The Badger state’s premiere chronicler of all things rural, Apps has written more than 25 books, including volumes about Wisconsin’s farms, breweries, circus families, and one-room schools. “In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story” is his recently published novel. Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (... More...)

A former vice president of worldwide marketing for the Parker Pen Co., Axtell traveled abroad for the firm for 30 years. He’s written ten books about business, travel and protocol around the planet. Serving eight years as a special assistant for business to Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, Axtell has appeared as a guest expert on business etiquette and behavior on the “Today” and “Good Morning America” TV shows. (... More...)

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Rural Edgerton’s Devine has spent his working life helping high-tech firms explain themselves as a technical writer. Now, he’s written some “user manuals” for the beginning businessperson, “Building Your Business Plan” and “Building Your Business.” (... More...)

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A Nevada poet and non-fiction writer, Hopkins has published four “novels in verse” for young adults that have won spots on The New York Times’ bestseller lists. She gives paradoxically fictional, yet true-to-life, glimpses of society’s challenges for the teens of today, including addiction to crystal meth, attempted suicide, and unwanted, inappropriate “attention” from adults.(... More...)

The "Poet Laureate of Rockdale, Wisconsin," Lehman is the founder and original publisher of Rosebud, a national magazine featuring world-class poetry, short stories, and illustration.
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Nowak, the retired director of Milwaukee County’s Wehr Nature Center, is the East Troy, Wisconsin, author of “Birdscaping in the Midwest: A Guide to Gardening With Native Plants to Attract Birds.” Nowak’s readers learn how to make outstanding habitats with native plants, creating cover, food and nesting sites for feathered friends in states ranging from Missouri to Wisconsin. (... More...)

Using her elegant style of Heirloom Machine Quilting performed on a regular sewing machine, Joanie has produced quilts that are receiving awards at national competitions. She has written several books about quilting, and owns her own publishing business, Heirloom Quilting Designs. She conducts quilting classes and workshops, and also offers lectures on quilting. A full biography and lots of information on her books and quilts can be found at Joanie's website.

A former school administrator from Plover, Wisconsin, Pope fondly remembers his Waupaca County boyhood in his memoir, “Everyday Adventures of a Farm Boy in the ’50s.” He happily shares this “better era” with today’s elementary school children throughout central Wisconsin.
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Raised on a Walworth County, Wisconsin farm, Quinney climbed the academic ladder toward success, making a name for himself in the twin fields of sociology and criminology, but it was to nature and the land that he returned to ponder some of the deeper questions about life that still consume him. Quinney’s book, “Journey to a Far Place,” combines autobiographical writing with family history and evocative photography. (... More...)

The senior nutritionist at the University of Wisconsin’s hospital, clinics, and comprehensive cancer center, Madison’s Weihofen is the author of “The Cancer Survival Cookbook” and is an expert on how to make good meals (and how to make meals that are good for you). As a nationally known “nutrition magician,” she has taught medical staffers and rest of us how to use food to combat disease. (... More...)

A freelance photographer from Madison who loves to fly kites, Wilson has taken aerial pictures of France, Germany, England, Japan, South Africa, Belgium, Holland, Canada, and America that even an eagle might envy. His cameras are attached to high-flying kites, with the shutters snapped by remote control. His book “Hanging By A Thread” gives Wilson’s fans a bird’s-eye view of the Badger state. (... More...)