Featured Authors & Autographed Editions

Check out these titles by our talented local authors and authors who have visited for events - some of which are sold exclusively at Phoenix Books! Remember, not all books featured on our website are necessarily in stock at our bricks-and-mortar locations, but we're always happy to special order a book for you to pick up at the store. Special orders almost always come in quickly, and don't involve any extra fees. Happy browsing!

Peter Hogenkamp

Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker, and author of medical fiction and thrillers living in Rutland, Vermont. His first novel, The Intern was published in April 2020 by Touchpoint Press.   Peter is the founder and editor of The Book Stops Here, a literary blog for readers and writers written by authors, agents, editors, publishers, and poet, and the creator, producer, and host of Your Health Matters, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. When he isn’t writing or practicing medicine, he loves to hike, ski, and take photographs. 

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James Kochalka

James Kochalka is one of the most unique and prolific cartoonists working in America today. His comics have been published internationally, and he’s developed animated cartoons for Nickelodeon. Among his best-known work is the Johnny Boo series, for which he won an Eisner Award in 2019. In 2011, James became the first official Vermont Cartoonist Laureate. He and his wife, Amy, continue to live in Vermont, where they raised their family of two boys and too many cats.

Signed, personalized copies of James' books are available on our website; please order below.   If you ordered a book for store pick up, we will contact you as soon as it's ready.  If you ordered a book with shipping, please allow an additional 7-10 days for delivery.

 

 

 

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Dead Wind By Tessa Wegert Cover Image
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Published: Severn House - April 5th, 2022

The Dead Season (A Shana Merchant Novel #2) By Tessa Wegert Cover Image
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Published: Berkley - December 8th, 2020

Death in the Family (A Shana Merchant Novel #1) By Tessa Wegert Cover Image
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Published: Berkley - August 18th, 2020

The Mountains Wild: A Mystery (Maggie D'arcy Mysteries #1) By Sarah Stewart Taylor Cover Image
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Published: Minotaur Books - June 15th, 2021

A Distant Grave: A Maggie D'arcy Mystery (Maggie D'arcy Mysteries #2) By Sarah Stewart Taylor Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250847188
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Published: Minotaur Books - June 21st, 2022

The Drowning Sea: A Maggie D'arcy Mystery (Maggie D'arcy Mysteries #3) By Sarah Stewart Taylor Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250826657
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Published: Minotaur Books - June 21st, 2022

Thea Lewis

Thea Lewis is a Vermont native and the creator of Queen City Ghostwalk, the haunted tour chosen “Best Scary Stroll” by Yankee Magazine. Called Vermont’s “Queen of Halloween,” she’s been scaring up history in Burlington and beyond since 2002, with her tours, special events, and books for adults and children. 

You can find Thea online at queencityghostwalk.com and thealewis.com.

 

 

 

 

Lakeview Cemetery of Burlington, Vermont (Landmarks) By Thea Lewis Cover Image
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Published: History Press - September 7th, 2020

Wicked Vermont By Thea Lewis Cover Image
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Published: History Press - May 21st, 2018

Haunted Burlington: Spirits of Vermont's Queen City (Haunted America) By Thea Lewis Cover Image
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Published: History Press - September 25th, 2009

Ghosts and Legends of Lake Champlain (Haunted America) By Thea Lewis Cover Image
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Published: History Press - August 21st, 2012

Haunted Inns and Ghostly Getaways of Vermont (Haunted America) By Thea Lewis Cover Image
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Published: History Press - August 26th, 2014

Garrett M. Graff

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History Smashers: Women's Right to Vote By Kate Messner, Dylan Meconis (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Dylan Meconis (Illustrator)
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Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - July 7th, 2020

History Smashers: The Mayflower By Kate Messner, Dylan Meconis (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Dylan Meconis (Illustrator)
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Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - July 7th, 2020

The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents (Presidents Book for Kids; History of United States Presidents When They Were Young) By Kate Messner, Adam Rex Cover Image
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Published: Chronicle Books - March 24th, 2020

