 
Authors on the Road
Authors on the Road, our Festival of Books-affiliated school program, seeks to unite South Dakota students (kindergarten to college) and sites outside the festival with some of the best writers in the country. The program offers support for schools, libraries, and other organizations across the state to host festival authors, from outstanding South Dakota writers to Pulitzer Prize-winning national attractions. Participants are rewarded as the authors share the joys and challenges of the writing life. In 2010, SDHC brought visits with such prized authors as 2010 Prairie Bud Award winner Peter Brown and Sibert Honor winner and National Geographic author Ann Bausum to roughly 3,000 individuals. Read below to find an author who would work well for your organization and find out How to Apply for SDHC support.
Application Guidelines
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Fill out an application form requesting up to $500 in assistance (the amount will depend on the author's fee, travel expenses, and other related costs of the visit). Preference will be given to applicants that can provide additional assistance through their school district or a community match, and to those on SDHC's underserved counties list:
Hosted One SDHC Program in 2009 or 2010: Aurora, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Hamlin, Harding, Hyde, Jackson, Lyman, McCook, Miner, Potter, Tripp, and Walworth counties
Hosted No SDHC Programs in 2009 or 2010: Edmunds, Haakon, Hanson, Jerauld, Jones, McPherson, Mellette, Moody, Perkins, Sanborn, Sully, Todd, and Ziebach counties
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Local program coordinators will be responsible for arranging author transportation, whether it be renting a vehicle for the author, picking the author up from a hotel, etc. Responsibilites also include providing authors with materials they may need (such as a projector). In some instances, author visits may fall outside the festival dates (Sept.28-30), in which case the applicant will be responsible for providing hotel accommodations.
Available Authors
Colleen Baldrica
• Author of Tree Spirited Woman
• http://colleenbaldrica.com
• Dates Available: October 7th
• Programs Recommended for elementary and high school
Laural Bidwell
• Author of Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills (Moon Travel Guides)
• http://www.moon.com/author-q-a/mount-rushmore-the-black-hills-laural-bidwell
• Dates Available: After the Festival
• Programs recommended for high school
Harry Bliss
• Illustrator of Diary of a Worm and Death by Laughter; Cartoonist for The New Yorker
• http://www.harrybliss.com
• Dates Available: After the Festival
• Programs recommended for elementary, high school, and university
• Please arrange transportation from Deadwood
Sandra Brannan
• Author of In the Belly of Jonah
• http://www.sandrabrannan.com
• Dates Available: Before or after the Festival
• Programs recommended for all ages
Toby Brusseau
• Photographer and author of I Am South Dakota
• http://www.88mphphoto.com
• Dates Available: Before or after the Festival
• Programs recommended for all ages
Margaret Coel
• Author of the Wind River Mystery Series
• http://www.margaretcoel.com
• Dates Available: After the Festival
• Programs recommended for high school and university
• Please arrange transportation from Deadwood
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
• Author of Then Badger Said This and The Power of Horses
• http://www.nativewiki.org/Elizabeth_Cook-Lynn
• Dates Available: After the Festival
• Programs recommended for university
Lorna Crozier
• Canadian poet an author of memoir Small Beneath the Sky: A Prairie Memoir
• http://www.lornacrozier.ca
• Dates Available: Before the Festival
• Programs recommended for university
• Please arrange transportation to and from Deadwood
Celia Day
• Author of Your Dog is in the Bar
• http://www.amazon.com/Your-Dog-Bar-Celia-Rensch/dp/1439248893
• Dates Available: Before the Festival
• Programs recommended for middle school and older
Larissa Fast Horse
• Ballet dancer, choreographer, and playwright
• http://www.hoganhorsestudio.com/HoganHorse/Writer_Home.html
• Dates Available: After the Festival
• Programs recommended for middle school and older
• Please arrange transportation from Deadwood
Diane Glancy
• Poet and author of The Dream of a Broken Field and Pushing the Bear, After the Trail of Tears
• http://www.dianeglancy.com
• Dates Available: Before or after the Festival
• Programs recommended for university
Stephen Graham Jones
• Author of It Came from Del Rio and All the Beautiful Sinners
• http://stephengrahamjones.net
• Dates Available: Before or after the Festival
• Programs recommended for all ages
• Please arrange transportation to and from Deadwood
June Harvey
• Author of An Incredible Life: True Stories Told by Clarence Riggs
• http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Life-Stories-Clarence-Riggs/dp/0615266800
• Dates Available: October 4th
• Programs recommended for elementary
Allison Hedge Coke
• Poet and author of Blood Run and Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer
• http://www.hedgecoke.net
• Dates Available: After the Festival
• Programs recommended for high school and university
• Please provide transportation from Deadwood
Suzanne Julin
• Author of A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles: Black Hills Tourism from 1880-1941
• http://sdshspress.wordpress.com/
• Dates Available: After the Festival
• Programs recommended for middle school and older
Bruce Junek & Tass Thacker
• Professional speakers and authors of Andes to the Amazon and The Road of Dreams: A Two-Year Bicycling and Hiking Adventure Around the World
• http://www.imagesoftheworld.com/brucetass/brucetasshome.html
• Dates Available: Before the Festival
• Programs recommended for all ages
Sam Kean
• Author of The Disappearing Spoon
• http://samkean.com/
• Dates Available: Before the Festival
• Programs recommended for university
Merlyn Magner
• Author of Come Into the Water: A Survivor’s Story
• http://www.sdshspress.com/index.php?&id=231&action=912
• Dates Available: After the Festival
• Programs recommended for all ages
Barbara Marshak
• Author of Hidden Heritage: The Story of Paul LaRoche
• http://www.barbaramarshak.com/
• Dates Available: October 5th to October 11th
• Programs recommended for middle/high school
Brenda K. Marshall
• Author of Dakota, Or What’s a Heaven For
• http://www.brendamarshallauthor.com/
• Dates Available: Before or after the Festival
• Programs recommended for high school and university
• Please arrange transportation to and from Deadwood
Marc Rasmussen
• Author of forthcoming history of 6-man football in SD
• Dates Available: Before the Festival
• Programs recommended for all ages
Jim Reese
• Poet of Ghost on 3rd and These Trespasses
• http://jimreese.org/
• Dates Available: Before the Festival
• Programs recommended for high school and university
Gary Schmidt
• Author of The Wednesday Wars and Okay for Now
• http://www.calvin.edu/academic/engl/faculty/schmidt/
• Dates Available: October 6th (afternoon) and October 7th (morning)
• Programs recommended for middle school
• Please provide transportation to and from Deadwood
Cathy Smith
• Designer, historian, and scholar. Produced costumes for Dancing With Wolves and won Emmy for costume design in Son of the Morning Star
• http://www.cathyasmith.com/design.htm
• Dates Available: Before or after the Festival
• Programs recommended for high school and university
• Please arrange transportation to and from Deadwood
Ann Weisgarber
• Author of The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
• http://www.annweisgarber.com/
• Dates Available: Before or after the Festival
• Programs recommended for high school and university
• Please arrange transportation to and from Deadwood
C.M. Wendelboe
• Author of Death Along the Spirit Road
• http://www.spiritroadmysteries.com/
• Dates Available: After the Festival
• Program recommended for middle school, high school, and university
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