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Exclusive Author Q&A Sessions: Insights from Bestselling and Emerging Writers

Behind the Scenes: How Your Favorite Books Came to Life

Author spotlight image showing Mary Curran Hackett beside the book cover for Proof of Heaven, along with an Amazon logo and a short review quote
Author Spotlight:  ​Mary Curran Hackett

Mary Curran Hackett is the mother of two children, Brigid Claire and Colm Francis, and is married to Greg Hackett. She received an MA in English Literature from the University of Nebraska and a BA from the University Honors Program at Catholic University in Washington, DC. Born and raised in Danbury, CT, she has traveled extensively and lived
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Author Spotlight:  ​N.E. Carlisle

N.E. Carlisle writes stories steeped in mystery, community, and a strong sense of place—from small-town bookshops to windswept coastal shores. She is the author of Hazelnuts and Homicide, the first in the Bonne Année Mystery Series, where food, friendship, and a dash of danger mix in the charming coastal town of Hazelton, Oregon.


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Author Spotlight: Martha Retallick

Martha Retallick is an award-winning documentary photographer and writer. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Michigan and has done additional coursework in graphic design and building and construction technologies at Pima Community College.

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Author Spotlight: ​Anna Olswanger 

Anna Olswanger based her first children's book, SHLEMIEL CROOKS, on a Yiddish newspaper article she uncovered about the attempted robbery of her great-grandfather’s kosher liquor store in St. Louis in 1919. This is the English translation of the article:

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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 

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Author Spotlight: ​Donna Dalton

Donna Dalton is an educator with 40 years of school experience. Donna currently lives in Manakin Sabot, Virginia, with her husband, Bob. She is a mother and grandmother who loves to travel. 


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Author Spotlight: ​Mary V. Slinkard 

​Mary Vassallo Slinkard’s journey from the courtroom to the literary world is as compelling as the mysteries she writes. With over two decades as a successful commercial litigator, Mary honed her analytical skills and deep understanding of human nature – the perfect ingredients for crafting edge-of-your-seat suspense 

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Katherine Scherer and Eileen Bodoh smiling side by side next to their book Blessings Abound: Awaken to the Gifts at Hand with an olive-green cover
Author Spotlight: ​Eileen Bodoh  and Katherine Scherer 

​Eileen Bodoh is involved with various Austrian cultural events in Milwaukee, WI and received the Decoration of Merit from the Republic of Austria. Eileen created a successful holistic health conference, and served as a hospice volunteer, influenced by her studies with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Both Katherine and Eileen participated in "The 


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Author Spotlight: Debbie Forcier-Lynn

Debbie Forcier-Lynn is the founder of Cultural Alignment Solutions and creator of the Expansion Leadership Academy. A Professional Certified Coach, speaker, author, and energy disruptor, Debbie has spent two decades helping leaders break unconscious patterns and lead with power, presence, and purpose.


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Author spotlight for The Science of High-Performance Leadership by Sherry Yellin featuring the dark blue book cover with a glowing brain design
Author Spotlight: Sherry Yellin
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Sherry is recognized professionally as an expert in leadership, learning solutions, and executive development. She specializes in applying cognitive and neuroscience-based approaches dedicated to equipping leaders to be extraordinary through brain-based, innovative learning and coaching solutions.


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Author spotlight for Last Ship to Freedom by Tamara Buzyna Adams featuring the book cover, author photo, and a 5-star Amazon review
Author Spotlight: Tamara Buzyna Adams

Tamara Buzyna Adams is a first-time author, showcasing her meticulous research skills and her ardent passion for genealogy. Deeply immersed in her own family’s history project alongside her mother, Helen, she brings over 25 years of experience in uncovering and preserving ancestral stories from her Russian, Ukrainian, and Finnish 


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Author spotlight for Capitalizing On Chaos by Rob Kalwarowsky, featuring the book cover, a photo of the author, and a brief book review
Author Spotlight: Rob Kalwarowsky

MIT alum. NCAA athlete. Engineer. High-performer in his native Canada. Rob Kalwarowsky had it all. So why was he depressed? The chaos inside his organization was matched by an internal talk-track that was leaving him confused, frustrated and ready to end it all.


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Author spotlight for We’re All Dead Here by Jake C. Rudquist, featuring the dark forest-themed book cover, a photo of the author smiling outdoors, and a brief review
Author Spotlight: Jake C. Rudquist 

Jake C. Rudquist is an author based in Minnesota whose stories have appeared in various humor publications. His debut novel, We’re All Dead Here, is a bit more serious than his usual nonsense, and is a tribute to all the scary books he read and loved in childhood. He currently resides in the Twin Cities with his wife and dog.

