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1. Goddess of the Moon by Polly Iyer - 2013-05-23 01:18:41-04
   Polly Iyer was born on the coast of Massachusetts. After studying at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, she traveled to Italy, lived in Atlanta, and now resides in the beautiful Piedmont region of South Carolina in an empty nest house with her husband and a drooling mutt named Max. Writing novels turned into her passion after careers in fashion, art, and business. Now she spends her time being quite the hermit in comfortable clothes she wouldn't be caught dead wearing on the outside, while she devises ways for life to be complicated for her characters. Better them than her.
   
2. GETTING RID OF FALSE BELIEFS - 2013-05-23 01:19:44-04
   M.C. Moya was born in Vienna, Austria. Over the past 30 years she has lived and worked in various cities on four different continents – New York, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Copenhagen, Hong Kong and Harare (Zimbabwe). Her interests include psychology and sociology, politics, economics, legal and environmental issues, history, travelling, languages, literature, books of all kinds, people’s interesting quirks, and animals. She is also the author of the E-Book Mind Games for One: Playful Exercise for the Brain Anywhere, Anytime.
   
3. The Jenner File. Saving Tara Goodwin - 2013-05-23 01:20:10-04
   I served in the army for a number of years as a Special Operator. I studied Shotokan Karate and was graded by the Japanese master, H Tomita. I worked as a service engineer for a number of years which took me into all walks of life, hospitals, factories, American and British military installations, a nuclear power plant and a chemical and biological research establishment. These life experiences helped me to craft the story, The Jenner File. Saving Tara Goodwin.
   
4. The Case of the Pig in the Evening Suit - 2013-05-23 01:20:33-04
   I decided to write something that was different from usual detective stories: Jin Johnstone is not a policeman, not an ex-policeman, not ex-military, in fact not really a private detective. He is just an ordinary guy who wants to help other people with their problems. But that leads to problems of his own. As the trilogy progresses, he grows as a person and as an investigator.
   
5. Slow No Wake - 2013-05-23 01:21:24-04
   Dakota Madison has been writing since she learned to read and fell in love with books. When she's not at her computer creating spicy new romances, Dakota is traveling to exotic locales or spending time with her husband and their bloodhounds.
   
6. Shadow and Steel - 2013-05-23 01:22:28-04
   I'm James, and I live in a fantasy world. Okay, not really, but I write about them! It's Stephen King's fault. I read The Talisman when I was thirteen, and I was hooked. I knew I was going to be a writer. Of course, life had other plans, so I've had several different jobs! I proudly served in the US Army, and even drove 18-wheelers with my wife (my high-school sweetheart). Now I live and write in Montana with my wife and a Mini-Schnauzer named Jonesy. I also eat copious amounts of chips and salsa :) Life is good!
   
7. Mistwalker by Naomi Fraser - 2013-05-23 01:23:02-04
   Naomi Fraser is an Australian author whose love of stories began at age six when she cut her teeth on Enid Blyton's books. Encouraged by her parents (like they could stop her!) to keep reading, she devoured books on romance and poetry as though they were the most precious items on Earth. Romance gained the lead at age eleven when she read her first Babysitter's Club novel - you know the one with the hint of teen romance? Needless to say, throughout her school years teachers tagged her as, "The Bookworm" with good reason - she forever had her nose buried in a book. Not a thing has changed since she's grown older, except her love for the genre is deeper and her whole house resembles a second hand book store. She loves to write stories that appeal to the heart and soul of true romantics. She hopes everyone enjoys reading her tales as much as she loves writing them. Happy Reading.
   
8. Lost Girls - 2013-05-23 01:23:57-04
   Celina Grace was born sometime towards the end of the last century and wrote her first story, The Blue Ruby, at the age of seven. Although this early masterpiece was inexplicably ignored by the literary establishment, Celina persevered with her craft and a mere thirty years later, has published psychological thrillers The House on Fever Street and Lost Girls, plus Hushabye (A Kate Redman Mystery).
   
9. Maxwells Silver Hammer - 2013-05-23 01:24:20-04
   Andy Rivers has been a Butlins barman, labourer on a Spanish construction site, coach holiday rep, sandwich salesman and traffic cone washer to name but a few of his eclectic 'career' choices. Originally from Newcastle he now lives in Oxfordshire where he passes the time by generally dossing about. This is his first novel but he is also the author of `I'm Rivelino', (Byker Books) a hilarious account of the thirty years of hurt he has suffered at the hands of the Magpies. With the royalties from this book he plans on having a proper mid-life crisis.
   
