{"id":55316,"date":"2025-02-19T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=55316"},"modified":"2024-12-30T13:14:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:14:35","slug":"check-out-these-books-by-local-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/check-out-these-books-by-local-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out these books by local authors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of titles were added to our Local Authors collection in 2024. 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. Here are just some of the newest Local Author items available for checkout.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fiction and genre fiction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=0e438e39-1ab8-5ea6-9fa5-836fdf87dc6d&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9798366406345\/lc.gif&amp;upc=&amp;client=rivervega&amp;type=unbound\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=f7cd2606-3489-58b4-b0c0-5e88b129ae05&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The west side kids meet the small fry<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=25c141de-1e3a-5a34-89c7-437fb17f2e69&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Adventures of stunning Stephen Edwards as the stunning kid in the time traveling marshals<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=0cf67569-51ab-504d-997e-23ea7617937e&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Stunning Stephen Edwards and the West Side Kids in the invisible man<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by David Dorris<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=f0d2dc33-34c2-5e54-9931-e74fb91689f5&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Unbound by shadows<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Avalon Griffin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=d4ccc3cd-80eb-5661-b3c5-0563f334d7e4&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Redemption<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Allen Hill<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=8773376e-0d2e-5746-95ae-6fb14b71f51f&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The silver crystal<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=756f9b1b-d20e-586c-ba17-643bc59f79e3&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The way of stones<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Ryan Lanz<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=324c6bb1-ddd8-5c1a-a030-ea26f49a61f5&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The savior&#8217;s legacy<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Jeff O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=0e438e39-1ab8-5ea6-9fa5-836fdf87dc6d&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Rip<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Bruce Wessell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Poetry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=273149d5-e34c-5a48-a19e-c5a52247735f&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9798986582504\/lc.gif&amp;upc=&amp;client=rivervega&amp;type=unbound\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=92246bdd-646f-53c8-9a0f-be8802f16c91&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Sun-flower<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Gia\u0301ng-Va\u0302n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=273149d5-e34c-5a48-a19e-c5a52247735f&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>For a second, in the dark<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Alec Hershman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=b4ce55c3-2da3-5598-9a94-5c3c1d226478&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Sneezing coyotes<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Salvatore Marici<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=5aaa9ab5-fbe0-51ce-8f7e-6dc922e38d3f&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Choir<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Aubrey Ryan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nonfiction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=4ecb3a03-5c9e-562d-b831-c7f1ab9d99fc&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9798986970936\/lc.gif&amp;upc=&amp;client=rivervega&amp;type=unbound\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=c0dc32af-aab3-50d8-923b-59058060c0f2&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Ivory towers : a true story<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by Byron BK Davis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=4ecb3a03-5c9e-562d-b831-c7f1ab9d99fc&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>I know why the caged Brad sings<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Brad Harvey<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=48426ec5-926f-593a-947e-07d61385f04c&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The pink wave : women running for office after Trump<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Regina M. Matheson and William W. Parsons<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=c36d3002-d660-5119-8158-060dd27f73a9&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Profound light : overcoming childhood and adolescent trauma<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Jacob Mundy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=e2bf90af-7475-5536-9a3f-114e560dfd45&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>My ringside seat to the AWA : my photos &amp; stories from the American Wrestling Association<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Joyce Paustian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=25411b92-06aa-592b-bd95-224aecbab98d&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>My mask. My war. : a WWII memoir<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Norma Thoeming<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=a054f11e-acef-5e5f-9b94-1a94b29fb925&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>More medical memories<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Alvin Wagner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Teens<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=377d042c-1be8-580f-93cd-4fa6c9d81618&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Adira and the boys who loved her<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=cbbc3e5b-1656-5ebb-b3d4-e5f964a40d7a&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Sami and the ones she lived for<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Jamie Christie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kids<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=8a913670-60a2-58ef-84ba-4d5898f0d44b&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9781733749084\/lc.gif&amp;upc=&amp;client=rivervega&amp;type=unbound\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=d11f8607-c79a-5474-a695-8fd5b0ec0144&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kalvin and Kaiser&#8217;s very busy day<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Cindy Corrigan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=8a913670-60a2-58ef-84ba-4d5898f0d44b&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>I&#8217;d rather be playing with you<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Renee Fisher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=f01c1503-2e42-51ba-aad9-cb4eae03afc3&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The family tree<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Shellie Moore Guy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=93695600-7580-5077-8f27-a78ed616c2c2&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Max makes pancakes<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=4f593563-4bee-54b4-8693-6045941a253a&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Max sings take me out to the ball game<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=d234bc7d-d952-58b5-9007-bac90ebb4ce1&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Max&#8217;s merry Christmas<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Allen R. McCaulley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of titles were added to our Local Authors collection in 2024. 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. 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