Sites and Stories
Name:
Sites and Stories
Date:
February 9, 2011
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
Website:
http://www.alicebaker.lib.wi.us
Event Description:
Description: Interpreters at historic sites tell stories. Authors tell stories. Sometimes the two intersect! Join Kathleen Ernst to learn how her tenure as an interpreter and curator at Old World Wisconsin led to her adult mystery, Old World Murder. She will also reveal which historic sites inspired some of her children's books. Books will be available for sale, and a signing will follow the presentation. Coffee and cookies will be provided. Sponsored by the Alice Baker Library in Eagle.
Author Bio: Kathleen Ernst is a novelist, social historian, and educator. Her newest title is Old World Murder: A Chloe Ellefson Mystery. Her historical fiction for children and young adults include eight mysteries set between 1732 and 1945, all published by American Girl, and five novels set during the American Civil War. These titles have earned four Arthur Tofte Juvenile Fiction Awards, a Children?s Literature Award from the Society of Midland Authors, the Flora MacDonald Award, a WILLA Finalist Award, and Edgar and Agatha Award nominations. She also won an Emmy Award for a video scripted for public television. Kathleen lives in Middleton, Wisconsin, but enjoys traveling to new locales to meet readers and conduct research for new books.
Author Bio: Kathleen Ernst is a novelist, social historian, and educator. Her newest title is Old World Murder: A Chloe Ellefson Mystery. Her historical fiction for children and young adults include eight mysteries set between 1732 and 1945, all published by American Girl, and five novels set during the American Civil War. These titles have earned four Arthur Tofte Juvenile Fiction Awards, a Children?s Literature Award from the Society of Midland Authors, the Flora MacDonald Award, a WILLA Finalist Award, and Edgar and Agatha Award nominations. She also won an Emmy Award for a video scripted for public television. Kathleen lives in Middleton, Wisconsin, but enjoys traveling to new locales to meet readers and conduct research for new books.
