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2004 Plano Book Festival Panel List

The 3rd Annual Plano Book Festival is excited to bring you these top-notch panels! Various interests and subjects will be covered, so pick your favorite. For easy reference during the festival, print this page from your browser. See you there!

*Note: The following panel lists are subject to change. Plese check back for updates!*

3rd Annual Plano Book Festival Panel List

True Crimes

  • Gary M. Lavergne, author of Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law
  • Sydney Newman Dotson, author of No Greater Deception A True Texas Story
  • Carlton Stowers, author of Death in a Texas Desert
  • Dr. Paul Tracy, author of Who Killed Stephanie Crowe?

The Thrill of Mysteries

  • Lillian Stewart Carl, author of Lucifer’s Crown and Time Enough to Die
  • Cindy Daniel, author of Death Warmed Over
  • L.C. Hayden, author of When Colette Died
  • Steve Copling, author of The Listener

Good Reads: Literary Fiction

  • Maryann Miller, author of Play It Again Sam
  • William Manchee, author of Plastic Gods
  • Jane Roberts Wood, author of Roseborough
  • Ken C. Cross, author of The Witness
  • R.L. Hayden, author of Cover-Up: An Alternate Roswell Story

Lone Star Literature

  • Mary Cimarolli, author of The Bootlegger’s Other Daughter
  • Mackey Murdock, author of Chute #3
  • Paul Spellman John H. Rogers Texas Ranger
  • Jim Gramon, author of Legendary Texas Storytellers, Famous Texas Folklorists and Their Stories, and Fun Texas Festivals and Events

Through a Child’s Eyes

  • Murray McColloch, author of Book of Animals
  • Jane Roberts Wood, author of Mocha: The Real Doctor
  • Gisella Olivo Whittington, author of Pump the Bear
  • Matt Fuller, author of The Smart Little Saver

Books for Young Adults

  • Joyce Gibson Roach, author of Horned Toad Canyon
  • Paul Spellman, author of Race to Velasco
  • Marjorie Hodgson Parker, author of Assault: The Crippled Champion
  • Hazel Spire, author of Secret of the Seventh Gate and Homeward Tracks

Double Your Pleasure

  • Catherine Carrasco Lynch, author of Mi Abuelita
  • Helen West-Rodriguez, Ph.D. , author of Hands Across the Border (Manos a Traves de la Frontera)
  • Kelli Kyle Dominguez, author of The Perfect Pinata (La Pinata Perfecta)

Educated Parenting

  • Del-Metri Williams, author of As A Mom Thinketh
  • Dr. Lawana S. Gladney, author of If I Have To Tell You One More Time. . .
  • Lynda Morley, author of Outings & Adventures With Children and Ages 1-6 & Beyond

Writing Your Family History

  • Merle Volding, author of Family History DVD
  • Bill Dareing, author of The Pages of Time
  • John J. Roark, author of Joseph Roark His Life and Times

Publishing 101

  • Melanie Rigney
  • Dr. Barbara Wedgewood
  • Jeff Putnam
  • Bob Morris

Matters of the Heart: Stories of Families

  • Pam Stone, author of Women’s Guide to Living Alone
  • Pattie G. Fields, author of Curtain Call: A Mother Daughter Story of Triumph
    Over Adversity
  • Helen West-Rodriguez, Ph.D., and Carolyn King Dennis, M. Th., authors of When Mom and Dad Grow Old

Taking Care of Business

  • William Manchee, author of Yes, We’re Open
  • Trudy Bourgeois, author of Her Corner Office
  • Colleen Rickenbacher, CMP, CSEP, author of Be On Your Best Business Behavior

Money Matters

  • William Verkest, author of A Family Matter: A Guide to Organizing Your Estate
  • Matt Fuller, author of A Smart Little Saver
  • Suzanne Short, author of Wisdom Daddy Taught Me

Prescription for Healthy Relationships: A Little Dose of Humor

  • Jeannette Wright, author of Men Are Dogs

Building Stronger Relationships

  • Dr. Terry Parsons, author of The Intimacy Jungle
  • Joyce P. Buckner, Ph. D., author of Making Real Love Happen – The New ERA of Intimacy
  • Marlane Miller, author of Brainstyles for Lovers

The State of Affairs

  • Dr. Bill Baker, author of The Cultural Heritage of Arabs, Islam, and Middle East
  • Bill Hunter, author of God’s Covenant With America
  • Barr McClellan, author of Blood, Money, & Power: How LBJ Killed JFK

Health and Fitness

  • George DeJohn, author of Three Minutes to a Strong Mind and Fit Body
  • Dr. Len Lopez, author of Action Steps Journal: To Burn or Not to Burn
  • Dr. Christine Quatro, author of Delivering Fitness

Never Again: Self-Defense Guide for the Flying Public

  • Mark Bogosian, Tommy L. Hamilton, and Michael K. Regan, authors of Never Again Self-Defense Guide for the Flying Public

Historical Perspectives

  • Phil Livingston and Ed Roberts, authors of War Horse
  • Roy R. Fisher, Jr., and Susan Fisher Anderson, authors of The Lucky B . . . Club Letters to My Bride from the Left Seat
  • Sharon Hudgins, author of The Other Side of Russia: A Slice of Life in Siberia andthe Russian Far East

Individual Authors

  • Dick Armey, author of Armey’s Axioms
  • Jeff Crilley, author of Free Publicity
  • Robert Flynn, Paul Baker and the Integration of Abilities and Growing Up a Sullen Baptist and Other Lies
  • Jim Wilson (poet at gazebo), author of Distillations of a Life Just Lived and Coals to Diamonds
  • Ginnie Siena Bivona and Mitchel Whitington, author of Haunted Encounters, Real Life Stories of Supernatural Experiences
  • Presented by Alicia Sigur: What’s the Word? Vocabulary Workshop

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Last updated 3/17/2004