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1. Country Tied - Robyn Buttars, Author Robyn is an award winning author. Her books, stories and songs have been recognized in many contests. She and her husband, Kent, live on their family dairy farm in Lewiston, Utah and are the parents of six children. Professionally she is a registered nurse with experience in pediatrics and geriatrics. Along with writing, Robyn enjoys composing music, traveling, reading, and living with her family day by day in this great land.
   
2. Boxed Set: My Alpha Billionaire, A New Adult romance - An Amazon "Most Popular Author" (Erotica) An Amazon "Most Popular Author" (Fantasy & Futuristic) Tawny Taylor has been writing erotica for women for ten years. Her first erotic romance, Tempting Fate, was published in 2004 and was an RT Reviewer's Choice nominee and highly reviewed book. To date, Tawny has over 50 published books by 5 publishers, including Pocket, Kensington, Ellora's Cave, Samhain and Changeling Press. They include several subgenres of erotica and erotic romance including paranormal, menage, contemporary, and romantic/erotic suspense. Many of her books contain D/s, bondage, and domination and submission. Among her best selling books are Dark Master (Vampire, BDSM), Decadent Master (Vampire, BDSM), and Wrath's Embrace (Menage, BDSM). Tawny is grateful to her readers for allowing her dream of writing and publishing to come true. Her hope is to continue to write hot, sassy, sexy erotica for women for many years to come. Tawny loves hearing from readers! Drop her a note anytime:tawny@tawnytaylor.com. website: http://www.tawnytaylor.com Twitter: @tawnytauthor Blog: http://tawnytaylor.net
   
3. The Last Human (Vampire Earth # 1) - I'm a 23 year old writer living within the UK. My first books: The Last human & Crisis, the first two in a series of Dystopian Vampire, are now published and available on amazon. When I began writing, I decided early on that I would never write a vampire book. There were too many vampire books in the market, and almost all revolved around romance. But there came a time when I thought, why not? I'll take the romance out of the equation and replace it with tension, drama and action. I'm currently writing the third book in the series, titled: Night Master. The events of the book will be based during books 1 and 2, but it will be in the view point of Lexus. Below is the list of the books in the series. The first two books have been released so far: The Last Human (Vampire Earth # 1) Crisis (Vampire Earth # 2) Night Master (Vampire Earth # 2.5) Blood Oath (Vampire Earth # 3) Blood Duels (Vampire Earth # 4) Black Winter (Vampire Earth # 5) Crossfire (Vampire Earth # 6) Rise of Shadows(Vampire Earth # 7) And the Sky Turned Black (Vampire Earth # 8) Mind Games (Vampire Earth # 9) Through Fire and Smoke (Vampire Earth # 10)
   
4. Find your passion – How to Find Your Passion and Start Living By It by William Wyatt - William Wyatt is a young enthusiast of Self Development and he’s determined to succeed in life. He’s a voracious reader and he enjoys writing about subjects that can potentially make a real impact on people lives. He’s currently pursuing two college degrees (Law and Accountancy) and in his free time he likes playing football and going out with his friends.
   
5. Phantom Lives – Collier - Elizabeth Loraine loves to garden, cook and travel when not writing about vampire, ghosts, shifters and magical worlds. She lives in Florida with her husband and has two grown children. You can 'like' her Royal Blood Chronicles page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Royal-Blood-Chronicles/135355462710 Follower @bloodchronicles or check out her website www.elizabethloraine.com
   
6. Leadership – How to Become a Leader that People Will Follow - William Wyatt is a young enthusiast of Self Development and he’s determined to succeed in life. He’s a voracious reader and he enjoys writing about subjects that can potentially make a real impact on people lives. He’s currently pursuing two college degrees (Law and Accountancy) and in his free time he likes playing football and going out with his friends.
   
7. Einstein Must Die! - Chris Kohout lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and two children. For twenty years he has worked as a software developer. He has written three screenplays, directed several short films and will soon direct his first feature film.
   
8. The Last Straw - Nia Simone grew up on the side of a ski slope in Squaw Valley. After college, she worked in nonprofit and then high-tech. The best part of working in the computer field was meeting her husband. He took up skiing and she documented his computer inventions! They live in "Silicon Valley" California where their favorite thing to do is cook together for friends. Nia’s specialties are dessert and veggies while her husband’s are entrees and sourdough bread. Their only pet at the moment is the sourdough starter, which lives in the fridge and requires bi-weekly feeding. They call him Seymour.
   
