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1. Vámonos! by Bill Stephens
   Bill Stephens wrote over 1,000 weekly columns for Harte-Hanks, Murdoch, and Hearst newspapers. His features on wine, food, travel, and outdoor appeared in Wine News, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Spectator, Food & Wine, Chef, and Field & Stream. For over 18 years he was the cliché newspaper columnist who had "The Novel" third drawer down in his desk. He finally pulled it out one day, and his debut novel, Horizons Past is the result. This mainstream love story was followed by Vámonos!A Humorous Action Adventrue Novel. The difference in styles made him assume the pseudonym, Lisa Ray, for Horizons Past. You can follow Bill on his Blog, "Read It and Weep." www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/billstephens Stephens is a graduate of The University of Texas and studied creative writing at Trinity University, San Antonio. As an avid outdoorsman he has hunted and fished from Alaska to Mexico and has ridden his Harley Davidson Motorcycle coast-to-coast, border-to-border, and more than 12,000 miles in Mexico. He lives in Texas with his wife and her critters. Visit his Facebook Author Page www.facebook.com/authorbillstephens He soon will release his third novel, Woke Up This Morning, and a collection of short stories.
2. Good Vibration
   Here’s the bottom line… I love to laugh, I love to drink, I love to eat. I love writing. As a child I had stories going through my head. It took me a long time to realise I should write them down, therefore clearing my mind. Little did I know another one would pop up! I wanted to be painter since I was a child. I was told, while being assessed at the end of my art foundation, I should go into drama or be a stand-up comedian. I’m short, so even if I did ‘stand up’ it’d be hard to see me and I realise that was their way of telling me I was rubbish at art. I’ve worked in various jobs and I have been extremely lucky to do what I wanted to do… though I have a habit of changing my mind every so often. If you want something, go for it. The only thing holding you back is you. You only have one life so don’t say ‘if only’ say ‘well at least I tried’. Writing, like anything creative, is an exposure. Not everyone likes what you write, what you say or what you think… but some people do. That’s my focus. On the people who like what you write… what I write. And what keeps me going… microdermabrasion and margaritas … seriously…
3. Rare Atmosphere, a memoir by Rachelle Rogers
   Rachelle Rogers is a writer and poet. Originally from NYC, she received a BA in English Literature from Hunter College. In South Florida, she was a freelance editor, and dance writer for several publications, including The Fort Lauderdale News/Sun Sentinel. Author of A Love Apart, a novel, POSSOONS, stories, and Rare Atmosphere, a memoir, her work has appeared in several literary journals including Passager, Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, and The Pedestal Magazine. She lives in Asheville, NC.
4. Maelyn (The Nine Princesses Novellas)
   When I was five years old, I told everyone I wanted to be a princess when I grew up. And I was dead serious. Um… okay, it hasn’t happened yet. The U.S. is currently suffering from a sad shortage of princes to marry, handsome or otherwise. So I do the next best thing: I write about princesses! And I love every minute of it. The idea for this series sprung from a desire to write about a large family of princesses. I settled on nine because there are already three Musketeers, five Chinese Brothers, seven dwarves, and twelve dancing princesses. So nine seemed good. Yeah. That’s how my logic works. I’m not actually adopted. But I share a lot in common with Maelyn. We’re both the eldest child in our families, a little bossy sometimes, addicted to reading, and not always as confidant as we like to appear. But remember, Maelyn is a princess. And I’m still working on that. Aside from being an author, I’m an artist who draws cute cartoons of doggies. A mommy of three boys who hate princesses (but like the dogs). A retail employee with a job that seriously cuts into my writing time. And a part-time college student. I barely have time to write this bio. If YOU have more time than I do, I’d be forever grateful if you’d would “like” this page, or write a review of my book. Thanks so much for supporting an indie author! God bless you.
5. Redemption Song
   I was born in Dublin (Ireland) on the 27-03-1966. Ever since I learned to read I wanted to write and I completed my first full-length novel at the age of 10 (no, I don't still have it, alas; I'd love to look back now on the me that was). That was me hooked and I've been doing it ever since, more or less, though occasionally life gets in the way. I lived and worked in various different countries for many years but Dublin always seemed like home (or at least I feel less out of place there than anywhere else) and eventually I returned and settled down. I married Eimear on the 14-07-2001 (Yes, I had to check the date). She's the No. 1 litigation lawyer in Ireland but a wonderful person nonetheless, and the anchor that stops me drifting away and getting lost on the dark seas of my own mind. We have three perfect boys, and a less than perfect dog, now alas full grown and apparently more walking toxic waste producer than dog! And yes, all parents think their kids are perfect but ours actually are. So there.
6. Accidental Mobster
   M. M. Cox is a journalist and professional blogger who just recently published the Teen Mobster Series with Bluewood Publishing. If you’ve ever wanted to try laughing while biting your fingernails, you should read her books. Cox has lived in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Colorado Springs, Boston, and Washington D.C. and forces herself to run marathons in different cities. If you ask her why she writes, she’ll tell you that she attended her first writer’s conference at the age of 13 and dreamed of sharing her own stories ever since. Cox currently resides in Oklahoma City with her husband and children. Yes, she’s had to crouch down in a storm shelter during a tornado. No, she hasn’t seen a witch and her flying monkeys. Apparently those are only in Kansas. But there's a first time for everything...