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Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

by Rachel BakerJanuary 21, 2009 Authors

DOROTHY LAW HOOBLER was born in Philadelphia in 1941 and grew up in Crestwood, New York, where she attended public schools. She graduated from Wells College in Aurora, New York, with a degree in history and went to New York City where she obtained a master’s degree in history from New York University. She and [...]

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Bonnie J Glover: NAACP Image Awards Nominee

by Rachel BakerJanuary 8, 2009 Authors

It is with great pleasure to let you know that Bonnie J. Glover has been announced as a NAACP Image Awards nominee in the Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction category for Going Down South: A Novel (Random House/One World/Ballentine).  Bonnie is the author of The Middle Sister, published by Ballantine/OneWorld in May 2005. It was [...]

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N.M.Kelby

by Rachel BakerOctober 6, 2008 Authors

N.M.Kelby is the author of Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar and Grill (Shaye Areheart Books, Crown), Whale Season (Shaye Areheart Books, Crown), In the Company of Angels (Theia/Hyperion), and Theater of the Stars (Theia/Hyperion). Named “Outstanding Southern Artist” by The Southern Arts Federation, her work has been translated into several languages and offered by [...]

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Travis Thrasher

by Rachel BakerSeptember 24, 2008 Authors

Travis Thrasher has been writing his whole life. In third grade, his teacher encouraged him in writing. That combined with reading the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis cemented the dream of becoming a writer. While living in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, Travis completed his first novel in ninth grade.  It was also [...]

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Interview: Bonnie J. Glover

by Rachel BakerSeptember 24, 2008 Authors

Bonnie Glover is the author of The Middle Sister, published by Ballantine/OneWorld in May 2005. It was longlisted for the International Impac Dublin Literary Award.  Her second novel, Going Down South, is an inspirational story about second chances at realizing the unparalleled love exists between mothers and daughters. Bonnie was born on October 10 in [...]

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Alice Sebold

by Rachel BakerSeptember 10, 2008 Authors

Alice Sebold (b. September 6, 1963 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American novelist. She has published three books: Lucky (1999), The Lovely Bones (2002) and The Almost Moon (2007). Sebold grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and graduated from Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania in 1980. She then enrolled in Syracuse University. [...]

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Kathleen Kent

by Rachel BakerSeptember 3, 2008 Authors

Kathleen Kent lives in Dallas with her husband and son. The Heretic’s Daughter is her first novel. Most of the books that have influenced and touched me the most are historical fiction.  When I was a child I read a lot of Dickens, Poe and H.H. Monroe.   Some of my favorites from the past are [...]

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Ben Furman

by Rachel BakerAugust 20, 2008 Authors

After college and a stint in the U. S. Army, Mr. Furman served as an FBI agent for twenty-two years. He investigated major case bank robberies, kidnappings, extortions, and organized crime before specializing in counter terrorism. He headed FBI headquarters’ counter terrorism efforts to thwart the illegal activities of right wing survivalist groups, and terrorist [...]

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Jen Burke

by Rachel BakerAugust 5, 2008 Authors

JEN BURKE is writer, editor and writing coach. She has been editing academically and professionally for 20 years. Jen’s first book, A Life Less Convenient: Letters To My Ex, found a new home with Homofactus Press and will be released in ’09. Old copies from the previous, now-defunct publisher are available at Amazon. The book [...]

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