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Maria Bellefeuille is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on May 26th and August 25th!

Maria Bellefeuille was born in Oak Park, IL, and spent the majority of her childhood in Melrose Park, IL. She lived a seemingly normal life. It was not until her adolescent years that Cystic Fibrosis started to have a noticeable impact on her daily routine. As a result, she spent countless hours in the hospital when things were bad. When things were not so bad, she spent a substantial portion of her time at home trying to regain the strength and energy that her peers seemed to have in droves. Writing became her outlet and her release.

Maria now lives in Winthrop Harbor, IL. She has educated herself on her disease, and with the help of new medications, she has learned to live life to the fullest. She is overly optimistic and hopes that by sharing these poems with you, you can sense the spirit she was in as she wrote them and, perhaps, be inspired to rise above the challenges that you may face.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Making Invisible Visible Again:

Life does not always need to be serious. The assorted poems refer to many topics from self-discovery, love, heartbreak, family, and friends. Throughout life, these moments were precious to me, and I hope that these poems speak to you as the reader.

What is family to you? Family to me is not only the ones we are born into, but family is also those we choose for ourselves. Throughout the years, I have chosen family that were first friends but also four-legged. My four-legged children throughout the years have been my emotional support in good times and in bad. Remember, there is a big world out there; nobody deserves to feel alone. These poems are dedicated to all those moments and more.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://amzn.to/4aES6Ui

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

It’s the Independent Bookstore Day 2024 Passport Program! 

Seven bookstores in the Southeast Wisconsin and Northeast Illinois communities are participating in this year’s Passport Program! Book lovers had so much fun with this promotion last year, and we’re thrilled to be adding two more stores to the route in 2024!

Starting April 8th, pick up a passport from any of the participating stores and start shopping! If you visit at least three of the participating bookstores, you could win a gift card to your hometown store or the grand prize basket of books and gifts from all seven stores! Visit more stores and earn more chances to win!

Here are the details:

-Spend at least $15 at 3 participating bookstores and earn a sticker, a raffle entry for a $20 gift card to your hometown store, and an entry into the main raffle filled with several books and other prizes!

-Spend at least $15 at 5 participating bookstores and earn one extra entry to the main raffle!

-Spend at least $15 at 7 participating bookstores and earn one more entry to the main raffle!

-Submit your completed passport to any participating store by April 28th.

Here are the participating stores, listed alphabetically:

 Blue House Books, 5915 6th Ave A, Kenosha, WI 53140

 Books & Company, 1039 Summit Ave, Oconomowoc, WI 53066

 Boswell Book Company, 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211

 Lion’s Tooth, 2421 S Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207

 Little Bean Books, 875 Main St, Antioch, IL 60002

 Reads by the River, 102 E. Main St, Waterford, WI 53185

 Studio Moonfall, 5031 7th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53140

Keep an eye out on the stores’ social media posts to see what amazing prizes will be included in the grand prize basket! We’re so excited!

At Studio Moonfall, we’ll be stamping passports all the up to this year’s first Kenosha Book Festival on April 28th!

M.P. McDonald is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on April 28th, May 26th, and August 25.

M.P. McDonald is the author of thrillers with a psychic twist and a reluctant hero, and post-apocalyptic fiction
centered around saving family. During the day she works as a respiratory therapist, where her first-hand experience with treating those with life-threatening illnesses and injuries gives her stories a realistic touch.
Her cat, Tigerheart, a strict taskmaster, keeps one paw resting (restraining?) on her shoulder to ensure the writing gets done in a timely fashion. She allows a few breaks, but only if M.P. shares her chips.

When not writing, M.P. can usually be found with her nose buried in a book, swimming in the pool if it’s not too cold (but since she lives in SE Wisconsin, it’s too cold most of the time!) or hanging out with family and friends.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Alone at the End of the World:

As a deadly virus decimates the world’s population, survivors struggle to find each other. After all, nobody wants to be alone at the end of the world.

Thirteen-year-old Ethan should be practicing his skateboard moves, not watching his family members die, one by one. He knows he could become a victim of the evil infection at any minute. Scared and alone, he fills his backpack and goes in search of other survivors, hoping he lives long enough to find someone. Anyone.

