Knoxville Writers' Guild - Published Authors

Authors:  Aileen R. Bennett, Fred Brown, Claude Campbell, D.L. Hale, Janice Haas Kasten, Timothy Joseph, Jeanne Mc Donald,
Rebecca Merriman, Caroline P. Norris, Kim Trevathan, Joe Neil Steward, Angie Vicars,  Scott L. Baer, Carole Ann Borges, G. Berstein, Aileen R. Bennett, Elizabeth L. Etnier, Ron Miller, Miriam Alam Campo, Timothy D. Holder.

Claude Campbell
  • Abou and the Angel Cohen
D.L. Hale
  • If I Were An Eagle - Book One
Rebecca Merriman
  • Writing Out The Storm: Journal Musings of a Manic-Depressive Wanderer
Kim Trevathan
  • Paddling the Tennessee River: A Voyage on Easy Water
Janice Haas Kasten
  • Survival of a Catholic Schoolgirl

Joe Neil Steward

  • I'da Danced at His Hanging
  • Life Tain't Nawthin' but Wind
  • A Band of Strolling Players
  • Dill
S.L. Baer
  • Appalachian Spring: A Novel

Kayleen Edwards

  • Are You There God?


Cyn Mobley See list below.


Martha Rose Woodward

  • Knoxville's Sunsphere: Biography of a Landmark

Meet our published authors and see what they've written. If you are a Knoxville Writers' Guild member and would like your published book showcased here, please complete the form and send it in!

Fred Brown and Jeanne Mc Donald
  • Growing Up Southern: How the South Shapes Its Writers 
  • The Serpent Handling Believers: Three Families and Their Faith 
  • Water Dreams by Jeanne McDonald
Fred Brown
  • Discovering October Roads: Fall Colors and Geology in Rural East Tennessee
Caroline P. Norris
  • A Small Price to Pay:  Poems from East Tennessee and Beyond
Angie Vicars
  •  Treat (novel)
Carole Borges
  • Disciplining the Devil's Country (poetry)
G. Bernstein
      Portraits Unpainted (novel)
Aileen R. Bennett
  • The Annie Chase Story (novel)

Elizabeth L. Etnier

  • Day Hiker's Guide to All the Trails in the Smoky Mountains

Ron Miller

  • Escape from the Happy Cannibal

Miriam Alam Campo

  • Sirens of the Heart: Love Poetry for the Soul

Timothy D. Holder

  • Nixon and His Men: The Road through Watergate

Growing Up Southern: How the South Shapes its Writers Growing Up Southern: How the South Shapes its Writers

by Fred Brown and Jeanne McDonald
"The profiles of the thirteen southern writers in this book show how growing up in the South shaped their work and contributed to the estimable collection of literature we call "southern writing."--Fred Brown and Jeanne McDonald.  Profiles of these acclaimed authors include:  Shelby Foote, Lee Smith, Yusef Komunyakaa, George Garret, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Jayne Anne Phillips, Richard Marius, Elizabeth Cox, Alan Wier, Elizabeth Spencer, Willie Morris, and Eudora Welty.

Available at all local bookstores and at amazon.com.

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The Serpent Handling Believers: Three Families and Their Faith Serpent Handling Believers: Three Families and Their Faith

by Fred Brown and Jeanne McDonald (2000)

Jeanne McDonald writes: 
"....Mark 16:16-18 says, in part, "Thou shalt take up serpents and not be harmed." Regardlessof how others might interpret this passage, the serpent handlers see it as a mandate from God. We interviewed three families--one in Middlesboro,KY; one in Newport, TN; and one in Jolo, WV, to learn about the people and their faith.  Besides attending their church services, we visited in their homes, met their children, and were welcomed to their home comings.  We learned that this religion is not an exhibitionistic ritual, not a sideshow nor a flirtation with death,but a serious commitment to following God's commandments and living as closely as possible by the mandates expressed by the Word.... 

