July 10, 2024
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Author Spotlight: Philip Myles Dane
Dane is a student of science and culture. He travels and works with people from around the world. ALL THE DARK VOICES is the debut novel and the first sci-fi/speculative thriller in a three book collection. Other unrelated thrillers are in queue for readers in the years ahead. READ MORE>> |
Author Spotlight: John McNellis
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Hastings College of The Law, John practiced law until he co-founded McNellis Partners, a Northern California shopping center development firm, in 1982. John is a decades’ long member of the Urban Land Institute—a founding member of its Environmental Task Force—and the READ MORE>> |
April 22, 2024
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March 11, 2024
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Author Spotlight: Stacey Tucker
A desire to build a bridge between today’s science and the magic of a time forgotten has landed Stacey Tucker in the world of fiction writing. Ocean's Fire was the first of three books asking readers to open their minds to the possibilities hidden behind the veils our society forces upon us. READ MORE>> |
Author Spotlight: Jeanne Blasberg
Jeanne Blasberg is an award-winning and bestselling author and essayist. Her most recent book, The Nine (She Writes Press 2019) was honored with the 2019 Foreword Indies Gold Award in Thriller & Suspense, and the Gold Medal and Juror’s Choice in the 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards, among others. READ MORE>> |
August 28, 2024
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Author Spotlight: Ursula Werner
Ursula Werner is a writer and attorney currently living in Washington, D.C., with her family. Throughout her legal career, Ms. Werner has pursued creative writing, publishing two books of poetry, In the Silence of the Woodruff (2006) and Rapunzel Revisited (2010). The Good at Heart (2017) is her first novel. READ MORE>> |
August 19, 2024
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July 17, 2024
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Author Spotlight: Lou Diamond
Lou Diamond is a highly sough-after speaker, sales and marketing consultant, leadership and performance mentor and podcaster. Author of Master the Art of Connecting and CEO of Thrive, Lou has made it his life’s work to help businesses, leaders and brands thrive through the power of connecting. READ MORE>> |
Author Spotlight: Libby Fischer Hellmann
Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago a long time ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. She soon began writing historical fiction as well. Seventeen novels and twenty-five short stories later, she claims they’ll take her out of the Windy City feet first. READ MORE>> |
July 8, 2024
Author Spotlight: Elisabeth Haggblade
Born in 1942 in Munich, Germany, I am a naturalized U.S. citizen. My academic credentials consist of a B.A. in German, a B.A. in Russian, a Master’s in Linguistics from the California State University, Fresno, and a PhD in English Philology from the Freie Universität Berlin. READ MORE>> |
July 2, 2024
Author Spotlight: Kerrina Kuhns
Finally, a dream come true. I have always wanted to publish a book. A fiction story I have worked on over the years taking my treasured moments from visits at the beach along with a few life experiences. I grew up in Long Island, NY and currently live in Colorado surrounded by family and friends. I enjoy watercolor painting. A Pair of Oars READ MORE>> |
June 11, 2024
Author Spotlight: Francesca Miracola
Francesca Miracola is an Italian American from Queens, NY, currently living on Long Island, but in her mind she’s a free-spirited wanderer. She wants to travel the world, but she’s afraid to fly, although a glass of wine gets her through most flights. Francesca’s mostly an introvert who greatly prefers deep, meaningful conversations to surface READ MORE>> |
June 3, 2024
Author Spotlight: Lynne Spriggs O'Connor
Before moving to the rural West at age forty-two, Lynne Spriggs O’Connor curated exhibitions of folk and self-taught art at the High Museum in Atlanta. She spent ten summers on northern Montana’s Blackfeet Indian Reservation while pursuing fieldwork for her PhD in Native American Art History at Columbia University. READ MORE>> |
May 28, 2024
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Author Spotlight: Patricia Leavy
Patricia Leavy, PhD is novelist, sociologist, and arts advocate (formerly Associate Professor of Sociology, Founding Director of Gender Studies and Chairperson of Sociology & Criminology at Stonehill College). She is widely considered the world's most visible proponent of arts-based research, which merges the arts and sciences. READ MORE>> |
Author Spotlight: Dian Greenwood
Though Dian Greenwood started her life in the Dakotas, she has been a West Coaster since adolescence. She studied both writing and counseling psychology in San Francisco. An early focus on poetry led her to fiction. She has published personal essays in The Big Smoke, a weekly online magazine. READ MORE>> |
May 6, 2024
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April 29, 2024
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Author Spotlight: Carolyn Clarke
Carolyn Clarke is the founder and curator of HenLit Central, a blog focused on ‘life and lit’ for women over 40. And Now There's Zelda is her second book after her multi-award winning and bestselling book, And Then There’s Margaret (women's fiction - comedy drama). READ MORE>> |
Author Spotlight: Nanci E. LaGarenne
Nanci E. LaGarenne was born in Brooklyn and lives on the East End of Long Island. She is a former teaching assistant in the Autistic Unit at P. S.236 in Brooklyn, a child care coordinator at The Retreat, a domestic violence shelter on Long Island, and freelance journalist for Dan's Papers and contributing writer to The Montauk Sun. READ MORE>> |
April 15, 2024
Author Spotlight: Sarah P. Blanchard
In her fiction, Sarah P. Blanchard writes about conflicted people making difficult decisions in impossible situations, sometimes with good outcomes. She's especially drawn to flawed, compassionate characters who believe they must battle their demons alone, and complex antagonists who feel they have nothing to lose. READ MORE>> |
April 8, 2024
Author Spotlight: Jessica Rosenberg
Jessica Rosenberg s an emerging author of Paranormal Women's Fiction and Cozy Fantasy. Her delicious debut series, Baking Up a Magical Midlife, is the story of a middle-aged newly single mom who discovers she's a witch when she inherits a magical bakery. READ MORE>> |
April 2, 2024
Author Spotlight: Linda Murphy Marshall
Linda Murphy Marshall is a multi-linguist and writer with a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing. Her memoir, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery received a starred review from Kirkus. READ MORE>> |
March 25, 2024
Author Spotlight: Angela Terry
Angela Terry is an attorney who formerly practiced intellectual property law at large firms in Chicago and San Francisco. She is also a Chicago Marathon legacy runner and races to raise money for PAWS Chicago—the Midwest's largest no-kill shelter. READ MORE>> |
March 18, 2024
Author Spotlight: Marianne C. Bohr
Marianne C. Bohr, freelance writer and travel blogger, married her high school sweetheart and travel partner. Four of her travel essays received Solas Awards by travel publisher, Travelers’ Tales, honoring excellence in travel writing. READ MORE>> |
March 4, 2024
Author Spotlight: Céline Keating
Céline Keating is an award-winning writer and author of Layla (2011), a Huffington Post featured title, and Play for Me (2015), a finalist in the International Book Awards, the Indie Excellence Awards, and the USA Book Awards. READ MORE>> |
February 27, 2024
Author Spotlight: Leslie Johansen Nack
Leslie Johansen Nack’s debut novel, The Blue Butterfly, A Novel of Marion Davies has won two awards including 2022 CIBA Finalist for Goethe Late Historical Fiction. Her debut memoir, Fourteen, A Daughter’s Memoir, received five indie awards, including the 2016 READ MORE>> |
February 15, 2024
Author Spotlight: Valerie Nifora
Valerie Nifora is a best-selling and award-winning author, who was born and raised in New York to Greek immigrant parents. She credits her Greek heritage for her love of words and storytelling. Her first romance novel, The Fairmounts, debuted as a #1 New Release. READ MORE>> |