9. No Sweat Speaking’s Guide to Public Speaking (Presentation) Etiquette - Allan Kaufman's 30+ years speaking experience includes personal one-on-one coaching, speeches, workshops, training classes, corporate training, and train-the-trainer classes. He specializes in communications skills training with an emphasis on helping people get rid of their fear of public speaking rapidly. He is an innovative seminar and workshop leader. His approach to communications training is unique and exciting, and results in noticeable skills improvement. As one Baltimore newspaper wrote about him, "Allan Kaufman helps people overcome their number-one fear--a fear that may paralyze them and keep them from achieving goals. A fear that's greater than the prospect of death, the fear of speaking in public." Allan Kaufman as quoted in Baltimore Magazine: "Learning to communicate is like taking out an insurance policy. You never know when you'll need it, but it's too late to take it out after you need it." Allan Kaufman is President of Allan and Allan, Inc., a communications consulting company (www.nosweatspeaking.com). The company works with organizations to improve executive, management, marketing and sales communications. It also assists business professionals to rapidly eliminate public speaking fear and hone presentation skills. Allan and Allan, Inc. provides executive speech coaching, seminars, workshops, and speaking programs on rapidly eliminating public speaking fear and enhancing presentation skills. Allan is a member of the faculty at Ner Israel Rabbinical College, where he inspires, motivates and educates students in the art of public speaking so that they have a life-long skill that will benefit them in their personal lives as well as whatever career field(s) they enter. Allan has a B.A. degree from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Maryland. He is a former Captain in the United States Army Reserve. He's earned Toastmasters International's most prestigious achievement award--Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)and has been recognized numerous times by Toastmasters International for his outstanding leadership contributions including being known as one of the leading sponsors of new Toastmasters. Allan has appeared multiple times on Speakeasy--a show about communications--on Comcast Cable Television. Allan is the author of No Sweat Speaking's Public Speaking Humor Guide to Roasting & Toasting. http://amzn.to/117pwoM He is co-author of No Sweat Speaking's How to Avoid the Ten Biggest Public Speaking Mistakes Including How to Use Humor. http://amznly.com/qx He is co-author of No Sweat Speaking's Humor Tips: How to Spice Up Your Presentations. http://amznly.com/rx He is co-author of No Sweat Speaking's Guide to Public Speaking (Presentation) Etiquette--How to Look Like a Professional. http://amznly.com/sy and he is co-author of Presentation Truths Revealed--101 Universal Principles to Propel Your Speaking Success available at . . . http://bit.ly/10WGTn6
   
10. The Deadly - I'm just a normal guy trying to make a living and supporting my family with what i love doing most: writing. I'm a big comic book fan, an avid reader, and a lover of breakfast. I'm also very religious, but ironically enough, a very critical thinker. When I'm not writing or reading, I'm spending time with my beautiful wife and my adorable son that likes to bust into the bedroom while I'm sleeping and yell out. I'm always interested in meeting new people and if you would like to talk, you can contact me at the e-mail address: juliusstclair@yahoo.com.
    
11. Jasper, Amazon Parrot: A Rainforest Adventure by Sharon C. Williams - Sharon is a native of New England, raised in Northern Maine. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and son. She is owned by a flock of eight birds. Sharon has a B.S. Degree in Chemistry. Writing keeps her busy. She tends to lose all track of time. The world could be coming to an end, and Sharon would be oblivious to it.  When this author is writing, she envisions the scenes in her head. She tries to imagine the reality of what is written down on paper.  The different options, scenes and problems will be listed down on the side in case she can use them later.  Sharon tends to write by long hand - the flow works better for her this way. The authors you would see in her bookshelves would be Stephen King, Agatha Christie, Bentley Little, and James Patterson. She loves to read, take pictures, walk, exercise, go to the movies, and listen to music. Sharon is a budding bird watcher, and knits on the side.  She is a huge sports fan which includes baseball, basketball, hockey, and football. Two of her short stories were published in the anthology, Cassandra's Roadhouse. Her children's book, Jasper, Amazon Parrot: A Rainforest Adventure, has been picked up by Fountain Blue Publishing. She is now actively submitting her novelette, Squirrel Mafia.
    
12. Gratitude: How to Feel Grateful Today and Every Day - Claire Shannon is a life coach and author who has dedicated her life to helping others reach their dreams. She has found that a constant theme among those not achieving the levels of success they desire is that they fail to appreciate that which they already have. Through this book, she is attempting to help people take the first step in reaching their potential by appreciating the people, things, and experiences in their lives, regardless of what they may be.
    