Also included in the book are dozens of photographs showing the families' interactions, old photographs of groups and individuals involved in the practice, and current photographs of each person profiled.  Their own stories are tender, touching, sometimes frightening, and other times, humorous.  Writing this book has been a rewarding and soul-searching experience. We look upon it as one of the most exciting projects of our writing lives." 

Available at all local bookstores and at amazon.com.

Guild member and former Guild president Jeanne McDonald has published her first novel Water Dreams . According to novelist Lee Smith, "An accidental drowning forever changes the middle-aged man who happens to witness it--and affects everyone else in his life like widening circles in the water after a rock has been thrown in. Male and female readers alike will be swept away by this absorbing, grown-up novel, a serious meditation upon chance, fate, love, and responsibility. Like all the best storytellers, Jeanne McDonald knows how to disappear and let the story take over."

Available at all area bookstores, and amazon.com.

 

 

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Discovering October Roads: Fall Colors and Geology in Rural East Tennessee Discovering October Roads: Fall Colors and Geology in Rural East Tennessee
by Fred Brown and Harry Moore (2001)

A traveling companion for scenic fall trips, geologic history, and topography, cultural history, and anecdotes, this book contains dozens of color photographs, maps, plates, and figures as well as directions for trips in the Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, and the Cumberland Plateau.  Published by University of Tennessee Press.   Available at all area bookstores, UT Press, and amazon.com

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Treat by Angie Vicars Treat
by Angie Vicars (2001)

A girl meets girl story set in Knoxville. Two college students from different sides of the tracks, meet and face many obstacles in order to have a relationship.  Available at local bookstores, amazon.com , and Malaprops Book Store.
Contact the author .

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A Small Price to Pay: Poems from East Tennessee and Beyond A Small Price to Pay:  Poems from East Tennessee and Beyond
by Caroline P. Norris, illustrated by Agneta Nordmark (2001)

This small book of structured (as opposed to free-form) poetry describes a range of life-developments, ending on a very upbeat note.  The poems are mostly set in the mountains and towns of East Tennessee, but both the events and the personal experiences set forth here have no real geographical boundaries.  Illustrated by Swedish artist Agneta Nordmark. For more information, contact the author .
 

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Disciplining the Devil's Country
Disciplining the Devil's Country
by Carole Borges

This book of poetry explores the terrain of the distance between what is and what should be.  It's a healing book in the sense that it examines moments, concrete instances, of individual confrontations with the sacred.  It's a harsh book at times, but above the portraits of a struggle and desperation, a voice can be heard singing hymns of praise.  Life, if we can master the art of appreciation, contains innumerable riches.  In addition to Disciplining the Devil's Country, Borges has had work appear in Poetry, Piedmont Review, Soundings East, and Kalliope, among others.  Published by Alice James Books.

Available from the publisher and from amazon.com

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Abou and the Angel Cohen by Claude Campbell   Abou and the Angel Cohen
by Claude Campbell

The angel, Cohen, attempts to advise Abou about the problems he faces living in present-day Gaza.  Nothing Cohen says can avert the tragedy Abou faces, but he does give Abou insight into the human predicament.

Available at all local bookstores and at amazon.com.   Contact the authorfor more information.

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If I Were An Eagle - Book One, 1st of a trilogy If I Were An Eagle - Book One, 1st of a trilogy
by D.L. Hale

This novel is simplistic in its style yet it delves deep into a teenage girl's heart. It allows one to look inside of her and the time in which she lived.  Her name is Karen Quincy, and she lived in a rural mountain town in Tennessee.  It is shortly after WWII, a time of rebirth, struggle, and hope for all.  The area is beset with rolling hills and mountains.  Moonshine stills and bootleggers dotted the landscape while strict religious factions offered healing and promise for a people who lived on what they grew, food rations coupons and gas stamps.

Available now at the author's web site www.eaglewriter.com and soon at Barnes & Noble, amazon.com, Book Sellers, and Book Warehouse.