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Author Spotlight: Marc Rosenberg

Rosenberg grew up in the U.S. but has lived half his adult life in Australia. At the University of Texas, he started a literary and art magazine before setting off to work in London. He then travelled through Europe and Asia. Once in Sydney, he was accepted as a ‘Writer-in-Residence’ at the National Australian Film and TV School. It was here he 


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Author Spotlight on Patricia Leavy featuring her book 'Cinematic Destinies,' with a photo of the author holding her books and a quote from Kirkus Reviews.
Author Spotlight: Cinematic Destinies by 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. 


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Author Spotlight: Chaitra Vedullapalli

OPULIS: Women Powering Microsoft’s Trillion Dollar Shift
Celebrate the bold stories of 50 women who helped shape Microsoft’s trillion-dollar transformation across AI, cloud, gaming, and beyond. Archived in the Microsoft Archives and endorsed by Microsoft, OPULIS is a powerful collector’s-quality coffee 

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Author Spotlight: Lorelei Brush 

After writing hundreds of government reports, Lorelei Brush has stepped into the glorious freedom of fiction. She loves to occupy a comfy coffee house chair and imagine her characters acting out each scene. Her first novel, “Uncovering,” came from her experience managing a large USAID-funded education project in the northwestern
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Author Spotlight: Christine Stringer

Christine Stringer is a former MGM assistant who was investigated by the FBI for piracy of a film starring The Rock. So yeah, she does find herself in little snafus from time to time. She has a BFA from the University of Victoria where she studied theatre and English. As a screenwriter and novelist, she strives to brighten people’s days, writing ​
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Author Spotlight: Shelly Snow Pordea

Shelly Snow Pordea is a dynamic figure, renowned as a speaker, publishing consultant, and author of the captivating Tracing Time trilogy. This trilogy, a compelling narrative of women navigating the complexities of life while endeavoring to protect themselves and their loved ones, has consistently ranked among the top one hundred Time ​
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Author Spotlight: Jean Price 

Jean Price is an empowering voice in the literary world, dedicated to helping individuals heal and reclaim their personal narratives. Through her latest work, If These Walls Could Speak, she offers a raw and inspiring journey from silence to strength, encouraging readers to confront and overcome their past traumas. 


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Author Spotlight: Paula Price

Paula Price is a mother, wife, daughter, fixer of things, recovering perfectionist, voiceover actress, and certified happiness coach. She received a BA in Communications: Radio/TV and a Business Minor from Xavier University and has done everything from running a corporate video studio to producing her own films. ​​

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Author Spotlight: Christine Williams

Chris Williams is a 7-figure entrepreneur, bestselling author, Featured FORBES coach, and soulful business mentor for women coaches and holistic entrepreneurs who challenges the outdated rules of business. She built multiple thriving businesses from scratch while raising a family of five, and now empowers women to create financial 
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Kathryn Starke with her children’s book 'Amy’s Travels' featured in a Bedside Reading author spotlight
Author Spotlight: Kathryn Starke

Kathryn Starke is a national literacy consultant, CEO, reading specialist, author, and former inner-city elementary school teacher. She has previously written books for children, teachers, and Hallmark movie fans.


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Author Spotlight: Gary Gabel

Gary Gabel is the visionary behind The Constitution Kids, blending historical wisdom with engaging storytelling. His mission is to bring civic understanding to the next generation through meaningful, accessible education. ‍ Gary Gabel is an author and 

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Albin Kaelin, author of From Rebel To Radical Innovator
Author Spotlight: Albin Kaelin

Albin Kaelin, from his experience, instilled a principle: never accept anything that lacks clarity. He strives to shape his life meaningfully for himself and his community. Professionally, he is dedicated to fostering innovations that create sustainable

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Rachel Melvald author spotlight with her book NeuroDesign cover and Amazon 5-star review visible in the photo
Author Spotlight: Rachel Melvald

Rachel Melvald is a licensed psychotherapist providing coaching, consultation, and design services based upon her expertise in trauma recovery, neuroscience, interior architecture, art advisory services and design.
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Monica Yates author spotlight with her book Becoming Her, Amazon 5-star review, and New York Times bestseller badge
Author Spotlight: Monica Yates

Monica Yates is a renowned trauma healer, embodiment coach, and period expert committed to helping women achieve profound personal transformation. With nearly a decade of experience, she has guided tens of thousands of women to shed their 

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Catherine Gray author spotlight with her book Show Her the Money, book review, and Amazon #1 bestseller badge visible
Author Spotlight: Catherine Gray

Catherine Gray is an Executive Producer/Producer of Show Her The Money movie, CEO of She Angel Investors, an Author, KeyNote and TedX Speaker and Host of the Invest in Her Podcast. Catherine is also the Co Founder of the She Angels Foundation.


