St. Johnsbury Area Writers
Local Writers Directory
Jim Arnosky
Author/illustrator of natural history for children
www.JimArnosky.com
Susan Bartlett
Children's author: Seal Island School
Alan Boye
Creative non-fiction author whose "Walking the Hills of Vermont" has numerous pieces set in St.Johnsbury.
Don Bredes
Novelist and screenwriter, whose recent literary suspense/mystery novels featuring Hector Bellevance are set in the Northeast Kingdom.
David Budbill
Poet whose Zen meditations focus on Judevine Mountain www.davidbudbill.com
Michael Caduto
Native American narrator and educator
Marialisa Calta
Chef, cookbook author, and essayist
Sharron Darrow
Children's author and poet, most recent title Trash
Bert Dodson
Illustrator, comic artist, and author of several books on drawing www.BertDodson.com
Amy Ehrlich
Author of several young adult novels, including Where It Stops, Nobody Knows, and of numerous picturebooks
Thomas Christopher Greene
Novelist, author of Mirror Lake www.thomaschristophergreene.com
Michael Hahn
Historian and author of young adult historical fiction
Geoff Hewitt
Slam poet and youth poetry enthusiast
Stephen Huneck
Author/illustrator of children's books, especially about his dog Sally www.dogmt.com
Beth Kanell
Novels and stories for young adults
(The Darkness Under the water, Candlewick Books, fall 2008); poet; author of three adventure travel guides www.KingdomBks.com
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Novels for young adults, focused on family history in New England
Garret Keizer
Essayist with a focus on ethics; also author of the young adult novel The God of Beer and of two Northeast Kingdom memoirs
Leland Kinsey
Poet, poetry coach for students, literacy professional
Reeve Lindbergh
Award-winning children's author, most recent picturebook My Little Grandmother Often Forgets. Also author of several memoirs.
Bernier Mayo
Bernier has been writing op.ed. pieces for two decades and homilies for twenty five years. Bernier taught writing for 40 years.
Howard Norman
Award-winning novelist with a special interest in Canada; noted for The Bird Artist
Elizabeth O'Donnell
Children's author; a dozen picturebooks and chapter books, including I Can't Get My Turtle to Move
Burt Porter
Poet and specialist in English ballad forms
Leda Schubert
Award-winning author/illustrator, most noted for Ballet of the Elephants
www.ledaschubert.com
Sarah Strohmeyer
Author of the Bubbles Yablonsky detective series and of The Cinderella Pact
www.sarahstrohmeyer.com
Sarah Stewart Taylor
Award-winning author of mysteries that feature Sweeney St. George and the art of death www.sarahstewarttaylor.com
Nathaniel Tripp
Award-winning public television producer and author of a Vermont picturebook and a memoir of the Vietnam War
Ruth Wallace-Brodeur
Author of many children's "chapter books" including Heron Cove and Blue Eyes Better
Dr. Debi Warner
Creative non-fiction writer and syndicated columnist in New Hampshire. Has workshops and consultations helping homeowners achieve "True Home Improvements". Visit www.Renovation Psychology.co
Pat and Richard Wright
Authors of contemplative works on dowsing
Matha Zweig
Award-winning poet
Daniel Hecht
Among his literary mystery/thrillers are Skull Session; City of Masks; and most recently, Bones of the Barbary Coast.
www.danielhecht.com
Sydney Lea
Pulitzer finalist with eight collections of poetry, most recently Ghost Pain, plus essays on walking the hills of Vermont.
www.sydneylea.net
Cleopatra Mathis
Award-winning poet, whose most recent collection is The White Sea
www.dartmouth.edu/~english/faculty/mathis.html
Galway Kinnell
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who recently retired from a distinguished career as professor at New York University; his most recent collection of poems is Strong Is Your Hold
John Miller
Award-winning photographer; most noted for Deer Camp: Last Light in the Northeast
Howard Frank Mosher
Novelist; special focus on historical fantasies of the Northeast Kingdom, like Waiting for Teddy Williams and Disappearances