Michigan History Author Symposium: Some photos

Michigan history author Michael Delaware hosted an event in Battle Creek this past Saturday to celebrate other authors who write about the past of the Mitten. I was blessed to be one of the featured authors, along with Dr. Gerald Cliff, my collaborator for "The 'Baby Doll' Serial Killer" book. We were two of 12 authors scheduled to speak that day, though one author unfortunately couldn't make it. 

I captured some video of my presentation with Dr. Cliff, and you'll see that in the coming weeks on my YouTube channel, but for now, I got some great photos of the event and the other authors speaking there. This was at the Battle Creek Regional History Museum on Saturday afternoon.

Allie Siebert, podcaster of "Allie in the Archives" and author of several books on older Michigan murder mysteries

James N. Jackson, former president of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Inc., the Oakland County Genealogical Society, the Calhoun County Genealogical Society

Michael Delaware, organizer of the event who has written a lot of books, notably ones on Michigan true crime of the Victorian era

Janyre Tromp, who specializes in mid-20th century historical novels

Sonya Bernard Hollins, who has chronicled Battle Creek's music history and who also podcasts 

Mikel B. Classen, who has written about "Piracy on the Great Lakes"

Tom Carr, author of the Blood on the Mitten series

Maurice Imhoff, who chronicled "The 1st Michigan Colored Regiment" of the Civil War

Judy Gail Krasnow, who has documented the history of Jackson's original prison

Photos by B.R. Bates; copying is OK.