Burnet Cultural Arts Festival

Burnet Cultural Arts Festival
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Festival 2007 - Literary Arts
October 12 and 13, 2007
Burnet, Texas

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MIKE COX A nationally published free-lance writer, MIKE COX is the author of nine books. In March 1993, he was elected a member of the Texas Institute of Letters along with other noted Texas writers including James Michener and Bill Moyers. As Chief of Media Relations for the Texas Department of Public Safety, Cox has been the agency's principal spokesman during several law enforcement crises.

BILL CRIDER BILL CRIDER's body of work stretches from mystery and western to horror and science fiction. He won the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery Novel in 1986 for Too Late to Die and in 1989 he co-authored the novel Murder Under Blue Skies with NBC's Today Show weatherman Willard Scott. "Cranked", his short story in Damn Near Dead, has been nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America.

JOHN ERICKSON JOHN ERICKSON, a former cowboy, has written numerous books for both children and adults and is best known for the Hank the Cowdog series. USA Today calls the hilarious series "....the best family entertainment in years." The 50th installment in the beloved Hank the Cowdog series will be released this summer. According to Billboard Magazine, every Hank the Cowdog title has been recorded, making it the longest running successful children's series on audio ever!

JAMES HALEY JAMES HALEY's works of history include Sam Houston: A Life (2002), which won nine historical and literary awards, The Buffalo War(1976), and Apaches (1981). He is also the author of four novels. Of Passionate Nation, the Epic History of Texas, Publisher's Weekly says "Haley goes beyond the basic themes in Texas history...to study the dusty byroads of Texas culture...Haley adds his name, indelibly, to this list of native writers his state should be rightfully proud of..."

JOAQUIN JACKSON When his picture appeared on the cover of Texas Monthly JOAQUIN JACKSON became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers. The award-winning novelist Elmer Kelton says of One Ranger: A Memoir, "Joaquin Jackson's frank and colorful account of his long career as a modern-day Texas Ranger thrills like an action novel, yet the stories are true....The writing is superb."

EMILY McKAY EMILY McKAY has been a member of the Romance Writers of America since 1995. Her first book, Baby, Be Mine (Harlequin Temptation, Jan. 2003) is a double RITA nominee for Best First Book and Best Short Contemporary Romance. Her next book, Surrogate and Wife, was published in February, 2006.

TWEED SCOTT TWEED SCOTT is a captivating master Texas story teller. His stories are packed with humorous, inspirational and motivational content suitable for audiences everywhere. On Texas Independence Day 2006 he released Texas in Her Own Words. In the book's foreword, Kinky Friedman says, "Real Texans, spiritual cowboys, even people who thought they were bored with Texas history, are going to love this book." Scott interviews over 50 famous Texans including Willie Nelson.

LISA WINGATE LISA WINGATE lives in central Texas where she is a popular inspirational speaker, magazine columnist, and national bestselling author of several books. Her novel, Tending Roses, received dozens of five-star reviews, sold out nine printings for New York publisher, Penguin Putnam, and went on to become a national bestselling book.Tending Roses was a selection of the Readers Club of America and is currently in its tenth printing.

Funding for this event is made possible by The City of Burnet Hotel/Motel Tax and the Burnet County Hotel/Motel Tax Funds and grants from the First State Bank of Burnet, Wells Fargo Bank, Friends of the Herman Brown Free Library, Michael Warner & Associates PC CPA, and the Central Texas Library System, Inc..

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AUTHORS (Click on photo to link to web site.)
MIKE COX	A nationally published free-lance writer, MIKE COX is the author of nine books. In March 1993, he was elected a member of the Texas Institute of Letters along with other noted Texas writers including James Michener and Bill Moyers. As Chief of Media Relations for the Texas Department of Public Safety, Cox has been the agency's principal spokesman during several law enforcement crises.
BILL CRIDER	BILL CRIDER's body of work stretches from mystery and western to horror and science fiction. He won the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery Novel in 1986 for Too Late to Die and in 1989 he co-authored the novel Murder Under Blue Skies with NBC's Today Show weatherman Willard Scott. "Cranked", his short story in Damn Near Dead, has been nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America.
JOHN ERICKSON	JOHN ERICKSON, a former cowboy, has written numerous books for both children and adults and is best known for the Hank the Cowdog series. USA Today calls the hilarious series "....the best family entertainment in years." The 50th installment in the beloved Hank the Cowdog series will be released this summer. According to Billboard Magazine, every Hank the Cowdog title has been recorded, making it the longest running successful children's series on audio ever!
JAMES HALEY	JAMES HALEY's works of history include Sam Houston: A Life (2002), which won nine historical and literary awards, The Buffalo War(1976), and Apaches (1981). He is also the author of four novels. Of Passionate Nation, the Epic History of Texas, Publisher's Weekly says "Haley goes beyond the basic themes in Texas history...to study the dusty byroads of Texas culture...Haley adds his name, indelibly, to this list of native writers his state should be rightfully proud of..."
JOAQUIN JACKSON	When his picture appeared on the cover of Texas Monthly JOAQUIN JACKSON became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers. The award-winning novelist Elmer Kelton says of One Ranger: A Memoir, "Joaquin Jackson's frank and colorful account of his long career as a modern-day Texas Ranger thrills like an action novel, yet the stories are true....The writing is superb."
EMILY McKAY	EMILY McKAY has been a member of the Romance Writers of America since 1995. Her first book, Baby, Be Mine (Harlequin Temptation, Jan. 2003) is a double RITA nominee for Best First Book and Best Short Contemporary Romance. Her next book, Surrogate and Wife, was published in February, 2006.
TWEED SCOTT	TWEED SCOTT is a captivating master Texas story teller. His stories are packed with humorous, inspirational and motivational content suitable for audiences everywhere. On Texas Independence Day 2006 he released Texas in Her Own Words. In the book's foreword, Kinky Friedman says, "Real Texans, spiritual cowboys, even people who thought they were bored with Texas history, are going to love this book." Scott interviews over 50 famous Texans including Willie Nelson.
LISA WINGATE	LISA WINGATE lives in central Texas where she is a popular inspirational speaker, magazine columnist, and national bestselling author of several books. Her novel, Tending Roses, received dozens of five-star reviews, sold out nine printings for New York publisher, Penguin Putnam, and went on to become a national bestselling book.Tending Roses was a selection of the Readers Club of America and is currently in its tenth printing.