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1. Rhodes – A Notebook by Richard Clark - Richard Clark is a writer and journalist who is currently Editor of the UK mass-market magazines TV easy and Soaplife. The son of the novelist Douglas Clark, he has worked on an array of national newspapers and magazines including the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian, Radio Times, The Listener, TV Times, Now and for broadcasters including the BBC and ITV. After graduating in English Literature he left England behind to teach English on Crete, an island which he frequently returns to. The Greek Islands - A Notebook was published in September 2011; Crete - A Notebook was published in July 2012; Rhodes - A Notebook in June 2013 Richard is married with two grown up children and lives near Tunbridge Wells in Kent. 'Clark is particularly good on the colours, flavours and scents of Greece. He has got under the skin of the place in a way few outsiders have been able to.' Multi award-winning writer Mark Hudson, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, and Samuel Johnson Prize, author of Our Grandmothers' Drums, Coming Back Brockens, The Music in My Head and Titian, the Last Days
   
2. The Ultimate Guide to Dating – Fun Dating Advice for Women and Shy Guys - Isabel Alexander is a woman of many facets. Aside from writing, she is also a business entrepreneur and a life coach. She works diligently in combining these two areas in assisting each client needing her guidance, and this is also evident in her writing. She holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice and a Master’s of Science in Mental Health and Counseling. A member of the American Counseling Association, Isabel loves to spend time promoting awareness for various local programs such as Family Promise, The Association for Community Counseling, Guardian ad Litem and Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse. In her free time she enjoys boating, fishing, cooking, reading, and of course spending time with her family and celebrating their relationships.
   
3. Fun Guide to Losing Weight – Losing Weight Fast for Health and Happiness - Isabel Alexander is a woman of many facets. Aside from writing, she is also a business entrepreneur and a life coach. She works diligently in combining these two areas in assisting each client needing her guidance, and this is also evident in her writing. She holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice and a Master’s of Science in Mental Health and Counseling. A member of the American Counseling Association, Isabel loves to spend time promoting awareness for various local programs such as Family Promise, The Association for Community Counseling, Guardian ad Litem and Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse. In her free time she enjoys boating, fishing, cooking, reading, and of course spending time with her family and celebrating their relationships.
   
4. The Reality Master - I have lived in several nations on three continents, and at one point during my travels fell in love while visiting the American Midwest, and while there experienced marriage and offspring and obtained a university degree. I eventually returned to my beloved California where I appear to be currently entrenched, though I aspire to semi-retire in a tropical paradise, probably in Central America or El Caribe, while still maintaining myhome in the good old USA until the end of myearthly days. This first book of this series of novels came to me complete, in a dream as though I were watching a movie, and the next four volumes followed from it.
   
5. Alphabeti-cool by Rebecca Bielawski - REBECCA BIELAWSKI - Once upon a time in England there was a Kiwi girl. She was unsatisfied with her job peeling onions at a factory in Norfolk and yearned for a better life were she could harness her untapped artistic potential and unleash all her pent up rhymes. One day when she realized she had no tears left to cry for the onions she packed up and moved to Spain, fell in love with a handsome Systems Administrator, had two kids, became a children's author and lived happily ever after.
   
6. Monkey Stuff by Rebecca Bielawski - REBECCA BIELAWSKI - Once upon a time in England there was a Kiwi girl. She was unsatisfied with her job peeling onions at a factory in Norfolk and yearned for a better life were she could harness her untapped artistic potential and unleash all her pent up rhymes. One day when she realized she had no tears left to cry for the onions she packed up and moved to Spain, fell in love with a handsome Systems Administrator, had two kids, became a children's author and lived happily ever after.
   
7. 52 Tips For Freelance Writers: A guide to simplifying and organizing your freelance writing life By Karen Banes - Karen Banes is a freelance writer specializing in travel, lifestyle, parenting and family issues, and alternative education. She writes articles, website copy, ebooks and the occasional award winning short story. Her freelance writing has appeared in a range of publications both online and off, including Life Info Magazine, Transitions Abroad, Brave New Traveler, Natural Parenting Group, and Copia Magazine.
   
8. All in a Jam by Rebecca Bielawski - REBECCA BIELAWSKI - Once upon a time in England there was a Kiwi girl. She was unsatisfied with her job peeling onions at a factory in Norfolk and yearned for a better life were she could harness her untapped artistic potential and unleash all her pent up rhymes. One day when she realized she had no tears left to cry for the onions she packed up and moved to Spain, fell in love with a handsome Systems Administrator, had two kids, became a children's author and lived happily ever after.
   
9. The Silver Line - Dawn Michelle Pritchard is a UK author. She is described by the people who know her as quirky. She loves writing for teens more than anything else in the world. She enjoys cuddling up with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book, shopping for dresses and watching chick flicks. Dawn often wakes up at 2am to frantically write down a new idea. She is at her most creative after sitting on the beach, watching the tide roll in and the sun set. She lives in a quiet, little town in South Wales. This is her second novel. Her first, 'Wheels and Wings' already has three 5 Star reviews on Amazon!
   
