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1. Dear Killer by Linda Lovely - A journalism major, Linda Lovely has always made her living as a writer--primarily nonfiction. Now she's focusing on fiction. She's a member of Sisters in Crime, Thriller Writers International, Romance Writers of America and the South Carolina Writers Workshop. Dear Killer, the first book in her Marley Clark Mystery Series, finaled in the 2012 Golden Quill, and Harlequin has purchased the mass market rights for its Worldwide Mystery line.
   
2. The Greening - Sharon Brubaker (1959-) The Green Man and the mystery of the Green Man have been with Sharon for years. It began when Sharon was an adolescent--a freshman in high school and a prose project for a creative writing class. She vaguely remembers needing to write a prose piece about a color. She later dreamt and wrote about a green man who walked beside her and counseled her as well as an evil brown man. This dream became a repetitive dream that lived with Sharon for years and years. She knew she would someday write more about the green man and the nightmare of the brown man. Bits of story would come and and. In her twenties Sharon discovered there were Green Men. She saw sculptures and learned that Green Men were architectural features and on garden sculptures worldwide. Her curiousity became a passion and Sharon began to search for and research the Green Man. There is a lot of speculation from pagan deity to protector. He's an ancient, yet modern day archetype. He is still a mystery. For Sharon, writing is like breathing. She says she has more stories in her head to write down than lifetimes to live. Follow more information on the Green Man and the Green Man series at: www.thegreenmanseries.blogspot.com Sharon is a nationally award winning Librarian and the author of educational publications. She is also an avid gardener, jewelry artist and artist. (see: www.cafepress.com/outinthegarden)
   
3. 18 & 1/2 Minutes: Nixon’s Darkest Secrets Revealed - Ron C. Meyer has produced and directed four feature films and over 50 educational programs and documentary series which together have sold over two million units. He is the co-author of two bestselling books on Aikido: "Aikido in America" and "Center: The Power of Aikido" and the novel “Extinction”.
   
4. Stress Relief Wisdom: Ten Key Distinctions For A Stress-Free Life - MORT (Doc) ORMAN, M.D. is an Internal Medicine physician, author, stress coach, and founder of the Stress Mastery Academy. He has been teaching people how to eliminate stress, without managing it, for more than 30 years. He has also conducted seminars and workshops on reducing stress for doctors, nurses, veterinarians, business executives, students, the clergy, and even the F.B.I. Dr. Orman’s award-winning book, The 14 Day Stress Cure (1991), is still one of the most helpful and innovative books on the subject of stress ever written. Dr. Orman and his wife, Christina, a veterinarian, live in Maryland.
   
5. Kidney Stone Solutions: How to Prevent and Treat Kidney Stones With Natural Herbs, Diet and Lifestyle Choices - Stephen Tvedten was President of Stroz Services, Inc. (an alternative pest control company) for 25 years and is currently President of Get Set, Inc., an integrated pest management company and is also currently President of PEST (Prevent Environmental Suicide Today) an environmental group, and Steve is the founder of the Institute of Pest Management, Inc., Prescriptive Nutrients, Inc. and TIPM and the Natural Pest Control Association. Steve is the consultant and advisor for Safe Solutions, Inc. Steve is Head of the Advisory Board for the Natural Pest Control Council of America. Steve was licensed as a Michigan Residential Builder and Maintenance Alteration Contractor and holds or has held Michigan pest control certifications in the following categories: Forest Pest Management, Wood Preservation, Turf, Ornamentals, Seed Treatment, Aquatic, Swimming Pools, Cooling Towers, Right-of-way, Structural Pest Management, Wood Destroying Organisms, Vertebrate, Interiorscape, Mosquito and Public Health. Steve also holds or has held Texas pest control certifications in General, Pest Control and Termite control, New York certifications in termite, structural, pest and rodent control. Ohio pest control certification in the following categories: seed treatment, general aquatic, swimming pool, general forest pest, timber stand improvement, wood preservation, industrial vegetation control, ornamental plant and shade tree, interior plantscape, vertebrate animal control, turf pest control, domestic, institutional, structural and health related pest control, general pest, termite, mosquito, house fly and vector control and Wisconsin certifications in forest, ornamental and turf, seed treatment, aquatic, right-of-way, general industrial, institutional, structural and health related, termite and wood preservation; State of Illinois certifications in seed treatment, right-of-way, ornamental and turf, forest, aquatic and mosquito pest control; State of Indiana certifications for seed treatment, wood preservative non-pressured, forest, ornamental, aquatic, right-of-way, residential, institutional and non-food industry pest control. Steve has held West Virginia pest control certifications in general pest, structural pest, wood treatment and public health. Steve has been a science advisor for the National Pediculosis Association. Steve is a member of the Entomological Society of America. Steve is or has been a member of The Xerces Society, the International Cockroach Society, Inc. and the International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants, Neartic Regional Section. Steve has been on the National Coalition for the Chemically Injured (NCCI) advisory board for proposed rules for IPM in schools. In addition Steve is or has been a certified home inspector, a certified termite inspector, a certified asbestos inspector and a certified environmental inspector. Steve developed the first guaranteed termite inspection program for real estate and the Get Set IPM program.
   
