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In the Spotlight – Katie O’Sullivan

katie_osullivan_photoIt’s a pleasure to welcome my friend Katie O’Sullivan to the blog today. Katie and I went through the pre-launch jitters together as we waited for our books to launch within weeks of each other. We also were part of the group of five authors putting together a giant Twitter party. The one that ended up being a Facebook party when Twitter let us down. Katie is a wonderful person and a talented author and I’m honored that I was able to get to know her over the last couple months. Her new book, Son of a Mermaid, is a fun and engaging read and perfect for summer! Please join me in welcoming her to my blog.

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In the Spotlight – Danielle DeVor

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Meet my friend, Danielle DeVor, author of Tail of the Devil. Danielle is loads of fun, quirky and just an all around awesome person to know. Her edgy Young Adult novel debuted recently through Eirelander Publishing. Come with me as we learn more about Danielle and her new book!

About Danielle DeVor

Danielle is a good ol’ red-blooded gal who’ll dance her way into your veins heart and never let you go. Make sure your affairs are in order before you embark on one with her characters. You’ll never… live… to regret it.

Read on for more about Danielle and Tail of the Devil.

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In the Spotlight – Debra Driza

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Today I get to feature Debra Driza and her fascinating YA novel Mila 2.0. I’ve been wanting to read this novel ever since I first heard about it and saw the gorgeous cover. I’m pleased that I’ll finally be able to start it in the next week or so. I did read the prequel Mila 2.0 Origins: The Fire, which was awesome. Also the novel has been optioned by the creator of Grey’s Anatomy for a TV show and a pilot has already been written. My fingers are crossed that we see Mila onscreen soon!

About Debra Driza

Debra is a member of the YA lit blogging group the Bookanistas and a former physical therapist who finds torturing her characters infinitely more enjoyable. She’s particularly fond of sweets, all that is random, and teen TV, and is pretty sure she wasn’t built in a computer science lab based on her inability to find her keys and master the common calender.

These days you can find her at her (messy) home in California, adding a variety of colors to her hair and wrangling one husband, two kids, and an assortment of Rhodesian Ridgebacks (all of which are varying degrees of naughty). MILA 2.0 is her first novel.

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In the Spotlight – Diane M. Haynes

IMAG0143One of the things I truly enjoy about putting this column together is that I get a little behind-the-scenes info from authors. I’m always interested in those fun tidbits about books and the authors who write them. It’s especially fun when I’ve had a chance to read the book and loved it. Diane M. Haynes’ Rift Healer is absolutely delightful and getting the chance to chat with Diane is a real treat.

Diane grew up drawing, painting and sculpting. Writing was relegated to the occasional short story or reports written while working with disabled adults. Although she’s written at least a dozen short stories over the years, most have been relegated to notebooks in a drawer.

She wrote Rift Healer between serving customers at her New Age shop during the months of April, May and June, 2009 and spent the next 18 months editing. Crescent Moon Press, the first publisher she submitted the book to, bought it.
Diane lives in Central MA. where she and her husband care for their Special Needs friend, Richard and two rescued Basset Hounds, Boris and Ruby, whose sad pasts do nothing to diminish their spirit or their willingness to be naughty.

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In the Spotlight – K. Latham

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It gives me great pleasure to have author K. Latham stop by today to chat about her newest book, Immortal Warriors. I was lucky enough to meet K. over a year ago and her support of a newbie writer was awesome. Please join me in welcoming her into the spotlight as we chat with K. and find out some things about her latest book!

About K. Latham

K. Latham lives quietly in a small East Texas town with her Love, her kids and numerous pets. She is hard at work on her next novel and enjoys taking pictures of various random bits of scenery.

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In the Spotlight – Shawna Romkey

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It’s a great pleasure to host Shawna Romkey today. I thoroughly enjoyed her debut YA novel, Speak of the Devil, and love this chance to get to know the author a little better.

Shawna grew up around farms in the heart of Missouri but went to the University of Kansas, was raised in the US but now lives on the ocean in Nova Scotia with her husband, two sons, two rescue dogs and one overgrown puppy from hell. She’s a non-conformist who follows her heart.

She has her BA in creative writing from the University of Kansas where one of her plays was chosen by her creative writing professor to be produced locally, and two of her short stories were published in a university creative arts handbook.  She earned her MA in English from Central Missouri State University where she wrote a novel as her thesis.

She’s taught English at the university and secondary levels for close to twenty years and can’t quite fathom how all of her students have grown up, yet she’s managed to stay the same.  She’s a huge geek and fan of Xena, Buffy and all kick ass women, and loves to write stories that have strong female characters.

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In the Spotlight – Toni De Palma

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Today I’m pleased to welcome Toni De Palma as my featured author. Her new release is The Devil’s Triangle. Toni is another one of the wonderful authors with Crescent Moon Press. I’m almost done with The Devil’s Triangle and thoroughly enjoying it. Please join me in finding out more about her and her new Young Adult book.

Toni was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child she spent many summers in Ischia, the Italian island where her father was brought up. Her first middle grade novel, Under the Banyan Tree, was published in 2007 and selected as a Kirkus New Voices Pick and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Her second middle grade novel, Jeremy Owl, was published in 2010. Toni holds her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College and she is a recipient of a New Jersey Arts Fellowship. She currently resides in New Jersey.

 

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