10. LONDON TUBE: SEVEN STATIONS, SEVEN STORIES BY EVI ROUTOULA - I was born in Athens in 1968. Since childhood I had two major dreams: to become a lawyer and to be able to write. My first dream became true quite early. I studied Law at the university of Babes Bolyai Cluj – Napoca, in Romania. Since 1997 I have been working as a lawyer. As far as my second dream is concerned, I experimented a lot with writing. I translated two books from English into Greek, “Blood Ties” and “On Pilgrimage”; both book were written by the English authoress Jennifer Lash- Fiennes, both of them were published in Greece by “Kalendis” publications. The “London Tube, seven stations seven stories” is a book that combines two great loves of mine: the English history and the London underground.
    
11. Memory’s Darkness by Megan Earley - I'm a 31 year old Theology major (who is going to school for a degree in Juvenile Corrections). I hail from Southern Oregon, along with my husband and three daughters. I'm still not sure what keeps me busier: school, the girls, or the two ferrets who have developed military precision when it comes to escaping their cage.
    
12. Emerson’s Attic, The Blue Velvet - Kathleen Andrews Davis wrote Emerson's Attic, The Blue Velvet
    
13. Jonny Bails Floatin and the Luck of the Bioluminescence - J.Lee Glassman wrote Jonny Bails Floatin and the Luck of the Bioluminescence
    
14. The Monster Who Was Scared - Kiplyn Garrett wrote The Monster Who Was Scared
    
15. Confessions of a Transformed Heart - Nancy and her husband Mark have served as missionaries since 1986, when they moved their family to Liberia, West Africa. The Liberian Civil War began in December of 1989, while they were on a break in the States. Unable to return to Liberia, the country that had become home to them, the Sheppard family ministered for many years among the Liberian war refugees in the Ivory Coast. In 2002 the Sheppards moved back to Liberia, where they presently live and work. Mark and Nancy have been married 33 years and are the parents of six children, ages five to thirty.
    
16. Lost Within Many by Michael Kachurak - I am Michael Edward, a husband, a father of six, a friend, and a self-proclaimed storyteller. I say storyteller because to use the word writer would be a misrepresentation, it might imply that I can write. I have always felt that my imagination was my strength and I always see everything as a movie. A lot of times when I write, its like I am sitting in a movie theater watching it on screen and I just write down what I see with the words that I know. I love to write screenplays and that bleeds into my writing style. Also, I have epilepsy, and my seizures have increased, so if they bleed into the writing I apologize. I just want to tell entertaining stories that give people a chance to escape reality for a bit. I mean no disrespect to writers. I am currently working on The Beginning On The End: Book Five and Book Six, Enter Sandman 3, Fearlings Four and will make them available as soon as they are completed. I appreciate anyone who takes the time to read the sample chapters, to buy the stories, or to leave reviews. Like I said, being a husband and a father of six, I understand how valuable time is, and again, thank you.
    
17. The Life and Words of G.K. Chesterton - Starting out with just one writer, Wyatt North Publishing has expanded to include writers from across the country. Our writers include college professors, religious theologians, and historians.
    
18. The Harpy Chronicles I, Namari - Born in the shadow of beautiful Table Mountain, Aneza Lee's passion for writing led her to become not only a published fantasy author, but an editor too. As a child she believed each glittering dewdrop was a fairy diamond, and the stars were divine guardians who guided her along her path. She has a great love for the written word and believes there is much to learn, and to teach, through this medium about human nature and the world we share. There is a magic in the air of the wild land called Africa where she was born and she tries to suffuse her writing with it. She lives in a leafy suburb of Brackenfell in the beautiful Cape of Good Hope and she is currently working on the second novel in the Harpy Chronicles, The Namari Book II, before its final edit and publication. Her poem, Dancing with Gypsies, was published in the Forever Spoken Collection by the International Library of Poetry and samples of her poetry are available on Writer's Cafe (http://www.writerscafe.org/SylvanHuntress). Aside from writing fantasy and poetry, some of her interests and hobbies include knitting, counted cross stitch, gardening, and all things gothic. She shares her life with her fiancée, her loving family and an assortment of furry creatures.
    
19. Scout’s Honour - Author Peter Laurent was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He studied 3D animation in Auckland, then worked full-time in Mount Maunganui. Peter then formed his own company, Indiana Games Limited, and has been freelancing art and animation back in Auckland ever since. "The Covert Academy" is his first novel, borne of a passion for creative storytelling.
    
20. Cooking With Diane (From Beginner To Bravo: Appetizers) - I first compiled the original paperback version with all the chapters while working as a consultant for Celebrating Home. Each recipe contributed came from my customers who attended in home cooking parties so they all come very highly recommended. I self published originally outside of the Amazon platform and had a huge success with sales and distribution. Several of my customers have reviewed each Kindle offering based on their experience with the recipes. I also run a blog of recipes by the same name - www.cookingwithdiane.net
    
21. The Elegance of Curiosity - Enos Mutwale was born in Zambia.He won first prizes of two National Essay Competitions, in 2002 and 2003, and was awarded these prizes by His Excellence President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa and was also awarded the first prize at the National Junior Science Convention at the University of Zambia in 2004 by Dr Nguni. In 2012, he received an award of Nobel of Science for excellence in scientific research, by Professor Fenolenko and Professor Astoyants at the Department of Applied Sociology at Southern Federal University, Russia. The author likes Science Technology, Classical Art, Classical Architecture and Classical Music.