10. Vámonos! - 2013-05-23 01:25:10-04
    Bill Stephens wrote over 1,000 weekly columns for Harte-Hanks, Murdoch, and Hearst newspapers and features in Wine News, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Spectator, Food & Wine, Chef, and Field & Stream. For over 18 years he had "The Novel" in his desk. He finally pulled it out, and his debut novel, Horizons Past is the result. This mainstream love story was followed by Vámonos!A Humorous Adventrue Novel. Stephens is a graduate of The University of Texas. 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.
    
11. Phantom Angel - 2013-05-23 01:25:34-04
    "Kathy Clark has had 23 romance / women’s fiction novels published by several publishers, including Harlequin and Dell which have sold more than 3 million copies globally in at least 11 different languages. Her books have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today Best Seller lists and she has received numerous industry awards including Romantic Times Readers’ Choice Awards. In 2013 two of her books won first place in The Best Indie Books of the year for Young adult and suspense. After spending several years writing screenplays she has returned to writing novels and has branched out into suspense, mainstream and young adult genres. She has enjoyed co-writing these latest books with her husband Bob Wernly under the pen name of Bob Kat. Kathy’s latest and 24th book published was After Midnight, a suspense set in Denver and is the first of a trilogy called Denver After Dark. It has been well received and reviewers, across the board, have rated it 4 and 5 stars. The trailer for that book can be found from my website at www.nightwriter93.com or directly on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSkqqaD-2Q Bob Kat became active in 2012 with two projects published. First was the mainstream novel, Life’s What Happens, a fictionalized treatment of the 1969 to early 1970 anti-war movement as it played out at Kent State University. Bob Wernly was there, and the characters and thoughtful telling of the story was a fascinating insight into the era. The reviews have been amazing. The direct link to the YouTube trailer can be found at the following http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQBnqNNNHUE&feature=plcp But after several years of contemplating where to take their newly launched co-writing career, they concluded there was a mutual and burning passion to spend their time writing for young adults. The passion stems from the many real-life stories of teen suicide, bullying, runaways, abuse and drugs. Add to that, the caustic nature of the television and film content that most certainly weighs on this age group’s ability to maintain a positive healthy outlook as they mature into their twenties. The CUL8R time travel action adventure series was inaugurated in December, 2012. There are many unique features of this series, and the positive message it will send to its readers will be awesome! That’s right, awesome! Really. Actually, it will be epic! The series website is www.cuul8rseries.com Book #1, OMG was published in eBook and paperback in time for Christmas. And no zombies or vampires were killed in the making of the series! "
    
12. How To Make and Decorate Cookies - 2013-05-23 01:26:00-04
    With a passion for all things baking, especially cakes and cupcakes, I am the go-to girl my friends come to when they need custom made cakes for any event. I love to throw parties and my cakes are always central to them. I love the oohs and ahhs I get when I bring out a new delicious cake or cupcake treats for my guests!
    
13. Shark Facts and Cool Pictures - 2013-05-23 01:26:23-04
    James Mayrose is a husband and father who loves writing books for kids. He currently has several picture books on animals in Amazon.
    
14. Incredibly Delicious Chicken Recipes from the Mediterranean Region (Healthy Cookbook Series) by Vesela Tabakova - 2013-05-23 01:26:45-04
    I live in Bulgaria with my family of six (including the Jack Russell Terrier). My passion is going green in everyday life and I prepare homemade cosmetic and beauty products for all my family and friends. My recently discovered enthusiasm for writing will bring you more interesting cookbooks as well as natural and green beauty recipe books.
    
15. Premonitions - 2013-05-23 01:27:01-04
    Amber Colleen is a writer, CPA, entreprenuer, mother, and puppy owner. She loves to write shocking, thrilling stories that make the reader contemplate 'What if this happened to me? Could I do what had to be done to save us?' Her stories are scary, mind-provoking and often not for children. She taps into her own deepest fears, puts them on the page, and creates characters that have peculiar and unusual traits that drive them to succeed or fail.
    
