The Eaton Library is hosting 10 area authors, illustrators, and photographers for its first Author Convention! There will be plenty of time to meet and talk with the authors, as well as attend panel discussions about their writing lives. 

We'll also have free popcorn, crafts for the kids, and you'll have the opportunity to purchase books from the authors themselves. 

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 26th.

Here's who'll be there:

Dr. Herbert Martin, poet

Meredith Doench, fiction writer (thrillers)

Mary Ellis, fiction writer (inspirational romantic suspense)

James Willis, nonfiction writer (paranormal)

Ian Adams, nonfiction writer/photographer (local photography)

Trudy Krisher, children's/young adult fiction

Jeff Ebbeler, illustrator

Mindee Arnett, young adult fantasy, sci-fi, and horror

Tanya Anderson, young adult nonfiction

the music of Keith Lykins

and Preble County author Brenda Mezz with her memoir about returning to Eaton, The Place Just Right