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Description of Pictures: Literary Hill BookFest 2018
Celebrating Books & Authors on Capitol Hill
he Literary Hill BookFest is a celebration of Capitol Hill authors, booksellers, publishers, libraries, and other book-related groups held annually at Eastern Market.
This year's author list:
Brett Abrams, Richard Agemo, Nick Auclair, Jonathan Bardzik, David Bonior, Brett Busang, Liz Costanzo, Courtney Davis, Hayes Davis, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Grant Goodman, Bill Gourgey, Nicole Harkin, Micah Harris, Katy Kelly, Caroline Kitchener, Con Lehane, Jonathan Lewis, Doug Mendel, Nick Mann, Laura Melmed, Norman Metzger, E. Ethelbert Miller, Richard “Butch” Neal, Garrett Peck, Quintin Peterson, Robert Pohl, Melinda Robertson, Kim Roberts, Colleen Shogan, Gene Weingarten, John Wennersten and Denise Robbins, E.J. Wenstrom, Ken Wilcox, Kim Prothro Williams, Lili Wilson, Adam Voiland, and Tom Zaniello.
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LHBF_180506_014.JPG: Richard Agemo
Richard Agemo calls himself a "writer of historical fiction with an alternative twist." His short story, "The House Friends," about an astrophysicist who tries to connect with the peculiar inhabitants of his old childhood home, appears in "New Ghost Stories III," an anthology published by The Fiction Desk. He also blogs about Shakespeare and his forthcoming novel deals with a sixteenth-century poet who is framed for treason. Catch up with him at www.richardagemo.com.
LHBF_180506_015.JPG: E.J. Wenstrom
E.J. Wenstrom is a fantasy and science fiction author who calls herself "a DC girl at heart." "MUD," her debut novel and the first installment in her Chronicles of the Third Realm Wars Series, is a fantastical tale of Gods, demon kings, evil and love, which was recognized as a Royal Palm Literary Award semifinalist. She followed the success of "MUD" with two more books in the series, "RAIN" and "TIDES." Visit her atwww.ejwenstrom.com.
LHBF_180506_024.JPG: Katy Kelly (left)
LHBF_180506_050.JPG: Liz Costanzo
Liz Costanzo is the author of "Until Next Time," a series of contemporary/historical young adult fiction that features "R and R" -- romance and reincarnation. Titles include "The Second Chance," about the Holocaust, and "Flashback," about the Vietnam War. Her first published novel, "Soul Mates," written as Liz Morrison, concerns World War I. She is also a National Board Certified Social Studies Teacher, a NCSS National History Teacher of the Year, and a former flight attendant for Trans World Airlines. Her work combines her passion for history and her world travels to create memorable characters and settings, both past and present, and pays tribute to the sacrifices of the men and women in the armed forces by using military conflicts as part of the historical context. Learn more at lizcostanzoauthor.com
LHBF_180506_063.JPG: Katy Kelly
Katy Kelly grew up on Capitol Hill and is the author of two popular series of books for kids set here. Four of her books star the inimitable Lucy Rose and six feature Adam Melon (a k a Melonhead), of which the latest is "Melonhead and the Later Gator Plan." Visit her at katykellyauthor.com.
LHBF_180506_069.JPG: Courtney Davis
Courtney Davis is an educator who engages with urban communities as a practitioner and champion for students, schools and families. She is the author of "A is for Anacostia" and the founder of the East of the River Book Festival. Connect with her at www.drcourtneydavis.com.
LHBF_180506_076.JPG: E. Ethelbert Miller
E. Ethelbert Miller is a writer and literary activist who is the author of several collections of poems, including "The Collected Poems of E. Ethelbert Miller," and two memoirs. He serves on the board of the Greater Washington Community Foundation and, in 2015, was inducted into the Washington DC Hall of Fame. He currently serves on the faculty at the University of Houston/Victoria and hosts a weekly morning radio show, "On the Margin," which airs on WPFW-FM. His most recent book of poetry is "If God Invented Baseball."
LHBF_180506_090.JPG: Garrett Peck
Kim Roberts
Kim Roberts is an award-winning poet, teacher, literary historian and co-editor of "Beltway Poetry Quarterly" and the "Delaware Poetry Review." She is the author of five books of poetry, including "Animal Magnetism," "Fortune's Favor: Scott in the Antarctic," and her most recent collection, "The Scientific Method." Visit her at www.kimroberts.org.
