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Queen Takes Book September 2026 Local Author Fair at Cushwa & Rad Pies Taproom on Thursday, September 24th at 6pm.
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Local Author Fair - September '26

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Come meet an amazing group of local authors and learn more about their books!



Come to our Boozy Local Author Fair and meet an amazing group of local authors! This is an opportunity to learn about incredible new books directly from the authors themselves. That means you can get them signed, personalized, and ask any questions you may have! All while enjoying great food and drinks from Cushwa & Rad Pies Taproom. We can't wait to see you there!



Here are our attending authors!

J. A. Barrios (Ravings of an Unsettled Mind, Tenebris: The Unholy Darkness, Tenebris: The Unholy Quest)
Jean Burgess (Navigating Her Next Chapter: A Retro Novel, That Summer She Found Her Voice: A Novel)
Mindy Carlson (Her Dying Day)
Harry Carpenter (Howlers, Spooky Tales and Scary Things 3, Nightmares Unbound)
Jacqueline Cassard (Two Blue Lines)
Marie D (Still Water, Skin; An Iridescent Light)
Tara Ebersole (Bits of Spirit)
Scot Ehrhardt (The Armillary Papers)
Rikka Gallasova (Soul Mirror)
Steven Gellman (Somewhere in Nowhere)
K. M. Hogenson (The Archcrusade: Tome One)
Madeline James (Because the Beasts Came)
A. L. Kaplan (Star Touched)
Nina Lior (The Forty Poems)
Brian J Lynch (Consequences Intended, Selected)
Debbi Mack (Identity Crisis, Fatal Connections, Damaged Goods)
Marina Massino (Steal the Sky)
Jeff Mount (Seeking Thin Places: How Sacred Travel Heals, Restores, and Awakens the Soul)
N. N. Nicky (That Missing Piece: A Collection of LGBTQ+ Short Stories)
Homira Pashai (The Eyes of the Arg: A Persian Saga)
Jeanne E. Saddler (The Great Triumph - A Memoir of Courage & Devotion)
A. M. Shilling (The Devouring)
Darran Smith (The Alphabet Lovers)
Mary K. Tilghman (Lucky Spring, Step into the Sunlight, Divided Loyalties)

About the Venue

Cushwa & Rad Pies Taproom

Presented by Queen Takes Book

6695 Dobbin Rd, Suite G
Columbia, MD 21045

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