Bainbridge Island Friends of the Library

The following is a list of authors who live or have lived on Bainbridge Island.  It is a 'list-in-progress', based on information gathered from diverse sources - Bainbridge Public Library (www.bainbridgepubliclibrary.org) volunteers, the Field's End (www.fieldsend.org/about.html) writing community, the Kitsap Regional Library (www.krl.org) book collection, the helpful staff at Eagle Harbor Books (www.eagleharborbooks.com), and various on-line sources. To read a short description of an author's work and links to their books, click on a name.  More authors are being added on a regular basis so keep checking back.  If you know of a Bainbridge author but don't see him or her on the list, or if you notice an error in one of the write-ups, email us at books4all@bifriends.org.

 

Surname of Author:  A-D   E-J   K-O   P-S   T-Z 

 

Kathleen Alcala - Adult Fiction

Dan Allender - Self-Help

Henrietta Alsdorf - Memoir

Juliette Aristides - Drawing and Painting

Greg Atkinson - Cooking, Entertainment

Arthur and Henry Bacon - Children's Book

Maggie Ball - Quilting

Bruce Barcott - Environment

Venera Di Bella Barles - Memoir, Mystery

Jill Barnett - Romance, Adult Fiction

Ann Bauer - Food Writer, Essayist

Barbara Berger - Children's Books

Don Berry - Historical Fiction, Eastern Mysticism

Linda Bierds - Poetry

Ruth Bjorklund - Children's Books on Health, Geography, History, and Animals

Claudia Black - Self-Help, Addictive Behavior

Eileen Black, Rosemary Shaw - Cookbook, Local Interest

Tyler Blackwood - Romantic Fantasies / Fantasy Fiction

Andrea von Botefuhr - Children's Books, Art

Debbie Brainerd - Children's Book

Bill Branley - Adult Fiction

Paul Brians - Grammarian, Comparative Literature

Judith Reynolds Brown - Cultural Diversity, Fiction

Colin Bull - Scientist, Explorer

Frank Buxton - Broadcast History, Screenwriter, Television Host

Karen Carncross - Christian Spirituality

Carol Cassella - Adult Fiction

Irene Clark, Liz Matteson, Alexandra Rust, Judith Weinstock - Cookbook, Local Interest

Barbara Clarke - Memoir

Ann Combs - Local Interest, Memoirs, Children's Books

Pat Moffitt Cook - Musical Healing

Dick Couch - Adult Fiction, Military Documentaries

Jennifer Culkin - Memoir

Barbara J. Denk - Gardening

Beverly Dight - Poetry

Mary Victoria Dombrowski - Plays, Poetry, Documentaries

Patrick Donovan - Naturopathic Medicine, Self-Help

Rosemarie Heather Dowell and Gerald William Dowell - Local Interest, Art

 

