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July 21, 2013 Ontario, California
Fompleted Manuscript
July 21, 2013 Ontario, California
Speakers/Workshop Leaders
Speakers/Workshop Leaders
Best-selling author of:
The Odelia Grey Mystery Series
The Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series
The Madison Rose Vampire Mystery Series
The Holidays from Hell Short Story Series
Like the character Odelia Grey, Sue Ann Jaffarian is a full-time, middle-aged, paralegal. She lives in Los Angeles with her beloved cats, B and Raffi.
Wife, Attorney, Bestselling Author of Legal Mysteries
Described by one reviewer as “John Grisham with a sister’s twist,” Pamela is the Essence best-selling author of five legal thrillers.
Pamela has always abided by the philosophy that you create the change you want to see. Fed up with never seeing women or people of color depicted as savvy, hot shot attorneys in the legal thrillers she read, the Compton native decided to create her own characters.
Dodie is a freelance writer and author of two memoirs:
A Broad Abroad in Iran: An Expat’s Misadventures in the
land of Male Dominance
and
A Broad Abroad In Thailand: An Expat’s Misadventures in
the Land of Smiles
Her articles have appeared in The Desert Sun, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, and as a guest columnist for the Lake Chelan Mirror in Washington State. Her essays have been published in the Monterey Bay Parents Magazine, the University of Texas Literary Magazine, River Sedge and in Expat e-zines, Talesmag.com and Escapeartists.com.
Multi-media published in novels, magazines, and newspapers, Brenda Hill is an author, editor, and writing coach who specializes in the critical first chapter. She holds certificates from several national writing courses. Brainbench certified in Written English, she has edited for an indie publisher and belonged to an international critiquing group.
Her three suspense novels have been published, and her fourth is a paranorma. She has also published two books on writing, Writing Your Novel, a collection of publishing articles about the craft of writing, and Plot Your Way to Publication, a step-by-step method for building a successful storyline.
Check her website for tips on writing, editing, and grammar: www.brendahill.com
After graduating with a Liberal Arts degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, she continued her education with a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing. She was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
She worked with Reverend Hezekiah Stewart at Watershed, Inc. a non-profit family crisis center as Program Manager for three years. There she learned how well families in need responded tonew information and ideas.
She went on to hospice work with Hospice Home Care, Inc. in a staff position as Volunteer Coordinator. She managed 50 to 75 volunteers and kept government-required records in her self-organized office. She was part of a team that incorporated a children’s hospice program, called Kaleidoscope Kids®. She received the J.C. Penney Volunteer of the Year award for her work.
Before becoming a freelance writer, Libby worked in the Dean of Students Office at Claremont McKenna College. Previous to CMC, she was employed at General Dynamics in Educational Services, acting as liaison with state colleges and universities. She has worked as a consultant, conducting workshops on Behavior Modification and Stress Management.
Her articles have appeared in magazines such as Mature Living, Writers’ Journal and Woman's World and Chicken Soup for the Soul books. She has published articles and short stories in several on-line magazines. She writes book reviews and a weekly blog. Her mystery, Desert Soliloquy, is now available on Amazon in both print and eBook. The first book of her Women's Fiction trilogy, Promises to Keep, will be available in the Spring 2013 with the second and third books, Lydia and True Abundance, available in subsequent years.
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