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1. Altors by Nas Peters - She was born on February 14th in the Netherlands, 1989, but was actually taught to speak French first. Her mother is French and her father Dutch, they met when her father, then part of the marines, docked in a little harbor somewhere along the coast line of Brittany. They spoke English to one another for a long while before they could speak each others languages. It's when Nas had to start school that they figured it might be handy she speak Dutch. This is where she forgot a lot of her French up until she was fourteen years old and her family moved to France. There she started to read a lot and not long after, writing her own stories that first accompanied her illustrations, until the day Zinc came to be and the illustrations accompany it.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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…
   
4. Hard in the Paint - I only took one creative writing class in college and it was in my last year. I fell in love with writing and decided to pursue my first novel when I graduated. I didn't publish that first novel, but here I am publishing my second one. I hope you like it!
   
5. Why You Fail In Relationships by Dr. Leland Benton - As the creator and author of "The ePubWealth Program," and "The ePubWealth Program ADVANCED," Leland teaches up-and-coming authors the ins-and-outs of today's ePublishing world, book marketing and promotion and writing techniques. He has assisted hundreds of authors in being successful in the ePublishing world. Leland also created a series of external book promotion programs and teaches authors how to promote their books using external marketing sources. He is author of the epublishing series: The ePubWealth Program http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HHHVO6 How to Promote Your Book Online & Offline http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AS7PDCK How to Write a Kindle Book in Hours http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XOY8VC Publish with a Purpose http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Z5U4LC Â Leland is also the Managing Director of Applied Mind Sciences, the company's mind research unit and Chief Forensics Investigator for the company's ForensicsNation unit. He is active in privacy rights through the company's PrivacyNations unit and is an expert in survival planning and disaster relief through the company's SurvivalNations unit. Leland resides in Southern Utah.
   
6. Why You Are Unhappy by Dr. Leland Benton - Dr. Leland Benton is Editor-in-Chief of ePubWealth.com, a leading ePublisher company based in Utah. With over 1,000 authors in over 22-countries and with over 40,000 books in inventory, ePubWealth.com is an industry leader in ePublishing, book promotion, and ebook marketing. As the creator and author of "The ePubWealth Program," and "The ePubWealth Program ADVANCED," Leland teaches up-and-coming authors the ins-and-outs of today's ePublishing world, book marketing and promotion and writing techniques. He has assisted hundreds of authors in being successful in the ePublishing world. Leland also created a series of external book promotion programs and teaches authors how to promote their books using external marketing sources. He is author of the epublishing series: The ePubWealth Program http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HHHVO6 How to Promote Your Book Online & Offline http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AS7PDCK How to Write a Kindle Book in Hours http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XOY8VC Publish with a Purpose http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Z5U4LC Â Leland is also the Managing Director of Applied Mind Sciences, the company's mind research unit and Chief Forensics Investigator for the company's ForensicsNation unit. He is active in privacy rights through the company's PrivacyNations unit and is an expert in survival planning and disaster relief through the company's SurvivalNations unit. Leland resides in Southern Utah.
   
7. Why You Are Lonely by Dr. Leland Benton - Dr. Leland Benton is Editor-in-Chief of ePubWealth.com, a leading ePublisher company based in Utah. With over 1,000 authors in over 22-countries and with over 40,000 books in inventory, ePubWealth.com is an industry leader in ePublishing, book promotion, and ebook marketing. As the creator and author of "The ePubWealth Program," and "The ePubWealth Program ADVANCED," Leland teaches up-and-coming authors the ins-and-outs of today's ePublishing world, book marketing and promotion and writing techniques. He has assisted hundreds of authors in being successful in the ePublishing world. Leland also created a series of external book promotion programs and teaches authors how to promote their books using external marketing sources. He is author of the epublishing series: The ePubWealth Program http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HHHVO6 How to Promote Your Book Online & Offline http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AS7PDCK How to Write a Kindle Book in Hours http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XOY8VC Publish with a Purpose http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Z5U4LC Â Leland is also the Managing Director of Applied Mind Sciences, the company's mind research unit and Chief Forensics Investigator for the company's ForensicsNation unit. He is active in privacy rights through the company's PrivacyNations unit and is an expert in survival planning and disaster relief through the company's SurvivalNations unit. Leland resides in Southern Utah.
   
8. The Not Wholes by Giovanna Pezzulo - Giovanna Pezzulo is addicted to good stories that don't leave you alone when a book or a movie is over. She lives in San Diego with her husband and two small kids, but a piece of her heart is still in Italy where she lived for almost 30 years. She loves traveling and cooking.
   
9. Enter To Win by Kirsten Jany - Kirsten Jany was born and raised in Germany, and emigrated to Canada in 1996. She works in television post production as a sound engineer, and resides in Burlington, Ontario. In her spare time she volunteers with various animal rescues and keeps busy with her four dogs.
   