6. Hidden Agenda by Laurie Larsen - Project Manager by day in the fast-paced world of Information Technology, Laurie escapes her demanding day job to wrap herself in the joy of writing stories about everyday life, with just a touch of worst case scenario. Known for her sentimental and emotional love stories, Laurie became an award-winning author when her novel Preacher Man won the 2010 EPIC Award for Best Spiritual Romance. Laurie is a wife and mother of two sons and lives in Central Illinois.
   
7. Kindle Book Millionaire – How To Get Rich Writing, Publishing and Selling Kindle Books - Anbu Rayappan is an entrepreneur and a full-time Sr. Database Administrator in the IT Department of a Fortune 100 company. He has done Masters in Computer Science from a reputed university in India. He is a very ambitious person, known for his positive and optimistic attitude among his friends and family. He is a voracious reader and he has read at least 1000 books, mostly non-fiction. He loves to read and write non-fiction books. His is extremely passionate about Psychology, Hypnotism, NLP(Neuro Linguistic Programming), History and Relationship. When he is not reading and writing, he enjoys spending time with his 8 years old son. He lives in Bay Area.
   
8. A Man Called Blue by EC Sheedy - EC Sheedy lives and writes on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. With the ocean a few steps from her door and Zuke, a 110 pound Rhodesian Ridgeback sleeping on the sofa in her office, she considers herself one very lucky writer. EC writes both contemporary romance and romantic suspense, the latter because she sometimes a nasty and conniving villain pops into her head and she has to get him out. She loves hearing from readers--especially if she's entertained them and made them happy for a few hours.
   
9. The Storm Protocol - Iain Cosgrove was born in Canada and educated in the UK. He studied in Brighton, before starting a career in London in IT. He moved to Dublin, Ireland in 1988, following hot on the heels of his future wife, and they subsequently got married and had three sons. He is currently an IT Director and has been writing in his spare time for the last 20 years. "The Storm Protocol" is his first published Novel. He has also had flash fiction stories published in "A Twist of Noir" and "Every Day Fiction". He is a Taurean and an eternal optimist!
   
10. Where’s Mrs. Bendouski? - Ross Van Dusen is the author of humorous action novels, including Heavenly Hash, Burgle Back, Who’s the Dead Guy? and Where’s Mrs. Bendouski?
    
11. Killer Work from Home Websites: Blogging, Website Design, Website Business by Lee Evans - Lee Evans embarked on a lifelong mission 30 years ago to help job seekers move forward in their lives. From her own personal experience and her experiences in educating the public about job placement, she understands the stress involved with being laid off or otherwise being out of work. Lee Evans is an author, webmaster and job search expert. She is the author of the 3 bestsellers "Killer Work from Home Jobs: 200 Fortune 500 & Legitimate Work at Home Jobs," "Killer Work from Home Jobs: 460 Jobs SUPER BOOK," and "Killer Work from Home Jobs 2: 100 Fortune 500 & Legitimate Work at Home Jobs," and the recently released "Killer Work from Home Websites: Blogging, Website Design, Website Business" in the Home Based series. A Maryland resident, she is a native New Yorker, who has lived in a variety of locations in New York, Long Island, and New Jersey. Getting people back to work, one person at a time, is her heart's work, which she accomplishes through her employment website Free-Job-Search-Websites.com.
    
12. Give Me a Break!: Beginning Meditation for Stress Relief, Anxiety Management, and Mindfulness - Whitney Stewart is an award-winning author of young adult biographies, middle grade novels, and picture books. She has traveled widely in Asia and interviewed such figures as the 14th Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Sir Edmund Hillary. Whitney experienced Hurricane Katrina while trapped in a building in downtown New Orleans. She was helicoptered out of the city with her son and elderly mother-in-law. During her semester away from home, Whitney lived on Nantucket, researched the island's history and ghost lore, and wrote three children's books set on Nantucket. Whitney loves to travel, read, meditate, kayak, and do yoga.
    
13. Free Beauty Samples – Revealing The World Of Freebies by Karri Bowen - If you are like most people you are probably wondering who Karri Bowen is - well please allow me to tell you. I am a mother of two beautiful children - Ava, who is three and Jayden who is a year and a half. I am also a wife to a wonderful man named Kevin, who I have been married to for about four and a half years. The four of us and our five pets live in a small quiet town in Wisconsin; yes the state of the Green Bay Packers [although I am not a football fan]. I work as a secretary for a small local company just a few miles from our home. Growing up as a child I had always dreamed of becoming one of the world's greatest authors, but life seemed to happen and I never got around to writing my first great novel that is until now. Okay I'm kind of kidding - it's not really a novel, but it is great; if I do say so myself! I decided this year [2013] was going to be different and I was going to finally keep my New Year's resolutions. The number one resolution on my list... you guessed it - to write a book! Now that I have written my first book, I plan to write more, so when I'm not working, taking care of the kids, my husband, or the pets you will find me typing away in the corner of our family room.
    
