Renoun author and humorist Bill Bryson 
Author and Environmentalist Bill McKibben 
Authors Kim Edwards, James Grippando, and Joe Konrath 
Caldecott award winning author
David Small
Swedish author and Nobell Prize
Committee Member Kjell Espmark
Bud, Not Buddy author Christopher Paul Curtis 
Clifford the Big Red Dog author Norman Bridwell 
Artwork done at Central library by David Small 
New Your Times bestselling author Greg Mortenson 
Detroit Red Wings star
Shawn Burr
Artist Lyman Kipp and library benefactor
W. Hawkins Ferry
Sculptor and mobile artist
Alexander Calder
Renown architect Marcel Breuer agrees to design the Central library 
Children’s book author
Rosemary Wells
Arthur author
Marc Brown
Authors Phillip Margolin, Jennifer Weiner, and Dorothea Benton Frank. 
Author (and former Woods branch employee) Megan Abbott 
Internationally acclaimed author Alexander McCall Smith 
Rotten Ralph author
Jack Gantos
Michigan Chillers author Johnathan Rand 
Author and medical educator Marianne Neifert 
New Your Times
columnist Jane Brody
Author and illustrator Steven Kellogg 
Authors Nevada Barr, Mary Kay Andrews, and Stuart Kaminsky 
Original artwork
for the library by
Steven Kellogg
Singer, educator, and silly dancer Jim Gill 
Author and retirement educator John E. Nelson 
“My Friend Rabbit” author and illustrator Eric Rohmann 
Author Sarah Stewart and husband/illustrator David Small
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