Mike Perry is a Writer in the Sky!

Mike Perry is the author of the hugely popular, small-town classic Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time, a book that launched him to writing fame almost instantaneously.

Mike is a volunteer firefighter in small-town Wyoming. He's written for many national magazines, including Outside, Esquire, Orion and the New York Times Magazine. His commentary on NPR after 911 got him national attention. He has recently finished a country album, Headwinded, and has done a number of uproarious standup rountines, apparently.

His motto: "Never stand behind a sneezing cow."

Find out more at his website: Sneezingcow.com

Meet Mike in person this October 6, at our Writers in the Sky 2007!

Writers in the Sky, 2007!

Mark Spragg is a Writer in the Sky! See Mark in person, Saturday Oct. 6, 2007. Tickets available at Telluride Ticket

Mark Spragg is the author of three books:  Where Rivers Change Direction, a memoir which won the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award, and the novels The Fruit of Stone, and most recently, An Unfinished Life.  All were top-ten BookSense selections and have been translated into fifteen languages.  Mark and his wife, Virginia, wrote the screenplay for An Unfinished Life, which was released in 2005 by Miramax Films.  He was also the writer and producer of the late 1980s series, Gross Anatomy.

Leonardo On Wheels at WPL over Mountain Film!

The Leonardo, Utah's soon-to-be massive interactive science museum, is bringing its traveling exhibits to Telluride during Mountain Film Festival! Stop by the Program Room Friday, May 25, Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27, to check out this roving genius.

The Leonardo project is an imaginative, inspiring blend of art and science. Leonardo on Wheels is its traveling counterpart, spreading its vision far and wide.



Leonardo on the Web!

Inspired by the spirit of creativity that guided Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, The Leonardo is a one-of-a-kind art, culture and science center being developed in the heart of Utah’s capital city. The Leonardo will be part of a developing civic and educational center that already draws over three million visitors a year. With its unique emphasis on creating opportunities for visitors to experience “new ways of seeing,” The Leonardo is already becoming a national model for education and exploration.

ONSITE…ON WHEELS…ONLINE The Leonardo will target young people—ages 10 and older—students and adults with exhibits, classes and events that engage their more mature imaginations. And the impact of The Leonardo will reach beyond its physical location. The Leonardo on Wheels educational outreach program is already bringing rich learning activities to schools throughout the state and region.
Through The Leonardo Online, educational information, exhibits and virtual communities will be available to students, parents, teachers—and even visitors from across the globe.

Introducing How-To Tuesdays!

How-To Tuesdays shows you how to do many useful things--be it learning how to handle your JPEG digital photos, organize your email inbox, or glean the basics of knitting.

How-To Tuesdays--every Tuesday, at 6pm, in the Reference Area (upstairs) in the Wilkinson Public Library.

May 22: How to have fun with Microsoft Outlook.
May 29: How to pack and plan for your backcountry trip.
June 5: How to download eBooks and audio books.
June12: How to find family trees and your genealogy.
June 19: How to identify local animals.
June 26: How to travel cheap in Europe.
July 3: How to buy and use GPS.
July 10: How to write a haiku and a sonnet.
July 17: How to navigate the World Wide Web.
July 24: How to be stylin’ with satellite imagery.
July 31: How to handle your JPEGs (digital photos)
August 7: How to fid a job.
August 14: How to find the right college.
August 21: How to knit.
August 28: How to write a screenplay.
September 4: How to have a great interview.
September 11: How to use Photoshop.
September 18: How to knit.
September 25: How to make art from old books.
October 2: How to fall clean your garden.
October 9: How to build an avatar online.
October 16: How to raise a horoscope.
October 23: How to tune your skis.
October 30: How to do Halloween.

Writers in the Sky, 2007!

Writers in the Sky—Author Overview. Saturday, Oct. 6.


Authors:

Mark Spragg
Margaret Coel
Harvey Hix
Mike Perry
Carol Berg

Mark Spragg, books.

An Unfinished Life (Knopf, 2005)
The Fruit of Stone (Riverhead Trade, 2000)
Where Rivers Change Direction (Vintage, 2000)
Thunder of the Mustangs: Legend and Lore of the Wild Horses (1997)

Screenplays and TV:

An Unfinished Life (Movie 2005)
Everything that Rises (TV 1998)
Gross Anatomy (1989 Screenplay co-executive producer)


Margaret Coel, books.

Fiction: (The Wind River Mystery Series)
The Drowning Man (Berkley Hardcover, 2006)
Eye of the Wolf (Berkley, 2005)
Wife of Moon (Berkley, 2004)
Killing Raven (Berkley, 2003)
The Shadow Dancer (Berkley, 2002)
The Thunder Keeper (Berkley, 2001)
The Spirit Woman (Berkley, 2000)
The Lost Bird (Berkley, 1999)
The Story Teller (Berkley, 1997)
The Dream Stalker (Berkley, 1997)
The Ghost Walker (Berkley, 1996)
The Eagle Catcher (Berkley, 1995)

Non-Fiction:
Chief Lefthand (Award-winning biography of Arapaho Chief; included in 100 best books of Colorado History by Colorado Historical Society.)
Goin’ Railroading

Short Stories:
Ten Commandment Series:
Stolen Smoke
My Last Goodbye
Bad Heart
Day of Rest
Honor
Dead End
Hole in the Wall
Nobody’s Going to Cry
The Woman Who Climbed to the Sky

Other Short Stories:
Murder of the Denver Express
The Man Who Thought He was a Deer

Serial Novel:

The Sunken Sailor

Other: magazines and encyclicals:

New York Times
Christian Science Monitor
American Heritage of Invention and Technology, Creativity!