LHBF_180506_101.JPG: Melinda Robertson
Melinda Robertson's experience as a teen mother inspired her to write her first novel, "Motherhood…What You Don't Know!" in 2005 and, in 2007, she released a companion book for boys, "Fatherhood…What You Don't Know!" Her 2014 novel, "Mistaken Identity," told the story of a thirty-something single woman whose seemingly successful life masked a well of unhappiness. Robertson's newest novel, "The AboveGround Railroad," focuses on the racially biased judicial system and how it railroads innocent young black men. Learn more at www.melindarobertson.com.
LHBF_180506_105.JPG: Bill Gourgey
Bill Gourgey frequently writes about science and technology and is the award-winning author of "The Glide Trilogy." He is also the author of an acclaimed series of books for young adults, Cap City Kids, which deals with social issues facing urban teens. The series began with "Capitol Kid" and was followed by "Attic Ward" and, most recently, "Court Kasie." Find him at https://gourgey.com.
LHBF_180506_125.JPG: Brett L. Abrams
Brett L. Abrams is a cultural and urban historian who works as an archivist of electronic records in the nation's capital. His current book is "Terry Bradshaw: From Super Bowl Champion to Television Personality," and he is also the author of several previous books, including "Capital Sporting Grounds: A History of Stadium and Ballpark Construction in Washington, D.C." (2009) and "The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, D.C. Basketball" (2012). Find him on Facebook or on Twitter @brettabrams1.
LHBF_180506_127.JPG: Nick Auclair
Nick Auclair's first novel, "Steel's Treasure," won an honorable mention in the Eric Hoffer Awards for Short Prose and Independent Books. His latest military/political thriller, "Steel's Gold," continues the treasure-hunting series featuring U.S. Air Force Captain William Steel, an intelligence officer in the Philippines, which is loosely based on Auclair's more than 20 years of experience as a US intelligence officer, five of those in the Philippines. For more, visit www.steelstreasure.com.
LHBF_180506_129.JPG: WWII Japanese Nambu 8 mm pistol and ammo
LHBF_180506_131.JPG: Con Lehane
Con Lehane is the author of two mystery novels in a series that takes place at the 42nd Street Library in New York City, "Murder at the 42ndStreet Library" and "Murder in the Manuscript Room." He has also published three previous crime novels featuring New York City bartender Brian McNulty ("Beware the Solitary Drinker," "What Goes Around Comes Around," and "Death at the Old Hotel") as well as a dozen or so works of short fiction. He is a former editor, college professor, union organizer, and bartender. Find him at www.conlehane.com.
LHBF_180506_138.JPG: Tom Zaniello
Tom Zaniello, the author of "California's Lamson Murder Mystery: The Depression-Era Case that Divided Santa Clara County," has taught film and cultural studies at Northern Kentucky University, and now serves as a film programmer for the Hill Center as well as for the London and Liverpool Labor Film Festivals.
LHBF_180506_141.JPG: Colleen Shogan
Colleen Shogan is a senior executive at the Library of Congress, where she works on programs such as the National Book Festival, and formerly served as deputy director of the Congressional Research Service and as a Senate staffer. She has written three mysteries in the Washington Whodunit series featuring Hill staffer Kit Marshall and her friends: "Homicide in the House," "Stabbing in the Senate," and Calamity at the Continental Club." A member of Sisters in Crime, she won a Next Generation Award for "Stabbing in the Senate," her first novel. Connect with her at www.colleenshogan.com
LHBF_180506_142.JPG: Micah Harris
Micah Harris grew up on a West Texas ranch and, for the past 12 years, has worked in DC at the Senate, the White House, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. His debut novel, "Only Small Things are Good," tells the story of an earnest young Pentagon worker trying to make a difference while holding onto his principles. Harris is currently a consultant for the Department of Defense. Find him at micaharris.com and on Twitter @writermicah.
