Author Listings (Folklore & Mythology)
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| Claudine Burnett has been actively pursuing Southern California history since 1971. She is the former head of the Literature and History Department of Long Beach Public Library and a member of various historical societies. Her credentials include a B.A. in history from the University of California, Irvine; an M.L.S. ....[more] |
| Clyde W. Ford is a mythologist, trained psychotherapist, and sought-after public speaker. He’s also a critically acclaimed author of nonfiction and fiction. He writes the Charlie Noble Mysteries, suspense thrillers set in the Pacific Northwest. He’s been a guest on the “Oprah Winfrey Show,” NPR, and other radio and tel....[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] |
| Russell Ash is best known as the creator and compiler of Top 10 of Everything (annual, 1989–) and related titles (Hamlyn, UK; Sterling, USA, and in various editions around the world). He has also written numerous books on art (principally 19th-century painters), popular reference (such as his annual Whitaker's World of....[more] |
| Alan Axelrod was born on August 25, 1952, in New York. He was educated at Northeastern Illinois University and University of Iowa. He is a leading writer about American history, and is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History. In his books, Axelrod presents the facts, details, and faces that have he....[more] |
| I was always reading, always writing. I learned to edit what I'd written early on: Whenever I'd say to my parents, "Listen to what I wrote," they'd ask, "How long will it take?" This was much more valuable than taking Creative Writing courses. (Though my own Creative Writing teacher, J. R. Salamanca, was wonderful. He ....[more] |
| Peter S. Beagle, April, 1939 - Peter Soyer Beagle was born in Manhattan in April of 1939 to Simon and Rebecca Soyer Beagle. He was raised in the Bronx, New York, and attended Bronx High School. During his senior year, Beagle entered a poem and a short story in the 1955 Scholastic Writing Awards Contest, not knowing tha....[more] |
| Janet Berliner is the Bram Stoker award-winning author of six novels, including the Madagascar Manifesto trilogy with George Guthridge, and ARTIFACT, her four-way collaboration with friends Kevin J. Anderson, Matthew J. Costello, and F. Paul Wilson. She has sold over 100 short stories to magazines and anthologies. She ....[more] |
| I am a professional book editor, former publishing executive, and author of over 100 credited children's books, 3 YA novels, 4 novelizations, 2 grown-up books, one a New York Times bestseller and the other, WRITING CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR DUMMIES (Wiley, 2005) a consistent bestseller at Amazon in its category. I have also....[more] |
| I am retired from Xcel Energy in Colorado and write for my enjoyment. My works are Historical fiction, adventure and fiction, meant for pre-teen and teens readers. Although, several adults have found my books entertaining. I hold a Master's Degree in Management, Human Relations & Organizational Behavior. I live with ....[more] |
| First and foremost, I am a word smith. Writing is the craft of using words to fulfill the need to express oneself. Self-expression is the basis of self-confidence, which is a most worthy achievement. My list of published titles includes fiction and nonfiction. Each one was written to entertain, delight, touch and inspi....[more] |
| PHIL COUSINEAU is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, teacher and editor, worldwide lecturer and travel leader, storyteller and TV host. His fascination with the art, literature, and history of culture has taken him from Michigan to Marrakesh, Iceland to the Amazon, in a worldwide search for what the ancients called....[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] |
| TammyJo Eckhart's fiction has appeared in anthologies from Circlet Press, Greenery Press, Blue Moon and Ravenous Romance. Six collections of her fiction have also been published. Mistress Loves Me, This I Know from Python University Productions, 2009, is her seventh book in print and contains science fiction, fantasy,....[more] |
| I am a cultural anthropologist. I earned my BA from Sarah Lawrence College in anthropology and French (1975), and my MA (1978) and PhD (1983) in cultural anthropology from the University of Virginia. Among other works, I am the author of The Afterlife Is Where We Come from: The Culture of Infancy in West Africa (2004....[more] |
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