10. Dark Fate Falling (The Gateway Discoveries) - Kate de Jesus is a wife and mother of two active boys who love to read. BUT, it wasn't always that way; getting kids to love reading is usually an ongoing battle. Trying to find a story with all the things kids love: lots of action, likable characters, weird science, bizarre creatures, mystery and positive messages at a cost that parents can afford; well, that's asking for a lot! Enter Kate's love of writing, and Dark Fate Falling, a new series that covers all these things! Kate lives in Las Vegas Nevada and is hard at work on the next book in The Gateway Discoveries series, The Brutal Ones, due out in July 2013.
    
11. Surviving a Financial Crisis by Dr. Harry Jay - Dr. Harry Jay is Director of Research for AppliedMindSciences.com, a mental health and mind research group of Applied Web Info, and is the author of over 100 books and research papers as a behavioral scientist. In his 31-year career, Dr. Harry Jay has contributed many new mental health treatment treatments and protocols using some of the new advances he has discovered in Energy Psychology. He specializes in addictions of all kinds, sexual abuse, child predation and gender relationships. He is also a board member to ePubWealth.com and serves on the science committee assisting non-fiction science writers in book publishing and promotion. As a leading behavioral scientist, he provides profiling services to the company's ForensicsNation.com unit as well as criminal psychology research to aid in identifying and apprehending child predators and cyber-criminals of all kinds. He resides in Southern Utah and enjoys the outdoors, fishing and photography.
    
12. Surviving You by Dr. Harry Jay - Dr. Harry Jay is Director of Research for AppliedMindSciences.com, a mental health and mind research group of Applied Web Info, and is the author of over 100 books and research papers as a behavioral scientist. In his 31-year career, Dr. Harry Jay has contributed many new mental health treatment treatments and protocols using some of the new advances he has discovered in Energy Psychology. He specializes in addictions of all kinds, sexual abuse, child predation and gender relationships. He is also a board member to ePubWealth.com and serves on the science committee assisting non-fiction science writers in book publishing and promotion. As a leading behavioral scientist, he provides profiling services to the company's ForensicsNation.com unit as well as criminal psychology research to aid in identifying and apprehending child predators and cyber-criminals of all kinds. He resides in Southern Utah and enjoys the outdoors, fishing and photography.
    
13. Highfall - I have been writing since my teenage years. Back then I did not realize that it was more than a passing phase, interest or hobby. That is why I listened to the left part of my brain and studied business instead:) When I finally became wiser I left my 11-year corporate career behind and decided to follow my passion. Now I am self-published author and blogger from Armenia. My first book of short stories called Emotional Moments became an Amazon bestseller in 2012. My first novel Highfall is already available as an e book or paperback. You can get in touch with me through her blog Life Probabilities (www.lifeprobabilities.com) or Twitter (@Ani_LifeProb)
    
14. SurvivalNations -Surviving a Disease Pandemic by Dr Leland Dee Benton - Dr. Leland Benton is Editor-in-Chief of ePubWealth.com, a leading ePublisher company based in Utah. With over 1,000 authors in over 22-countries and with over 40,000 books in inventory, ePubWealth.com is an industry leader in ePublishing, book promotion, and ebook marketing. As the creator and author of "The ePubWealth Program," and "The ePubWealth Program ADVANCED," Leland teaches up-and-coming authors the ins-and-outs of today's ePublishing world, book marketing and promotion and writing techniques. He has assisted hundreds of authors in being successful in the ePublishing world. Leland also created a series of external book promotion programs and teaches authors how to promote their books using external marketing sources. He is author of the epublishing series: The ePubWealth Program http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HHHVO6 How to Promote Your Book Online & Offline http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AS7PDCK How to Write a Kindle Book in Hours http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XOY8VC Publish with a Purpose http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Z5U4LC Â Leland is also the Managing Director of Applied Mind Sciences, the company's mind research unit and Chief Forensics Investigator for the company's ForensicsNation unit. He is active in privacy rights through the company's PrivacyNations unit and is an expert in survival planning and disaster relief through the company's SurvivalNations unit. Leland resides in Southern Utah.
    
15. Dance Little Monster, Dance ! by Kally Mayer - This is third book in "The Little Monster" series by Kally Mayer. Kally is the oldest of seven children and has always enjoyed reading, writing and poetry. She has recently become a grandmother which has inspired her to publish her books for little ones. Her main focus is to try to engage the reader through colorful illustrations, easy rhyming stories, and to teach lesson in life that they can relate to. The degree of literacy skills that our young people possess will help determine their success in life. The days of Dick and Jane are gone and our children enjoy reading entertaining stories.
    
