Birth Year (-Died Year)

1958

Birth City

Worthington

Birth State

MN

Current Location

Cripple Creek, CO

Phone (Public)

(719) 246-0231

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Author, Outdoor Writer, Photographer

Biography

I relocated to Woodland Park from the Parker, Colorado area in 2010, and then moved again to Cripple Creek in 2017. I have written several outdoor photography books, including a large body of work from the Pikes Peak area.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

Associate in Arts, Mission College Santa Clara, CA (1984)

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Organizations

* Professional Photographers of America
* Sierra Club
* Colorado Author's League
* Pikes Peak Writers

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

I have a wildlife photography presentation that was well-received at the Woodland Park Library.

Pseudonym

Linn LaVelle (only for one early novel)

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1948

Birth City

Oklahoma City

Birth State

OK

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Journalist/freelance writer

Biography

I have lived in Colorado Springs since 1969, worked as a reporter, writer, and editor at The Gazette for 32 years and have been a freelance writer for many years.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

* St. Cloud State University 1966-1969
* Southern Colorado State University, 1970-1971 (Bachelor of Science, teaching degree as a comprehensive English major)
* Workshops with Society of American Travel Writers for 10 years
* Poynter Institute writing workshop and other training while at The Gazette

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Organizations

* Recently, became Director Emeritus of the board of the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District (served 10 years)
* Still serve on the Program Committee and Communications Committee as a volunteer
* Also on the advisory board of the Karen Possehl Women's Endowment at UCCS (includes mentoring a non-traditional woman scholar) since 2006
* Recently joined Pikes Peak Writers

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Writing in general, writing a novel specifically, and travel writing.\

Birth City

Milwaukee

Birth State

WI

Current Location

El Paso County, CO

Occupation(s)

Author

Biography

K. L. Emanuelson is an Army veteran. She was a working cowgirl for many years, a horse trainer and a riding instructor. As a Beowulf scholar, she's presented at academic conferences and been published in the proceedings. She's entered the poetry, essay and short-short fiction divisions and won, at the Colorado Veterans Arts competitions, but now focuses upon writing her novels. She shares her ranch in the beautiful, historic Bijou Basin with her horses, dogs and cats. She's a historian with a focus upon pre-Viking early 6th century Scandinavia and the 19th century American West.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

MA-English/Language Arts

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Organizations

Pikes Peak Writers
Sons of Norway

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Beowulf, horses, including accurate horse portrayals in film and fiction, Viking and pre-Viking Norse culture, and cowboys/cowgirls

Birth City

Dallas

Birth State

TX

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Writer

Biography

Ethan reads all the time and writes so that you can read. He travels the world, ignoring the usual boundaries of space and time, collecting stories, which he loves to tell almost as much as Sparrow himself does.

He has visited more than 25 countries in person, and perhaps more than a hundred in books. He has also time-traveled to more than 40 different years in history. We won’t tell you exactly which ones.

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Speaker Availability

No