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Margo Lee Williams, Author of From Hill Town to Stieby

Member of the Week Interview: Margo Lee Williams, Author of From Hill Town to Strieby

Oct 30, 2017 | Author Interviews, Education and Teaching, History, Spirituality and Religion

Name: Margo Lee Williams Book Title: From Hill Town to Strieby: Education and the American Missionary Association in the Uwharrie “Back Country” of Randolph County, North Carolina (Backintyme Publishing, 2016). Your book’s Amazon purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/Margo-Lee-Williams/e/B007BWPYPG What is your book about? From Hill Town to Strieby tells the story of former slave, and noted 19th […]

Member Interview: Susan Mecca, Author of The Gift of Crisis: Finding your best self in the worst of times

Oct 16, 2017 | Author Interviews, Prescriptive Nonfiction, Self-Development and Psychology

Name: Susan J. Mecca, Ph.D. Book Title: The Gift of Crisis: Finding your best self in the worst of times Your book’s Amazon purchase link: The Gift of Crisis What is your book about? The Gift of Crisis is about how we can find our way through the hardest, most challenging times of our lives […]

Member Interview: Carla D. Bass, author of Write to Influence!

Sep 25, 2017 | Author Interviews, Business and Money, Prescriptive Nonfiction, Publishing Industry - Write, Publish, Promote

Name: Carla D. Bass, Colonel, USAF (Ret) Book Title: Write to Influence! Personnel Appraisals, Resumes, Awards, Grants, Scholarships, Internships, Reports, Bid Proposals, Web Pages, Marketing, and More Your book’s Amazon purchase link: Write to Influence! What is your book about? Powerful writing changes lives! It often tips the balance between success and failure. You may […]

Member Interview: Carolyn Glenn Brewer, author of Changing the Tune, the Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival, 1978-1985

Sep 18, 2017 | Author Interviews, Creativity, History, Women's Issues

Name: Carolyn Glenn Brewer Book Title: Changing the Tune, the Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival, 1978-1985 Your book’s Amazon purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/Carolyn-Glenn-Brewer/e/B006EQYDV What is your book about? The Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival was the first jazz festival run by women. It challenged the pervasive attitude that jazz was a boys’ club by focusing on […]

Member of the Week: Mark Oristano, author of Surgeon’s Story

Jul 24, 2017 | Author Interviews, Health and Wellness, Women's Issues

Name: Mark Oristano Book Title: Surgeon’s Story Your book’s Amazon purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/Surgeons-Story-1-Americas-Pediatric/dp/193595377X/ What is your book about? Pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Kristine Guleserian, her life, her medical study, and her amazing work in the OR as one of only 9 female pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons in the U.S. What inspired you to write your book? […]