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1. Winter Fire by Laurie Dubay - 2013-05-22 01:25:37-04
   I am a writer, snowboarder, coffee drinker, music lover. I was born and raised in New England, and currently live in western New Jersey with my husband and two teenage daughters. I've been a writer since the day I discovered words. I've published several short stories. Winter Fire is my debut novel.
   
2. The Book of Phinn - 2013-05-22 01:45:24-04
   Frank Anjakos lives in the Wild West, where he avoids writing about anything Western. Upon graduation from college in Michigan he was unwilling to get a real job, and so went to law school at the University of Arizona, where he studied listlessly, overcome by the desert heat, and obtained a law degree in the usual amount of time. After recovering from the stifling law school style of writing, he returned to his true passion, fiction…both writing and living it. Coerced by his son Finn, he turned away from adult science fiction and began writing children’s books. Now, if he could just get his son to actually read one.
   
3. Investing Money For beginners – how to become a DiY investor - 2013-05-22 01:48:45-04
   Paul Tipping was born in the industrial heartland of England then moved to more rural Staffordshire with his family at nine years of age. He developed a love of working with his hands, inherited from his parents. This led to building wooden models and general DIY skills which would serve him well in later life. He comments... "My birth sign says that people born on this day are 'endlessly searching, magically transforming humble materials into finished products, or energy into services.... an instinctive knowledge of how things work'... I think this just about sums me up!" However, he did not follow his heart and go into a career utilizing that natural ability to work with his hands. Instead he found his way into working in the insurance industry. His first job was as a trainee motor insurance broker. Then he progressed to working within commercial industrial insurance for a major insurance company as an underwriter. Studying hard he also achieved success by becoming qualified as an 'Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute'. At this time, his life long love of 'Classic Cars' started and the natural skills of working with his hands stood him in good stead. "I just love interesting old cars and talking to the people who restore them and drive them... it's great to hear their stories and understand the love of getting involved in the classic car scene. I have a classic Morris Minor saloon which is halfway through restoration. I really need to push on this year and get it ready to go back on the road." I understand that you took a year out of insurance and went to 'College', what was that all about? "I was made redundant again! So I decided to do something that I had always longed to do... go study automotive engineering! I had a decent sized redundancy payment so could take a year out and sign up for a course on 'vintage car restoration' at North Warwickshire College. This was the best time of my life so far, I enjoyed every single second of my time there. I learnt all types of welding metal, sheet metal fabrication, paintwork and trim etc. I also designed and built my own version of a specialist metal working machine called an 'English Wheel', using skills gained within the engineering department at the college" Why have you written a book and published to Kindle? "I wanted to put some of my experience down on paper and provide interesting and helpful information to others. I also wanted to feel the satisfaction of achieving something new. I am not a natural writer, I never liked writing at school and find it difficult to transfer what is in my head down onto a blank sheet of paper, or a computer screen. I have a lot more to give, but I need to find an easier way to do it!"
   
4. S’wanee: A Paranoid Thriller - 2013-05-22 02:47:00-04
   Don Winston grew up in Nashville and currently lives in Los Angeles. A Princeton graduate, he worked at Ralph Lauren before moving into show business as an actor and eventually producer and writer. This is his first novel, inspired by a real school in the Tennessee hills. His next thriller, due out in the fall, is set at an exclusive, private club in San Francisco. When not working, Don likes hiking, camping, traveling, and Tiki bars. Lots of Tiki bars. "S'wanee: A Paranoid Thriller" has also just been released in paperback. It hit #3 in Kindle Suspense Thrillers.