16. SPIDER’S ABC’S (ALPHABET Picture Book with Rhyming Text) by S.A Evergreen - I love to write books to inspire and motivate and the reader. I'm both the author and illustrator. My books are bright, colorful and fun. You will books with rhymes, books with inspiring quotes, books that teach the read to count, colors etc. I love illustrating cute pictures and hopefully bring joy to the little one's.
    
17. S3: Science, Statistics and Skepticism - I am a writer, co-founder, entrepreneur, photographer, explorer, and an idiot. Because of these qualities, I like to think I'm important. I've worked in Baghdad while a war was raging, in Bahrain while riots were ensuing, and in Saudi Arabia where women don't exist. I lived in Italy where a simple task takes days, and in Australia, where men wearing pink shirts is the new norm. While exploring twenty-five countries on five continents, speaking bad Italian, horrible Spanish, and decent Arabic, I've befriended Americans, Arabs, Australians, Brazilians, Chileans, Italians, and New Zealanders, all while faithfully remaining the odd one out. Through four years of craziness, staring death in the face on four occasions, meeting hundreds of beautiful people, and exploring a myriad of new cultures, I now feel arrogant and important enough to commit my overvalued thoughts to fake paper and tell people exactly what to think. The culmination of all this randomness, is Random Rationality: A Rational Guide to an Irrational World.
    
18. Not What We Expected! by Tintfombi Simelane - I am a young lady, a Finance and Accounting Graduate. I write both Fiction and Non Fiction. I like chatting with friends and browsing the internet.
    
19. Doggie Love! Why we love dogs so much. - Howard VanEs is a dog lover, author of several health and wellness books and yoga teacher living in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Howard is passionate about creating books that inspire, motivate and empower people to live happier and healthier lives. His deep appreciation for our furry friends and the love and joy they bring into our lives has led him to write Doggie Love and Kitty Cat Love.
    
20. Dancing in the Dark by Virginia Kelly - Virginia is an RWA Golden Heart® Finalist and a finalist in several writing contests, including the Holt Medallion. Her next novel, to be published by Entangled Publishing's Suspense line, is called In the Arms of a Stranger. The prequel, Dancing in the Dark, is available now. Besides writing and reading, Virginia enjoys nature and traveling. Virginia, mother of three, is an academic librarian and a native of Peru. She lives in Florida. Her books are set in fictional locales based on Peru and the Florida Gulf Coast.
    
21. What Kind of Penguin Are You? by John “Bones” Rodriguez - John "Bones" Rodriguez is an actor, author and entrepreneur. Born and bred in New York City, he is often recognized from his commercials, plays and TV shows. In high school, his friends and he made a Star Trek- based home movie (remember VHS?), where he played Leonard "Bones" McCoy. At the time, he weighed maybe 90 lbs, and the nickname "Bones" has stuck ever since.
    
22. Life Is Local - Des Mcanulty is a Scottish fiction writer from Motherwell. His debut novel, Life is Local, has already gained cult status as an eBook and is available now in all formats. His deliciously original novella STRAIGHT has garnered comparable attention. Des is currently working on his second novel the similarly Lanarkshire inspired, My Injured Angel.
    
23. Almost Perfect - Reviewers from Publisher’s Weekly to Romantic Times have praised Julie Ortolon’s contemporary romance for being “sizzling,” “fastpaced,” and “filled with genuine heart.” Numerous awards for her work include two Bookseller’s Best Awards. Almost Perfect, book one of her Perfect trilogy was a Rita finalist and was named Best Single Title Contemporary by the readers of Affaire de Coeur magazine. You can learn more about Julie at: JulieOrtolon.com.
    
24. Never Surrender - SUSAN VAUGHAN is the multi-published author of romantic suspense novels. Her books have won the Golden Leaf and More Than Magic awards and have been an RT Book Reviews Magazine Reviewer’s Choice Nominee and a finalist for the Booksellers’ Best and Daphne du Maurier awards. Her books have been translated into German, French, Spanish, and Icelandic and published in more than eleven countries. She’s a West Virginia native, but she and her husband have lived in Maine for many years.
    
25. The Nightmare Within - Glen Krisch has written three novels: The Nightmare Within, Where Darkness Dwells, and Nothing Lasting. His short fiction has appeared in publications across three continents for the last decade. As a freelance editor, he has worked on books by Tim Lebbon and Lawrence Block, among others.
    
26. The Mystery of Smugglers Cove by Paul Moxham - Paul Moxham hails from Melbourne, Australia. He started writing while in school, but it wasn't until a number of years later that he decided to write full time. He published his first book in January 2012 and went on to publish several more that year, including a sequel to his bestselling mystery series. Paul is currently hard at work writing a third mystery book, which will be released in the summer of 2013. He loves to hear from his fans and can be contacted via his website - www.paulmoxham.com
    
27. Safe in Your Arms by Geena Maxon - Geena Maxon was creative director of a NY advertising agency, before leaving the adworld to become a full-time author. Her one-act comedy plays have been produced in the US, UK, New Zealand, and Israel. She served as an officer in the Air Force.
    
