Interviews

Interview with Author – Vered Neta

Interview with Author – Vered Neta

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I am an author, scriptwriter & speaker I write character-driven drama stories focusing on women and the challenges they face in today’s society.

In my work, I focus on bringing kindness and positivity into the world. I am the co-founder of Open Circles Academy, located in Amsterdam. I have worked with more than 150,000 people and have written several books on motivation and relationships. My book, “Financial Independence for Women” has sold more than 50,000 copies.

In 2010 Vered was awarded the TIAW World of Difference Award, an award given to women whose efforts have advanced the economic empowerment of women locally, regionally or worldwide.

I’ve been an archaeologist, a top manager in high-tech companies and health institutions and, for nearly 30 years, a personal coach, trainer, and motivational speaker while owning and running the fastest-growing training centre for entrepreneurs in The Netherlands.

But after doing all that, I came to realise that I’m not growing anymore. I still had more things I wanted to learn and develop, which is how I came to challenge myself with a new career as a writer. Being heavily dyslexic, as a non-native English speaker, writing novels or scripts seemed like a Mission Impossible for me. Add to it years of non-supportive beliefs that I’m bad at writing and that I am not creative enough, and that sounded like a good challenge to tackle and grow through.

Since I started on this journey in 2017, I’ve written 4 movies and TV scripts, 2 novels, and I am now developing a TV series and writing my 3rd novel.

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Interview with Author – Rebecca Holmes

Interview with Author – Rebecca Holmes

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I’m a fantasy author based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. When I’m not writing or reading, I sew my own clothing and play games on PC. My favourite video games are the strategy, survival, building types – especially those rich in lore and immersive world building. I’d by lying if I said the games I play never influence my writing! I used to think that inventing entire worlds and cultures in my head was something everybody did in their spare time. Then I realized this may or may not be a talent I should put to good use.

As a reader, I devour as many fantasy books as I can get my hands on, with the occasional diversion into science fiction or purely historical fiction. Genre-bending, trope-smashing and upside down perspectives are always welcome. I seek novelty and aim to create it in my own work. I’m an ‘oddball’ reader, who will seek out hidden gems that no one is talking about in preference to the big names of the moment.

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Interview with Author – Madhushree Das

Interview with Author – Madhushree Das

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Madhushree Das is an intuitive versifier and artistic idealist. Empowering people through the magic of words is my mysticism. She loves the rainbow, sunshine, and poetry. She just recently a few years back started writing and has published two books of poetry. Her first book is “When the Mystic Meets a Starfish and my second book is “Caravan to the Cosmos “. Both books are enriched with poetic wordplay and pioneered by the interconnectedness of human emotions and nature’s elicitations.

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Interview with Author – Kevin OConnor

Interview with Author – Kevin OConnor

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Kevin O’Connor enjoys chronicling the stories of families and friends through tracing genealogical histories, writing, and picture collections. His prior writing includes personal letters, articles in professional publications, dissertations, anthologies, and presentations delivered at conferences, seminars, and webinars. He brings people together personally and professionally. Collaborating with friends and relatives, he plans family and class reunions. He sings and performs in theaters. He is active with SMART Ride, a bicycling group that rides annually from Miami to Key West, raising funds for HIV awareness, treatments, and education. He was an elementary teacher, principal, professor, and curriculum coordinator in California, Illinois, and Florida from 1973-2020. In his final educational position, he authored content and provided training in areas including support for substitute teachers, LGBTQ advocacy, and Sexual Health/Family Life. He resides in Ft. Lauderdale with his husband, Leon. Their family includes five sons and seven granddaughters. He references further connections to this book, continues his stories, and highlights perspectives about his interests at www.kevinoconnorauthor.com

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Interview with Author – Carol and Larry McGehe

Interview with Author – Carol and Larry McGehe

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Larry and Carol were married in 1978 and have combined their careers and life experiences to bring a unique blend to their writing. They are internationally experienced consultants and presenters in education and business.

Larry and Carol love to travel and have visited all seven continents and all fifty states, connecting with individuals worldwide and throughout the United States. They served as missionaries to Honduras, making numerous trips over six years. They also enjoy mentoring young adults, who they fondly identify as their “children.”

