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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Federico Erebia
Federico Erebia is a retired physician, woodworker, author, poet, and illustrator. He received a BA from the College of Wooster, and an MD from Brown University. He will receive the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Exceptional New Writer. Other distinctions for his debut novel, Pedro & Daniel (Levine Querido 2023) include: 2024 Ohioana Book Award, finalist; 2024 Massachusetts Book Award, longlist; 2024 Américas Book Award, Commended Title; 2024 Bank Street BEST BOOK; 2023 Kirkus BEST BOOK; and starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness. He and his husband live near Boston, Massachusetts. https://fjebooks.com/index.html
Alex Erickson
Alex Erickson is the author of both the Bookstore Café and the Furever Pets mysteries. When he’s not writing, he enjoys spending his time gaming or playing music. He lives in Ohio with his wife, son, and their three crazy cats. He can be found online at alexericksonbooks.com/
Terry W. Ervin , II
Terry W. Ervin II is an English teacher who enjoys writing fantasy and science fiction. His science fiction novels include Relic Tech and Relic Hunted (Crax War Chronicles), and Thunder Wells, a post-apocalyptic alien invasion novel. Genre Shotgun is Terry’s short story collection. It includes SF, mystery, horror/suspense and inspirational tales.
Terry’s post-apocalyptic fantasy series, First Civilization’s Legacy, includes Flank Hawk, Blood Sword and Soul Forge. His newest series (Fantasy/LitRPG) Monsters, Maces and Magic includes Outpost, and Betrayal.
He is currently working on Relic Shield, the third novel in the Crax War Chronicles and Guild, the third installment in the Monsters, Maces and Magic series.
To contact Terry or to learn more about his writing endeavors, visit his website at http://www.ervin-author.com.
Harmony Evans
Harmony Evans lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a single mom to a beautiful daughter who makes her grateful for life daily. Evans is an award-winning author for Harlequin Kimani Romance, the leading publisher of African-American romance. Evans was a 2012 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Awards Double-Finalist (“First Series Romance” and “Kimani Romance”), and was the recipient of the 2013 Romance Slam Jam Emma Award for “Debut Author of the Year.” She is a member of Romance Writers of America. See more at http://www.harmonyevans.com/
Phil Farina
Phil Farina has spent the better part of his professional career in marketing. He has always enjoyed telling a good story and, as such, began writing as a hobby. His first work, Gravesend was published in 2015 and has been well received by readers of all ages. There are now a total of five completed books in the series, the most recent of which is The Sweet Embrace of Death (2024). Phil grew up in New York and moved to the Midwest, “to get away from the hustle and bustle” of the big city. He and his wife Cathy moved to Ohio and raised two children, Rick and Chris.
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Michael Fehskens
Michael Fehskens studied illustration at Columbus College of Art & Design. Dedicated to authoring & illustrating books for all ages, and of many kinds. Library assistant and bookmobile driver for Clark County Public Library.
Brad Felver
Brad Felver is a fiction writer, essayist, and teacher of writing. His debut collection of stories, The Dogs of Detroit, won the 2018 Drue Heinz Literature Prize and is forthcoming from the University of Pittsburgh Press in September 2018.
His fiction and essays have appeared widely in magazines such as One Story, New England Review, Colorado Review, Hunger Mountain, and many others. His honors include the O. Henry Award, a Pushcart Prize Special Mention, and the Zone 3 Fiction Prize.
He lives in northern Ohio with his wife and two sons.
Annamarie Fernyak
Annamarie Fernyak is the founder of the mindful education company, Mind Body Align. She is an award-winning community leader who lives and works to make life better in downtown Mansfield, Ohio. She is the author of The Right Side of Happiness, and is an educator, speaker, podcast guest, and writer on building resilience and living mindfully, in the present moment as the path to a life of true happiness and contentment. Mind Body Align teaches hundreds of students and educators each year how to pay focused attention, practice kindness, and share gratitude.
Annamarie is the co-author of a 16-book series for children and is the vision behind the main character, Tia, a butterfly, and Dwight, a grasshopper, two of the delightful inhabitants of a special garden labyrinth. These books teach children skills of self-regulation, how to navigate disagreement, to manage anxiety, and more. This series is set in a real-life labyrinth at Annamarie’s farm in Lucas, Ohio.
David S. FitzSimmons
David FitzSimmons is an award-winning free-lance photographer and writer. His nonfiction picture books have won twelve national book awards, including an IBPA Best Picture Book award in 2016. His Curious Critters children’s picture books have sold over 100,000 copies. A life-long educator, David has taught on all grade levels and now frequently visits schools to talk about connecting children and nature.