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Writing Out the Storm: Journal Musings of a Manic-Depressive Wanderer Writing Out The Storm: Journal Musings of a Manic-Depressive Wanderer
by Rebecca Mitchell Merriman

A memoir of her 20-year silent struggle with the illness.  Endorsed by Pulitzer prize nominee and bestselling author of The Beast, Tracy Thompson:  "Rebecca Mitchell Merriman's Writing Out The Storm is a terrifying and vivid first person account of what itis like to suffer bipolar illness--a witness from the eye of a hurricane. It is a valuable and eloquent addition to a growing genre: memoirs by those of us who have survived these life-disfiguring illnesses."

Available at local book stores, amazon.com , borders.com, and Knoxville Writers' Guild meetings.

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Paddling the Tennessee River: A Voyage on Easy Water Paddling the Tennessee River : A Voyage on Easy Water (Outdoor Tennessee Series)
by Kim Trevathan

This travel narrative of Trevathan's 1998 canoe trip down the 652 mile Tennessee River is due to be published by the University of Tennessee Press in October 2001.  Accompanied by his dog Jasper, Trevathan includes historical background on the old, free-flowing river and the string of reservoirs created by TVA's nine dams.

Available at UT Press web site, amazon.com , Barnes and Noble, and other Knoxville, TN area bookstores.

For more information, visit Kim Trevathan's  web site .
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Survival of a Catholic Schoolgirl Survival of a Catholic Schoolgirl   by Janice Haas Kasten
Judy Schwartz is a highly sensitive woman who was raised in a family where  human happiness and human attachments are considered of little value.  Adherence to religious dogma is expounded by her fanatically Catholic parents as the only true things of value in this world. The story tells how Judy deals with the     contradictions in her parents’ beliefs, their lack of guidance in all things but adherence to Catholic dogma, and her mother’s dislike of her. All of this is accentuated by the turmoil of the times, the late 1960s and early 1970s. This is an upbeat book, about challenges overcome and stumbling blocks turned into stepping stones.To learn more about Janice Haas Kasten's, visit her home page.

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I'da Danced at His Hanging by Joe Neil Steward

I'da Danced at His 
Hanging
by Joe Neil Steward

On Christmas Eve, a young deputy is shot.  He comes to in a doctor's office three days later unable to move. The young woman he was trying to court comes to tell him she has accepted his rival's ring. "Marith came again on Sunday. The flash of the ring saddened me.  It just drained the little joyI had left, right out, like you had pulled the cork from the basin that held all my tomorrows. All that was left was the ring of yesterdays,like a gritty shadow, to show how high life had flowed. I sucked all that down inside, where God willin' it wouldn't show."

He got back on his feet after months of pain. A powerful man set out to do him harm, takes almost everything from him. ; Both men are injured in separate incidents and wind up in the same room to recuperate. They bond, and six months later when the older man dies, the young man says, "A year ago, I'da danced at his hanging, but now it feels like I just lost the older brother I never had."
 
 
 
 

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Life Tain't Nawthin but Wind by Joe Neil Steward

Life Tain't Nawthin' but Wind (Growing Up Country in the Fifties)
by Joe Neil Steward

In high school, country Bo Rogers is an outsider socially because he does not come from an urban upbringing and its sports-based society (If it ain't football, what good is it?)  He tries to interact and is considered a hick. A great deal of time is spent learning what works and what doesn't in life. Circumstances in which he finds himself run the gambit from horse-drawn farming to high speed driving. He learns that life is messy. When he thinks he has it under control, it gets messier. 

He responds to life's challenges enthusiastically with rough humor. His individuality is realized through marching to a different drummer. After losing the girl he wants, he dreams of becoming an actor, an ambition foreign to an upbringing in a small, rural area. Bo is an adventurous young man who takes in stride experiences that would terrify the more conventional person. Bo has his own way of doing things. There is a right way, a wrong way, and then there's Bo's way.


These books are available at Knoxville area booksellers: Borders,B. Dalton (West Town Mall), and Book Warehouse (Alcoa).
And online:  amazon.com, bn.com,
booksamillion.com
For more information: Joe_Steward@hotmail.com
Dill by Joe Neil Steward

Dill 
by Joe Neil Steward

Dill is a sequel to I’da Danced at His Hanging and it contrasts the life of a Christian cowboy who is martyred for his faith with Dill Buckalew’s – who declares, "There ain’t no God and that settles it!" 

