The Kansas City, Kan., Public Library is holding its second Homegrown Reads local author fair featuring more than two dozen authors from the Kansas City metro area.
This event will highlight burgeoning, new talent and popular, established authors.
Fans will be able to meet and talk with authors, listen to live readings, and purchase copies of books to have signed.
Homegrown Reads will take place at the West Wyandotte Library branch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 27. West Wyandotte Library is at 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kan.
The list of participating authors in the Feb. 27 event:
Fanny Aladeen
Author of “Heartbeat Next to My Heartbeat”
Randy Attwood
Author of “Crazy About You” and other thrillers
Jonathan Bender
Author of “Lego: A Love Story” and other nonfiction
Ruth Saucedo Campos
Co-author of “My Journey In Faith”
Xánath Caraza
Author of “Syllables of the Wind/Sílabas de viento” and other collections
Lisa Cindrich
Co-author of “Executables” and other fiction
Craig Delich
Author of “Images of the History of Wyandotte High School”
Freddie Downs
Author of “Memories: A TV Journey” and other nonfiction
Terry W. Drake
Author of “The Father Damien Series”
Pete Dulin
Author of “Last Bite: 100 Simple Recipes from Kansas City’s Best Chefs and Cooks” and “KC Ale Trail”
Sarah Elizabeth
Author of “Don’t Let Me Go” and other contemporary fiction
Helen Walsh Folsom
Author of “Kells: The Risin’ of the Rebellion” and other Irish fiction
John Hare
Illustrator of “This is Kansas City”
James Heiman
Author of “Voices in Bronze and Stone: Kansas City’s World War I Monuments and Memorials“
John Hudson
Author of “Ignored and Ignited: H.O.O.P.S of Life”
Ann Ingalls
Author of “J is for Jazz” and other children’s books
Janette Kenny
Author of “Bound by the Italian’s Contract” and other romances
Angela Kmeck
Author of “This is Kansas City”
Bridget Locke
Author of “Touch and Agree”
Debra McArthur
Author of “A Voice for Kanzas” and other historical fiction and nonfiction
Kira McConico
Author of “Fixing Broken: You Can Live Past Your Pain”
Anola Pickett
Author of “Callahan Crossroads” and other books for young people
Linda Rodriguez
Author of “The Skeet Bannion Mystery Novels”
Thomas Shawver
Author of “The Rare Book Mystery Series”
Don Smith
Author of “Rhapsody in Blue on Canvas: Kansas City Old Jazz Clubs & Joints Illustrated in Art & Music “ and other collections
Sheron Smith
Illustrator of “Rhapsody in Blue on Canvas: Kansas City Old Jazz Clubs & Joints Illustrated in Art & Music”
Jay Sparks
Co-author of “Executables” and other fiction
David Swafford
Co-author of “My Journey in Faith” and “I’ll Take The Baby Now: A Birth Mother’s Amazing Story”
Joe Vaughan
Author of “Kansas City, Kansas” and other nonfiction
Berneice Williams
Author of “Healing of the Memories” and “A View from the Right Side of Sixty”