Mishabae Edmond - Yoga

Leatrice Eiseman - Colors, Wardrobe, Interior Design

Jerry Elfendahl - Local History

Dave Emerald - Leadership, Self-Help

Jonathan Evison - Adult Fiction

Tony Ferrante and Paulette Jacobson - Young Adult, Gender Issues

Anthony Flacco - Suspense, True Crime, Screenwriter

Jamie Ford - Adult Fiction

Jeannette Franks - Retirement Living Options

Ted S. Frost - Business

Alan Furst - Historical Espionage

Jeff Groman - Cycling

John Van Wyck Gould - Adult Fiction

Vincent H. Gowen - Memoirs, Christian Spirituality

David Guterson - Adult Fiction

Mary Guterson - Adult Fiction

Julie Hall - Children's Books, Poetry

Kristin Hannah - Adult Fiction

Drew Derrick Hansen - Civil Rights Movement

Jordan Harrison - Playwright

Cathi Hepworth - Children's Books

Brian Herbert - Science Fiction

Byron Holcomb - Adult Fiction

Meagan Holub - Massage Therapy Business

John Houde - Forensics

Woodleigh Marx Hubbard - Children's Books, Art

Jeanne Huber - Home Improvement

K. Wind Hughes - Young Adult, Self-Help

Susan K. Hylen - Poet, Photography

Natalia Ilyin - Cultural Criticism

Jay Inslee - Clean Energy

George W. Jareke and Nancy K. Plant - Law

A.E. Jeffcoat - U.S. History, Christian Spirituality

Earl C. Johnson - 9/11 Survivor's Story

Russell Johnson - Memoir, TV Actor

Peggy Julian - Poetry

Tom Kelly - Real Estate

Kenneth Klein - Memoir

Ron Konzak - Local Interest, Cooking, Self-help

David Korten - Economic Policy

K.D. Kragen - Science Fiction

Kristin von Kreisler - Animals

Dick Krutch - Local Interest, Law

Drew Kunz - Poetry, Art

Karla Kuskin - Children's Books, Art

Ronald G. Laes - National Security

Chapple Langemack - Booktalks, Hosting Author Events

Lolita T. Lanning - Animals

Ila G. Lee - Memoir, Lighthouse History

Nikia Speliakos Clark Leopold - Children's Books

Charles W. Lindenberg - Local Interest, Navy

Michael Lisagor - Self-Help, Buddhist Spirituality

George Little & David Lewis - Gardening, Sculpture, Art

Ann Lovejoy - Gardening

Minnie Rose Lovgreen - Farming, Local Interest

Sharlene Martin - Publishing, Literary Management

Mickey Molnaire - Local Interest

Fred Moody - Local Interest, Documentaries

Donna Moore - Adult Fiction, Local Interest, Haiku

Theresa Morrow - Architecture, Guide Books

James F. Nagle - History

Margaret Nevinski - Children's Books

Kathleen O'Brien and Kathleen Smith - Green Design

Jack Olsen - Suspense, True Crime

 

Jessie M. Page - Memoir

Kirsten Blythe Painter - Comparative Literature/Poetry

Stuart Franklin Platt - US Military, Iraq and Afganistan

Tina Barbaro Polis - Poetry, Spirituality

Darryl Ponicsan / Anne Argula - Adult Fiction, Screenwriter, Mystery

Jack Prelutsky - Children's Books

Andrew Price, Jr. - Local History

Steven Purcell - Christian Spirituality

J.J. Pritchard - Juvenile Fictrion

Christine Quinn - Cooking

Warren Read - Memoir, Adult Fiction

Tom Reaney - Travel Information

Ron Reiersen - Children's Book

Sheila Roberts - Romance

Sally Robison - Local Interest

Joel Sackett - Local Interest, Photography

Robert Santelli - History of American Music

Gretchen Scoble - Flowers, Herbs, Weddings

Suzanne Selfors - Children's Books

Tamara Kaye Sellman - Short Stories, Articles, Professional Blogs, Poems

George Shannon - Children's Books

Alice Shorett - Local Interest

Dave Shorett - Fishing and Walking Guides, Local Interest

Susan R Sloan - Suspense

Phoebe Smith - Local Interest

Patrick Snow - Self-Help, Publishing

James Snydal - Poet

Joanne Spalding-Stacy - Juvenile Fiction

Richard Stine - Art

Shreve Stockton - Animals

Brian Strause - Adult Fiction

Jean Strauss - Adoption, Sound of Music

Garth Sundem - Geek Humor, Young Adult Book, Educational Aids

 

Jordan Taylor - Animals, Short Story

Bryan Tomasovich - Poet

Tom Tyner - Local Interest

Joe Upton - Fishing & Boating

Ed Viesturs - Mountaineering

Tommy Walker - Autobiography

Andrew Ward - Historian, Local Interest

Katy Warner - Local History

Elsa Watson - Romance

Judith Weinstock - Cookbook, Local Interest

James K Wellman - Comparative Religion

Rebecca Wells - Adult Fiction

Charlotte Welsh - Historical Fiction

Neva Welton - Young Adult Self-Help, Community Film Festival

Jim Whiting - Children's Books, Sports

Susan Wiggs - Romance

Norman D. Willis - Logic Puzzles

John Willson - Poetry

Sharon Winn - Self-Help

Barbara Winther - Children and Juvenile Folk Tales, Local History

Linda Wolf - Young Adult Self-Help, Photography

Mary Woodward - Local History

Donna Zajonc - Public Leadership, Politics