Over and Under the Rainforest By Kate Messner, Christopher Silas Neal (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Published: Chronicle Books - August 11th, 2020

How to Write a Story: (Read-Aloud Book, Learn to Read and Write) By Kate Messner, Mark Siegel (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Mark Siegel (Illustrator)
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Published: Chronicle Books - July 7th, 2020

Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Ranger in Time #1) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - January 6th, 2015

Danger in Ancient Rome (Ranger in Time #2) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - June 30th, 2015

Long Road to Freedom (Ranger in Time #3) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - December 29th, 2015

Race to the South Pole (Ranger in Time #4) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - June 28th, 2016

Journey through Ash and Smoke (Ranger in Time #5) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - January 31st, 2017

Escape from the Great Earthquake (Ranger in Time #6) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - June 27th, 2017

D-Day: Battle on the Beach (Ranger in Time #7) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - January 30th, 2018

Hurricane Katrina Rescue (Ranger in Time #8) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - June 26th, 2018

Disaster on the Titanic (Ranger in Time #9) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - January 29th, 2019

Night of Soldiers and Spies (Ranger in Time #10) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - July 9th, 2019

Escape from the Twin Towers (Ranger in Time #11)  By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - February 4th, 2020

Attack on Pearl Harbor (Ranger in Time #12) By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kate Messner, Kelley McMorris (Illustrator)
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Published: Scholastic Press - July 21st, 2020

Haunting Happy Hour

Goodnight Stranger By Miciah Bay Gault Cover Image
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Published: Park Row - July 28th, 2020

The Invited: A Novel By Jennifer McMahon Cover Image
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Published: Anchor - January 28th, 2020

The Mountains Wild: A Mystery (Maggie D'arcy Mysteries #1) By Sarah Stewart Taylor Cover Image
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Published: Minotaur Books - June 23rd, 2020

Laurie Forest

Laurie Forest lives deep in the backwoods of Vermont, where she sits in front of a wood stove drinking strong tea and dreaming up tales full of dryads, dragons and wands. She is the author of The Black Witch Chronicles, including The Black WitchThe Iron FlowerThe Shadow Wand, The Demon Tide and the prequel e-novellas Wandfasted and Light Mage, which are also available in print as The Rebel Mages anthology.

 

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Emily Bernard

Emily Bernard was born and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and received her PhD in American studies from Yale University. She has been the recipient of grants from the Ford Foundation, the NEH, and a W. E. B. Du Bois Resident Fellowship at Harvard University. Her essays have been published in journals and anthologies, among them The American Scholar, Best American Essays, and Best African American Essays. She is the Julian Lindsay Green & Good Professor of English at the University of Vermont.

Dr. Bernard is the 2019 winner of the prestigious Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose for Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time and Mine. Sponsored by the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the award encompasses fiction, travel writing, memoir and diary, and honors exceptional work.

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Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine By Emily Bernard Cover Image
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Published: Vintage - December 3rd, 2019

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Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine By Emily Bernard Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780451493026
Published: Knopf - January 29th, 2019

Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships By Emily Bernard Cover Image
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Published: Harper Paperbacks - June 28th, 2005

Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten By Emily Bernard (Editor), Langston Hughes, Carl Van Vechten Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780375727078
Published: Vintage - February 5th, 2002

Megan Price

Megan Price headshotA former award-winning journalist and Vermont legislator, Megan Price has been called a "folklore artist" for her ability to breathe life into little known, true tales of the Green Mountains as told by those who lived them. "The books are a working man's history," Price says. "The stories combine history, humor, conservation, danger​ and courage​."​ Price gives credit to the retired game wardens who share their adventures with her, putting their names and photos in the books. "I'm always looking for more wardens, more deputies, more good stories, from any state. I ​want to save good stories and share them. I ​hope people will stop by and pass along a name ​of a retired game warden or deputy with good stories ​if they know someone," she added. "The older fellows tend to have the best stories! And I'm interested in hearing from wardens from every state."​

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