
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour Baker City: Becky Ellis, Rachel King, Steven Moore, Charlie J. Stephens
In partnership with Baker County Library, Betty’s Books, and Crossroads Arts Center, the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour will be in Baker City, with four Oregon Book Awards authors.
Featured readers are Becky Ellis, a finalist in creative nonfiction for Little Avalanches: A Memoir, Rachel King, finalist in fiction for Bratwurst Haven, Steven Moore, finalist in creative nonfiction for The Distance from Slaughter County, and Charlie J. Stephens, finalist in fiction for A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest.
Conversation and book signing will follow the readings.

Becky Ellis
Becky Ellis, daughter of a World War II combat sergeant and veteran of a war fought at home, is the author of Little Avalanches. She believes in the transformational power of storytelling and facilitates writing workshops in underheard communities with Write Around Portland. A longtime Oregonian, she has raised three daughters in Portland.

Rachel King
Rachel King is the author of Bratwurst Haven: Stories, the novel People along the Sand and two poetry chapbooks. Her short stories have appeared in One Story, North American Review, Northwest Review, Green Mountains Review, and elsewhere.

Steven Moore
Steven Moore is a 2024 Oregon Book Award finalist in creative nonfiction for The Distance From Slaughter County: Lessons From Flyover Country. He is also the author of The Longer We Were There: A Memoir of a Part-Time Soldier, which received the AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction. He is originally from southeast Iowa.

Charlie J. Stephens
Charlie J. Stephens was born and raised in Salem, Oregon. Their debut novel, A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest, (2024) was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and was awarded the Leslie Feinberg Award in Trans and Gender-Variant Literature and the Foreword Indies Bronze Award in LGBTQ+ Adult Fiction. Their new collection of short stories, Annihilation for Beginners, will be published by Buckman in early 2026. More at www.charliejstephenswriting.com