<div dir="ltr">What about using local authors who may be self-published? It's possible some may participate in a literature festival for free just to get the exposure. You could throw it out on Twitter or Facebook an see what you get. My Lockport community has a Lockport FB page, so maybe New Lenox has something like that where you could toss the idea out to the community and see if anyone will share that info.<div><br></div><div>I do know of one self-published author who is a teacher in Lemont. Let me know privately if you's like his name. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Amanda Kuzminski</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Library Media Specialist</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Junior High School</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Park, IL</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="times new roman, serif">708-364-4214</font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b>No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.<br></b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b> - <font style="font-style:italic">Neil DeGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist</font></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 8:50 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:islma@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">islma@list.railslibraries.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Does anyone have suggestions for local authors in the Chicago area who are free or charge under $200.00? We are having a literature festival in April. I have Adam Selzer for one day and two authors scheduled the second
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