UntitledTown Book and Author Festival 2019

Craig Knitt has two decades of experience as a public K-12 art teacher. Knitt is also an independent filmmaker and the co-founder of the Wildwood Film Festival, a published artist, a stage performer, and a comedian. Since fall of 2014, Knitt has been in his current YAI teaching artist... Read More →

Kurt Schwarz is a realist painter specializing in portraiture, still life, and landscape. His skill in capturing the complex nature of his subjects has contributed to his reputation of being one of Virginia's finest artists. Kurt's career highlights include six solo exhibitions and... Read More →

Christine Style is an artist/printmaker and recently retired professor of art at UW-Green Bay. She is interested in visual storytelling narratives using primarily the relief printmaking process, which includes woodcuts and letterpress.  Most recently she participated in Really Big... Read More →

Karen Schaufeld is the founder and President of 100WomenStrong, a granting organization that strategically invests in nonprofits and programs that enrich the lives of Loudoun County, Virginia, residents. Karen also co-founded All Ages Read Together (AART), a school readiness program... Read More →

Teelia Pelletier is the pseudonym of the author of two middle-grade/YA fantasy novels. The first she wrote and published at 18, the second was written and published when she was 19. The third novel is at the editing stage during the pitch. Teelia is 20.