28. Burnt Offerings by Ripley King - Ripley King is an avid gardener, processes her own food, loves 3D illustration (she does her own cover art), and keeps a small herd of cats. She’s married (27 years now) with two boys, one daughter in-law, and one grandchild. She has published in amateur, semi-pro, and pro magazines (and online zines). She loves to write all sorts of fiction, from dark fantasy to horror, and enjoys crossing genres. Burnt Offerings offers all that and more. This novel, and it is a novel, ties together 20 short stories (15 stories previously published, along with 5 stories original to this volume) into a solid narrative guaranteed to please. From Native American legend to urban detective, science fiction, magic and romance; alongside vampires, barbarians, presidents, elves, and (walking talking) toys, there’s a little something for everyone to enjoy. This mixed-genre mosaic novel has sex, harsh language, gore, and humor. If Burnt Offerings was a movie, it would carry an “R” rating. Have fun!
    
29. Holidays Frightened My Father And Other Stories - I'm an author living in East Hampton, Long Island, who spends at least as much time writing (and reading!) as I do on our glorious beaches or in our art galleries, shops, and restaurants. (Lots more than in our shops! But I like to take my wife, Robin.) My lifelong love has been stories with gripping plots driven by logic, heroes and heroines driven by impassioned values and desires, and places and action and dialogue that carry me away to "the homeland of my soul." Nothing brings these together like a battle for justice, a struggle for love and the fulfillment of sexual passion, the obsessive need to understand a mystery, a problem, a threat. My first novel, "The Price of Hannah Blake," will be followed soon by more novels, a second book of poetry, and a collection of essays and stories. I grew up on a farm in Massachusetts, but I've spent my career in New York City as a writer, publishing more than 100 articles, essays, and stories and helping foundations, museums, hospitals, schools, conservation organizations, and all sorts of other good causes with my writing talents. With this experience, and my long love affair with poetry (you can find my book, "Touched By Its Rays" on Amazon), I think you will find I am a stylist whose writing will be a pleasure to read--and will take you into places, characters, and the heart of action in a way that will make the pages fly by.
    
30. Born To Be Wild - "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! "
    
31. Hunt the Kllers Down - Van Holt wrote his first western when he was in high school and sent it to a literary agent, who soon returned it, saying it was too long but he would try to sell it if Holt would cut out 16,000 words. Young Holt couldn't bear to cut out any of his perfect western, so he threw it away and started writing another one. A draft notice interrupted his plans to become the next Zane Grey or Louis L'Amour. A tour of duty as an MP stationed in South Korea was pretty much the usual MP stuff except for the time he nabbed a North Korean spy and had to talk the dimwitted desk sergeant out of letting the guy go. A briefcase stuffed with drawings of U.S. aircraft and the like only caused the overstuffed lifer behind the counter to rub his fat face, blink his bewildered eyes, and start eating a big candy bar to console himself. Imagine Van Holt's surprise a few days later when he heard that same dumb sergeant telling a group of new admirers how he himself had caught the famous spy one day when he was on his way to the mess hall. Holt says there hasn't been too much excitement since he got out of the army, unless you count the time he was attacked by two mean young punks and shot one of them in the big toe. Holt believes what we need is punk control, not gun control. After traveling all over the West and Southwest in an aging Pontiac, Van Holt got tired of traveling the day he rolled into Tucson and he has been there ever since, still dreaming of becoming the next Zane Grey or Louis L'Amour when he grows up. Or maybe the next great mystery writer. He likes to write mysteries when he's not too busy writing westerns or trying to find out when they are going to start making Twinkies again.
    
32. Take Off Your Mask: 12 THINGS YOU WISH YOU KNEW - Curiosity may have killed that feline fur ball, but she or him learned a lot before exiting number nine. I too have been curious, wondering why we, I or they acted this way, looked or did it that way or were otherwise human. But curiosity is such a casual word, and the truth is my desire to know was almost desperate. There were times in life that I felt angry when there was no one around, unhappy when life was just fine, times I had trouble with relationships for seemingly no reason, times I felt sad when…well, you get the idea. That desperate curiosity, along with forty years of inner work, has lead to some interesting answers and some surprising books. Also, I love talking with those courageous people who are going for a positive change, and I live to see that eye-widening moment of understanding. Besides curious, I am also a writer who began with a column in the San Jose Mercury News, nationally syndicated. My current project is this 6-book series, “Things That Make Life Better.” So from the central coast of the North American west, I submit these curious jottings of curiosity to be browsed by those who will hopefully find them as entertaining as they do just plain helpful.
    
33. Warden (Book 1: Wendigo Fever) - This is a new teen and young adult horror/scf-fi/fantasy series from this author.