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Janna Brooke Wallack author spotlight with her book Naked Girl cover and a positive book review visible in the photo
Author Spotlight: Janna Brooke Wallack

JANNA BROOKE WALLACK'S debut novel Naked Girl has been named a Finalist for both the 2024 Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize for Fiction and the 2025 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize, and it won the 2024 CIPA EVVY Silver Medal Award for Literary/Contemporary Fiction. Naked Girl also won the Reader's Favorite Five Stars Award and Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion and BookViral's prestigious Golden Quill. 


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Lawrence Armstrong author spotlight with his book Layered Leadership cover and a featured book review visible
Author Spotlight: Lawrence Armstrong

Lawrence R. Armstrong is a New York Times best-selling author whose debut work, Layered Leadership (2025), offers a compelling exploration of leadership as both an art and a discipline. Drawing on decades of experience as Chairman of the global design firm Ware Malcomb, Armstrong distills the complexities of organizational growth, personal development, and visionary strategy into a nuanced, multi-dimensional 

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Marcia Williams Cromer author spotlight with her book The Rancher Before Stilettos and Amazon customer 5-star review
Author Spotlight: Marcia Williams Cromer

Marcia Williams Cromer is a native of Huntsville, TX, and began writing early in life. "Everyone has a story to tell," Marcia says. "They only need to be asked. Even the shyest person will open up." People are a constant fascination for her… their successes, trials, joys and sorrows have always fascinated this self-confessed "addicted people watcher."

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Rob Finlay author spotlight with his book Hey Dad... cover and a Literary Titan book review
Author Spotlight: Rob Finlay

Rob Finlay is a USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, seasoned entrepreneur, renowned speaker, and father of four. He is a successful entrepreneur and commercial real estate investor. He has built and sold four companies. Rob’s success is providing innovative solutions for his clients—constantly thinking ahead of 
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Alden Globe author spotlight with his book Daughter of Mars, Amazon customer 5-star review, and Amazon #1 bestseller badge
Author Spotlight: Alden Globe

Alden Globe grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Victoria College at the University of Toronto, a degree in Law from the University of New Hampshire, and attended executive education at Harvard Business School.


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Author Spotlight:  Tomato Paste Leadership by Domenic A. Chairella
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With degrees in computer engineering and a master’s in entrepreneurship, Domenic Chiarella built, scaled, and sold four multimillion-dollar businesses over forty years. But his greatest success? Moving beyond chasing business success to building a thriving life and company.

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Helen Birney author spotlight with her book Energetic Eating cover and a featured book review
Author Spotlight: Helen Birney

​Helen Birney is the CEO of Cultivate Health Coaching. She coaches women off the scale and into their lives by helping them deepen their understanding of the emotional and behavioral patterns that surround their health and well-being. She is known for her thoughtful leadership, and the empathy and intuition she brings to creating supportive 

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Tanya Simpson author spotlight with her book Up in the Water cover and a featured Amazon customer 5-star review
Author Spotlight: Tanya Simpson 

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Tanya Simpson is a best-selling author and dynamic speaker whose expertise is preparing and empowering high-potential professionals to become impactful leaders at the next level. Her debut book, Up from the Water, is already receiving praise from reviewers around the world.

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Author Spotlight: Melissa Pharr 

Melissa Pharr​ is a professional spiritual medium, mom, wife, and businesswoman. She didn’t pop out seeing dead people as a kid (at least not that she can remember) and never imagined running a business as a spiritual practitioner. She now sells out mediumship development circles, mediumship readings, and courses of all kinds, bringing peace and closure to those who sit with her and a down-to-earth and straightforward approach to mediumship for aspiring mediums. Mel has studied residentially at the Arthur Findlay College in Essex, UK, and continues her studies via tutors, mediumship development circles, and trainings with the Arthur Findlay College 


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Author Spotlight: Christina Nylese

Christina Nylese is a Holistic Health and Recovery Coach who empowers others through her personal journey of transformation. After facing challenges such as homelessness, alcoholism, disordered eating, and codependency, Christina discovered a holistic path to healing—one that helped her reclaim her life, find purpose, and live with abundance. With raw honesty and deep insight, Christina shares how the mind and body hold the innate power to heal when given the chance. Her work is a compassionate guide for anyone ready to overcome personal struggles and embrace a life of balance, empowerment, and true well-being.