For more information, go to Steward's website:
www.joeneilsteward.com
 

A Band of Strolling Players by Joe Neil Steward

A Band of Strolling Players
by Joe Neil Steward

Bo Rogers is a plowboy with a dream. The Theatre is a Mecca that this poor country boy doesn't think he can afford. He's been told that the competition will be overwhelming. It is! But he has a gift from God that grabs people by the soul and shakes them until they willingly pay homage to the gift.

For more information, go to Steward's website:
www.joeneilsteward.com
 
 
 
 

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Appalachian Spring: A Novel Appalachian Spring: A Novel
 by S.L. Baer

In a typical week, thousands hit the hiking trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park seeking fun, challenge, beauty. This is not a typical week.  Hikers and backpackers from diverse backgrounds head into the woods, admiring the beauty of early spring, but this wonderland swiftly changes to a place where tragedy becomes their stalker.  The crisis, against which they are powerless, develops internal struggles as they confront conflicting values, find their strengths and weaknesses, and face their personal fears.

This novel is available online at www.southernnovels.com, Books-a-Million  (www.bamm.com), Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com), Amazon (www.amazon.com), and at local bookstores.

For more information, contact the author at:  slbaer@comcast.net. Visit S. L. Baer's home page.

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Portraits Unpainted Portraits Unpainted
 by G. Bernstein

As a young man, Parker was a gifted artist and a sought-after lover. Yet, on the verge of success, he walked away from it all. Why? Twenty-two years later, now a respected physician but a loner, he learns he has inoperable cancer and will die within months. With the death sentence, Parker's questions about his own life demand answers--and resolution. So, like a surgeon doing an autopsy, he cuts open his past and examines its parts, and presents the reader with a vital and varied cast of characters: his wild friends, the women he sleeps with, his disturbing parents, his teachers. And then there's Renny, the woman who may offer love and redemption--if he'll let her.

This novel is available online at Authorhouse, Alibris, www.southernnovels.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and at local bookstores by request.

For more information, contact the author at:  author@portraitsunpainted.com.

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The Annie Chase Story by Aileen R. Bennett The Annie Chase Story
by Aileen R. Bennett


The Annie Chase Story is a moving exploration of friendship, loyalty, and the secrets people share, sometimes painful to keep.

This novel is available at amazon.com, www.behlerpublications.com, and at all fine bookstores.
For more information, visit the author's website:  www.aridingsbennett.com

 


Day Hiker's guide to All the Trails in the Smoky Mountains by Elizabeth L. Etnier Day Hiker's Guide to All the Trails in the Smoky Mountains
by Elizabeth L. Etnier
Hiking in the Smoky Mountains? This book will help you plan your hike, whether it be a day hike or an extended backpacking trip. The book divides the Smoky Mountains National Park into nine sections and provides color-coded maps and trail descriptions for every trail in the Park. It tells you how to get to the trailhead, where to park, any hazards that may be encountered on the trail (such as difficult water crossings), and experienced suggestions on how to plan a particular day hike. There are over 40 color photographs in the book, many featuring wildflowers that may be seen along the trails. Author's website: http://smokymountainshiking.com

Available at singingriverpublications.com , Barnes & Noble, Carpe Librum, UT Bookstore, and most area outfitters.

 

Escape from a Happy Cannibal by Ron MillerEscape from a Happy Cannibal
by Ron Miller

A unique travel autobiography, Escape from the Happy Cannibal treats readers to in-depth spiritual and cultural observations gleaned first-hand by Ron Miller as he traveled for three and a half years through over 80 countries on six continents.

Having climbed active volcanoes, trekked with man-eating tigers, and narrowly escaped Rwandan rebels, Miller's journeys are colorful tales of travel coupled with perceptive insights into societies and peoples, and the book also serves as an insider's guide into the culture of backpacking.

