On Wednesday, June 4,  ADAM STEMPLE reads from 6:30-7:45 pm at DreamHaven Books. Adam Stemple is a Celtic-influenced American folk rock musician, based in Minneapolis. He is also the author of several fantasy novels and short stories, including two series co-written with his mother, author Jane Yolen. Stemple played guitar and sang as a member of the folk “rock and reel” band Cats Laughing from 1988-1996. The band also included notable fantasy/science fiction authors Emma Bull and Steven Brust. For 12 years he was lead singer/guitarist for the band Boiled in Lead. Of his first novel, Singer of Souls, SFWA Grandmaster Anne McCaffrey said, “One of the best first novels I have ever read.” Of one of his later works, Hugo Award-winning author Naomi Kritzer said, “No one writes bastard-son-of-a-bitch characters as well as Adam Stemple.”