14. Once Again - Amy Durham discovered her love of writing in the sixth grade. What began as a love of writing poetry soon turned into stories scribbled into school notebooks. In the eighth grade, her English teacher told her she was good at it and encouraged her to continue to put pen to paper. At that moment, the die was cast, and writing would forever be a part of her life. As an adult, Amy focuses her efforts on writing Young Adult Fiction... adventure, romance, and life-lessons... woven together as imagination and escape for young readers. Amy holds a firm belief that books are not only entertaining, but have the ability to transform young lives. A book can educate. A book can teach compassion and kindness. A book can spark interest. A book can be a companion. Simply put, books can accompany and guide young readers as they try to navigate their way through the twisted, confusing roads of adolescence. She lives in Kentucky, where she is a middle school teacher. She and her husband are raising three wild, intelligent, and creative boys, giving her plenty of fodder for the love and adventure she enjoys putting in her stories!
    
15. The Misadventures of Russell Quigley: Photographer’s Mate, United States Navy: Photographer’s Mate, United States Navy - David Griffiths: photographer, author, educator, teaching new authors how to self-publish for free and sell on Amazon.com. David Griffiths' naval career spanned 32 years and 5 months, during which, he photographed presidents, astronauts, pilots, ships, planes, events, and lots of people doing lots of things. He became addicted to being where the action is. His favorite medal is the Humanitarian Medal, which he earned during the evacuation of Saigon. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Education with an emphasis in photography from Southern Illinois University just before retiring from the Navy. David Griffiths used the "G.I. Bill" to obtain a Master's in Vocational Education, and went to work for the Chief of Naval Education and Training as an Instructional Systems Specialist. For the next fifteen years, he developed Training Task Inventories, monitored contracts for computer-based training, and assisted chief and senior chief petty officers in developing nonresident training courses. It was a privilege to work with men and women of their caliber. It was while helping sailors write their training manuals that David realized how easy it was to write and publish a book if you didn't have to go through the traditional gate keepers. It inspired him to write his first book, CBT Design. It was used as a textbook by Humber College. Later, David Griffiths wrote, "The Misadventures of Russell Quigley," a hilarious collection of sea stories woven into the fabric of Russell's life as a Navy photographer. The stories were easy to write because they were inspired by true events. David believes his stories ended in 1977 when he met and married Perla Lumawig Mogol, who promptly put out the fires, and calmly went about the business of teaching him how to forgive, how to love, and how to put first things first. Today David is the author of http://www.Self-Publishing-Solutions.com, a website designed to help new authors publish their books for free and sell them on Amazon.com.
    
16. The Taste - Alan Orloff’s debut mystery, DIAMONDS FOR THE DEAD, was an Agatha Award finalist for Best First Novel. He writes the Last Laff mystery series (also from Midnight Ink), featuring a stand-up comic with a tragic past (KILLER ROUTINE and DEADLY CAMPAIGN). Writing as his darker half Zak Allen, he’s published three ebook originals, THE TASTE (horror/thriller), FIRST TIME KILLER (thriller), and RIDE-ALONG (suspense). Alan is the treasurer of the Mid-Atlantic MWA chapter, a member of ITW, and leads workshops at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD. For more info: www.alanorloff.com
    
17. Dead Man’s Hand by Luke Murphy - Luke Murphy lives in Shawville, Quebec with his wife, three daughters and pug. He played six years of professional hockey before retiring in 2006. Since then, he’s held a number of jobs, from sports columnist to radio journalist, before earning his Bachelor of Education degree (Magna Cum Laude). Murphy`s debut novel, Dead Man`s Hand, was released by Imajin Books on October 20, 2012. For more information on Luke and his books, visit: www.authorlukemurphy.com, ‘like’ his Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/AuthorLukeMurphy and follow him on Twitter www.twitter.com/#!/AuthorLMurphy
    
18. KIKI AND THE CUCKOO Competition by Elizabeth Happy - Elizabeth Happy spent her childhood in South America, England and Germany, coming to the United States when she was fourteen. She was graduated from Columbia University, majoring in anthropology, and received an MA in creative writing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she has taught writing and poetry. She has also been associated with the education department of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. She has published short stories and poetry for adults and a children’s book, Kiki and the Cuckoo - Coping with Competition.
    
19. The Cyber Chronicles VIII – Scorpion Lord by TC Southwell - T. C. Southwell was born in Sri Lanka and moved to the Seychelles when she was a baby. She spent her formative years exploring the islands – mostly alone. Naturally, her imagination flourished and she developed a keen love of other worlds. The family travelled through Europe and Africa and, after the death of her father, settled in South Africa. T. C. Southwell has written over thirty novels, ranging from fantasy and science fiction to romance and adventure, as well as five screenplays. Her hobbies include motorcycling, horse riding and art, and she is now a full-time writer.