When Cassie sees the bodies of neighbors and strangers littering what had been pristine front lawns, she realizes her intense focus on business and family may have saved their lives. How does a single mom and her two kids survive an apocalypse alone?

Noah emerges from his two-week fishing trip in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, shocked to learn that a devastating pandemic has swept the world. Should he venture into the fray to find other survivors or retreat into the woods and isolate himself as long as he can?

When their paths converge, they face a new struggle – learning to trust total strangers as if their very survival depends on it…because it does.

Sympatico Syndrome is intent on sparing no one.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9798638442569

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

Dr. Arieahn Matamonasa Bennett is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on April 28th and June 23rd.

Arieahn Matamonasa Bennett is a cross-culturally trained licensed psychologist, academic, author and international speaker. She has been working with groups and individuals for over 25 years. She teaches at DePaul University in Chicago, as well as Pacifica and Fielding graduate schools in Santa Barbara, CA. Her areas of expertise included connecting with nature and animals as aa path to well-being. Her writings and workshops center on connecting with our deep ancestral wisdom to access healing and positive change. She lives in Paris township (near Kenosha, WI) with her horses.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Cages, Keys and the Chatelaine:

Are you a woman feeling stuck or trapped in your life?

In her own life, and with decades of experience in psychology & spirituality, Arieahn Matamonasa has discovered that when we are deeply unhappy with our lives there are common themes/patterns (cages) that keep us from the lives we truly desire.

• Draining, dysfunctional relationships
• Driven-behaviour and overwork
• Self-abandonment
• Not trusting ourselves
• Staying in our victimhood

Transformation and change can be more difficult for women because we have been taught for generations to put others first and that our own desires and dreams are ‘selfish.’ This book turns this upside down and presents a simple process of developing self-awareness and knowledge of where and how we are stuck and the keys to freedom.

• Recharging our energies
• Connection to nature and our instincts
• Using the power of our intuition as guidance
• Creating a vision for our future

This book takes the reader on a journey to rediscover passions, dreams and visions and truly become the chatelaine – owner and mistress of our lives.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9798987014509

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

Debra Oas is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on April 28th, July 28th, and August 25th.

Debra Oas is the accomplished author behind the captivating Cryptid Mysteries series, which includes “”Sinister Bay”” (2019), “”Whitewater Witch”” (2022), and her latest release, “”Mountain Walker”” (2023). Her novels weave intricate tales of murder, mythical creatures, and hidden secrets in intriguing settings ranging from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the mountains of Colorado. With a background as a retired Aquatics director and experience in journalism and freelance writing, Debra brings a wealth of storytelling prowess to her works. Her literary talents extend to children’s books, including “”Little Lost Annie,”” “”Holly the Christmas Puppy,”” “”Mr. Mick,”” and “”Celia and Teddy,”” catering to young readers at the 3rd or 4th-grade level. Debra’s return to her first love of writing is a testament to her dedication to crafting engaging narratives that captivate readers of all ages.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Sinister Bay:

Ned Ferris discovers his father has been murdered in a small, remote village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The cast of characters are peculiar and harbor many secrets. Ned, along with his friends, Wolfgang, a cryptozoologist and his sister Kyra encounter strange and frightening events, all of which culminate at the loneliest place in the world, an abandoned lighthouse in the middle of Lake Superior.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://amzn.to/3VlyPTu

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

Michelle Murray is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on April 28th, May 26th, and September 22nd.

Michelle is a married working mother of two fine young men (her children). She lives in Wisconsin. When not writing, she enjoys reading especially science fiction/fantasy and classics.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Dream Walker: Land of Mystica Series:

Miranda is plagued by vivid dreams of a another world. A world of castles, forests, Ice Caves, and dragons. She goes to a bookstore to see why she is having these visions, and learns she is a Dream Walker. Miranda heeds the call of need, and travels to Mystica. For years, the wizards have been trapped in stone. Now, one curious boy has released Midnight. Midnight gathers an army, and prepares for war. Miranda needs to find the white wizard Lightning and free from his stone prison. Can Miranda free Lighting and save Mystica?

