{"id":57778,"date":"2025-08-14T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=57778"},"modified":"2025-07-09T17:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:06:56","slug":"local-authors-added-so-far-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/local-authors-added-so-far-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Local authors added so far in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Kids<\/span><\/p>\n

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My Dog Sam, <\/strong><\/em><\/a>Recipe for a Little Monster<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Willow the Minnow<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and Boy Meets Squirrels<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Marva Lewis<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Adventures of Kids United: The Glass Bridge<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Rene Gellerman<\/p>\n

Empowering Eloise<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Kevin Turner<\/p>\n

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Daddy Dinosaur Gets Deployed<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Amari Harris<\/p>\n

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Fiction and genre fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Toe of a Shoe: Secrets Revealed<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by David E. Coe<\/p>\n

Aphrodite Rising<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Kathy Criswell<\/p>\n

The captain’s game and other tales of the strange and supernatural<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and The black tea box and more tales of the strange and supernatural<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Benjamin Headlee<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Poetry<\/span><\/p>\n

Plain clothes hamburglar<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Sean Moeller<\/p>\n

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Nonfiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet will I trust him: A Sedonia Roland<\/strong><\/em> memoir<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by Kassaundra Hester<\/p>\n

Bessie’s prayer : “I am Walter, Bessie’s Son”: That made all the difference!<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Walter D. Braud<\/p>\n

That’s all there is to it! A collection of easy, delicious meals<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Carman Wilken<\/p>\n

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":"

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.[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[5584,1626,1187,2130,536],"class_list":["post-57778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-reference","tag-adult-fiction","tag-local-authors","tag-memoir","tag-picture-books","tag-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-f1U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57778"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57812,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57778\/revisions\/57812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}