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Public Outcry: Biographies
“The Doolittles”
 Silas House and Jason Howard perform together as “The Doolittles.” More about “The Doolittles” is available at http://www.myspace.com/thedoolittles.
- Jason Howard is a writer and musician living in London, Kentucky. Originally from Bell County, Howard is a frequent contributor to Kentucky Living, Paste, and Equal Justice Magazine. An accomplished musician and songwriter, he tries to play every instrument he can get his hands on.
- Silas House is the author of the novels Clay’s Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, and The Coal Tattoo, as well as the play The Hurting Part. He has received many honors, including the Appalachian Book of the Year, the Award of Special Achievement from the Fellowship of Southern Writers, the Chaffin Award for Literature, two Kentucky Literary Prizes for Novel of the Year, and the fiction prize from the National Society of Arts and Letters. House is a two-time finalist for both the Southern Book Critics Circle Prize and the SEBA Book of the Year. He resides in Eastern Kentucky with his wife and two daughters. A full biography is available at: http://silashouse.com/index_files/page0001.htm.
“The Cosmic Mamaws”
Jessie Lynne Keltner, Kate Larken, George Ella Lyon, and Anne Shelby perform together as “The Cosmic Mamaws.”
 Jessie Lynne Keltner is a respected songwriter and musician who has performed throughout Appalachia. Her voice and songs ring with the rich, ancient tones of her ancestors. Raised in Southeastern Kentucky, she currently lives in London.
- Kate Larken is a songwriter, playwright, activist, educator, producer, and publisher (EvaMedia Inc and MotesBooks) whose career is a busy intersection of communication, education, and the arts. She has recorded five collections of original music, and has contributed to various other recording and performance projects. A native of west Kentucky’s rural farmlands and, later, a transplant into the great nation of Appalachia, she currently lives on the Ohio River in a big, old city with working-class roots that run deep.
- George Ella Lyon is originally from Harlan County, Kentucky and has published thirty-five books for children and adults. Her most recent titles include Don’t You Remember? (a memoir due out in April), No Dessert Forever! and Trucks Roll! (picture books), Sonny’s House of Spies (a novel for young readers), and a reprint of the adult novel With a Hammer for My Heart. Married to musician/writer Steve Lyon, she is the mother of two sons, and makes her living as a freelance writer and teacher in Lexington.
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 Anne Shelby, who grew up in Southeastern Kentucky, lives near Oneida in Clay County. She is the author of children’s books, poems, newspaper columns, and a forthcoming collection of Appalachian folktales.
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