Author Profiles

Ohio has a rich literary heritage as well as some wonderful contemporary authors. Learn more about them here! You can sort by various categories and see who has participated in our annual book festival by using the category search on the left, or search by keyword (including partial author names) by using the search field on the right.

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Gene Logsdon

Gene Logsdon, a self-described “contrary farmer,” is the author of more than two dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction, and is one of America’s most influential writers on sustainable pastoral farming. Logdson won the 2000 Ohioana Career Award. His most recent book is Gene Everlasting: A Contrary Farmer’s Thoughts on Living Forever.…

Sarah Lohman

Sarah Lohman is a culinary historian and the author of the bestselling books Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods and Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine. She focuses on the history of food as a way to access the stories of diverse Americans. Endangered Eating is a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Amazon’s Editors, Food & Wine, and Adam Gopnik on the Milk Street podcast. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and NPR. Formerly the Culinary Curator at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Lohman has lectured across the country, from the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC to The Culinary Historians of Southern California. She is a columnist for Gastro Obscura and writes about rare foods. Lohman is based in Las Vegas and is a frequent collaborator with the Neon Museum Las Vegas and is co-host of the Las Vegas City Cast podcast. Learn more: https://sarahlohman.com/

Loren Long

Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture books Otis, Otis and the Tornado, Otis and the Puppy, An Otis Christmas, Otis and the Scarecrow and Otis and the Kittens. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of President Barack Obama’s picture book Of Thee I Sing, Matt de la Pena’s Love, the re-illustrated edition of The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, and Mr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna. Loren’s new edition of Clement C. Moore’s The Night Before Christmas is a modern, more inclusive take on the classic. His most recent works are Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler and the much anticipated picture book, Change Sings written by Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman. The Otis series has been developed as an animated television series, Get Rolling With Otis, on Apple TV, which Loren Executive Produced. To learn more, please visit LorenLong.com, @lorenlong or @thelorenlong on IG.

Visit his website at: https://lorenlong.com/

Kathryn Long

Kathryn Long, also writing as Bailee Abbott, is a retired school teacher who turned to authoring traditional mystery, cozy mystery, romantic suspense, and contemporary romance, a career which fits her mostly introverted personality perfectly. She has penned sixteen novels to date. Her passion for old Hollywood, classic movies, and Cary Grant is evident in her latest series, the Sierra Pines B&B cozy mysteries. As for her alter ego, Bailee Abbott loves to attend paint party venues and travel to Bemus Point, NY whenever she can. Both activities inspired her to write the Paint by Murder mystery series. When taking a break from writing mystery, this author devours mystery novels and watches her favorite crime shows. Kathryn lives in Green, Ohio with her husband and furry friend, Max. https://kathrynlongauthor.com/

Scott Longert

Scott Longert is a graduate of the Ohio State University and has his M.A. in American History from Cleveland State with an emphasis on the post-Civil Wars years to the Great Depression. Scott is a retired Park Ranger from the James A. Garfield National Historic Site where he specialized in Civil War talks concerning General Garfield and major battles of the war.…Read More

Scott Longert is a graduate of the Ohio State University and has his M.A. in American History from Cleveland State with an emphasis on the post-Civil Wars years to the Great Depression.

Scott is a retired Park Ranger from the James A. Garfield National Historic Site where he specialized in Civil War talks concerning General Garfield and major battles of the war.

Scott has been writing about Cleveland baseball history for over thirty years and has five books published to date, his latest Cy Young: An American Baseball Hero released in June 2020.

A sixth book, Victory on Two Fronts is due for an early winter 2022 release.

Scott has taught part-time at Cuyahoga Community College, offering courses in several aspects of Cleveland baseball history. He lectures regularly at local libraries and community groups. Scott was recently interviewed for the upcoming documentary, War on the Diamond, a study of the rivalry between the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees.

Matthew J. Louis

Matt Louis is one of the nation's leading experts in career transition for veterans and public service professionals. He coaches individuals on their transition efforts and advises employers on hiring programs designed to successfully assimilate these valuable talent pools. He is the author of the HarperCollins book Mission Transition, a practical guide for veterans in career transition, their families, and their employers.…Read More

Matt Louis is one of the nation’s leading experts in career transition for veterans and public service professionals. He coaches individuals on their transition efforts and advises employers on hiring programs designed to successfully assimilate these valuable talent pools. He is the author of the HarperCollins book Mission Transition, a practical guide for veterans in career transition, their families, and their employers.

