Carroll Community College

Marion Winik

Coffeehouse Readings
Friday, March 5, 7 p.m.
Student Center

Join Marion Winik, author of eight creative non-fiction books and poetry and University of Baltimore writing instructor, as share readings from her own poems and essays. Winik's essays and articles have been published in The New York Times Magazine, O, Salon, Real Simple, and The Los Angeles Times among others. Her commentaries have been heard on All Things Considered since 1991. She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Non-Fiction and has been inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters.

Emily Jenkins

Presentation and Book Signing
Saturday, March 6, 10:15 a.m.

Emily Jenkins was born in New York, grew up in Cambridge and Seattle, and studied English at Vassar. She traveled to New York to get her doctorate in 19th-century English literature at Columbia. "Tongue First," a book of essays, was published in 1998. A novel, "Mister Posterior and The Genius Child" was published in 2002, which became a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. A group of middle-grade short stories, "Toys Go Out," was published in 2006.
The lovable toy trio of StingRay, Lumphy and Plastic are back for more adventures in "Toy Dance Party: Being the Further Adventures of a Bossyboots StingRay, a Courageous Buffalo, & a Hopeful Round Someone Called Plastic". Jenkins has penned six new interconnected stories about toy best friends that are filled with warmth, humor and love that readers will relish, while Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky brings the characters and stories to life through his charming black-and-white illustrations. A companion to the well-received and award-winning "Toys Go Out," "Toy Dance Party" gives readers another inside look into the hopes, fears and hijinks of one little girl's beloved toys.

David Sibley

Presentation and Book Signing
Saturday, March 6, 10:30 a.m.
Theater

David Allen Sibley is an American ornithologist. He is the author and illustrator of "The Sibley Guide to Birds," considered by many to be the most comprehensive guide for North American field identification. A largely self-taught bird illustrator, he was inspired to create an illustrated field guide after leading tours in the 1980s and 1990s, and finding that existing field guides did not generally illustrate or describe alternate or juvenile plumages of birds. He cites European wildlife artist Lars Jonsson as a great influence on his own work
David Allen Sibley's books, "Sibley's Guide to Birds;" "Guide to Bird Life and Behavior;" "Birding Basics" and more, have been universally praised both for the beauty, precision and accuracy of his paintings and for their authoritative information. The man who revolutionized the field guide to birds also has written "The Sibley Guide to Trees." Sibley applies his incredible skills of identification and illustration to the more than six hundred tree species of North America.

Karin Slaughter

Presentation and Book Signing
Saturday, March 6, 11:15 a.m.
Room L287

Karin Slaughter is a thriller/crime fiction author. A native of Georgia, Slaughter attended two years of college at Georgia State and started a sign business before becoming a successful writer. She is a number one bestseller in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Holland and Germany, and she consistently debuts in the top five on other European lists.   
"Undone" takes place in the trauma center of Atlanta's busiest hospital where Sara Linton treats the city's poor, wounded and unlucky, and finds refuge from the tragedy that rocked her life in rural Grant County. Then, in one instant, Sara is thrust into a frantic police investigation, coming face-to-face with a tall driven detective and his quiet female partner…. In "Undone," three unforgettable characters from Slaughter's New York Times bestselling novels "Faithless and Fractured" collide for the first time, entering an electrifying race against the clock and a duel with unspeakable human evil.

Kaye & Liv Hansen

Saturday, March 6, L287
Decorating Demonstration - 1 p.m.
Book Signing - 2 p.m.

Kaye Hansen is a self-taught baker and the owner of the Riviera Bakehouse - the bakery of choice for devoted customers from Albany to New York City. Liv Hansen was trained as a painter before turning her eye for color and composition to buttercream and melted chocolate. The bakery has been featured in the New York Times, and the Hansens have appeared on Today, the Food Network and The View. The Hansens reside in Rockland County.

In their book, "The Whimsical Bakehouse," mother-daughter bakers turn out some of the most charming, refreshingly eccentric cakes ever to grace a birthday or wedding celebration.    With time-tested tips and complete information on everything from mixing colors to adjusting pan sizes, the Hansens explain all you need to know to get started. Whether you are dreaming of an elegant Chocolate Apricot Pecan Torte or a three-tiered butter cake filled with spiked mocha cream and embellished with fantastical spring flowers, "The Whimsical Bakehouse" is the ultimate guide to creating delicious, show stopping confections that are completely original.