MARQUETTE — More than a dozen Upper Michigan authors from across the Upper Peninsula will gather Saturday, Oct. 9, for the fourth U.P. Authors Day Book Fair at the Campfire Co-Works in downtown Marquette.

Participating authors will gather to meet readers from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.

Admission to the event is free to the public.

The U.P. Authors Day Book Fair is an event intended to raise awareness of the rich tradition of writing about U.P. and introduce readers to local authors.

The original event was the brainchild of Lon Emerick, award-winning author of “The Superior Peninsula.”

This year’s event has been organized by members of the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association in coordination with Campfire CoWorks.

The Campfire CoWorks facility is in the U.P. Masonic Center at 132 W. Washington St., with convenient street parking and additional parking in the Bluff Street Ramp behind the Masonic Center.

In addition to selling and signing books, several authors will have drawings for a chance to win one of their books.

These authors, plus more to be announced, will appear —

— Larry Buege of Marquette, author of “Chogan: Native American Series”;

— Michael Carrier of Grand Rapids, Mich., author of “Murder on Sugar Island/ Jack Handler Series”;

— Mikel Classen of Sault Ste. Marie, author of “Points North: Discover Hidden Campgrounds, Natural Wonders, and Waterways of the Upper Peninsula”;

— Elizabeth Fust of Marquette, author of “Wooly and the Good Shepherd”;

— Brad Gischia of Ishpeming, author of “Professor Cryptid’s Encyclopedia of Legendary Creatures”;

— Carole Lynn Hare of Manistique, author of “The Legend of Kitch-iti-kipi”;

— Anne Miller of Caspian, author of “The Last Photograph”;

— Nikki Mitchell of Iron River, author of “Eleanor Mason’s Literary Adventures”;

— Eric Paad of Rapid River, founder and president of “The Caregiver Incentive Project”;

— Dorothy Paad of Rapid River, author of “Dance Your Dance, Sing Your Song”;

— Gretchen Preston of Marquette, author of “The Valley Cats Series”;

— Nancy Seminoff of Marquette, “Literacy Legacy Fund of Michigan”;

— Tyler R. Tichelaar of Marquette, author of “Haunted Marquette” and “Kawbawgam.”

The organizer and participating authors encourage everyone in the area to come out and meet the authors who write about the place where they live.

Details of the event will be updated on www.UPPAA.org.

Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or write about the Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan non-profit association with nearly 100 members, many of whose books are featured on the organization’s website at www.uppaa.org.

UPPAA welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a U.P. connection who is interested in writing.