Author Bio: Lois Letchford specializes in teaching children who have struggled to learn to read through numerous programs. Her non-traditional background, multi-continental exposure, and passion for helping failing students have equipped her with a unique skill set and perspective. What inspires you to write? My story. My son's early failure and his amazing success drives me. I want parents and teachers to know that we can and must teach children to read. Tell us about your … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – John Egenes
Author Bio: John Egenes has been a musician, a saddlemaker, a dog catcher, and a hobo, among other things. He only learns by making mistakes and he views his life through a windshield full of squashed bugs. He makes his home in New Zealand. What inspires you to write? Good writers inspire me. I read constantly, and always have. I read fiction, non-fiction, history, science fiction, technical books... all sorts of different things. I enjoy a writer who can make the material compelling, … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Katrina Shawver
Author Bio: Katrina Shawver is an experienced writer, blogger, speaker, and the author of Henry – A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America, an adult nonfiction biography released in 2017 to high praise. She holds a BA from the University of Arizona in English/Political Science, and began her writing career more than twenty years ago by writing hundreds of newspaper columns for the Arizona Republic. Her favorite quote is ”What would you attempt to do if you knew you … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Gabriella Kovac
Author Bio: I was born in Hungary, just after the Second World War had drawn to a close. I lived through the Hungarian uprising against the Communists in 1956, and remember vividly Russian tanks under our bedroom window. Through the genius of my mother Georgina.My family managed to leave the Communist block and come to Australia in 1957. I am an experienced public speaker, fashion designer and cook Through out my life I have been inspired by my mother's amazing tenacity on outsmarting the Nazis … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Bruce Edlen
Author Bio: Bruce Edlen, M.A. ed., is the author of Jazz Mergirl, The True Story of Jazz Jennings, a Transgender Girl Born in a Boy’s Body is his first book. He was a teacher for 20 years. Having worked with students as well as adults provided him with the background and skills necessary to make this story accessible and engaging to both teens and older readers. Even after “retirement” he still thinks of himself as an educator. “Once a teacher, always a teacher.” He continue to keep up on … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Andrea Michaels
Author Bio: Andrea Michaels, an international event producer, is the President/Founder of Extraordinary Events and winner of 50 Special Event Gala Awards. A leading pioneer in the event production industry, she has established the trends, including paving the way for others to work internationally. She is the first inductee into the Special Event Industry Hall of Fame and a winner of both the SITE Crystal and MPI Global Paragon Awards. All of these are for impeccable and innovative meetings and … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Charisse Tyson
Author Bio: Charisse Tyson was a self-confessed, enabling, co-dependent. With God’s help she is enjoying a transformed life with her husband Tommy. They have been together for more than twenty six years and he just celebrated ten years of sobriety. Charisse has owned and operated the famous biker bar Johnny’s Bar & Grill in Hollister, California for almost twenty years. She hopes to one day sell the bar and pursue her writing career full time. In the meantime the bar continues to supply her … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Daniel Wallock
Author Bio: Daniel's writing has appeared in Burningword Literary Journal, Paragraph Planet, Wild Quarterly, and The Bolt Magazine. He's received four writing awards including first place in San Jose State University's Nonfiction Short Story Contest. He also received a Gold Key for nonfiction, the highest regional honor, from Scholastic's Art and Writing Awards. What inspires you to write? I dream of sharing my life story, meeting new people, and inspiring others to love their life, the … [Read more...]
Doug Brendel Author Interview
Author Doug Brendel joins BookGoodies podcast host Deborah Carney to talk about books, writing and current projects. I wrote a memoir called "Why I Quit the Church." Before this, I was a clergyman, and I wrote a lot of creative biblical teaching books based on my sermon series. Since the memoir, I've concentrated on humor books ("Only in Ipswich" and "Only in Ipswich 2013"). Doug Brendel is an author and minister. He leads "NewThing.net," a humanitarian ministry in the former Soviet Union, … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Natasha Holme @lescrushdiaries
Author Bio: Memoir author Natasha Holme has been a prolific diarist since her teenage years. To date, the number of words she has written approximate 7,000,000, exceeding Samuel Pepys’s 2,000,000 and nineteenth century lesbian diarist Anne Lister’s 4,000,000 combined. Before acquiring a computer, Natasha wrote her diaries in code, based on the ancient Greek alphabet, photographs of which can be seen on her website here: … [Read more...]
