An Afternoon with Indie Authors

Join Best of Books and indie authors Travis Yardley and Michael Howarth for an afternoon of book signing!

Saturday, June 25th from noon to 2pm CDT.

Come meet them and get your books signed!

About the Authors:

Travis Yardely was born in Texas and then moved to Lawton as a kid. He lived there for a few years and then spent a few years traveling the world. He has now since returned to Oklahoma.

Michael Howarth holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alaska at Anchorage and a Ph.D. in Literary and Cultural Studies from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is a Professor of English at Missouri Southern State University where he teaches Children’s Literature and Film Studies in addition to directing the Honors Program. He is the author of two critical texts, Under the Bed, Creeping: Psychoanalyzing the Gothic in Children’s Literature and  Movies to See before You Graduate from High School. He is also the author of Fair Weather Ninjas, a young adult novel. His newest book, a gothic historical novel titled A Still and Awful Red, was published in 2021.