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Maryanna Hoggatt    About the Author Maryanna Hoggatt, author of children’s picture book Tolly, is known for her work as a sculptor and photographer. Tolly, and her other works translate many internal battles and feelings, as well as her inspirations and aspirations. It is this connection that allowed for her main character within Tolly to be born. Tolly delves into the importance of imagination and bravery through a young, imaginative raccoon. By merging her vast artistic ability and writing, Hoggatt is able to spark a lesson about bravery and defending one’s dreams. Reviews and Interviews Reviews Maryanna Hoggatt: Animal Battle Meet Maryanna Hoggatt Interviews Artist Interview: Maryanna Hoggatt HOUSE/guest:...

Brett Stern About the Author Brett Stern, the mind behind 99 Ways to Make a Pipe: Problem Solving for Pot Smokers, is an author and industrial designer who currently holds 8 utility patents, as well as trademarks in 36 countries for his invention Beer Chips®. In 99 Ways to Make a Pipe, Stern utilizes his inventive mind to help out any stoner who finds themselves with too much weed and nothing to smoke with. He is also the author of 99 Ways to Open a Beer Bottle Without a Bottle Opener (Chronicle, 2014) Stern currently resides in Portland, Oregon and enjoys spending his time biking and...

Liz Prato About the Author Liz Prato is an writer and editor whose work has appeared in dozens of literary journals including Salon and Baltimore Review, and is the author of Baby’s on Fire: Stories. In her latest quick-witted collection of essays, Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege, Prato explores what is means to be a tourist in a land that has been largely formed and destroyed by white outsiders through case-studies on Hawaiian history, pop culture, and contemporary affairs, forming an intimate love letter to the land and people of Hawai’i. Alongside her passion for writing and teaching, Prato is the Editor-at-Large for Forest Avenue Press, and...

Karen Locke     About the Author Karen Locke is founder of High-Proof Creative, an agency focused on craft beverage companies. based in Portland, Oregon. She enjoys creating content about culture, food, and drink. Locke can often be found writing or grabbing a drink when not spending time with her husband and her  cat, Dolores. Through her book High Proof PDX: A Spirited Guide to Portland’s Craft Distilling Scene, she creates the ultimate guide to leading you to the perfect drink around the city. From tips on getting primed for high-proof drinking to a bigger picture on Portland’s distilling scene, Locke walks you...

   Ruby McConnell                             About the Author Ruby McConnell is a writer, geologist, and environmental advocate living and writing in Eugene, Ore. Her writing examining the relationships between landscape and the human experience won an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in 2016. Her work has been published in Grain, Entropy, and Mother Earth News, among others. You'll often find her in the woods.  We're excited to announce Overcup's acquisition of Ruby McConnell’s new nonfiction collection of essays. The book is tentatively titled Ground Truth: A Personal and Cultural Geology of the Pacific...