Throughout their careers, they have consistently collaborated as a team. They founded Prime Presentations, a seminar business that served teachers and administrators for over fifteen years. They co-authored and taught Success in School, a study skills curriculum for middle and high school students. Both have had articles published in professional journals and trade magazines.
Under Carol’s direction, twenty of her at-risk seventh graders wrote and published a 245-page mathematics textbook. “Pioneer Math: Written by Kids for Kids” was purchased by schools in Great Britain, Canada, Bermuda, and in over forty states in the United States.
When asked about their greatest honors, Larry shares that Carol was the recipient of Presidential Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, which led to a meeting with President George H. W. Bush at the White House. And Carol proudly recounts Larry being named an All-American Softball player who pitched his team to third in the nation and served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era.

They have combined Carol’s attention to detail and writing ability with Larry’s research, map drawing skills, and unique story ideas to bring you this first historical novel in the “In Search” series.

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Interview with Author – Christine Germain

Interview with Author – Christine Germain

Christine M. Germain is an Award-Winning Best Selling Author of Horror and Mystery Thriller. Born March 8, 1981, in Brooklyn, New York, she found her passion for writing in 1993 and wrote her first horror story at twelve. Watching horror movies and reading young adult horror fiction novels influenced her love for writing a story with a protagonist that looked like her. African American women weren’t portrayed as solid leads in horror films or books. Instead of waiting to see if that would happen, she created a story that she would love to read and watch on the big screen that catered to more diverse characters.

Admiring authors such as Stephen King and R.L. Stein, Christine pursued her writing journey, majoring in literature, and graduated with a performing arts degree. Known for an imagination unlike any other, Christine is ready to take you to a thrilling shape-shifter world with her series, “The Brother’s Curse Saga.”

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Interview with Author – Pamela Joyce Hayes Liggins

Interview with Author – Pamela Joyce Hayes Liggins

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Pamela Joyce Hayes is a Harlem native, born and raised in Lincoln Projects. Pamela is the
oldest out of three children born to Viola Hayes and the late John Hayes. Pamela was a devoted wife
for fourteen years, and an amazing mom to two beautiful sons Darrell and Xavier.
Pamela has been writing since she was nine years old. She has a love for creating stories on paper and

always dreamed of becoming an author. She decided to put her story on paper when her now ex-
husband was arrested in February 2003. This turned her family upside down. Pamela and her family

were devastated. Her family did not know what to do and the prison system does not come with
instructions. She lost everything. Her and her family was hit with the harsh reality of life when one of
your family members goes to prison.
On Saturday, May 23rd 2009 it changed Pamela’s life. She became a published author. Pamela has
been writing all of her life. But when your world of emotions, pain, sadness, become public it is an
indescribable feeling. You are letting the world into your world. That is what being an author is to me.
Creating your world as you see, feel and experience it and allowing people in to experience how you see
the world. You are allowing the world to know you on an intimate level.
Her first book Family Tyme! Don’t Get Caught Up! Her second book is Family Tyme! Pay Back is a
BITCH! And her third book is FYER! The Diary of a BI Sexual Woman! One of her big
accomplishments besides writing her books is her first book is an audiobook. This project is a movie
without the picture. She was one of the first urban authors to do a audio book in this format.
Pamela latest series that will be taking the book world by storm is “Side Chick”, coming this winter.
Pamela is happy to be building her own world as while is break out in new ventures. August 2019 she
entered into a new area of the writing world. Pamela introduced the world to” Brown Girl” which is her
first of many children’s books to come. Stay tuned for several new stories, characters, and adventures.
Pamela just finished recording her second audio book “Falsely Accused” which is also her first short film this month September 2023. Pamela is happy to be making her mark in the world.

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Interview with Author – Vanja Skoric

Interview with Author – Vanja Skoric

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I am a human rights lawyer, civil rights volunteer and mother of two, with a passion for writing, originally from Croatia. I am currently working in a non profit organisation and doing a PhD at the Civic AI Lab in the Netherlands. I enjoy combining my human rights work with promoting social change, especially including children. I always strive to provide children with information and knowledge about how they can make a meaningful contribution to a better world, without feeling lost or overwhelmed.

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Interview with Author – Dwain Worrell

Interview with Author – Dwain Worrell

Dwain Worrell is a filmmaker, Chinese interpreter, and novelist. The Barbadian native now works as a film and television writer and producer in Los Angeles. His writing credits include Marvel’s Iron Fist, CBS’s Fire Country, and the Disney+ series National Treasure, among others.