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Author Spotlight: Adriana Vaccaro

Adriana Vaccaro 
is the founder and CEO of Culture Redesigned, a data-driven culture and change management consulting company. With a deep expertise in people analytics, organizational behavior, and leadership development, Adriana helps businesses build high-performance cultures that drive engagement, innovation, and sustainable growth. She was born in Colombia and currently lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three sons.

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Author Spotlight: John JR Robinson

Iowan native, Grammy winning drummer John JR Robinson, celebrates 50 years of music making. John JR’s world-renowned versatility and groove have made him one of the most prolific and sought-after drummers in the industry whose musicianship has helped define the pop, R&B, and jazz era for the last half century. No one will forget JR’s landmark fill which introduces the iconic smash hit, “Rock With You,” from Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall (an essential piece of pop music history) or his acrobatic,


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Dr. Dawn Filos author spotlight with his book Tales of a Pet Vet cover and Readers' Favorite book review
Author Spotlight: Dr. Dawn Filos

Dr. Dawn Filos has always had a passion for animals, and with a lot of hard work and perseverance, she’s turned that passion into a career. Here, with emotional honesty, Dr. Dawn shares her colorful, memorable journey, from nervous novice to seasoned, self-assured doctor. This modern-day James Herriot, ultimately finds her niche as a house-call vet, where she creates a way to practice on her own with the privilege of unique,
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Kristina Lucia Pezza author spotlight with her book Bella’s Big Girl Bed cover and a featured book review
Author Spotlight: Kristina Lucia Pezza

An artist, creator, and bestselling author, Kristina Lucia ignites the imaginations of children and their parents through her limited-edition animal-themed sensory storybooks. Kristina came from humble beginnings in a small farm town, where there was only one traffic light! Her childhood sparked creativity at a young age and her adopted home of New York City keeps her inspired every day. 
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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. Patricia has published over 50 books, nonfiction and fiction, and her work has been translated into numerous languages. She has received over 100 book awards.
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Gene S. Jones author spotlight with his book Consolidated Wisdom cover and a featured book review
Author Spotlight: Gene S. Jones

Serving in a great variety of roles as a game show host, producer, director, business executive, creativity coach and Associate Editor of the Guinness Book of World Records has enabled author Gene S. Jones to see life from multiple points of view, a vast array of experiences that helped him understand others while combining compassion and creativity with a great deal of business acumen. Fueled by decades of curiosity and an endless desire to learn the wisdom traditions of all world cultures, he now shares the 
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Bethany Jones author spotlight with her book Singing in the Cornfield cover and Readers’ Favorite book review
Author Spotlight: Bethany Jones

Bethany May Jones began writing professionally in 2020. The Virtues of Love Collection is her debut series on the biblically based virtues of the fruits of the Spirit analogy, set in beautiful Billings, Montana. Shining a light on Billings, and the Christian themes of unconditional love throughout the lives of its characters, we hope you enjoy this series and look for more of the same heartwarming values within each of this series’ 

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Jill Amy Sager author spotlight with her book Guidance from the Universe cover and Midwest Book Review
Author Spotlight: Jill Amy Sager

Hello and thanks for being here! I am a former professional percussionist turned writer, having discovered my passion for the craft while writing "Beginning Hand Drumming: A Guide to Recreation and Wellness." I began my study of the Tarot in the 1970s. Years later I heard a voice I couldn’t deny. I have been channeling this information from the Universe ever since. I was born with a physical disability and 
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Audrey Faust author spotlight with her book She Grows Rich, Amazon 5-star review, and Amazon #1 bestseller badge
Author Spotlight: Audrey Faust

Audrey Faust is a financial business coach, mother, wife, and CEO of Audrey Faust Consulting. With over 25 years in the finance world, she founded her company to help women financially empower themselves and grow their businesses profitably. Audrey holds an accounting degree, an MBA, and is a certified NeuroCoach, bringing a wealth of knowledge and personal experience to her coaching practice. 
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Marilyn Schlitz author spotlight with her book Love Study cover and a featured Amazon customer 5-star book review
Author Spotlight: Marilyn Schlitz

Dr. Schlitz is an acclaimed social scientist, award-winning author, and charismatic public speaker. She has conducted clinical, laboratory and field-based research into consciousness, human transformation, and healing. Her books include Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life; Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine; and Death Makes Life Possible
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Sarah Vie author spotlight with her book The Sacred Plate cover
Author Spotlight: Sarah Vie

