| • WALLACE, TOM | • WATTS, JULIA | • WEST, GARY | • WHITAKER, ALECIA |
| • WILKERSON, DONNA | • WILLIS, VIRGINIA | • WILSON, ERIC | • WULF, LINDA ANNE |
| • WYSOCKY, LISA |

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Tom Wallace is the author of two previous mysteries – What Matters Blood and The Devil’s Racket – featuring Detective Jack Dantzler, and the thriller Heirs of Cain. He is also the author of five sports-related books, including the highly successful Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia. He is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and The Author’s Guild. Tom, a WKU grad and a Vietnam veteran, currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky.
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A native of Southeastern Kentucky, Julia Watts is the author of Kindred Spirits, Free Spirits, Revived Spirits, and the Lambda Literary Award-winning young adult novel Finding H.F. She lives in Knoxville and teaches at South College and in Murray State University's low-residency M.F.A. program.

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Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association: The Real Story of a Team Left Behind gives an inside look at one of the most intriguing times in the history of professional basketball; and the city of Louisville and the state of Kentucky were enjoying every bit of it. And then as quickly as the Colonels appeared, they were gone. They had been around just long enough to win a world championship and showcase not only some of the best basketball players in the history of the game, but also some of its most colorful characters. Perhaps this book should have been written years ago, but there always seemed to be plenty of time. And then one day, a generation or two removed, someone asked what happened to that pro-basketball team back in the 60s and 70s? BAM, it hits you. This book had to be written. Here are never-before-told stories that only Lloyd “Pink” Gardner would know. He lived it and Gary P. West wrote it.
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Fourteen-year-old Kentucky girl Ricki Jo Winstead, who would preferred to be called Ericka, thank you very much, is eager to shed her farmer's daughter roots and become part of the popular crowd at her small town high school. She trades her Bible for Seventeen magazine, buys new "sophisticated" clothes and somehow manages to secure a tenuous spot at the cool kids table. She's on top of the world, even though her best friend and the boy next door Luke says he misses "plain old Ricki Jo." Caught between being a country girl and wannabe country club girl, Ricki Jo begins to forget who she truly is: someone who doesn't care what people think and who wouldn't let a good-looking guy walk all over her. It takes a serious incident out on Luke's farm for Ricki Jo to realize that being a true friend is more important than being popular.Author Biography:
Alecia Whitaker grew up on a small farm in Cynthiana, Kentucky and knows more about cows, tobacco, and frog gigging than the average girl. She graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BFA in Theatre and a BA in Advertising before relocating to New York City where she now lives with her husband and son. She has been published in the anthology Blink: Fiction in the Blink of an Eye, numerous times in Underwired Literary Magazine, and now with Poppy of Little, Brown for her debut novel The Queen of Kentucky. She is currently at work on a new young adult novel and is thrilled to be back in her home state for this conference.

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Why is it that "the one that got away" sometimes intrigues us ore than the one that didn't? Sara Anderson, a kindergarten teacher engaged to handsome young minister Daniel Parker, faces that question and many more when she is called for jury duty and discovers that an old flame is the prosecuting attorney. During a week-long jury trial, Sara faces a torrent of emotions -- betrayal, bitterness, fear, and worry -- all while listening to the evidence of the case at hand. Despite her own troubles, Sara is drawn into the story of young Justin Hargis, the defendant in the case, and his assertion that he doesn't remember striking and killing the teenage girl whose death led to the trial. Sara suspects there is more to the story than meets the eye, but she isn't prepared for the answer to be so shockingly close to her own heart.
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Donna Brown Wilkerson attended the University of Tennessee College of Law and is a graduate of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America National College of Advocacy. As a former trial lawyer, county bar association president, case law editor, research assistant, law clerk, legal secretary, campaign worker, and jury foreperson, she has a multi-faceted perspective on the legal system. She is also a serious amateur photographer and a former senior adult Sunday school teacher. She is originally from the Upper Cumberland area of middle Tennessee but now lives in Kentucky with her husband, their four children, and a rescued Australian Shepherd named Tilly.

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Virginia Willis’s legion of fans love her knack for giving classic French dishes a down-home Southern feel and reimagining homey Southern favorites en Française. In Basic to Brilliant, Y’all Virginia builds on her signature style, offering 150 soul-satisfying recipes and accompanying each with a new preparation technique, fresh presentation style, or creative recipe variation that transforms an already wonderful dish into an all-out show stopper.Author Biography:
Virginia Willis is the author of Bon Appétit, Y’all, which was nominated for the IACP Best American Cookbook award and voted the Comfort Food Book of the Year by the Chicago Tribune. She has been featured in Cooking with Paula Deen, House Beautiful, Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, and San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications. A graduate of L’Academie de Cuisine and Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at www.virginiawillis.com.
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"Two Seconds Late" is a modern twist on the biblical story of Esther. When a young woman begins dating a state politician, she has no idea she is a player in a deadly conspiracy that involves human tagging technology. Every second counts in a race for her life, and she is already late.
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Eric Wilson is the author of twelve novels, including Fireproof which spent 17 weeks on the NY Times Bestseller List. He loves exploring the earth's tension between heaven and hell, painting believeable characters in the process.

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Though she wrote contemporary fiction as a teen, Linda's favorite authors were the Bronte sisters, Arthur Conan Doyle, Daphne du Maurier, and Sergeanne Golon. A onetime art student, Linda is also an art quilter, and lives with her husband, son, and three (indoor) cats in a bird sanctuary in Kentucky.

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Lisa Wysocky's fun, debut equestrian mystery, The Opium Equation, has received rave reviews from Midwest Book Review, The Library Journal, etc. and features a (possibly) psychic horse along with a wacky cast of characters. Cat Enright, a horse trainer in Ashland City, Tennessee finds the body of her movie star neighbor about the same time a local juvenile delinquent goes missing. Cat is implicated in both crimes. An unpopular sheriff and upcoming election mean the pressure to close the case is on. With the help of her riding students, a local cop, a kid named Frog, and an eccentric client of a certain age with electric blue hair, Cat takes time from her horse training business to try to solve the case and keep herself out of prison.Author Biography:
Award-winning author/horse trainer Lisa Wysocky co-authored (with Brad Cohen) Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had, which also aired as a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie. Lisa’s My Horse, My Partner: Teamwork on the Ground helps horse/human partners form amazing bonds, and Lisa combines horses and country music in Horse Country. Lisa is a Nashville-based PATH International riding instructor who educates horses for therapeutic riding. www.LisaWysocky.com


















