Historical Fiction

Krull, Steven

Birth Year (-Died Year)
1958
Birth City
Worthington
Birth State
MN
Current Location
Cripple Creek, CO
Phone (Public)
(719) 246-0231
Occupation(s)
Author, Outdoor Writer, Photographer
Biography

I relocated to Woodland Park from the Parker, Colorado area in 2010, and then moved again to Cripple Creek in 2017. I have written several outdoor photography books, including a large body of work from the Pikes Peak area.

Awards/Honors
Accepted into The Marquis Who's Who, 2022-2023
Education/Training
Associate in Arts, Mission College Santa Clara, CA (1984)
Organizations
* Professional Photographers of America
* Sierra Club
* Colorado Author's League
* Pikes Peak Writers
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
I have a wildlife photography presentation that was well-received at the Woodland Park Library.

Linda DuVal

Author Linda DuVal
Pseudonym
Linn LaVelle (only for one early novel)
Birth Year (-Died Year)
1948
Birth City
Oklahoma City
Birth State
OK
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Journalist/freelance writer
Biography

I have lived in Colorado Springs since 1969, worked as a reporter, writer, and editor at The Gazette for 32 years and have been a freelance writer for many years.

Awards/Honors
Various journalistic awards during my tenure at The Gazette
"Best Travel Feature" and "Best Newspaper Travel Section," the Society of American Travel Writers
Frank Riley Award for Travel Writing
Education/Training
* St. Cloud State University 1966-1969
* Southern Colorado State University, 1970-1971 (Bachelor of Science, teaching degree as a comprehensive English major)
* Workshops with Society of American Travel Writers for 10 years
* Poynter Institute writing workshop and other training while at The Gazette
Local Authors Genres
Organizations
* Recently, became Director Emeritus of the board of the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District (served 10 years)
* Still serve on the Program Committee and Communications Committee as a volunteer
* Also on the advisory board of the Karen Possehl Women's Endowment at UCCS (includes mentoring a non-traditional woman scholar) since 2006
* Recently joined Pikes Peak Writers
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Writing in general, writing a novel specifically, and travel writing.\

Emanuelson, K. L.

Author K. L. Emanuelson
Birth City
Milwaukee
Birth State
WI
Current Location
El Paso County, CO
Occupation(s)
Author
Biography

K. L. Emanuelson is an Army veteran. She was a working cowgirl for many years, a horse trainer and a riding instructor. As a Beowulf scholar, she's presented at academic conferences and been published in the proceedings. She's entered the poetry, essay and short-short fiction divisions and won, at the Colorado Veterans Arts competitions, but now focuses upon writing her novels. She shares her ranch in the beautiful, historic Bijou Basin with her horses, dogs and cats. She's a historian with a focus upon pre-Viking early 6th century Scandinavia and the 19th century American West.

Awards/Honors
First Place, "Blue Agave," Colorado Women's Poetry Competition, open division
2018 Colorado Veterans Arts Competition: First Place Essay, First Place and Best in Show in Writing for a Short-short Fiction piece
2019 Colorado Veterans Arts Competition: First Place Essay, First Place Short-short Fiction, First Place Poetry
Education/Training
MA-English/Language Arts
Published Works Book Jackets
Image
Book cover for The Woman Who Rode Destiny by K. L. Emauelson
Organizations
Pikes Peak Writers
Sons of Norway
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Beowulf, horses, including accurate horse portrayals in film and fiction, Viking and pre-Viking Norse culture, and cowboys/cowgirls

Haines, E. L.

Author E. L. Haines
Birth City
Dallas
Birth State
TX
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Writer
Biography

Ethan reads all the time and writes so that you can read. He travels the world, ignoring the usual boundaries of space and time, collecting stories, which he loves to tell almost as much as Sparrow himself does.

He has visited more than 25 countries in person, and perhaps more than a hundred in books. He has also time-traveled to more than 40 different years in history. We won’t tell you exactly which ones.

Speaker Availability
No