About Lisa Eveleigh: I work in publishing as a literary agent and represent mainly commercial and literary fiction, but have always loved reading biography in my free time, impelled, I suspect, by sheer curiousity about the lives of others. The novels of Georgette Heyer inspired my love of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and my first book 'Beauty and Chivalry', which tells the story of the famous ball shortly before Waterloo, is an expanded version of an essay which I wrote … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Lisa Eveleigh
The King of Casinos: Willie Martello and the El Rey Club by Andy Martello
WINNER OF 13 AWARDS including BOOK OF THE YEAR! A story SIXTY YEARS IN THE MAKING! The unreal but TRUE story of the unknown casino that changed Las Vegas forever. WARNING! Contains Nudity, Prostitution, Vintage Vegas, Celebrities, and (some) Mobsters! After a horrific blaze destroyed Willie Martello’s El Rey Club in 1962, fifty years would pass before anyone knew of how that casino and one-time brothel influenced LAS VEGAS casinos, upset the mob, and inadvertently launched the career of … [Read more...] about The King of Casinos: Willie Martello and the El Rey Club by Andy Martello
TRANSMUTATION The Life of a Twisted Cop by Ron Shaw
What external and internal forces combine to create the perfect storm that causes a human being to become twisted? This is not a rhetorical question. Ron Shaw was molded into such a twisted boy and man. Look inside his life. Go back with Ron to the hell of his youth, the conflicts as a young man, and the desire to survive as an Atlanta police officer. Witness the struggles in graphic detail that hopefully made him into a better human being. What you will read, and with Ron Shaw live in words, is … [Read more...] about TRANSMUTATION The Life of a Twisted Cop by Ron Shaw
The Yellow Bus Boys by Ron Shaw
Within ten short days in 1964, a young boy's life changed forever on his first vacation. Ronnie Shaw, a 6th-grader from the inner-city projects of Atlanta, climbed aboard the big, yellow bus with thirty-three other boys for the vacation of a lifetime filled with laughter, tears, and tragedy. Come with the boys of Atlanta as they hit Florida like a category 4 hurricane. The Yellow Bus Boys traveled over 1500 miles in just ten days that summer. They romped from stem to stern through The Sunshine … [Read more...] about The Yellow Bus Boys by Ron Shaw
Interview with Author – Andy Martello
About Andy Martello: Award-winning author, professional comedian, variety performer, and generally cool dude. Originally from the Chicago area, I now make my home in Las Vegas, Nevada where I emcee VIP events, perform for corporate clients and at speaking engagements, and I tour the U.S. and Canada as the announcer for The Price is Right LIVE, Fremantle Media's live stage version of the world's most popular TV game show. You may have seen me on NBC's Last Comic Standing, in feature films … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Andy Martello
Interview with Author – Marvin J. Wolf
About Marvin J. Wolf: I began my career as a US Amy combat correspondent in Vietnam. Returning to civilian life, I worked in employee communications for a few of America's biggest companies. In 1978 I struck out on my own. For several years I wrote anything that would generate income--brochures, advertising copy, newspaper and magazine stories, and corporate research papers. In 1983 I was asked to write a book about Japan's business activities. The Japanese Conspiracy put me on the publishing … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Marvin J. Wolf
Interview with Author – Mary Elizabeth Fricke
About Mary Elizabeth Fricke: I am a country girl who grew up next to a dairy farm. I have lived my entire life within five miles of the Missouri River. My husband and I have lived thirty-two years of our thirty-four year marriage on a farm that has been consistently owned and operated by his family for five generations. We have two grown sons who are each married to wonderful girls I am proud to call 'daughter'. We have two grandchildren. Since the early 1800's my husband's family has been … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Mary Elizabeth Fricke
Interview with Author – Ramses M
About Ramses M: I'm a quadro-national (British-Irish-Egyptian-American), who's spent the past five years travelling, building companies and writing. Several of my most recent projects involved Hip Hop, and since Hip Hop is such an important part in making me the person I am today, I decided to devote several months to documenting the "lessons in life, art and entrepreneurship learned from Hip Hop icons". The books are for people like me who aspire to Greatness, and use Hip Hop as part of their … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Ramses M
How Many Planes to Get Me? Nine children adopted into a New Zealand family by Jonquil Graham
A funny heartwarming story of a New Zealand couple who adopted nine children and fostered many more. Shocked by the plight of Romanian orphans, Jonquil flew to Romania and brought home tiny malnourished identical twins. But she never forgot the little boy she left behind. Leaving her husband and eight children on the family's kiwifruit orchard, she returned to Romania, but never imagined the protracted nightmare ahead. Later she flew to Russia and adopted 8 year old twins from an orphanage near … [Read more...] about How Many Planes to Get Me? Nine children adopted into a New Zealand family by Jonquil Graham
Interview with Author – Jennifer T Webb
About Jennifer T Webb: Jennifer T Webb was born in the deep South to a family who moved each year, when she was a child. As an adult she naturally became a traveler. Eventually, she went to Puerto Rico, a United States island commonwealth located in the Atlantic Ocean, with the Caribbean Sea at it's Southern borders. For her, it was the most beautiful place she had ever seen. There, she had a near-death experience, that transformed her life completely and left her with 'fatal longing' (an NDE … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jennifer T Webb
Interview with Author – Bill Collins
About Bill Collins: Bill Collins is a semi-retired professional wedding photographer. He was formerly a full time weddings-only photographer serving the Indy, Cincy and Dayton, OH., regional wedding market, with 45 years experience. He was born and raised in Connersville, IN, graduating CHS in 1963 with nearly twice the needed credits, while managing to skip his junior year. He owned and operated Bill Collins Photography, at 315 NW L Street, in Richmond, IN for better than a quarter of a … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Bill Collins
Interview with Author – Andrea Michaels
About Andrea Michaels: Andrea Michaels is literally the backbone of the special events industry. In fact, Special Events magazine awarded her the one-time Pillar of the Industry Award in January, 2014. Michaels launched her business when there was no formalized or defined marketplace. She was, and still is, a trailblazer, pioneering the way for others to follow. Always on the cutting edge of the business, she has stacked up a pile of firsts (and more than 50 prestigious awards) in her legendary … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Andrea Michaels