For the past 10 years, Sarah Vie has been transforming women's lives- including her own. Sarah is a Master at helping amplify financial abundance, career success, love in relationships and health and wellness. She is an internationally sought out energy healer, meditation guide and manifesting mentor, helping women and men live abundant, happy, and peaceful lives. 
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Khristin Wierman author spotlight with her book This Time Could Be Different and Kirkus Reviews book review
Author Spotlight: Khristin Wierman 

Khristin Wierman was born and raised in a small East Texas town–which means she came into the world a Dallas Cowboys fan and ardently believes “y’all” is a legitimate pronoun. She spent twenty years rising through the marketing ranks of Fortune 500 companies, building a career that was lucrative, ego-boosting, and a little bit soul-crushing.​
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Andrea Liebross author spotlight with her book She Thinks Big cover and a featured book review
Author Spotlight: Andrea Liebross

Andrea Liebross, a certified business and life coach, specializes in empowering female entrepreneurs to infuse thinking with action so they can drop the drama and figure out how to think like a CEO, manage like a CEO and believe in themselves to achieve success in their business and at home. ​
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Carol Look author spotlight with her book The Yes Code, Amazon 5-star review, and Amazon #1 bestseller badge
Author Spotlight: Carol Look 

EFT Master, Carol Look is the leading success and abundance coach in the energy psychology field. Known for combining her traditional psychotherapy background with energy medicine, she is recognized and respected around the globe for inspiring people to attract abundance into their lives by using EFT and the Law of Attraction to 
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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. ​
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John McNellis author spotlight with Scout Honor book cover, Amazon & Barnes & Noble bestseller badges, and Bedside Reading summer badge
 Author Spotlight: John McNellis
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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
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Stacey Tucker author spotlight with Alchemy’s Air book cover, Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller badges, and Bedside Reading summer badge
Author Spotlight: Stacey Tucker
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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. ​

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Jeanne Blasberg author spotlight with Daughter of a Promise cover, Amazon & Barnes & Noble bestseller badges, and Bedside Reading badge
Author Spotlight: Jeanne Blasberg
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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 in the 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards, among others. 

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Lisa A. Traugott author spotlight with her book To Rescue a Witch cover and a featured Amazon customer 5-star review
Author Spotlight: Lisa A. Traugott

Lisa A. Traugott is a Mom’s Choice Award-winning author, award-winning public speaker, and original cast member on John Cena’s reality-TV show "American Grit" (she lasted 5 episodes). Books include her memoir, "She's Losing It!", diet/exercise book "The S.L.I. Method," and kids' book "Mind Your Manners Minnie Monster" which she also 
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Ursula Werner author spotlight with her book The Good at Heart cover and a featured historical novel book review
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.
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Lou Diamond author spotlight with her book Speak Easy cover, book review, and Bedside Reading Best Books of the Summer badge
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.
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Libby Fischer Hellmann author spotlight with Max’s War cover, Publishers Weekly review, and Bedside Reading summer badge
 Author Spotlight: Libby Fischer Hellmann
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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.​
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Elisabeth Haggblade author spotlight with Trauterose cover, The Prairies book review, and Bedside Reading summer badge
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.

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Kerrina Kuhns author spotlight with her book A Pair of Oars cover, book review, and Bedside Reading Best Books of the Summer badge
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 
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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 
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Lynne Spriggs O’Connor author spotlight with Elk Love cover, Kirkus Reviews book review, and Bedside Reading summer badge
 Author Spotlight: Lynne Spriggs O'Connor
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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. 
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Patricia Leavy author spotlight with The Location Shoot cover, Kirkus Reviews book review, and Bedside Reading summer badge
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. 
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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.  

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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). 

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Author Spotlight: Nanci E. LaGarenne 
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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. 

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Sarah P. Blanchard author spotlight with Drawn From Life cover, Prairies book review, and Bedside Reading summer badge
Author Spotlight: Sarah P. Blanchard
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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.

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Jessica Rosenberg author spotlight with Butter Sugar Magic cover, book review, and Bedside Reading summer badge
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. ​

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Author Spotlight: Linda Murphy Marshall
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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. 


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Angela Terry author spotlight with covers of her three books, a book review, and Bedside Reading summer badge
Author Spotlight: Angela Terry 
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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. 

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Marianne C. Bohr author spotlight with her book The Twenty cover, book review, and Bedside Reading summer badge
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.  
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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.
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Leslie Johansen Nack author spotlight with The Blue Butterfly cover, Historical Novel Society review, and Bedside Reading summer badge
Author Spotlight: Leslie Johansen Nack
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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 
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Valerie Nifora author spotlight with her books Mary Whitcombe and The Fairmounts covers, and a featured book review
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. 
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