LHBF_180506_157.JPG: Brett Busang
Brett Busang describes himself as "a prolific essayist, a playwright, a painter, an ambivalent anglophile and a failed ballplayer." His first novel, "I Shot Bruce," told the story of a musician ousted from a rock band just before they made it big, and his newest publication, Laughter and Early Sorrow, is a collection of stories about a boy growing up outside Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s and 70s. Find him at www.brettbusang.com.
Richard Agemo
LHBF_180506_158.JPG: Quintin Peterson
Quintin Peterson is a local artist and critically acclaimed author of crime fiction who served as a DC police officer for the better part of three decades. His stories have appeared in magazines and in eight anthologies, and he has written four DC-based crime novels, including "Guarding Shakespeare" and "The Voynich Gambit," both of which are set at the Folger Shakespeare Library, where he worked as a Special Police Officer for close to 7 years, beginning immediately after his retirement from the Metropolitan Police Department. Find him at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B002BMCR2E or listen to an interview with him at http://wordsoffthestreet.com/2017/09/author-wots-032/.
LHBF_180506_173.JPG: Jonathan Bardzik
Chef Jonathan Bardzik began offering cooking demonstrations at Eastern Market in 2011 and has now made more than 250 appearances there and in other venues nationwide as well as on videos and in local media, and has created more than 700 original recipes. He is the author of three books: "Simple Summer: A Recipe for Cooking and Entertaining with Ease," "Seasons to Taste: Farm-Fresh Joy for Kitchen & Table," and his latest, "Fresh and Magical Vinaigrettes." Connect with him at www.jonathanbardzik.com.
LHBF_180506_196.JPG: Robert Pohl
Robert Pohl is the author, most recently, of "Urban Legends & Historic Lore of Washington, D.C." His previous books include "Wicked Capitol Hill" and "The History of 219 11th Street SE Washington DC," and he writes a regular column on local history for both the Hill Rag (www.capitalcommunitynews.com) and The Hill Is Home (www.thehillishome.com). A tour guide and stay-at-home dad, Pohl volunteers at the DC Public Library's Southeast Neighborhood branch and at his son's school. Check out the book talk he gave at Politics & Prose on YouTube and follow him on Twitter at @rsp_dc
LHBF_180506_201.JPG: Ken Wilcox
Ken Wilcox has worked for many years as an outdoor recreation planner, with a specialty in trail planning and design. He spent two years walking hundreds of miles in and around the Metro DC area, taking notes and photos in order to write his 2016 book, "A National Jaunt: Footster's Guide to Washington, D.C.," which was selected as a 2017 finalist for the National Indie Excellence Awards (Regional Nonfiction: Northeast). For more, visit anationaljaunt.com or, for the latest on local walking trails, to go tireddogspress.com
LHBF_180506_208.JPG: Kim Prothro Williams
Kim Prothro Williams is an architectural historian with the D.C. Historic Preservation Office. For more than twenty-five years, she has been researching and writing about historic buildings and communities in D.C., Virginia and Maryland, with her primary focus being to evaluate buildings for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Kim is a published author of books, articles and heritage trail brochures dealing with the built environment. Two of her books, "Chevy Chase: A Home Suburb for the Nation's Capital" and "Pride of Place: Rural Residences of Fauquier County, Virginia," address the transformation of the agricultural landscape. Her most recent title is "Lost Farms and Estates of Washington, D.C.," which explores the rural remnants of the nation's capital.
LHBF_180506_213.JPG: Richard "Butch" Neal
Richard "Butch" Neal is a retired four-star general whose final posting was as Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps on Capitol Hill. His memoir, "What Now, Lieutenant?: Leadership Forged from Events in Vietnam, Desert Storm and Beyond," tells the story of his 35-year military career -- which included serving as Deputy Director Operations and Central Command Briefer for General Schwarzkopf in Desert Storm -- and the moment on a battlefield in Vietnam that defined his leadership skills.
LHBF_180506_218.JPG: John Wennersten
John Wennersten is an emeritus professor of environmental history at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, and author of "The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay," "Anacostia: The Death and Life of an American River," "Global Thirst: Water and Society in the 21st Century," and "The Historic Waterfront of Washington, D.C." His newest book is "Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century." His co-author is Denise Robbins, a writer and communications expert on climate change issues in Washington, DC. A graduate of Cornell University, she regularly publishes articles dealing with all aspects of global and national environmental change, with a focus on regional politics. She is currently communications director at Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for climate solutions in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. Connect with John on Facebook @rwennersten.
