About Kelly Wilson: Kelly Wilson is a Portland author and comedian who entertains and inspires with stories of humor, healing, and hope. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Kelly writes and speaks about finding hope in the process of recovery. Through both stand-up and improv comedy, she brings laughter to audiences of all ages using a wide range of subject matter, including silly songs, parenting stories, and jokes and anecdotes revolving around mental health issues. Kelly Wilson is … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Kelly Wilson
Hungry for Life by Rachel Richards
My memoir begins at my college graduation ceremony, when I admonished myself for failing to feel the exuberance that such a day should elicit. I observed, as if from far away, excitement all around me. I was about to graduate with honors and a degree in theater. But how will I pursue acting when I weigh a mere 69 pounds? My story then jumps back to kindergarten, where I was punished regularly. No one seemed to notice how unusually troubled and angry I was at only five years old. I spiraled … [Read more...] about Hungry for Life by Rachel Richards
Trusting the Currents by Lynnda Pollio
Trusting the Currents is a multi-award winning visionary novel that guides readers into their own truth and transformation. Narrated by Addie Mae Aubrey, a Southern, African-American woman, Trusting the Currents is a story of self-discovery and the uneasy search for one’s place in life. Beginning at age eleven with the arrival of beautiful, mysterious cousin Jenny and her shadowy stepfather, Uncle Joe, Trusting the Currents explores Addie Mae’s reluctant awakening. As Jenny introduces Addie Mae … [Read more...] about Trusting the Currents by Lynnda Pollio
Heartprints of Africa by Cinda Adams Brooks
When Cinda decides to visit her identical twin, Linda, and family in Northern Uganda, little does she know they will soon be running for their lives. How did a relaxing vacation result in a terrifying escape from artillery and automatic gunfire? The answer begins four decades earlier when their parents and family of five children leave everything familiar in America to start life as medical missionaries in rural East Africa. Three generations of a family’s love, forged by shared faith, … [Read more...] about Heartprints of Africa by Cinda Adams Brooks
Interview with Author – Joy Mutter
About Joy Mutter: I was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands too many decades ago to mention. I was a graphic designer for twenty years after gaining a Graphic Design Degree in Coventry. I then lived briefly in London before becoming a wife, mother and divorcee in Kent. After developing a chronic back condition in 2012, not wishing to claim benefits I took the bold, some might think foolhardy, action of selling my house in Kent and moving to the north of England in order to help fund my … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Joy Mutter
Interview with Author – Richard L. Haight
About Richard L. Haight: Richard L. Haight is an instructor of meditation, healing and martial arts, and he is the author of The Unbound Soul: A Spiritual Memoir for Personal Transformation and Enlightenment. He began his path of awakening at age eight when he made a solemn promise in a vision to dedicate his life to enlightenment and to share what he found with the world. He took his first steps towards that promise at age 12 when he began formal martial arts training. At the age of 24, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Richard L. Haight
Interview with Author – Corine Toren
About Corine Toren: I am a recent graduate from UC Santa Barbara, with a major in Global Studies. However, I've always been passionate about writing, and I am hoping to make writing a full-time career. Even though my book, "Dear Mom & Dad, I Have Anxiety" is nonfiction, I am looking forward to writing mostly fiction in the future. Additionally, besides writing, I also enjoy yoga, baking, exercise, and learning foreign languages. What inspires you to write? I am inspired by my passion to … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Corine Toren
Interview with Author – Cinda Brooks
About Cinda Brooks: Cinda grew up with her identical twin, Linda, and three brothers in East Africa where their parents served as medical missionaries. Her nursing, health education, and law enforcement careers combined for a rich twenty-year career teaching fitness, wellness, defensive tactics, and survival at the Texas Game Warden Training Academy. She currently pursues her mission — to unleash the champion in people — through her volunteer work in the Discovery Program and her connections … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Cinda Brooks
Interview with Author – Sue Fagalde Lick
About Sue Fagalde Lick: A recovering journalist, Sue Fagalde Lick is a writer/musician/dog mom living on the Oregon Coast. When not playing music or writing books, poems and essays, she blogs about childlessness and life in Oregon. Her books include Stories Grandma Never Told, Azorean Dreams, Shoes Full of Sand, and Childless by Marriage. What inspires you to write? Everything! I feel the need to capture what I observe and what I learn. There are stories and poems everywhere from the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sue Fagalde Lick
Interview with Author – Christine Larsen
About Christine Larsen: I am Christine Larsen and first and foremost I am a writer (after my words spent 30+ years tucked away on the back shelf of a cupboard of our various homes - thanks to the rejections of hard-nosed editors and my lack of self-belief). I am also a farmer, wife, mother, grandmother, in the process of editing the second book of farming memoirs of our 40+ years of farming in Australia. I have self-published eight small children's eBooks, and I'm working on a couple of … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Christine Larsen
Interview with Author – Robin Storey
About Robin Storey: Robin Storey is an indie author who lives on the picturesque Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. She has published novels in a variety of genres - comedy crime, romantic comedy, noir and memoir. All are available on Amazon and Smashwords. Robin is enjoying the challenges and rewards of being an indie author and loves connecting with readers on her Facebook page and her website/blog Storey-Lines. If you go to her website and subscribe to her newsletter, you'll receive … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Robin Storey
Interview with Author – G. Brian Benson
About G. Brian Benson: G. Brian Benson is a writer, filmmaker, actor, TEDx speaker, multiple award-winning self-help author, poet, children’s author, radio personality, finisher of over 50 triathlons (including 4 Ironman distance races), cross-country bicyclist and someone that believes in waking people up! <p>Brian has authored "Brian’s List – 26 1/2 Easy To Use Ideas on How to Live A Fun, Balanced, Healthy Life!" Which was the winner of a 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Award in the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – G. Brian Benson
