Author Bio: Jackie Minniti was born and raised in the heart of New Jersey where she spent 25 years as a classroom teacher and was an education writer for the Courier Post. A fter retiring from teaching, she moved to Florida and turned to writing full-time. She is currently a columnist for The Island Reporter in St. Petersburg. Her first novel, "Project June Bug," the story of a young teacher’s efforts to help a student with ADHD, won several awards including Premier Book Awards “Book of the … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Sheri Fink
Author Bio: Sheri Fink is an inspirational speaker, a #1 best-selling author, an award-winning entrepreneur, and the founder of “The Whimsical World of Sheri Fink” brand. Sheri writes books that inspire and delight kids of all ages while planting seeds of self-esteem. Her first book, The Little Rose, was a #1 bestseller on Amazon for over 60 weeks and became the #1 top-rated children’s e-book on Amazon. Sheri is the recipient of multiple literary awards including three gold medals in the … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – BJ Knapp
Author Bio: As a former college radio station DJ, BJ was inspired to write this book after asking herself “Whatever happened to all those 80’s rock stars and one-hit wonders?” Her writing career has contributions to RI Fit Magazine. But her prouder achievements are her original angry chick rock songs, usually about bad boyfriends, accompanied by her out of tune guitar. She blogs at http://bjknapp.com. BJ resides in Rhode Island with her husband, Todd, and dogs Nemo and Potter. She is an … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Nicki Elson @NickiElson3D
Author Bio: Writing wasn't something Nicki set out to do; it just sort of happened when she realized writing reports was by far her favorite part of her investment consulting position. She traded stock allocation and diversification for story arcs and dialogue and now weaves her creative writing time in with the other activities of her busy life with her family in the Chicago suburbs. Nicki writes with two goals in mind: #1 to keep the characters realistic, even when their circumstances are … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Monique Sorgen @moniquesorgen
Author Bio: Monique Sorgen was born and raised in San Francisco, spending summers and winter holidays in Paris, with her mom's side of the family. Sorgen is half-French. She wrote her first chapter of a book in 5th Grade, based on the adventures, drama, and goings-on of her classmates at her French-American grade school. She sent her writings to Judy Blume, and in return became the proud recipient of a printed form letter and autographed picture, thanking her for being a fan. Sorgen moved to Los … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Rose Burke
Author Bio: Born and raised on Long Island, Rose Burke didn't fly far from the nest when she enrolled in the six-year-plan at Hofstra University, eventually graduating with a degree in Fine Arts. She sort-of writes a blog based on a bucket list of fifty things she's never done before. Even the small tasks challenge her to step out of her comfort zone and embrace her awkward tendencies. Not-so-shockingly, the most noteworthy moments of her childhood often included the Scholastic Book Fair, in … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Rachel K. Burke
Author Bio: Rachel discovered she wanted to be a writer at the age of ten, when her love of R.L. Stine murder mystery novels inspired her to start writing her own. In 2008, Rachel combined her love of writing and music and began freelancing for a music column in Worcester Magazine, where she interviewed local city artists as well as mainstream artists such as Tegan and Sara and Buckcherry. After graduating from Bridgewater University in 2011, Rachel released her first novel, Sound Bites: A … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Victoria Corby
Author Bio: Victoria is Scottish/English and was brought up in the dead centre of England, about as far away from the sea as it's possible to get there - about 70 miles. She didn't go to school until she was 11 which gave her plenty of time to acquire a serious reading habit - the local library usually allowed children to take out just 2 books but Victoria had a ticket for six as the librarian agreed she couldn't travel seven miles every day to get new books. Victoria worked in London in … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Barbara Oliverio
Author Bio: I am the daughter of Italian immigrants and grew up in North Central West Virginia with a love of reading and a passion for learning. Following a career path that included being a teacher, journalist, and marketer, I have lived as far away from home as Italy where I had ample opportunity to practice my family's native tongue as well as opportunity to take advantage of living near to other European countries to travel extensively. A rabid Pittsburgh Steeler fan, I lives with her … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Steven Vinacour
Author Bio: I have been a scriptwriter for over ten years. Ever since my first ever writing role on The Big Breakfast (popular (for a while) early morning, irreverent, fun comedy/news show), I have been writing. I have written for many TV channels including E!, Living, Channel4, Channel 5, Pick, Virgin1 and ITV. I am also an ex-radio presenter and I am a stand-up comedian. Never Go Back is my debut novel. What inspires you to write? I am in a very fortunate position in that I write every day as … [Read more...]