LHBF_180506_226.JPG: Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingarten is the nationally-syndicated humor columnist for the Washington Post and has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for feather writing. His books include "Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs," "The Fiddler in the Subway: The Story of the World-Class Violinist Who Played for Handouts," which includes the prize-winning piece that one critic has called "the greatest feature story ever written," and "Me & Dog," his first book for children, which he considers to be his masterpiece. Follow him on Facebook or on Twitter @geneweingarten.
David Bonior
LHBF_180506_238.JPG: Jonathan Lewis
Jonathan Lewis's poems have been published in five countries and written in English, French, and Spanish. His recently-published collection, "Babel On," is the winner of the 2017 L+S Press Mid-Atlantic Chapbook Series competition, and he was also the 2017 winner of the Southeast DC Library's Haiku Contest and a runner up in the Golden Haiku Contest. He lives in Washington, DC, where he is a member of the Federal Poets, and co-hosts the Poets' Corner@Tunnicliff's reading at the Literary Hill BookFest.
LHBF_180506_248.JPG: Lili Wilson
Lili Wilson is the author of "The Love Diet," a self-help guide aimed at those who care for and serve others to encourage them to nurture themselves and achieve "100% authenticity and self-love." She grew up in Hillcrest, attended Eastern High School, and is the founder of The Beautiful Dawn, LLC. Find her at LoveDietOnline.com.
LHBF_180506_250.JPG: Nicole Harkin
A writer and family photographer, Nicole Harkin lives in DC with her husband and two small children. As a Fulbright Scholar during law school, she lived in Berlin, Germany, where she studied German environmentalist. Her work can be found in "Thought Collection" and "you are here: The Journal of Creative Geography." Her 2017 memoir, "Tilting," tells the story of her family and her upbringing in Montana. She is currently working on a mystery novel set in Berlin. Find her at www.nicoleharkin.com.
LHBF_180506_258.JPG: Adam Voiland
Adam Voiland was previously a medical reporter for U.S. News & World Report and now works s a science writer for Science Systems and Applications, Inc. and for NASA Earth Observatory, a website that covers the climate and environment through the lens of satellite imagery. He used images of the earth to create "ABCs from Space," an alphabet book that reveals letters in such natural planetary features as fjords, cloud patterns, and mountain ranges. Visit him online at addamvoiland.com or @avoiland via Twitter.
LHBF_180506_279.JPG: Laura Melmed
Laura Krauss Melmed's newest picture book is "Daddy, Me, and the Magic Hour," a story about a little boy and his father who spend some quality time together in the twilight hour between supper and bedtime. She is the author of many award-winning children's books, including the interactive "Doodle Washington D.C." "Capital! Washington D.C. from A to Z," "Lullaby I Love You as Much," and "The Rainbabies." For more, go to www.laurakraussmelmed.com.
LHBF_180506_283.JPG: Nick Mann
Nick Mann earned his Ph.D. at Howard University in human communications and, since 1976, has worked as an organizational development practitioner. His first novel, "Forgetful," dealt with a consultant named Ben Parks who feared he was succumbing to dementia. Mann's latest book, "Wounded," goes back in time to tell the story of Parks and two friends who grew up together in the Michigan Park neighborhood of DC. Find out more at http://sbprabooks.com/nickmann/
LHBF_180506_303.JPG: Caroline Kitchener
Caroline Kitchener is the author of "Post Grad: Five Women and Their First Year Out of College," in which she shares her own experiences and those of four of her female classmates as they struggle to establish their adult lives after college graduation. She graduated from Princeton in 2014 with a degree in history and gender studies and has written for The Atlantic, Vox, and The Guardian. Catch up with her at carolinekitchener.com.
LHBF_180506_311.JPG: Norman Metzger
Norman Metzger is the author of "Separation and Remaining: Families in Nazi Germany," a fictional recreation that tells the story of how his family was irrevocably damaged by the horrors of World War II. Prior to retirement, he was a writer and editor for the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Sciences. He is active in preservation efforts on Capitol Hill, where he moved from New York City in the late sixties. Find him on Twitter @CHNorm.
