Tucson Author Alliance

Just some local authors joining forces to get our books into the hands of more readers!

About Us

It all started after the 2024 Tucson Festival of Books. We were all there and it was great. But we each went it alone and that's expensive. So we started kicking around the idea of joining up and going in on a larger booth in 2025. Then we figured, why stop there? Why not form an official organization and enter festivals and other community events as a group and share the costs? So that's what this is. Pretty cool, right?

So for now, we're entering the 2025 Tucson Festival of Books as a team and we're looking into other bookish events as well. We're even considering local farmer's markets. Why not?Since we're all local to Tucson, most of the events are going to be concentrated around here, but we will be considering events in the Phoenix area, too. So even if you're not from Tucson, you still might benefit from joining.

Upcoming Events

Tucson Festival of Books
March 15-16, 2025

Meet Our Authors

A. Skoda

A. Skoda is a freelance writer specializing in educational writing, short stories, and poetry. Skoda graduated with a Master’s Degree in English from Arizona State University. When she’s not writing, she is usually baking or exploring Tucson’s rich food and music scene with her kiddos. Unskilled is her debut novel.

Trish Arrowsmith

Trish recently moved across the country where she found her forever home, enjoying the desert sunshine and wildlife all year long. She was born and raised in a small town in northern Connecticut.Growing up, she was always fascinated by unsolved mysteries and true crimes as well as the psychological elements behind them. As an avid reader, her go to books are thrillers, suspense, and true crime.Trish currently has six novels available: two standalones, one domestic suspense duology, and two books in a cozy mystery series.

J. B. Velasquez

J. B. Velasquez has always been an avid reader and lover of witty, satirical, and thoughtful fiction. His writing reflects upon his own inquiries and observations about life through the lens of interesting and deeply flawed characters.J. B., a psychotherapist of twenty years, lives in the American Southwest with his beautiful wife and two kids who refuse to stop growing--no matter how much he tells them to cut it out.He's written two novels:

Cara Blaine

Cara is a native desert dweller in southern Arizona, where she lives with her husband, two children, and their dog MacKenzie. Her biggest dream as a little girl was to be a writer. She has a degree in psychology and creative writing, and has worked with children in many different settings since high school. She is an award winning poet, and became a novelist in 2022.When she isn't writing, or working with kids, Cara loves to read, paint, travel, eat really good food, and do yoga. She also enjoys family movie and game nights at home. Her favorite coffee drink is an iced decaf brown sugar oat milk shaken espresso, despite the obnoxiously long name.

Maggie Critchley

Maggie was born and raised in Arizona, loves travel, tacos and hopes you'll tell your dog she says hello. In addition to writing, she co-hosts a mental health/comedy podcast, Which Dog Are You Today, that you should definitely listen to and is probably at the local coffee shop or, baking a Hollywood Handshake worthy pumpkin roll. Maelstrom is her debut novel

Join the Alliance

There is a $25 yearly registration fee to participate in local events with TAA, which covers the costs of incorporation, business permits, marketing, etc. The costs of participating at local events will be shared on an event-by-event basis. For example, if the cost of a vendor table at an event is $200 and there are 5 participants, each would only pay $40. Each author will be responsible for collecting payment for their own books. There is no requirement to participate in every event and some events might be limited as to how many authors can attend. Feel free to join the mailing list and we'll keep you updated on what's coming up!

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