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The Fort Collins Book Fest Team

  • Nick Armstrong

    Lead Organizer
    Nick Armstrong (he/him) is the Executive Director of Howdy Neighbor Events and lead organizer of Fort Collins Comic Con and Founded in FoCo, events rooted in literacy and support of the Poudre Libraries and the Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County. An author himself, Nick's love of literacy began with R. L. Stine's Goosebumps, but you won't find a bigger fan of audiobooks in Fort Collins.

  • Laura Vilaret-Tuma

    Logistics Team
    Laura is the Community Engagement Manager at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. Driven by a passion for deep community connection, she is eager to contribute her knowledge of inclusion, accessibility, and program development to FoCo Book Fest. Her favorite genres are historical romance and classic novels. 

  • Marissa Bouska

    Social Team
    Marissa Bouska is a community member currently getting her Master's in Library Science. I am an avid reader and audiobook junkie!Currently my favorite books include Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, and Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton.

  • Renee Becher

    Program Team
    Renee has been in the bookselling business for almost ten years. She received her BA in Creative Writing from Colorado State University and is a graduate of the Denver Publishing Institute. Four of her years in bookselling were spent organizing and hosting author events, and she is certified in Event Management through the Professional Bookseller Certification Program. She also has two years of experience working at a funeral home as a Removal Technician. Her reading tastes are broad, including everything from scifi/fantasy, nature writing, memoir, romance, and of course, death and dying.