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Contino

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

 Lights Out! received honorable mention from the Writers Digest Playwriting Contest.Lights Out! mad quarter finalist from Writers Online.

Heidi Tassone grew up in the Bronx, New York and currently resides in Florida with her husband, Joe. She's won several writing contests for her short works, including Star of Wonder, Deadly Dating, Our Little Secret and Maxine's Valentines Surprise, and has five tales published in an anthology called, Mosaic, A Collection of Short Stories.

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Mike Quagliano

Michael Edwin Q. migrated from New York City to Dallas, Texas in the ‘70s. He worked as a songwriter and record producer for Multimedia, a small recording production company in Arlington, Texas. Six of his songs were published, two of which made it onto the radio charts. Since 1996, Michael has been managing Joan Frank Productions, the oldest entertainment agency in the Southwest.  His first book, Men are Stupid, Women are

Crazy (Bridging the Gap) is a self-help book on love-relationships. Between 2005 and 2007, Michael wrote monthly articles for Disc Jockey News, a national magazine directed at disc jockeys and the entertainment industry. Recent periodicals include: The Storyteller Magazine, Mature Years Magazine, Hearts with Soul, Serving Him Monthly, and The Storyteller’s People’s Choice (2009, 2nd Place Fiction). A member of the Dallas Writers Guild, Michael’s happiest moments are when seated at his computer, typing out a new story with his left hand and holding a slice of pizza in his right. 

amydevore123

Amy De Vore is a Los Angeles native who has been inspired by the writings of Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, Toni Morrison, JD Salinger, specifically and many, many others. She has been published or impending publication in Requin, Foliate Oak, Connotation Press and Floyd County Moonshine as well as she was a monthly columnist for LA Alternative.

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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

Gillie

Gillian Scott was born in the United Kingdom and emigrated to the United States in 1981.  She currently resides in Tamarac, South Florida where she is married to local attorney Richard Entin.  She has one daughter Farrah who currently attends University majoring in Criminal Justice. Gillian’s book, Island People can be found here:http://www.publishamerica.net/product91624.html

Debra Borchert is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, New York City Travel Guide, AAA’s Journey, Stitches, StringTown, True Girl, Puyallup Herald, Northwest Baby & Child; in anthologies such as The Unsavvy Traveler and X Stories and on the Web at Girls’ Guide to Paris. She also has been an on-camera journalist for The Travel Channel’s The Perfect Trip. (Author’s headshot courtesy of photographer, Tess Baker) To learn more about Debra, go to http://www.mygalleryplace.com/debraborchert

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Stephen Pohl

Stephen Pohl is former Baltimore cop with a degree in Theater Arts, who currently works as an insurance claims adjuster. He lives in Baltimore with his wife. His articles, stories and poetry have appeared in national and regional print venues and on the web. He blogs irregularly at http://pohlaxed.blogspot.com/.

Rebecca Hunter lives in southern Ohio. She has been married to her college sweetheart and walking dictionary, Arthur, for sixteen years. She has a busy house that includes five beautiful daughters. Rebecca's interests include reading, quilting, and the culture of ancient Ireland. She also serves on the staff of two demanding house cats.

Stacy Heenan Biscardi

Stacy Heenan Biscardi is a freelance writer, former writer/producer for NBC and CBS, attorney, and a University of Michigan and Temple Law School alum.  Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Stacy currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and young son.

Asuko Forest

Asuka Forest grew up in Japan where she wrote comics and made amateur films.  After traveling around the world, she arrived in Canada as a geology graduate student, where she met her husband who encouraged her to keep pursuing her passion for storytelling.  Currently she works as a freelance illustrator for children’s books and occasionally as a translator.  She is working on her first YA novel and a film script, while managing her young daughters who are budding actresses in Vancouver, Canada. 

Nimrod and Rachel

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.

Betsy Fecto

Betsy Fecto’s first poem was published in my small town newspaper back in the 1960’s when the Viet Nam war was well on its way. Betsy was so disturbed by the news reports and media coverage that she wrote a poem of a young Vietnamese girl who had witnessed the murder of her mother. Betsy believed that prompted a lifetime career of freelance writing over many genres and published in newspapers and magazines. Her topics are diverse, even controversial, but they are

true to her heart. She recently had a book review published in Adventures for the Average Woman Magazine. In the early ‘90s, she compiled a photographic history of where she grew up in Connecticut. She’s done feature newspaper articles in both Connecticut and Maine – online and offline. Her poetry appeared in a book called Edging Towards the Center – 5 Working Poets, published by The Star Press.  Betsy wears many hats, including that of online instructor in the areas of psychology and sociology at St. Joseph’s College of Maine. She has designed and written courses for SJCME, as well. Now, Betsy is grandmother to Autumn. Betsy also participates in a freestyle African drum circle whenever she can and will soon be taking television studio production classes.

C-Aragon

Claudia Aragon lives in Escondido, California with her husband of 23 years and daughter. She has been published in business newsletters for G.S. Parsons, Home Savings of America and Frazee Industries.  Her writing has also appeared in “The San Diego Reader” magazine, as well as “The Paper”, an independent newspaper.  Claudia has finished a fantasy novel, and is currently working on an adaptation of Frankenstein.

C-Sievers

Christine Sievers has been a writer since she was 7 years old - scribbling thoughts and stories on paper. She has always seen the world in story form: every person and every thing has a story attached to it. Born in a small town outside of Cleveland, Ohio, called Brunswick, at age 8, she moved to San Diego, California with her parents and three brothers. Marriage, work, and two sons always kept Christine busy. It was years before she found her way back to something other than journal writing. After her divorce, Christine

moved to Santa Barbara, CA and lived there for fifteen years where she began to take her writing seriously. Now, she has found her way to the beautiful foothills of the North Carolina Smokey Mountains, in a town called Waynesville. The dramatic changing of seasons has greatly affected her writing, as she finds it turning towards poetry and descriptive short essay. Only a small bit of her fiction has been published, but she has written extensively online for genealogy sites. Christine found a love for genealogy, because of the stories that are attached to ancestors. Christine is also working on a book of shorts stories titled, Fairy Tales for Women Who Have Loved. The Woman Who Flew is one of those stories. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000580575720

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