Matt serves as the veteran Transition Assistance officer for his West Point class. He is also co-chair of the Cincinnati MyVA Community Veterans Engagement Board, serves on the board of the Tristate Veterans Community Alliance in Cincinnati, and actively serves several other veteran collaboratives around the country.

During active commissioned service in the US Army, Matt served in the Southwest Asia combat theater and in the 194th Separate Armored Brigade. During reserve commissioned service, Matt served on the staff of the Army’s Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, and commanded multiple regions around the country for the US Military Academy’s Admissions Office. He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the US Army Reserves and serves on the Service Academy nominating committee for his local Congressman.

Matt holds an MBA in Operations and Finance from The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from West Point, and is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College. He is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and holds the APICS organization’s Certified Supply Chain Professional designation.
Matt also leads global strategy and transformation projects at Deloitte, the largest professional services firm in the world, and is the primary author of “3D Opportunity for the Department of Defense (Additive Manufacturing Fires Up)”, one of Deloitte University Press’ most sought-after articles.

Prior to Deloitte, Matt held operational, production, and quality roles in multiple divisions of both General Electric and Procter & Gamble. His work in both organizations was global in scope, overseeing projects and business in the US, Europe and Asia.

Jeannine de Nobel Love

Jeannine deNobel Love is an independent art historian focusing on American art and architecture from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. She hold an undergraduate degree from Western Reserve University, a M.A. in Art History from Oberlin College, and a certificate from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. She has worked at the Detroit Institute of Art's department of twentieth century art, and served as Director of the Intermuseum Conservation Association, a regional art conservation center located in Ohio.…Read More

Jeannine deNobel Love is an independent art historian focusing on American art and architecture from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. She hold an undergraduate degree from Western Reserve University, a M.A. in Art History from Oberlin College, and a certificate from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. She has worked at the Detroit Institute of Art’s department of twentieth century art, and served as Director of the Intermuseum Conservation Association, a regional art conservation center located in Ohio. She has published on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and his collaborators, patronage and public art, John LaFarge’s stained glass, and contributed to The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art: Guide to the Collections.

Victoria Lowery

Her teachers said, “Vivid imagination”, “Creative”, “Excellent writing”. But before becoming a best-selling author, Victoria Lowery has been a tennis player on the men’s team in college, a live talk show host, Make-A-Wish Ambassador, and ran a shelter for injured animals out of her home. Curiously, it was Victoria’s work as CEO of a state nonprofit that showed her it was time to return to her first love and write. During board meetings her mind filled with thoughts like: “Why don’t others see his real agenda.” “What makes that person’s opinion more easily accepted?” “Why isn’t she expressing her ideas?” Victoria boiled the answer to each of these questions down to one very powerful word – emotions. Whether it be fear of rejection or plans for revenge, emotion can unknowingly drive the course of business, the country, the universe, of our destiny. While Star Trek brings us new worlds to explore in space, Victoria believes our own inner space will prove to be the true final frontier. Following a never-ending urge to help others harness the strength of their emotion, Victoria threw caution into the wind and left her business management career. You can connect with Victoria and find her publications at VictoriaLowery.com

Dave Lucas

As a native Ohioan, born in Cleveland, Dave Lucas earned his B.A. (English) at John Carroll University, M.F.A. (Creative Writing) at the University of Virginia, and M.A. and Ph.D. (English Language and Literature) at the University of Michigan. He has been an instructor at Case Western Reserve University; the Cleveland Clinic Program in Medical Humanities, Lerner College of Medicine; the John Carroll Young Writers Workshop; and Sweet Briar/James Madison University.…Read More

His achievements have included: The Reva and David Logan Foundation, For Your Gift grant award; the Cleveland Arts Prize, Emerging Artist in Literature; and a Creative Workforce Fellowship from the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture in Greater Cleveland. His work, Weather, was awarded the 2012 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry. His poems are anthologized in The Bedford Introduction to Literature and Best New Poets 2005, among other publications.

During his time as poet laureate, Lucas said he wants to help Ohioans use poetry to understand and enhance their lives. He is planning a multimedia project involving people from diverse places and backgrounds allowing them to experience a variety of opinions about poetry.

Margeaux Lucas

Margeaux Lucas has illustrated many books for children, including My Little Golden Book About Betty White (with co-author Jean Colebank) and My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Living near New York City, she is inspired by the diversity of it’s people, the many galleries, museums and charming coffee shops, and, closer to home, the beauty of the historic Hudson River.…Read More

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