About Brenda Murphy: Brenda Murphy is the great-granddaughter of Irish immigrants and the author of twenty books about American literary and cultural figures. Besides 19th-century Irish immigrants, her subjects have included American women writers, Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, and many others. Brenda taught American literature and drama for a number of years, first at St. Lawrence University and then at The University of Connecticut, where she became an avid fan of … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Brenda Murphy
Interview with Author – Bruce Edlen
About Bruce Edlen: 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 … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Bruce Edlen
Interview with Author – Laurel A. Rockefeller
About Laurel A. Rockefeller: Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska USA Laurel A. Rockefeller is author of over twenty books published and self-published since August, 2012. A dedicated scholar and historian, Ms. Rockefeller is passionate about education and improving history literacy worldwide. That is why her Legendary Women of World History Series biographies are absolutely free to schools and classrooms of six or more students upon request. With her easy to understand fireside … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Laurel A. Rockefeller
Interview with Author – Lisa Eveleigh
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