"Ron Miller has traveled to many more places, seen more of nature's grandeur, and experienced more of humanity in a few years than most of us will in a lifetime," said S.L. Baer, author of Appalachian Spring: A Novel. "With each new country visited, the reader senses that he is coming closer to a destination, not a place on a map, but a destination of mind and soul."

During his travels through poverty, tyranny, racism, and societal revolutions, Miller learned not only from his own experiences, but also from the unique perspectives of the fascinating personalities he met along the way. As his horizons broadened, so did his faith in something greater.

"I believe that this book will effect a positive change on people's lives," said Miller. "It documents how my life changed for the better, and alludes to where everyone can access a positive force that changes lives."

For more information on Escape From The Happy Cannibal, please visit http://www.RonTravel.com, and to schedule an interview with the author, contact Emily Moore at 865.254.5244 or email emily.moore@gmail.com.

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Sirens of the Heart: Love Poetry for the Soul by Miriam Alam CampoSirens of the Heart: Love Poetry for the Soul
by Miriam Alam Campo

This book is a compilation of poems about love lost, love that is forbidden, and love that has sustained itself through the years. At different stages in our lives, we experience love at many different levels and with many different people from all walks of life. Sirens of the heart: Love Poetry for the Soul grasps those sentiments and allows you to relive all those beautiful love sensations. For more information, contact the author. Available at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, booksamillion.com, publishamerican.com

 

Are You There God?
by Kayleen Edwards Are You There God? by Kayleen Edwards

Are You There, God? is a nonfiction book that describes life as witnessed through the eyes of a child, teenagers, and later adult through divorce, family crisis, the juvenille justice system, the foster care system, and a poignant look at the lack of modern churches to accept the flaws of the humanity that surrounds them. Available at Cedar Springs Christian Book Store and www.areyoutheregod.net.For more information, contact the author.

 

Nixon and His Men:The Road through Watergate by Timothy D. Holder

Nixon and His Men by Timothy D. Holder focuses primarily on Nixon and eleven of his men, including G. Gordon Liddy, Chuck Colson, and John Dean. How did they rise to such positions of power? Why didn't Nixon control them, and why did they not control him? Watergate is a story of successes, failures, and--for some--redemption. Nixon and His Men should appeal to people interested in the U.S. Presidents in general, Watergate, Vietname, Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Liddy, Colson, biographies, and/or dramatic stories. There is certainly much drama to be found in a story of deceit, criminal activity, courtroom interplay, prison time, and more. Available at amazon.com or Publishamerica.com

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Cyn Mobley
Mobley's books are available at these websites and in Knoxville-area book sellers.
cynmobley.com, dogbooks.org, bushidopress.com

Fiction:
By Cyn Mobley
The Last Casualty
The Apocalypse Year (Fall, 2007)
Greyhound Dancing
Greyhound Laughing
Greyhound Singing
A Greyhound Christmas
Beagles in Wonderland
Aire Town
A Very Airey Christmas
A Golden Opportunity

By CA Mobley
Rites of War
Code of Conduct
Chain of Command

By CW Morton
Sea Trial
Pilots Die Faster
Rage Sleep

Nonfiction:
The Complete Idiots Guide to Aircraft Carriers
Gotcha: Stories from a Black Belt Bounty Hunter (with Joe Laney)
BAM: Book a Month
BAM: First Pages

Knoxville's Sunsphere: Biography of a Landmark by Martha Rose WoodwardMartha Rose Woodward

Knoxville's Sunsphere: Biography of a Landmark is a 200 page historic account of the unique building which was built as the theme structure for the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, TN. Written by Martha Rose Woodward, who is a retired school teacher, is using her retirement years to explore her hobby of writing. The non-fiction book explores the history of the Sunsphere from the time it was a drawing on a page until current times. The book contains engineering, architecture, politics, and is set up as a year by year account of the engineering marvel. Knoxville's Sunsphere: Biography of a Landmark can be purchased by e-mail from Sunspherebook@aol.com for $10, or Carre Librum Bookstore on Kingston Pike, East Tennessee History Center Gift Shop, Knoxville Tourism Alliance Gift Store, and Amazon.com

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