Bibbie was Tompkins County Poet Laureate for 2023 and 2024. Ms. Bibbie has self-published 17 books.

Book Titles: Why Me; Flow; Priceless Present; Waiting Room

Harris, a Northern Appalachian writer from the Allegheny Mountains, writes novels, short stories, poems and essays. She searches for truth in the light and the darkness.

Book Titles: Broken Open, Awash in Color( poetry)Allegheny Dream, ‘Geechee Girls, The Raven’s Tale( Novels), Dwelling Space, Carry Light, Carry Fire

Hertzler has a 50+ year career as an actor,director and writer. Credits include ZORRO, STAR TREK, Seinfeld, etc. Stage: Cornell, Broadway, ACT (San Fran.), Guthrie, Kennedy Center.

http://www.boldventurepress.com

Book Titles: Confessions of Klingon Linebacker, Left Hand of Destiny

Jasper is an educator who also loves creative art forms from writing to theatre. Exploring Ithaca with cat walks is fascinating!

https://www.instagram.com/fj10ster/feed/

Book Title: The Cats in My Neighborhood Explore Downtown Ithaca

Kinal is a writer, book artist, marketing consultant, feminist, bioregionalist and publisher. And, yes, that is her real name, awarded to her at birth by far-seeing parents. Kinal lives in Berkeley, California and western New York.

https://destinykinal.com

Book Titles: Burning Silk; Linen Shroud; Oil & Water

Lovely is a NY-based creative director and author of quotable. Quotable is an art-driven quote book with inspiration for all ages on every page.

http://alexislovely.com/books

Book Title: Quotable

Green is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University. His novel The Shah of Texas was published this year by Gold Wake Press.

http://www.boldventurepress.com

Book Title: The Shah of Texas

Jaros Champion lives in Ithaca, NY, where she serves her community as a County Legislator.

Amandakjaros.com

Book Titles: 100 Things to Do in Ithaca Before You Die, In My Boots: A Memoir of Five Million Steps Along the Appalachian Trail, Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Staff Anthology

Sandpiper lives with her family and cat. When she's not writing, she's working on other ways to bring good times and imagination to people in the hospitality industry. In her downtime, she is looking to uncover new things, whether it's a recipe, a book, an art technique or a new place to visit.

https://sites.google.com/view/morganasandpiper

Book Title: Soulmateless

Local author, Karamardian, has combined family history, local history, and personal history into an engaging fictionalized series grounded in her ancestors' journey from Syria to Ithaca, NY against the background of world wars and genocides. Readers appreciate the storytelling and also what is learned about lessor known cultures and resilience in a timely deepdive into the immigration story.

DeniceKaramardian.com

Book Titles: Odar Series (Three books): Jido, Silence, and Amirkans

Nonas taught screenwriting and writing for emerging media at Ithaca College for twenty-five years. She is the author of four published novels. The most recent, Grace Period, came out in 2024. She is currently working on a sequel.

elisabethnonas.com

Book Title: Grace Period

Weber is a retired FBI agent, a former television journalist, and the host of the popular true crime podcast, Caught In My Web. The Bald-Faced Deception is her debut novel.

http://JodeneWeber.com

Book Title: The Bald-Faced Deception

Gonzales has lived in Chicago, Mexico City, and Oberlin, Ohio, but has spent most of his life in upstate New York. He lives with his wife in Ithaca, New York.

http://lsupress.org/9780807185438/return-of-the-lost-son/

Book Title: Return of the Lost Son

Xiaolin Spires is the author of the novella ELLIPSES and a Pushcart-nominated speculative fiction writer and poet. She has a Ph.D. in Anthropology and currently lives in the Finger Lakes, New York after residing in Hawa’i, Chicago, Manhattan and various parts of Asia. Her short stories appear in publications such as Clarkesworld, Uncanny and Nature Journal and have been selected for The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories, Year’s Best Hardcore Horror, The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories and The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time Stories.

Book Titles: Ellipses, The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories, The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories, The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time Stories

Radley is a self-published author, educator, and advocate for women’s empowerment. She writes heartfelt fiction and poetry that explore themes of friendship, resilience, and self-discovery. Her latest novel, Lunch Break, was inspired by real-life conversations shared among coworkers in an elementary school breakroom.

http://www.theresaeradleyauthor.com

Book Titles: Lunch Break, Speechless, This is Me, Her Story

Brody is a passionate Jewish educator, writer, reader, and crochet enthusiast. She is the author of multiple books of poetry, a historical fiction mixture of poetry and prose, and a murder mystery. In addition to writing, Suzanne serves as the Director of Ithaca Beit Midrash (ithacabeitmidrash.com), and is both a member of the CJLS and the JEA board.

www.silverbowpublishing.com/suzanne-brody.html

Book Title: Body on the Bima

Lloyd is a writer and poet from Upstate NY, whose experience growing up with an artificial heart valve and pacemaker contributes to her #ownvoices perspective.

Book Titles: Chronic Defiance, The Cruelty of a Door

Scherling is a director and lecturer at Columbia University. She teaches in the Tech, Policy, and Innovation concentration. She is the founder of the Cyber Care Institute and co-founder of Civic Art Lab. The Future of Hacking: The Rise of Cybercrime and the Fight to Keep Us Safe (Bloomsbury, 2025) is her fourth book. Her previous books include Ethics in Design and Communication (Bloomsbury) , Digital Transformation in Design (transcript), and Product Design, Technology, and Social Change (Intellect). She is a contributor to Tech Policy Press. Scherling is passionate about tech ethics, Internet freedom, and cybersecurity awareness.

http://laurascherling.info/

Book Titles: The Future of Hacking: The Rise of Cybercrime and the Fight to Keep Us Safe