The board of CWC Sacramento has booked an indoor venue at Shepard Garden and Arts Center, where we will hold the Sacramento Book Festival. Tables will be laid out indoors and can accommodate 2 authors. Only 1 person needs to apply for a table, if you wish to share a booth it is the responsibility of one author to make a single application for both people.

Please reserve your table and pay online here. This link will direct you to the Sacramento Book Festival website. There is an online form to fill out, be sure to include your email. When you submit that form, Scott Coatsworth will contact you by email and send you the payment link.

Price per table is $50. You can discuss with Scott if you want to pay online, or send a check.

Tables and chairs will be provided at the venue. It is the responsibility of all authors to set up their own table. Check here how to set up your table.

Luanne Oleas, a Salinas native, was a weekly columnist at the Salinas Californian newspaper as well as a
reporter and features writer. Reprints of her articles appeared In Readers Digest, Parenting Magazine,
and the San Jose Mercury News. She moved to Silicon Valley and worked as a technical writer while
writing her novels.

Her novel, FLYING BLIND, A Cropduster’s Story, is set in Steinbeck’s Salinas Valley in the 1970s. It’s the
story of an irreverent cropduster and the radical priest he teaches how to fly. It exposes the little-known
subculture of agricultural aviation and the small-town clashes that arise when traditions are ignored.

Her other novel, A PRIMROSE IN NOVEMBER, is a family saga set in England and France. Her upcoming
novel, WHEN ALICE PLAYED THE LOTTERY, is about a widow who reinvents herself on reality TV after
winning the lottery. She is currently writing a novel, tentatively titled SHEDDING CATS, about a technical
writer who has too many cats and no significant relationship. In real life, Luanne has only one cat,
Blackberry.

You can see her website at https://luanneoleas.com/

I am an aspiring writer because I have such an amazing story to tell. It has been my passion for years to figure out how to write this beautiful and tragic story about my unknown grandparents and their relationship with my father.  My daughter, and number one fan, gifted me this opportunity to learn from you, real published writers. I can hardly wait for a critique group (gulp!)

I grew up on the east coast in New York State. I followed by mom’s lead and became a registered nurse, a career that afforded me the privilege of caring for my fellow humans for forty years. I moved to California in 1981, traveling cross country in a converted school bus with my new husband and our meager possessions, and we made Sacramento our home.  Now, newly retired (only five years now!) and ready to write, I have been researching my story and am eager to put pen to page. I find I am stymied by not knowing how to find my voice in a work of historical non-fiction. 

I love to cycle and ski. My garden gives me peace and plenty to work on. My greatest love is nature, our planet and all its creatures. I have a special affection for the birds. I feed them in my yard, and watch them incessantly, usually sitting in my bedroom chair with a pair of binoculars and a giant, silly grin on my face.

Lois Buchter is an accomplished artist, teacher, author, and optioned screenwriter, who works to capture stories that inspire people to value life. Her stories highlight a reluctant hero’s journey. She has a keen eye for the unknown, mysterious and weird and maybe a monster or two.

She has completed a master’s program in screenwriting and pursues the muse whenever it hits.

Her website is www.LoisBuchter.com.