Seventy authors will take part in the fourth Ohio River Festival of Books, March 7-8, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena Conference Center in Huntington, W.Va.

FEATURED AUTHORS: Lisa Scottoline .  Denise Wiles Adams . Michelangelo Altiere . Laura Treacy Bentley . Jon Carloftis . Shutta Crum . Debbie Dadey . Jack Dickinson . Mark DeFoe . Joe Geiger . Dave Lieber . Ken and Melanie Light .   Dr. Allen H. Loughry II . Mary Alice Mairose . Sharyn McCrumb . John McKernan . Jean Edward Smith . Kevin Stewart 

I should give Dave Lieber a special mention. Among the many writers at this book festival, Lieber used to be a reporter at The Charleston Gazette. He was a fine reporter, even back in his youthful days in W.Va.

He’s a humorist, storyteller and award-winning columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

ALSO TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BE SIGNING AND SELLING BOOKS: Jennifer Adkins . John Becker . Jeff Biggers . Laura Boggess . Rebecca Brock . Tim Callahan . Melinda Spiker Chambers . Barbara Christian . D. R. Cook . Loretta Craig . F. Keith Davis . Adam M. Dean . Jack Dickinson . Jack DuArte . Sharon Evans-Rose . Tod Faller . Danny Fulks . Brian J. Hatcher . Mark J. Hovee . Linda Jitmoud . Angela Sue Johnson . John Kachuba  . Tracy Kincaid . Michael Knost . Lora Leigh . Tim McGhee . Lola Roush Miller . Susan Nicholas . Clyde Roy Pack . F. T. Pandora . Claudia Pemberton  . Rick Robinson . Carter Taylor Seaton . Kimberly S. Seigh . Laurie Sorensen . Del Staecker . Don Stansberry . Jim Strawn . Chuck Stump . Susan Sturgill . Doug Thompson . Shiloh Walker . Bob Withers . and more

PROGRAMS INCLUDE: Dr. Chris Green, discussing “Coal: A Poetry Anthology.” He is chair of the upcoming Appalachian Studies Association Conference to be held at Marshall University from March 28-30.   … Panel on Identification of Rare Books and Ephemera: Gordon Simmons, Chris Hatten, and David Owens … WV Poets featuring Irene McKinney, Mark Defoe & Dr. John McKernan … Book Publishing and Agents … West Virginia Political Non-Fiction … Dr. Allen H. Loughry II … mystery author Lisa Scottoline … Madcap Puppet Theatre … Poetry Alive! … Epistolary literature

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