16. Broken Birdie Chirpin by Adam G. Tarsitano - 2013-05-23 01:45:48-04
    Adam G. Tarsitano was born in 1977. He obtained a bachelor's degree in English and Literature from Binghamton University before graduating from St. John's University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate. He currently lives in North Carolina with his wife and two daughters. He enjoys writing (when inspired to do so), playing basketball, spending time with his family, and listening to music. Broken Birdie Chirpin, his debut novel, was created out of a desire to combine his love of rock n' roll (and its mythology) with an engaging coming of age tale. As the characters began to take on lives of their own, so did the story. The result: The writing process became one of the most rewarding experiences of his life. He hopes someday to replicate that magic with a second offering.
    
17. Vámonos! by Bill Stephens - 2013-05-23 02:15:47-04
    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, Vámonos!, is the result. 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.
    
18. The Orange Moon Affair by AFN Clarke - 2013-05-23 02:17:45-04
    AFN Clarke is the bestselling author of the nonfiction book CONTACT, which was serialized in a British national newspaper and made into an award winning film by BBCTV. He also writes fiction of various genres. He’s lived all over the world, served in the British army, had a near death experience, lost half his insides and recovered from the physical and emotional traumas of war. A proud father of four daughters, screenwriter, pilot, race car driver, he loves to sail, listen to opera, cook gourmet meals, drink wine, read good books, have heated discussions and travel off the beaten path. Writing mainly fiction these days, he favors politically charged thrillers, suspense and intrigue, humorous satire and books about the challenges of human relationships, all of which reveal his curiosity about the world and his strong belief in the overwhelming power of love, laughter and of the human spirit. Books include: Contact, Collisions, An Unquiet American, Dry Tortugas, The Book of Baker Series (Dreams from the Death Age; Armageddon; Genesis Revisited) and The Orange Moon Affair, the first of the new Thomas Gunn suspense series with more coming soon. Please visit www.afnclarke.com for more information and leave your email for future updates.
    
19. Before the Harvest - 2013-05-23 02:33:10-04
    Kimberly A. Bettes is the author of several novels, including Held and Rage. She lives with her husband and son in the beautiful Ozark Mountains of southeast Missouri, where she terrorizes the residents of a small town with her twisted tales. It's there she likes to study serial killers and knit. Serial killers who knit are her favorites.
    
20. A Diary of Greed and Lust - 2013-05-23 02:51:28-04
    Elia Mirca (which is a short version of her real name) spent her childhood in the Romanian village Neustadt, which is called Noiştat in the local language and Noul in some dialect. Later she moved with her family to the United States, where she lived for a short time in Boston and then moved to Germany, where she finished her degree in mathematics. After working some years as a software engineer for aerospace companies, she decided to follow her inner voice and her passion to write. To finance this, she took a job as a teacher, which also offered her the opportunity to teach at various schools in Asia. In a course at the University of Queensland, Australia, she learned to know and love that country. Most of her time she spends in Brisbane interrupted only by occasional visits to California. A word about my books: After a friend read the first version of "Julie's Passion: A Diary of Greed and Lust" he turned back to me saying: "Never judge a book by it's cover. Or in your case, by the first impression". Yes, my books are about sex, erotics, love and some kind of romance. But if one dives deeper into them other topics become the golden thread: psychology and the way we communicate. The way Juliane (or later Julie) makes her way through the world is one I call the "Bonobo way". Don't know about Bonobos? The are a kind of apes, close to chimpanzees. Other than the latter Bonobos solve any conflict through sex and tenderness. They even communicate by having sex. Chimpanzees solve conflicts violently. Humans share both sets of genes with these primates. So we can choose how we solve our problems. What way wins?
    
21. Fallen Ruler - 2013-05-23 04:32:03-04
    Eleanor T. Beaty is a Young Adult Paranormal author. A worldly person born in beautiful Brazil and spent much of her childhood in several places (Argentina, Switzerland, and the US to name a few). She holds a BA in English Literature and is published in both Brazil and Turkey. Eleanor loves spirituality and magic - both have allowed her to gain a strong grip on life and enjoy what it has to offer. She believes that everything has a reason and understanding those reasons help us deal with the difficult moments. Eleanor currently enjoys life with her husband in Brazil.
    
22. Prince Charming - 2013-05-23 04:54:42-04
    Harma-Mae Smit is currently surviving your typical tumultuous twenty-something years, but through it all has clung to three constants in her life: God, travel and writing. Despite her strong Dutch-Canadian roots, she's discovered a small piece of Brazil in her soul after venturing onto the South American continent. Her love of travel, though, is rivalled only by her life-long love of writing. Her fingers felt the itch even before she could spell, requiring the conscription of her mother to spell out every word of her story that had to be written.