13. The Grimm Chronicles, vol. 2 - I received my MFA in fiction writing from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. I've had over a dozen short stories published. In addition to regularly contributing literary fiction to various journals and magazines, my current project is a Young Adult series called The Grimm Chronicles. Maybe you've heard of it? No? Really? Well ... My co-author Isabella Fontaine and I devised 3 "rules" for this Young Adult series. They're important to us. 1. There are no love triangles. We've set this as an explicit rule. Our main character might find love, but she won't be hounded by topless boys and she certainly will never spend her time deciding who to spend the rest of her life with. 2. Our hero, Alice, must use her brain to overcome her obstacles. That doesn't mean she can't kick some butt (she definitely can!), but she does have to rely on her knowledge to win the day. 3. Alice will never commit an act of violence against another human being without there being consequences. Sure, she can do battle with evil monsters ... but violence against human beings has real consequences. Too often our heroes of today cause physical pain to people around them in order to achieve victory. Alice is different. Alice respects nonviolence to solve real-world problems, and only uses violence to rid the world of the evil Corrupted.
    
14. Diary of a Hollywood Nobody - Lisa Maliga has been writing ever since she learned how to put crayon to paper back in kindergarten. Since then, she has learned to type and uses a laptop, citing it as way more convenient. She still makes and uses her own soapy creations. You'll find more about her work at: http://www.lisamaliga.com
    
15. College Volleyball Recruiting: A Quick Guide to Volleyball Recruiting for the Average Player’s - Allen also goes into detail about how to use volleyball camps not only as a recruiting opportunity but as an assessment tool to determine what level of school to target. There is also detailed information about what to include in a recruiting video and how to initiate contact with college coaches.
    
16. INGER’S PROMISE Trustworthy by Jami Parkison - ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jami Parkison, a native of Kentucky, now lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where she works as a writer and publisher. For more than twenty years, her essays and articles have appeared in journals and popular magazines in the United States and Great Britain. Parkison is the author of several adult books, including one about the Santa Fe Trail. She is also president of Acorn Books, publishers of The Great Heartlanders Series of biographies for children. Her books published by JOAN’S eBOOKS LLC include Inger’s Promise, Amazing Mallika and Pequena the Burro. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR Andra Chase was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she attended the John McCrady Art School. She now lives in Kansas, where she has continued her study of art and art history and has worked as an illustrator and designer of printed media. Her paintings have been exhibited in juried and solo shows throughout the Midwest. Chase is a longtime bird fancier and nature lover with almost two decades’ experience painting the Kansas landscape
    
17. Sacred Light Spirit Eagle by Cristael Ann Bengtson - Raised in the high mountains of scenic northern New Mexico, Cristael Bengtson grew up riding horseback in the mountain forests and meadows surrounding the small village of Pecos. There her parents owned and operated a very small power and telephone company. At the age of 17, she had a visionary experience of a loving and luminous Great Light. Married when she was 18, Cristael became the mother of two sons that she raised as a single mother. She earned BA degrees in music education and elementary education, going on to earn her Master of Arts in elementary education with a focus on the reading process. For two years she taught music in Sandoval County, at that time the third poorest county in the nation. She then became an elementary classroom teacher, teaching mainly third grade. During this time she studied voice intensively, and developed a fine lyric coloratura soprano singing voice. After her sons left home, Cristael left teaching and took care of her mother until she passed on. Cristael had her Near Death Experience in 1998, at the age of 60. Cristael enjoys singing. She is also in the grip of a lifelong compulsive book-reading habit.
    
18. Government Job Apps Made Easy - Andrea Drew started her resume writing career in 1998, and since that time has written thousands of resumes and helped job seekers all over the world land a job interview by writing a resume, cover letter and application that markets them effectively - she offers advice and fortnightly webinars to assist whenever and wherever she can.
    
19. Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love - Born and raised in New England, Sebastian Cole joined his family's business after graduating from Brown University in the 80s. A true romantic, his life is defined by following his heart and pursuing his dreams, which is why he has become a novelist. Sebastian writes from the heart, believing in true love, love at first sight, and finding the one person in life you're meant to be with. Sebastian's debut novel, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love, has won numerous awards, including being a winner in the Beverly Hills Book Awards, a bronze winner in ForeWord Reviews Book Of The Year Awards, a finalist in the International Book Awards, and a finalist in ForeWord Firsts debut literary competition for first-time authors. With a rating of 4.6 stars, the book has been getting rave reviews, many of which compare Sebastian to his favorite author, Nicholas Sparks. Whether or not he ever achieves that kind of success, touching the lives of others through his writing has been the single most gratifying thing he has ever done in his life. For more information, please visit Sebastian's website at SebastianColeAuthor.com
    
20. Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love - Born and raised in New England, Sebastian Cole joined his family’s business after graduating from Brown University in the 80s. A true romantic, his life is defined by following his heart and pursuing his dreams, which is why he has become a novelist. Sebastian writes from the heart, believing in true love, love at first sight, and finding that one person in life you’re meant to be with. Cole's debut novel, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love, reflects over forty years of personal life experiences. Sand Dollar has won numerous awards, including being the winner of the Beverly Hills Book Award, the bronze winner of ForeWord Reviews Book Of The Year Award, a finalist in the International Book Awards, and a finalist in ForeWord Firsts debut literary competition. With a rating of 4.5 stars on Amazon, the book has received rave reviews, many of which compare Cole to his favorite author, Nicholas Sparks. Whether or not he ever achieves that kind of success, touching the lives of others through his writing has been the single most gratifying thing he has ever done.
    
21. The Billionaire’s Will - Marti Talbott lives in Seattle and has written several full length novels, including The Billionaire's Will, Seattle Quake 9.2, The Promise, and Broken Pledge. She began writing the Highlander Series in August of 2009. The first five books are a collection of 20 short stories followed by: Betrothed, book 6, The Golden Sword, book 7, Abducted, book 8, A time of Madness, book 9, Triplets, book 10, Secrets, book 11, Choices, book 12, Ill-fated Love, book 13, and The Other Side of the River, book 14. Follow the MacGreagor Clan into Colorado's early 20th century in her new Marblestone Mansion series. To be notified when new books are available, visit martitalbott.com
    
22. Margaret’s Choice (The Tresterian Chronicles) Book 1 - I’ve written seven books – six under A.L. Jambor and one under Amy Jambor. The first was called But the Children Survived. I was inspired by a picture of my granddaughter I’d put on my refrigerator. I was looking at it and I suddenly saw her running down the hallway of my mobile home holding my small dog. That was the beginning. I wrote the book for my family and included almost every member of my family as a character in the book. I grew up in New Jersey and about half the book takes place in New Jersey locations. I was born in Plainfield and moved south to Monmouth County – exit 106 on the Garden State Parkway to be exact. My folks owned a Carvel Ice Cream store in Spring Lake Heights and I spent most of my summers past the age of fourteen serving soft ice cream to “Bennies” and catching Bruce Springsteen at the Stone Pony on weekends. When I finished school, I worked in place called Delicious Orchards in Colts Neck where I met my husband of 36 years, Hans. He was a baker and when he saw me walk in the bakery for the first time, he turned to the guy working next to him and said, “That’s the girl I’m gonna marry.” We had two boys, Andrew and Thomas, and spent most of our married life in Ocean County, New Jersey. I was a barista at the Starbucks in Red Bank and Freehold. Freehold’s Jersey Freeze is one of the many Jersey locations I used in But the Children Survived. I’m a working class girl and I never knew why I went from job to job until I sat down to write a book. Working with so many great people enabled me to create unforgettable characters in my books. I live in Florida now with my hubby and two non-human roommates. Trixie is a mixed terrier who was the inspiration for the above-mentioned dog, and Sammy is my fabulous feline companion. I now have four grandchildren who continue to inspire me. Margaret’s Choice is my latest. It is the first book in a series called The Tresterian Chronicles. This book was born of an idea I had when I was contemplating the Big Bang theory. I imagined four planets being spawned of that event, each with the same DNA, each evolving in exactly the same way. This book is written in the first person of Margaret Hall, the wife of a scientist who dies at the hands of locals who aren’t pleased to find a scientific expedition on their land. Margaret comes from a planet named Pryll. It is 2215 in Pryll when they leave and 915 on Tresteria, their destination. The Pryllians want to establish a colony on Tresteria because their planet is dying. Margaret is the sole survivor of the expedition and when she meets a wizard named Geezer, her life changes forever.
    
23. The Rescue Team - Dr. Billi Tiner has been a veterinarian for over 10 years. She lives in Missouri with her husband, two children, three dogs, and three cats. She uses her experiences as a veterinarian as inspiration for her books. Dr. Tiner enjoys spending time outdoors gardening and hiking. She is also a huge fan of college football and basketball.