Authors - Oregon State Fair

Authors Table

Mystery and fantasy will be highlighted this year at the Oregon Authors Table of the State Fair in Salem August 22 to September 1. But with 59 different authors attending, there will be something for everyone to read – literally.

For a sampling, check out these five local authors, all of them new to the fair this year, and all of them with books that have been released recently.

Mollie Hunt

Ghost Cat on the Midway

Mollie Hunt of Portland lives in a house full of cats. She also volunteers at an animal shelter. Naturally, her 31 books are mostly cozy novels about cats. The latest in her Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries, “Crafty Cat,” involves a murdered Portland quilter and a stolen feline. “Ghost Cat on the Midway” is a paranormal cat mystery set at a county fair. Hunt will be autographing her books at the Oregon State Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, August 29.

Patty Jager

Crapshoot

Paty Jager lives on a remote ranch east of Burns, and admits that she wants her husband to buy hay equipment for her birthday. Surprise! Her 60 novels have western themes. Among the newest are a rodeo romance (“Collateral Love”), the story of a Black woman’s daring marriage in the Old West (“Freedom”), and “Crapshoot”, a thriller about a fentanyl drug cartel infiltrating a tribal casino. Jager will be at the fair all day Sunday, August 24 and Monday, August 25.

Robert Liebertz

Gerard's Map

Robert Liebertz of Gresham spent 30 years handling chaos as a Portland 911 dispatcher, but in his free time he dreamed of being a pirate. After attending pirate festivals for decades, he started writing novels about an accidental pirate – Gerard, an 18th-century English lad who finds himself shipwrecked on an island with a crew of pirates who need an honest leader. “Gerard’s Map,” is the fifth and final book in this adventure series. Liebertz will be at the Oregon Authors Table all day on Sunday, August 31 and Monday, September 1.

KD Lumsden

Land of Cannibals

Queer fantasy adventure – that’s a new but rapidly growing genre embraced by KD Lumsden, an imaginative dyslexic author who lives on a farm outside Eugene. In the series “The Metalist’s Journey” a young gay man is left for dead by his father on an alien planet, where he has to cope with telepaths, shapeshifters, and a man named Kipp. Could this be an allegory for queerness? The fourth and most recent volume, “Land of Cannibals”, poses the further assessment: If cannibals can shapeshift, no one is safe. Lumsden is scheduled to appear at the State Fair all day on Friday, August 22 and Wednesday, August 27.

Heather Ames

Trick or Truth

Heather Ames of Salem has hitchhiked around Europe, lived in a 6th floor walk-up in Paris, and worked as a bartender in Madrid. During a long career in health care, she saw mangled bodies and carried pepper spray while treating patients in the barrios of Los Angeles. Now she’s bringing adventure home with a series of cozy murder mysteries set in the Willamette Valley. Her latest, “Trick or Truth”, involves a haunted house in Stayton where a psychic is called to discern whodunnit. Ames will be signing her books 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, August 22; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 24; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, August 29.

Friday, August 22

10 a.m. – 2 p.m, Linda Caradine (memoir)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Jean Moule (essays, children’s)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Tim Ream (novel)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Jerry Sutherland (Oregon history)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Heather Ames (mystery)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Bill Burt (Christian fantasy)
10 a.m – 8 p.m, Jennifer Chambers (Oregon history)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Lisa Lowell (fantasy)
10am-8pm, KD Lumsden (fantasy)
10am-8pm, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
10 a.m – 8 p.m, Edwin Wollert (historical fiction)
2 – 8 p.m, Ron Tinsley (memoir)

Saturday, August 23

10 a.m – 2 p.m, Angela Hampton (memoir)
10 a.m – 2 p.m, Francesca Varela (novels)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Maya Bairey (novel)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Jerry Sutherland (Oregon history)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Pumpjack Press (fiction)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Cheryl Wanner (young adult)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Dan Armstrong (novels)
10 a.m. – 8 p. m, David Lewis (Oregon history)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Susan Maas (young adult)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Edwin Wollert (historical fiction)
2 – 6 p.m, Georgia Cockerham (mystery)
2 – 8 p.m, H.Christ Preuitt (Memoir)
4 – 8 p.m, Mike Salt (horror)

