Dozens of titles were added to our Local Authors collection during the first half of 2025. These are books written by authors born or living in Scott County, Iowa, or Rock Island County, Illinois. In most cases, the items were donated to the Davenport Public Library by the authors themselves. All Local Author items are available for checkout from our Fairmount branch.

Kids

My Dog Sam, Recipe for a Little Monster, Willow the Minnow, and Boy Meets Squirrels by Marva Lewis

The Adventures of Kids United: The Glass Bridge by Rene Gellerman

Empowering Eloise by Kevin Turner

 

 

Daddy Dinosaur Gets Deployed by Amari Harris

Fiction and genre fiction

In the Toe of a Shoe: Secrets Revealed by David E. Coe

Aphrodite Rising by Kathy Criswell

The captain’s game and other tales of the strange and supernatural and The black tea box and more tales of the strange and supernatural by Benjamin Headlee

 

Poetry

Plain clothes hamburglar by Sean Moeller

 

 

 

 

 

Nonfiction

Yet will I trust him: A Sedonia Roland memoir by Kassaundra Hester

Bessie’s prayer : “I am Walter, Bessie’s Son”: That made all the difference! by Walter D. Braud

That’s all there is to it! A collection of easy, delicious meals by Carman Wilken

If you are a Quad Cities-based author, whether traditionally published or self-published, please consider donating a copy of your book to our Local Authors collection so that it can be checked out and enjoyed by our patrons. Email Beth Paul at bpaul@davenportlibrary.com for details about making the donation.