Kevin Williams
Williams, editor and friend of the late Elizabeth Coblentz and of her daughter Lovina Eicher, has been involved with the family since 1991 when he first began editing and promoting Coblentz's Amish Cook column. In addition to the column, which is now written by Eicher and published in more than 100 newspapers, Williams has collaborated on three Amish Cook books. He will talk about his experiences with the Amish community on Tuesday, July 26, at Degenstein Community Library in Sunbury.

Marta Perry
Perry will be the first featured Read Across the Valley author,with a presentation scheduled for Tuesday, August 16, also at Degenstein Community Library. Perry will focus on her book "Murder in Plain Sight," published in December 2010.

Tamar Myers

Myers, author of a mystery series set in Pennsylvania that
features an Amish-Mennonite sleuth, will speak on September. 14, at James V. Brown Library in Williajsport. Myers will focus on her 2009 novel "The Witch Doctor's Wife," in which she delves into her own history as the daughter of Christian missionaries in the Belgian Congo. She also will introduce her novel "The Headhunter's Daughter," which will be published in December 2011

Dr. Donald B, Kraybill

Nationally recognized for his scholarship, Kraybill is the author or editor of numerous books and dozens of professional articles. His research on Anabaptist groups has been featured in magazines, newspapers, and on radio and television programs across the United States and in many foreign countries. He has received numerous awards including the National Religious Book Award for The Upside Down Kingdom (2003), which has been translated into five languages. He has authored or coauthored seven books on Amish life and culture, including The Riddle of Amish Culture (2001), The Amish and the State (2003), and Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits (2004). The latter two were each named an Outstanding Academic Book by Choice.

Kraybill is currently serving as Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College (PA).