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Interview with Author – Jamell Crouthers

Interview with Author – Jamell Crouthers

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Jamell is a poet, prose author, blogger and podcaster who has taken on a journey of writing in the prime of his life. He has been writing since the age of 13 but never thought he could utilize his talent to tell stories and write books. He is not the traditional author as he writes his books in prose format with a focus on storylines and social issues.

His goals and plans are to continue writing books on taboo subjects that aren’t discussed enough in today’s world and bringing those main subjects to the forefront. Jamell’s blogs and podcasts focus on how he writes his books, his journey as an author and some motivational blogs that will get you to focus on your goals. His goal and moniker is, “to change the world, one book at a time.”

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Interview with Author – Haley Anna Marie

Interview with Author – Haley Anna Marie

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Due to childhood deafness, the writer inside created stories to match the pictures in the books being read to me. Once my hearing was corrected at the age of 7, I fell in love with storytelling.

My six-book dark fantasy series, Elementas, is my prized possession. I can’t wait to share my story with the world.

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Interview with Author – Carolyn Muradian

Interview with Author – Carolyn Muradian

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Carolyn is the mother of six children; one boy and five girls. Empty nesters, she lives in Little Rock, Arkansas with her husband, Krikor, and their precious Boston terrier, Anoosh. One of her greatest joys has always been watching children discover what their world is all about. Little did she realize these observations would become an invaluable resource for her writing. It was her granddaughter, Macy, who has Down syndrome, that inspired her to write Is Being Different a Good Thing to Be? Anyone who reads a Macy book is bound to be captivated by the curious and charming character.
Writing does not come easily for Carolyn, but the pain and agony of the journey, if you make it to the end, carry a zillion rewards. One of her favorite times to remember was when Carolyn wrote and co-published with one of her daughters the Mother and Daughter Designs series. Included in the fourteen titles they created is the original and unforgettable Heaven’s Grocery Store. She is making preparations for its rerelease.

When Carolyn can find the time, she spends it doing her second favorite thing to do, needlework. She was nine years old. Her grandmother was teaching her how to cut a pattern out of a newspaper and turn it into her dream dress, when she was bitten by the sewing bug. It wasn’t long before she began teaching herself, eventually learning the entire array of needlework. Her current goal is to finish some family quilts she started; fourteen to be exact.

Currently her mind is focused on Is Being Different a Good Thing to Be?, her first Macy book. Following her natural inclination, she has learned from scratch how to create a website, add an email list, embed links and setup media platforms (you get the picture) all this while she writes. Carolyn strives to create a book that is not only exhilarating, humorous and heartwarming, but woven into the story so as not to be intrusive, a spattering of educational tools and descriptive language.

She’ll soon be introducing a new, children’s, picture book series. Already written and illustrated are the first three books. A fourth is waiting for final touches. Children are going to enjoy following this delightfully, dapper character, Bingo Boo, as he ventures through his whimsical, wonky world.

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Interview with Author – Michelle Gauvreau

Interview with Author – Michelle Gauvreau

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Michelle Rice-Gauvreau is a native Mohawk woman born in Canada and raised in Connecticut via an illegal adoption, which was commonplace for many native babies throughout many years across North America. She is a compassionate advocate for all adoptees looking for their own truth, peace and hope. She hopes to instill her strength to any adoptee struggling to find their way.

Michelle now works as a legal professional for a prestigious law firm. She resides in Connecticut with her husband of many years, and her two senior cats. She enjoys traveling and learning more about native cultures far and wide.

Michelle is available for interviews and/or speaking engagements in person or virtually.

This book, Who Am I? is available to purchase in bulk at a discounted rate.

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Interview with Author – Matthew Weiss

Interview with Author – Matthew Weiss

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Second Lieutenant Matthew Weiss an Intelligence Officer in the United States Marine Corps. Previously, he worked in mergers and acquisitions at a cutting-edge defense technology company. He holds a BS and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Most importantly, he is a member of Generation Z who cares deeply about solving this issue of service.

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Interview with Author – Robin M Farella

Interview with Author – Robin M Farella

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Robin is an author and grew up in Chicago. She currently lives in Southern California with her family, two dogs and one cat who she considers her co-author. When she’s not spending time in the World of Asadore, she loves to be outdoors visiting National Parks. Bryce Canyon and Zion are two of her favorites. She is a superfan of fantasy and historical fiction stories and loves to write stories that she knows other superfans would love to read.

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