, with two more planned to finish out the series.

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and other authors at
Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019
Main Street Square
Rapid City, South Dakota


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Meet Author, Joanna Jones

Joanna Jones is a recognized author, educator and consultant. Her zest for reading made her a remarkable teacher, librarian and children’s literature author. Joanna taught in the Southwest before she returned to the Black Hills. She has presented on a variety of literacy topics across the United States as well as in Portugal, Scotland, New Zealand, and China.

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and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Main Street Square

Rapid City, South Dakota


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Meet Author, Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

Jenna Elizabeth Johnson is a bestselling, multi-award-winning author of over a dozen fantasy and paranormal romance novels, as well as several novellas and short stories. She is best known for her Legend of Oescienne and Otherworld series. Jenna currently resides on the Central Coast of California, a place she finds as magical and enchanting as the worlds she creates.


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and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

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Rapid City, South Dakota



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Meet Author, Branch Isole

Branch Isole is author of twenty-two books in four genres. The power of personal responsibility, or its avoidance, is his writing focus. His self-discovery themes span a wide range of reflective identity situations and scenarios every adult recognizes. His stories explore concepts and actions of struggle and relationship dynamics across a broad spectrum. Branch writes of issues and emotions often experienced, but not always voiced.


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and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Main Street Square

Rapid City, South Dakota



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Meet Author, Stacie Haas

Stacie Haas is the author of Freedom for Me, A Chinese Yankee, an award-winning historical fiction book for young adult readers. Stacie has been writing from a very early age in an attempt to preserve events and figure out life. She has degrees in History and English and works as a professional communicator for a Fortune 500 company. Stacie and her husband, Michael, have four kids and reside on the Kentucky side of greater Cincinnati. When not writing, Stacie can be found at church or cheering on her kids at a nearby soccer field, baseball diamond, or karate dojo.


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and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Main Street Square

Rapid City, South Dakota



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Meet Author, Kari Gusso

A Kingdom Far Away tells the story of Kari’s battle to raise her daughter, Lauren, and keep her safe despite uncaring institutions, untenable circumstances, and unbearable choices. Lauren’s afflictions were the cause of heartbreak, stress, and countless sleepless nights, but through it all she never lost the love of her mother, who fought time and again to provide her daughter with a brighter future.


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and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Main Street Square

Rapid City, South Dakota



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Meet Author, Laurie Germaine

As a New England native who once dreamed of raising her family in Europe, Laurie now lives (quite happily) in Montana with her husband, two daughters, and their mellow Alaskan Malamute. When she’s not writing, you can find her dreaming of Christmas year-round, knitting a medley of projects, creating dioramas for her group of 16″ fashion dolls, and crossing off an ever-evolving Mommy To-Do list.


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and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Main Street Square

Rapid City, South Dakota



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Meet Author, Joanna Jones

Joanna Jones is a recognized author, educator and consultant. Her zest for reading made her a remarkable teacher, librarian and children’s literature author. Joanna taught in the Southwest before she returned to the Black Hills. She has presented on a variety of literacy topics across the United States as well as in Portugal, Scotland, New Zealand, and China

Meet Joanna Jones 

and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Main Street Square

Rapid City, South Dakota



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Meet Author, Gregory A. Fournier

Gregory A. Fournier graduated from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. After retiring from teaching English for San Diego City Schools, he pursued a career in writing. The Richard Streicher Jr. Murder is his third book. Greg has appeared on the Investigation Discovery Channel as a guest expert on serial killer John Norman Collins for their series “A Crime to Remember” in the episode entitled “A New Kind of Monster.” His true crime Terror In Ypsilanti is an Amazon bestseller. Greg is also the author of Zug Island: A Detroit Riot Novel, and he writes a blog entitled Fornology.com.


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and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Main Street Square

Rapid City, South Dakota



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Meet Author, Mackenzie Flohr

Mackenzie is a multi-award-winning author of the YA Fantasy series The Rite of Wands, published by BHC Press, which has caught the attention of Doctor Who and Harry Potter fans worldwide. Readers agree that Mackenzie has crafted a robust tale of secrets, mystery, and uncertain destiny that rivals the works of Tolkien, Lewis, and Rowling.

A storyteller at heart, she loves to inspire the imagination. Mackenzie makes her home in Mount Morris, Michigan, where she is currently penning her next adventure.



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and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Main Street Square

Rapid City, South Dakota



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Meet Author, Lisa Fahey

Lisa Fahey is a Christian Author and Speaker. Her newly released book Just As You Are: How Your Testimony Can Impact People In Ways You Never Thought Possible. was in the top 100 of New Releases on Amazon. She also has written two women’s Bible studies. She is married and has two beautiful daughters. Lisa’s favorite activities are to be with family and friends, play games, watch movies or go for walks.


Meet Lisa Fahey

and other authors at

Great American Book Festival

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Main Street Square

Rapid City, South Dakota



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