Sunday, August 24

10 a.m. – 2 p.m, Heather Ames (mystery)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m, Angela Hampton (cycling memoirs)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Georgia Cockerham (mystery)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Sharleen Nelson (novels)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Kendy Pearson (historical fiction)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Dan Armstrong (novels)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Barry Craft (fiction)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Paty Jager (Western mystery)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Dan Shryock (cycling memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, George Sorensen (memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
2 – 8 p.m, June Reynolds (Oregon history)
4 – 8 p.m, Mike Salt (horror)

Monday, August 25

10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Valarie Anderson (WWII history)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Joe Blakely (Oregon history)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Beauford Averette (fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Paty Jager (Western mystery)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Jason Kilgore (horror, fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, George Sorensen (memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)

Tuesday, August 26

10 a.m. – 2 p.m, Michael Pace (WWII novel)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Kendy Pearson (historical fiction)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Cheryl Wanner (young adult)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Beauford Averette (fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Jason Kilgore (horror, fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Katharine Munson (fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Eva Seyler (young adult)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Dan Shryock (cycling memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
2 – 4 p.m, Donna Hues (mystery)

Wednesday, August 27

10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Michael Kemp (nonfiction)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Kendy Pearson (historical fiction)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
10 a.m – 8 p.m, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Jason Kilgore (horror, fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, KD Lumsden (fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Arlene Sachitano (mysteries)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Audrey Sauble (children’s)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Eva Seyler (young adult)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m. – Kathryn Henderson (children’s)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)

Thursday, August 28

10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Guy Maynard (memoir)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Cheryl Wanner (young adult)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Curtis Condon (young adult)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Jason Kilgore (horror, fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Lisa Lowell (fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Donna McFarland (children’s)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Arlene Sachitano (mysteries)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
4 – 6 p.m, Donna Hues (mystery)

Friday, August 29

10 a.m. – 2 p.m, Mollie Hunt (mysteries)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Heather Ames (mysteries)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Dani Nichols (children’s)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Guy Maynard (memoirs)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Donna McFarland (children’s)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Jason Kilgore (horror, fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, David Lewis (Oregon history)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Arlene Sachitano (mysteries)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
2 – 6 p.m, Rebecca Lexa (natural history)
4 – 8 p.m, Katherine Munson (fantasy)

Saturday, August 30

10 a.m. – 2 p.m, Dani Nichols (children’s)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Doug Beisley (children’s)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Ellen & Christopher Huntington (fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Jason Kilgore (horror, fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Lisa Lowell (children’s)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Katherine Munson (fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Arlene Sachitano (mysteries)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Kate Hamberger Yakis (memoir)

Sunday, August 31

10 a.m. – 2 p.m, Sarah Munro (Timberline Lodge)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m, Cheryl Smith (goats, novels)
10 a.m. -4pm, Jean Moule (children’s)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Jerry Sutherland (Oregon history)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Chelsey Elise Young (Christian)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Jason Kilgore (horror, fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Robert Liebertz (novels)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Arlene Sachitano (mysteries)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
2 – 8 p.m, Paula Wart (children’s)
2 – 8 p.m, Barbara Hettwer (historical fiction)
4 – 8 p.m, Mireya DeYoung (children’s)

Monday, September 1

10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Joe Blakely (Oregon history, novels)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Jean Moule (essays, fiction)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m, Jerry Sutherland (Oregon history)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Mireya DeYoung (children’s)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Burt (Christian fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, David Espinoza (sports, memoir)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Jason Kilgore (horror, fantasy)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Julie Kooch (Wallowa memoirs)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Robert Liebertz (novels)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, William Sullivan (hiking, novels)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Paula Wart (children’s)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m, Kathryn Henderson (children’s)

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