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| Eileen Goudge was born July 4, 1950 and grew up in the San Francisco bay area. She began writing at the age of eight. At eighteen, she ran off with a man dodging the draft, and a year later, returned home from British Columbia with a baby and broke. She began writing non-stop and managed to sell a few articles. In the ....[more] |
| Michele Torrey first became a published author at age ten, when her story about a dinosaur egg popping out of the kitchen sink appeared in the Seaview Heights Elementary newspaper. Her fifth grade class, located in Edmonds, Washington, wrote, edited, and published the newspaper.
While Torrey has lived most of her li....[more] |
| Author Sheila Walsh writes books for children and adults. She is also a Grammy-nominated singer and speaks at the Women of Faith conferences. On television, she co-hosted The 700 Club and had her own talk show Heart to Heart with Sheila Walsh on the Family Channel. She currently lives in Texas with her husband and they....[more] |
| Alma Flor Ada, Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco, has devoted her life to advocacy for peace by promoting a pedagogy oriented to personal realization and social justice. A former Radcliffe Scholar at Harvard University and Fulbright Research Scholar she is an internationally r....[more] |
| Tracy Barrett is the author of numerous books for young readers, including the award-winning biographical novel, ANNA OFBYZANTIUM (Delacorte, 1999). Her most recent publications are two young-adult novels, DARK OF THE MOON (Harcourt, 2011) and KING OF ITHAKA (Henry Holt, 2010), and the four books in her middle-grade se....[more] |
| Erik wrote his first book, The Practically Perfect Pajamas (Winslow Press 2000), because he wanted to have something to illustrate. Ten years and 13 books later, he is working full-time in the children's book world and is currently testing the waters of better self-promotion :)
Stay tuned for a more complete bio so....[more] |
| Simon Cheshire grew up in Warwickshire, England. From a young age, he was a dedicated reader and would spend many hours absorbed in books, happily dreaming of faraway places, and completely ignoring his mother's cries of "Go out and get some fresh air, for heaven's sake!"
Simon's first book appeared in 1997, and sin....[more] |
| K. Michael Crawford began to follow her dream as a
Children’s Book Illustrator in 1991 and wound up on an
incredible journey that changed her life forever. Since that
date, she has illustrated over 30 Children’s Books, numerous
illustrations for Educational Products and has won a number
of Awards for her art.....[more] |
| I was born in England, and grew up in Canada. I've been published in a number of literary journals, such as Descant and Canadian Forum.
I attended the University of Toronto, and the University of London, England. I lived for several years in England when I was in my twenties.
I've travelled to Central American, Moroc....[more] |
| From food to fiction, Kate likes things spicy. She writes sexy romance for Samhain Publishing and Siren Publishing, and has books available in both e-format and print. When she isn't writing about strong, sexy men and women finding their happily-ever-afters, she spends her time playing with the kids and hanging with he....[more] |
| A SynergEbooks best selling author
Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist
Eric Hoffer Award Finalist
Indie Excellence Book Award Finalist
Hollywood Book Festival Honorable Mention
After spending most of my life in the entertainment industry (you can catch me in various episodes of Rags to Riches and some v....[more] |
| Anne Crofton Dearle is the author of two biographical works - "Grannie Annie's War" and "The Second Decade". She has published two novels for 'tweenies' (pre-teen children) - "The Silver Knight" and a sequel, "Ginger Cat" which came out in January 2011. A third in the series, "The Golden Gauntlet" is due to be publi....[more] |
| I was never a child who chose to stay indoors—a trait I attribute to my dad, an avid outdoorsman and Boy Scout leader. Our little family spent summers camping, hiking, canoeing and fishing. We rambled across the United States visiting amazing state and national parks, never leaving a sign of ourselves behind. Not a can....[more] |
| Diane Duane was born in Manhattan in 1952, a Year of the Dragon. She was raised on Long Island, in the New York City suburbs. In high school she won a Regents Science and Nursing scholarship, and her first studies in college were toward a degree in astrophysics. A total inability to handle calculus and other higher mat....[more] |
| Kathleen Benner Duble had sixteen car accidents before she was twenty-one. Being an at-home writer keeps her from hitting the road (or anyone else). She is the author of seven books for children, including THE SACRIFICE, a Jefferson Cup Noteworthy Book, HEARTS OF IRON, an IRA Teacher’s Choice, BRAVO ZULU, SAMANTHA!, ....[more] |
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