ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library has announced a diverse slate of Midcoast authors who will participate in its first local author fair, which will take place, Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Chosen from the many applications submitted, the authors are:

Laurie Apgar Chandler, Upwards: The Story of the First Women to Solo Thru Paddle the Northern Forest Canoe Trail

Diana Coleman, author of  Women Going For It! Taking Risks After 50

Children’s author Kathleen Fox, Beowulf of Maine, Beowulf’s Kitten, and Can Animals Talk on Christmas Eve?

Non-fiction author Lee Heffner, Write to Finish: A Road Map to Publication

Hiker Tom Jamrog, In the Path of Young Bulls: An Odyssey on America’s Continental Divide Trail

Barbara Kent Lawrence, Islands of Time

Brooke Pacy, Vanishing Act

Mystery writer Gin Mackey, Disappear Our Dead

Lisa Steele-Maley, Without a Map: A Caregiver’s Journey through the Wilderness of Heart and Mind

Children’s author L.W. van Keuren, Raven, Stay by Me 

Additional details about the Fair, and a schedule of events will be available closer to the date.

FMI: 594-0310.