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9781500918996

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

Ana Michelle is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on April 28th, June 23th, and August 25th.

Ana Michelle has always been passionate about writing and storytelling. They describe themself as a curious Author who loves exploring different themes and motifs. As part of their writing process, they love immersing themselves in their projects—diving headfirst into the research, production, and fine-tuning of the stories they feel are the most worthy of telling.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Garnet Fire:

McKenna Pomengale has spent her entire life within the safety of her Coven’s Farm in Texas. There she not only learned live off the land but how to walk the Astral Planes, keeping the universe balanced.
When her and every member of her coven is pulled from the plains and unable to gain entrance to them again McKenna must leave the only home she has ever known. She has to travel to the site of the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Upon her arrival she must search out the Guardians and learn the secrets they have protected for all these years.
Learning to trust others outside of her coven while insuring her of her coven’s survival is paramount.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9781639580026

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

RE Bunch is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on April 28th and July 28th.

RE Bunch is a writer from Chicago, Illinois. She enjoys all things occult, horror, and science fiction. She pulls from art, true-crime stories, scientific theories, and nature to stretch her creations beyond the limits of horror. She blends poetry and prose writing techniques to develop worlds filled with mystery, dread, and beauty. A style that has been described as eclectic and uniquely her own.

When she is not writing she is playing with dogs and making linoleum prints.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book The By-Blow Promise Land:

Truett Fox has never felt at home with any family—adopted, found, or birth. After his birth father’s unexpected passing, Truett and his adoptive brother Felix go to New Orleans, Louisiana to attend the service. While paying their respects, a storm rolls in that causes them to cut their trip short. As the two try to leave town they are detoured off the main roads, going further into the bayou. As tensions flare on the dark flooded roads, they find a woman, Leticia, stranded in the storm. Leticia promises a good time and safe shelter to wait out the storm in. Is her hospitality an old-fashioned miracle, or are there more sinister forces driving the boys to her?

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://amzn.to/3vAUqx2

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

Al Lytle and Toi Blasier is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on April 28th, June 23rd, and August 25th.

Meet the dynamic author duo of Al Lytle, an independent pro wrestler with his own promotion and creative enthusiast, and Toi Blasier, an aspiring artist in his youth turned soldier who served multiple tours in the Middle East. Their paths crossed in 2018 at work, where they quickly bonded over many shared interests including storytelling and adventure.

It was Toi who revealed to Al the dream his wife had years prior, which sparked the concept for “”Gates of Divinity,”” a sprawling epic. Recognizing the enormity of the tale, they joined forces, combining their diverse backgrounds and talents to bring the saga to life. With their passion for creativity and collaboration, Al and Toi are forging a legacy in the realm of epic fantasy literature.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Gates of Divinity: The First Light:

After the first war in Heaven, Lucifer’s defeat and banishment was all but definitive. While peace reigned for a millennium, the Father of Lies dwelled in the void of the Pits of Hell. Fueled by vengeance and blinded by his destiny during his imprisonment, Lucifer plotted against those who would stand in his way. Upon his release, Lucifer sets off a series of events that draws the attention of a handful of angels as Heaven remains skeptical of any danger. In an unsanctioned mission to thwart Lucifer’s plans, a small group of angels set off on their own. Do they have the fortitude to endure Hell’s forces and convince Heaven or will Lucifer threaten all of creation?

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9798218019297

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

Taylor Schafer is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on April 28th and July 28th!

Meet the author:
My name is Taylor Schafer! I’ve always been an avid reader. I have written a few books since high school but have taken the leap and published my first book. I love writing all the smutty books I can. I’m a firm believer in sex early in the book.

I live with my two cats; Cowboy and Bandit. And I love all things Christmas!

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Of Stars and Water:

The world is in chaos, after a freak solar storm destroys all technology on Earth. The planet goes into World War III and half the population is eradicated. The remaining population, because of radiation from the bombs and solar storm, ends up changing them. The radiation awakes latent elemental powers, allowing every person to control one element. Except for me.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://amzn.to/426GQgu

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.