Crickhollow Books (by Author Names)

Bial, Raymond
Raymond Bial is the acclaimed author of more than 100 books for children and adults, including many acclaimed photo-documentary books such as Amish Home, The Underground Railroad, Where Lincoln Walked, Nauvoo, Ellis Island, and others. His previous ghost stories include The Fresh Grave, The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek, and Shadow Island. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.

DRIPPING BLOOD CAVE
And Other Ghostly Stories
by Raymond Bial • $13.95 • Softcover • October 2010
Humorous ghost stories for ages 8–12 and up.

Demuth, Emily & Hilda
Emily Demuth is a school library/media aide and freelance writer who lives in Elmhurst, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, with her husband and three children. She has done freelance writing for many years, primarily devotionals, curricula, and global education resources for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Augsburg Fortress Publishers.

Hilda Demuth is a high school English teacher who lives lives in a farmhouse in Northwest Indiana near Valparaiso, Indiana. with her husband and three children. She also plays in a contra dance band called the Hoosier Recruits.

PLANK ROAD SUMMER
A middle-grade historical novel, with an Underground Railroad subplot
by Hilda & Emily Demuth • $13.95 • Softcover • 2009
"Transports readers back to the sights and sounds, and the dangers and joys, of Wisconsin, 1852.”

George, Linda
Linda George is an experienced professional writer, teacher, and novelist known for her coaching of beginning writers in the Southwest. She lives in West Texas.

FILL-IN-THE-BLANK PLOTTING
A Guide to Outlining a Novel Using the Hero’s Journey & Three-Act Structure
by Linda George • $14.00 • Softcover • 2009
Combines the two top proven plot structures: the Hero’s Journey and the Three-Act Structure.

Hayes, Nicholas D.
Nick Hayes is a market researcher and partner at the consulting firm FiveTwelve Group, and is active in the Milwaukee sailing scene. Nick has studied sailing, sailors, and sailing clubs for years, and interviewed over 1,200 sailors worldwide since 2003 for his book, Saving Sailing. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

SAVING SAILING
by Nicholas D. Hayes
$22 • Softcover • October 2009
$12.99 • eBook • August 2010
A compelling case for choosing to spend free time better through lifelong pastimes like sailing.

Kamberg, Mary-Lane
Mary-Lane Kamberg is director of a summer writing camp in Kansas for young writers. She has a journalism degree from the University of Kansas and has authored 11 books, including Bono: Fighting World Hunger and Poverty (Rosen Publishing, 2008) and The “I Don’t Know How To Cook” Book (Adams Media, 2004). She has also published hundreds of articles, short stories, and poems. She lives in Olathe, Kansas, near Kansas City.

THE I LOVE TO WRITE BOOK
Ideas & Tips for Young Writers
by Mary-Lane Kamberg • $16.95 • Softcover • 2008
A get-started guide for young writers, with tips, techniques, and templates for writing success and satisfaction.

Martin, Frank Wayne (with Nancy Martin)
Frank Wayne Martin was a World War II veteran who served as a scout for Patton on his march across Europe. Born in Massachusetts, he lived in the Milwaukee area for the last years of his life until he passed away in January 2010, not long after this publication of his memoirs.

Nancy Martin is his daughter-in-law; working closely with her father-in-law, she helped to compile his stories in the memoir, Patton’s Lucky Scout. She also lives in the Glendale / Milwaukee area. (No relation, by the way, to Philip Martin; see next entry below.)

PATTON'S LUCKY SCOUT
The Adventures of a Forward Observer for General Patton and the Third Army in Europe
by Frank Wayne Martin, with Nancy Martin • $18.95 • Softcover • 2009
A World War II memoir by a scout for General Patton and the famed Third Army on the move across Europe.

Martin, Philip
Philip Martin is a folklorist, award-winning author, and book editor who has worked with award-winning children’s and adult fiction. He has produced audio, photo-documentary, and written studies of cultural heritage, as well as instructional guides for writers, and is series editor of an occasional anthology on craft and career for writers, The New Writer’s Handbook. He directs Great Lakes Literary, a consulting firm that helps authors and small organizations get their best work published. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For more, visit www.greatlakeslit.com.

A GUIDE TO FANTASY LITERATURE
Thoughts on Stories of Wonder & Enchantment
by Philip Martin • $16.95 • Softcover • 2009
A look at fantasy literature and why it is so popular today.

Niewenhuis, Loreen
Loreen Niewenhuis writes short stories and essays, with her work published in literary journals, including the Antioch Review and Bellevue Literary Review. Her short-story collection, Scar Tissue, was a finalist in the 2009 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. She lives in Battle Creek, Michigan. For more, visit www.loreenniewenhuis.com.

A 1,000-MILE WALK ON THE BEACH
One Woman’s Trek of the Perimeter of Lake Michigan
by Loreen Niewenhuis • $16.95 • Softcover • March 2011
Traces one woman's 1,000-mile walk around Lake Michigan in 2009.

Risch, Laurie
Laurie Risch is a Madison, Wisconsin, writer and editor. She has taught composition in public and private secondary schools and is currently working on several children’s books. She also serves as a grant writer for Write Now! Consulting.

GRANT WRITING MADE SIMPLE
by Sally Stanton & Laurie Risch • $16 • Softcover • 2009
A quick survival guide for the new grant writer.

Smith, Sylvia Dickey
Sylvia Dickey Smith was born in Orange, Texas, and lived there through her high school years. She now lives in Georgetown, Texas (not far from Austin). She is also the author of a popular mystery series featuring Sidra Smart, private eye, set in the borderlands where Texas and Louisiana meet.

A WAR OF HER OWN
A Novel of the World War II Homefront
by Sylvia Dickey Smith • $16.95 • Softcover • September 2010
A tale of wartime passions in 1943 on the World War II homefront in Orange, Texas.

Stanton, Sally
Sally Stanton teaches grant writing and professional communication at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Mount Mary College, and Carroll University. She is also a freelance consultant, and directs Write Now! Consulting, a firm offering research, writing, and editing services for nonprofits. She lives in Milwaukee.

GRANT WRITING MADE SIMPLE
by Sally Stanton & Laurie Risch • $16 • Softcover • 2009
A quick survival guide for the new grant writer.