LHBF_180506_313.JPG: Doug Mendel
Doug Mendel has traveled to more than 50 countries and spent 20 years in the Colorado Rockies before moving to Capitol Hill in 2015. He is the author of "Cambodia Fire," the story of how his 1977 visit to Cambodia led him to establish a nonprofit fund to provide fire trucks, supplies, and gear to the people there. He has also written a children's book, "The Adventures of Carrie the Koala and Karl the Kangaroo." Catch up with him at www.dougmendel.com
LHBF_180506_318.JPG: Garrett Peck
Garrett Peck is an historian and tour guide whose most recent book is "Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C.: The Civil War and America's Great Poet. " Other works include "Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't," "Capital Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in Washington, D.C., "The Potomac River: A History and Guide," and "The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry." He is currently working on "The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath," scheduled to be published this fall. For more about the author (and his walking tours), visit www.garrettpeck.com.
LHBF_180506_377.JPG: Hayes Davis
DC poet Hayes Davis is former Bread Loaf working scholar and a founding member of Cave Canem, a workshop and retreat for African American poets. His work has been published in several anthologies and, in 2016, he published his first collection of poems called "Let Our Eyes Linger."
LHBF_180506_481.JPG: Grand Goodman and Heather Koslov
Grant Goodman
Grant Goodman is an English teacher in Montgomery County who started writing action-adventure novels for his middle-school students. The DC author has now published three books in his Agent Darcy and Ninja Steve series: "Tiger Trouble" (2015), "Robot Rumble" (2016), and the newest, "Mecha-Mole Mayhem," which finds Darcy and Steve battling for control of Ninjastoria against an army of mecha-moles wielding metal claws. Find more at www.GrantGoodmanbooks.com.
LHBF_180506_502.JPG: Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Teri Ellen Cross Davis is a Cave Canem fellow and local poet whose work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, as well as in her 2016 collection, "Haint." She currently serves as poetry coordinator for the Folger Shakespeare Library.
LHBF_180506_564.JPG: Laura Melmed, Katy Kelly, and Courtney Davis
LHBF_180506_572.JPG: Robert Pohl and son
LHBF_180506_611.JPG: John Wennersten and Denise Robbins
John Wennersten is an emeritus professor of environmental history at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, and author of "The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay," "Anacostia: The Death and Life of an American River," "Global Thirst: Water and Society in the 21st Century," and "The Historic Waterfront of Washington, D.C." His newest book is "Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century." His co-author is Denise Robbins, a writer and communications expert on climate change issues in Washington, DC. A graduate of Cornell University, she regularly publishes articles dealing with all aspects of global and national environmental change, with a focus on regional politics. She is currently communications director at Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for climate solutions in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. Connect with John on Facebook @rwennersten.
LHBF_180506_646.JPG: David Bonior
David Bonior was elected to the Michigan state legislature in 1972 and won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, where he developed a reputation as one of Washington's foremost champions of progressive causes and issues. In 1991, his colleagues in the Democratic Caucus elected him their whip, a position he held for eleven years. The first volume of his autobiography, "Eastside Kid," was a look back at his early life, and his latest memoir, "Whip: Leading the Progressive Battle During the Rise of the Right," focuses on his 26-year career in politics.
LHBF_180506_656.JPG: Kim Prothro Williams
Kim Prothro Williams is an architectural historian with the D.C. Historic Preservation Office. For more than twenty-five years, she has been researching and writing about historic buildings and communities in D.C., Virginia and Maryland, with her primary focus being to evaluate buildings for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Kim is a published author of books, articles and heritage trail brochures dealing with the built environment. Two of her books, "Chevy Chase: A Home Suburb for the Nation's Capital" and "Pride of Place: Rural Residences of Fauquier County, Virginia," address the transformation of the agricultural landscape. Her most recent title is "Lost Farms and Estates of Washington, D.C.," which explores the rural remnants of the nation's capital.
LHBF_180506_688.JPG: Quintin Peterson
LHBF_180506_714.JPG: E. Ethelbert Miller and Con Lehane
LHBF_180506_748.JPG: Doug Mendel (left)
LHBF_180506_794.JPG: Kim Prothro Williams and Ken Wilcox
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