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Dr. Rosalie H. Contino is a second generation Italian-America who resides in Brooklyn, New York. She received a BS degree in Elementary Education from Fordham University and PhD in Educational Theater from New York University. In addition to teaching elementary and junior high school as well as serving as a teaching fellow for the Program in Educational Theater at New York University, Dr. Contino is a costume designer, consultant, and lecturer for multiple productions and events. Her plays “Transitions in Taking Care of Daddy,” “Twixt ‘n Teen,” and
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“Lights Out!” received honorable mention from the Writers Digest Playwriting Contest. “Lights Out! mad quarter finalist from Writers Online.
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Beth Newman is an Artist who paints symbolic abstracts with metaphoric poetry to go with them. A happy picture framer and art restorer, she owns the Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery with her husband Lee. Beth loves to intuitively do astrology charts. She is trying her hand at writing.
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Marion Strauser is a Maine transplant from Northern California. She masquerades as a technical secretary by day and is an online gamer by night. She has been writing for herself for many years, but ’The Escape’ is her first published piece.
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Debra Taylor was born and raised in the small pottery town of East Liverpool, Ohio. She now resides in South Carolina with her husband and two grown children. Her passion for writing has led to the completion three feature films: "Secrets of Willow Creek Inn," "Crossing Bella,"and "Destiny." She enjoys telling stories to captivate her audiences through their range of emotions. One of her greatest contributions to society is helping those in need through fundraisers.
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Olga Godim is a freelance writer and editor. Her articles and book reviews appear regularly in local newspapers. Her short fiction credits include 'Bewildering Stories,' 'The Cynic Online,' 'The Rejected Quarterly,' 'Aoife's Kiss,’ 'Golden Visions Magazine,' and 'Toe to Toe Anthology,' which was a finalist of the 2009 Golden Crown LiteraryAward. To learn more, go to: http://www.bewilderingstories.com/bios/godim_bio.html
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more information about Terri and Pawsibilities you can visit her on facebook or her website, pawspetonline.com
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S. J. Hodgdon dabbles in the art of poetry and short children's stories, and is working on her first novel. When she is not writing , she Nanny's and cooks for families... from away... down east on the rocky coast of Maine, and in Southhampton, New York. She lives in the Historic District of the bustling college town of Brunswick ,Maine... in an 1852 Greek Revival with her cat Lovey.... and a few mice who winter in the old walls... providing inspiration for a creative writer and amusement for the cat.
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Chef Tor Sporré is a professional model, actor, and holistic personal chef of international renown. His specialty: Maine Lobster. To read more about Chef Tor, go to: http://www.torsporre.com
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Emily-Jane Hills Orford’s novel, Autumn, will be released in December 2009. It is the third novel in The Four Seasons series. “Autumn, the third movement of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” writes Shirley Roe, author and manager of www.allbookreviews.com, ”is the inspiration for the title of this fascinating account of the people of Iqaluit, Nunavut. The vivid descriptions of the landscape bring the cold north to life. Romance, mystery, history and culture all contribute to this excellent tale.” For more information about the author, check out her website at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/mistymo
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Melanie Bolduc a Maine native, has lived in California, London, Boston, Dublin.. Currently Melanie resides in Southern Maine and is a wine writer, teacher, and consultant. She resided in Dublin, Ireland for six years. For four of those she has worked in wine sales, marketing, distribution, and writing within Dublin. (Nash Wines, Wines of Chile, Select Wines from Italy, and In Dublin) Melanie studied at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, as well as Kingston University, London and earned a BA in Political Science in 1998. In 2008, Melanie earned her WSET Advanced Certificate from the Wine Academy in Ireland, under the guidance of Mary Gaynor, a Wine Master. She intends to
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pursue her WSET Diploma in wine in the coming year. Melanie has written and created a website for novice wine drinkers: www.wineshopper.biz A site intended to introduce interested people to world wine, as well as to explore wine tourism.
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Toni Wolf is an artist and writer in Portland, Maine. Her works have been shown at the Whiney Art Works and the Hay Gallery.
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Edward Gleason holds a degree in Astronomy and is the Manager of the Southworth Planetarium at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, ME. His e-column, "The Daily Astronomer," along with the planetarium's events can be found at http://usm.maine.edu/planet
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Sarah Hastings graduated with a BA in Psychology from Scripps College in Claremont, CA and an MA in Education from UC Santa Cruz. Currently, she teaches elementary school in Northern California. Her favorite subject is writing because she finds the kids' creativity inspiring. When not planning lessons, she loves to write, cuddle with her Springer Spaniel, and go to the mall with her husband.
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Nimrod Johnson has been writing for a little over five years as a result of a relationship with a wonderful woman. Nimrod and Rachel, his love, live in Israel.
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Native Kansan Sunny Dawn Summers has been short storying since grade school, giving extraordinary breath to ordinary air. She currently resides in New Orleans, the land of accidental muses
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After graduating from college with a B.A. in Sociology, Sarah Katin decided to take a sabbatical from her distinguished waitressing career and travel to South Korea to teach English. This move proved challenging as she had no formal training in the profession, a disinclination for children with sticky hands and little
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knowledge on the basic usage of commas. A problem, she still, has today. Seven years later she is still traveling the globe and collecting jobs. To name a few: she has been a television host in Korea, professor in Japan, treehouse dweller in Laos, house painter in New Orleans, sangria swiller in Spain, dragon hunter in Indonesia, fishmonger in Australia and an unpublished writer pretty much everywhere. She is currently planning to make a plan for her next upcoming adventure!
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Corey Norman is an adjunct professor at Southern Maine Community College where he teaches in the Communications and New Media Depart- ment. He has had fiction published through both Another Realm and Writer’s Hood online magazines, and several non-fiction articles published through Six States, an online, outdoor recreation magazine.
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Martha Stevens-David is a published writer and has been featured on the Bates College Eclectic E-Zine online magazine, the Lewiston Sun Journal newspaper and by www.Maine.gov, the official State of Maine information site. Currently she is writing a blog for Maine Outdoors Today. She has been working on a short-story collection of more than 150 stories about life in a small Maine town for more than twenty-five years. To read more of Martha’s works, go to: http://www.magic-city-news.com/M_Stevens-David/
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