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Local Author Conference

About Our Seventh Annual Local Author Conference

November 14, 2026 9am-noon

Join us for a morning of inspirational and informative sessions by authors for authors! Whether you write for yourself, are aspiring to be published or currently have work published, the local author conference is an opportunity to network, and learn. Light refreshments will be provided. Participants will be entered in a prize drawing.

Register here

Following the event, gather in Aaronson Auditorium for a Local Author Bookfair. Writers from Tulsa and the surrounding area will have their work available for purchase. Are you interested in selling your work? Find more information below!

November 14, 2026

Aaronson Auditorium 12-2 pm

Are you interested in selling your work at our Local Author Bookfair following the conference? Apply below! Applications received after November 2nd may not be considered.

Application

Booksellers will be provided only with a table space for their work. Means for collecting payment will not be provided by the library.

Meet Our Speakers

Samantha Ryan: Working With Small Presses

Samantha Ryan is a queer writer from Tulsa, OK where she lives with her chunky German Shepherd named Harley, her furball agents of chaos: Jack and Sally as well as half a dozen plants she can barely keep alive.

Lauren Smith: Copyright, Trademarks, and Contracts

USA Today Bestselling Author Lauren Smith is an Oklahoma attorney who writes romances, historical fiction and cozy mysteries under three pennames. She has published traditionally and independently over 85 books and has her books translated in six languages aside from English. Connecting with readers by writing emotionally moving, and realistic stories no matter what time period is her passion. She’s won multiple awards in several romance subgenres including: Publisher Weekly’s Booklife Prize Romance Category Winner, a Semi-Finalist award for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award, a 2018 RITA ® Finalist in the Romance Writers of America Contest, and a Finalist in the Oklahoma Center for the Book Awards. To connect with Lauren, visit her at www.laurensmithbooks.com.

Annette LaFortune Murray: The Picture Book Process

Annette LaFortune Murray is an author, passionate traveler, community volunteer, and professional speaker. Annette's research of historic Route 66 is used in her picture books and her public speaking. After 25 years of teaching, she became a school library media specialist. When Annette isn’t writing children’s books, she is often playing pickleball, relaxing with friends, or researching her next roadtrip.

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