Member of the Native American Author Roundtable

New York Times Bestselling Author of acclaimed Wind River mystery series et among the Arapahos on Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation. Features Jesuit Pries Father John O’Malley and Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden.

Margaret is a native Coloradoan. Lives in Boulder.

Website: www.margaretcoel.com


Harvey Hix, books.

Poetry:
Chromatic (Etruscan Press 2006)
Shadows of Houses (Etruscan press 2005)
Surely As Birds Fly (Truman State University Press 2002)
Rational Numbers (Truman State University Press 2000)
Perfect Hell (Bibbs Smith 1996)

Prose:
As Easy As Lying: Essays on Poetry (Etruscan Press 2002)
Understanding William H. Glass (University of South Carolina Press 2002)
Understanding W. S. Merwin (University of South Carolina Press 1997)
Spirits Hovering Over the Ashes (SUNY Press 1995)
Morte d’Author: An Autopsy (Temple University Press 1990)

Translations:
On the Way Home: An Anthology of Contemporary Estonian Poetry (translated with Juri Talvet) (Sarup & Sons 2006)
A Call for Cultural Symbiosis: Meditations from U. Juri Talvet (Guernica Editions 2004)
City of Ash, Eugenijus Alisanka (Northwestern University Press 2000)

Edited Books:
Wild and Whirling Words: A Poetic Conversation (Etruscan Press 2004)
A Casebook on the Tunnel (web-published, Dalkey Archive 2000)
Poets At Large: 25 Poets in 25 Homes (Helicon Nine 1997)

Awards:
Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts
KCAI Teaching Excellence Award
T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
2006 finalist for National Book Award for Poetry

He’s a professor, and director of the Creative Writing MFA program, at the University of Wyoming.


Mike Perry, Books.

Truck: A Love Story (HarperCollins 2006)
Population 485—Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time (Harper Perennial 2003)
Off Main Street: Barnstormsers, Prophets & Gatemouth’s gator: Essays (Harper Perennial 2005)
Big Rigs, Elvis & the Grand Dragon Wayne (whistlers and Jugglers Press 1999)
Why They Killed Big Boy (Whistlers and Jugglers Press 1996)

Audio/Performance

Never Stand Behind a Sneezing Cow (Whistlers and Jugglers Press 2002)
I got it from the Cows (Whistlers and Jugglers Press 2002)
Big Boy Out Loud (Whistlers and Jugglers Press 1998)

Albums

Headwinded (2007)

Magazines.

New York times Magazine
Esquire
Outside
Backpacker
Orion
Salon.com
Men’s Health (contributing editor)

Other

NPR, All Things Considered

Website: www.sneezingcow.com

Carol Berg, Books:

The Rai-Kirah Series
Transformation (Roc, 2000)
Revelation (Roc, 2001)
Restoration (Roc, 2002)

The Bridge of D’Arnath Series
Son of Avonar (Roc, 2004)
Guardians of the Keep (Roc, 2004)
The Soul Weaver (Roc, 2005)
Daughter of Ancients (Roc, 2005)

Other Works
Song of the Beast (Roc, 2003, Colorado Book Award Winner)
Flesh and Spirit (Roc Trade, May, 2007)
Breath and Bone
Elemental Magic, an anthology of romantic fantasy including novella, Unmasking. (2007)

Awards:
Compton Crook Award, Finalist 2001. (Transformation)
Barnes & Noble Maiden Voyage Award, Finalist 2000 (Transformation)
Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, Best Epic Fantasy, Finalist 2002. (Restoration)
Colorado Book Award, Winner 2003. (Song of the Beast)
Geffen Award, Best Translated Fantasy, Winner 2005. (Transformation)
RWA-FFP Prism Award, Best Romantic Fantasy 2006. (Daughter of Ancients)

Website: www.carolberg.com

WIN THIS BIKE!

Win this bike in our Kids Writers' Contest!

If you're 18 or less, you can enter a story, poem, or essay, 15 pages or less. Deadline for entries is May 15.

Prizes are:

High School Writers: A NINTENDO Wii
Middle School Writers: PORTABLE DVD PLAYER
Young Writers: TREK MOUNTAIN 220

Winners will be announced May 31st

Get wrtiting now, and get your entries to the Youth Department before May 15th!

One entry per student.

12 point Times New Roman Font.
Double-spaced.
Maximum 15 pages.

* Please include 2 copies with author’s name and phone number *