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The Murder Of Linen is my thirteenth novel and one of the many currently represented by Brown Paper Publishing A very supportive press, any copy of the novel purchased through their site or my own site includes a FREE $5.00 Visa Giftcard. It is also available through most any other source, but […]
I am twenty-seven years old, an American of Argentine and Danish descent. I have, in the last ten years, written eighteen novel (thirteen of which are published) more than a dozen plays (none of which have seen performance or publication, alas) and four collections of verse (which are published in a collected work). My work is exclusively represented by Brown Paper Publishing.
“Whosoever is in possession of thy book, read thy words carefully, take a second look…. Thou shall falter if thy heart is untrue….”Amber Shadows is your typical “Magia” White Magic teen until she discovers three books written by one of her extraordinary White Magic ancestors. Dangerous secrets of her family’s past are unlocked. Amber is […]
Education/Writing/Acting Education: Carmel High for Girls, Advanced Acting junior (1986-1987) and senior year (1987-1988). Graduate of Institute of Children’s Literature July 7, 2003, studied Principles of Acting, and Stage-Play Analysis for Production through College of Lake County 2006.
Acting experience in theatre plays: The Hobbit, Mama’s Family – both in Carmel High; Fall Festival – performed, “You’ve Got a Friend”
Writing/Publication Experience:
I wrote/illustrated and self-published my first novel, Amber Shadows and the Missing Wands and have numerous works posted . . .
Wilma slipped into a row of seats halfway between the large entry door and the prosecutor’s table. She inched to the middle, sat and clutched her purse to her chest. Her eyes roamed the backs of the men seated in front of the judge’s bench. He was there.
She squeezed her eyelids tight into slits and […]
Karen Stokes is an award winning author of six mystery novels. She attended law school and creative writing at UCLA. Her time, when not writing, is spent helping new writers by conducting seminars and giving lectures. As a director in the Creative Arts Council she encourages and promotes all ventures of the artistic community. Her novels are available at amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and many bookstores and online sellers.
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As far back as Madeline West could remember she had always been the best. From kindergarten, right through high school and then eventually becoming an FBI agent, she had always been the top of her class. And if only as much could be said about her associate, the pair would make a […]
Katalyn Louis Parks is a writer from Liverpool, England, and at age eighteen, she has already built up an impressive amount of credentials. She has won several awards in poetry and short story writing, and currently has one of her screenplays in production. Katalyn hopes to be a full time writer in the future, but at the moment enjoys writing as a hobby alongside her studies in English Language & Literature.
Alexis, who grew up in Rwanda-Urundi, is the son of an Italian Jew and a beautiful mulatto woman. As a young adult, he now ponders over the complexity of his roots: African-European and Judeo-Christian (his mother was raised a Catholic). The author guides the reader through a progression of exciting and complicated episodes involving Alexis. […]
Albert Russo is the recipient of many awards, such as The American Society of Writers Fiction Award, The British Diversity Short Story Award, several New York Poetry Forum Awards, Amelia Prose and Poetry awards and the Prix Colette, among others. He has also been nominated for the W.B. Yeats and Robert Penn Warren poetry awards. His work, which has been praised by James Baldwin, Pierre Emmanuel, Paul Willems and Edmund White, has appeared worldwide in a dozen languages. His African novels have been favorably compared to V.S. Naipaul’s work, which was honored with the Nobel Prize for Literatu . . .
I give thanks every single day for my many blessings. And because I feel so blessed, I always want to try to help others. Giving is an addictive thing, but luckily, I’m in a wonderful position to make it easier.
A good friend and I organize an annual “Reader & Author Get Together” every June, in […]
Lori Foster, also writing as L.L. Foster, is the prolific author of more than 70 novels in various lengths, published with 5 different publishers, including Berkley, Kensington, St. Martins, Harlequin, and Samhain.
Lori is a consistent show on the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, USA Today and Waldenbooks bestsellers' lists.
For fun, Lori was once a clue in the New York Times Crossword puzzle.
You can visit Lori at various online venues:
Websites:
Lori Foster - www.lorifoster.com
L.L. Foster - www.llfoster.com
Myspace:
Lori Foster - www.myspace.com/mostlymam
L.L. Foster - www.myspa . . .
She sat on a chair in the den reading a book, but was unable to concentrate. Her eyes continuously drifted to where he sat sleeping in front of the television, his head thrown back, his mouth slightly open. His right shoulder was pressed against the arm of the sofa, and his left hand […]
Dawn Wilson was born in Connecticut, but now resides in Milan Italy with her two daughters, where she teaches English as a foreign language.
She has written several short stories and poems which have been published online and in print. She enjoys utilizing the power of brevity in her writing.
Her first novel, Autumn Leaves, made it's debut in October of last year and she is currently working on her second novel, due out some time later this year.
JOURNEY FROM SHANGHAI
by
Lucille Bellucci
The Roman autumn gave the city back to Italians. Colors changed. Women’s dresses and silk scarves graduated to rusts and crimsons. The huge chestnut burrs on the thirty-foot trees on Via Veneto and near the Bardinis’ home on the Lungotevere swelled and split to expose the reddish-brown nuts inside. […]
I was born in Shanghai, China to an Italian-Dutch-Indonesian father and Chinese mother. My novels are The Snake Woman of Ipanema, The Year of the Rat, Journey from Shanghai, Stone of Heaven, and a story/essay/poetry collection titled Pastiche.
PROLOGUE
Dad gave me a hearty slap on the back. “Well, Jack old lad,” he said with a wink, “you’re a working man now. What sort of job will you take on?”
It was March 12, 1955 - my fifteenth birthday - and I was finally allowed to leave school. Euphoria!
“I think I’ll try writin’ […]
Jim spent 30 years destroying his health and sanity on a wheat farm near the village of Pallamallawa in northwest NSW, Australia. He learnt that nothing is ever so bad that you can’t get a laugh out of it. 'Beetle Creek', his first bush humor novel (published 2006), is his fond tribute to a bygone era, a celebration of the bush and its colourful characters. No crocodiles - plenty of sheep. Jim has retired to Brisbane, Queensland, where he lives happily ever after with wife, Julie.
The Shell Game by Steve Alten (Intro and Chapter 1) | Read Review
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PROLOGUE
Washington, DC
November 23, 2007
The hotel suite is richly decorated in cream-colored fabrics and matching carpet, the turquoise drapes drawn, blocking out the view of downtown Washington. A series of aluminum steam table pans […]
Steve Alten is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his Meg series, a set of novels positing the survival of large Megalodon sharks. Alten holds a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University, a master's in sports medicine from the University of Delaware, and a doctorate in sports administration from Temple University.
