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Author Q&A: Eliot Pattison, “Ashes of the Earth”

June 7th, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

Award-winning author Eliot Pattison (Inspector Shan Series, Bone Rattler Series) recently launched his third series of books with Ashes of the Earth. An international lawyer by training, early in his career Pattison began writing on legal and business topics, producing several books and dozens of articles published on three continents. In the late 1990s he [...]

Author Q&A: Louise Palanker, “Journals”

May 31st, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

Louise Palanker is the author of the semi-biographical young adult novel Journals: Middle School Love and War. In hopes of turning her novel into a springboard for open dialogue about teen issues, Palanker launched her book as an interactive book app on iTunes. To continue the conversation, Palanker recently launched the ‘Journals: Out Loud’ Podcast, [...]

Author Q&A: Michael Lennox, “Dream Sight”

May 17th, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

Dr. Michael Lennox, author of Dream Sight, is one of America’s most recognized and respected dream interpreters, having spent the last 20 years interpreting thousands of dreams in workshops and in the media, as well as for corporate and private clients. Lennox, who holds a Doctorate in Psychology, is a highly sought-after media expert and [...]

Author Q&A: Barbara Kelley and Shannon Kelley, “Undecided”

May 3rd, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

Mother-daughter team Barbara Kelley and Shannon Kelley are the authors of Undecided, a book about choice overload, published by Seal Press. Barbara, who teaches journalism and directs the journalism emphasis at Santa Clara University, is a freelance journalist who has written for daily newspapers, their Sunday magazine sections, and a variety of regional and national [...]

Author Q&A: Ross Brown, “Byte-Sized Television”

April 26th, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

Ross Brown is the author of Byte Sized TV: Create Your Own TV Series for the Internet, published by Michael Wiese Productions. He has written and produced more than 300 episodes of network television and has created series for ABC, CBS and the WB. Brown is currently an Assistant Professor at the Dodge College of [...]

Author Q&A: Playwright Tom Jacobson

April 19th, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

Tom Jacobson is one of Los Angeles’ most acclaimed and prolific playwrights. Two different theater companies—the venerable Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA and Circle X Theatre Company—will be opening two new plays by Jacobson this weekend, next door to one in another in the same complex. Jacobson has had more than 70 productions of his plays in [...]

Author Q&A: VS Grenier, Stories for Children Publishing

April 5th, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

VS Grenier, Babysitting SugarPaw, is an award-winning children’s author, founder and owner of Stories for Children Publishing, LLC., award-winning editor-in-chief of Stories for Children Magazine, and chief editor for Halo Publishing, Int. She also hosts the blog talk radio show: Stories for Children on the World of Ink Network. Grenier is a member of the [...]

Author Q&A: Poet Veronica Golos

March 29th, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

National Poetry Month starts this Friday, April 1. Poet Veronica Golos is the author of Vocabulary of Silence (released in February by Red Hen Press), an exploration of war and its witnessing-from-afar. Her first book, A Bell Buried Deep, co-winner of the 16th Annual Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize (Story Line Press), was nominated for a [...]

Author Q&A: David Pérez, “WOW!”

March 22nd, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

David Pérez is a writer, editor, and actor. His memoir—Wow!: A South Bronx “Memoirito” about boyhood and Catholic school—was released last month by 11B Press. Pérez talks about his experience writing Wow!, memoir-writing, the origin of the title, and more in this Write On! Online Author Q&A. For information about David Pérez’s upcoming events in [...]

Author Q&A: Playwright Israela Margalit, “Trio”

March 8th, 2011 in Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling

Israela Margalit is an award-winning playwright and television writer, concert pianist, and recording artist. In addition to “TRIO,” which is having its American premiere in Los Angeles on March 12, after a 5-year, sold-out run throughout Russia and Ukraine, her plays include “Night Blooming Jasmine,” “3 O’clock in Brooklyn,” and “First Prize,” which is set [...]