Kevin D. Miller
Author
Kevin D. Miller is a veteran of the U.S.A.F. He was born in Canton, Ohio and grew up in Tempe, Arizona. He currently resides in Burbank, California with his wife Annette and their two teenage daughters who are pursuing acting. Kevin and his wife have a blended family of 9 children and 21 grandchildren. Kevin holds Bachelors degrees in Electronics Technology and Information Systems/Web Design. Heart of Steel: Based on a True Story is Kevin's debut novel and is based on the life of his grandfather, Stanley William Miller. In his spare time, Kevin focuses on fitness, and developing websites for individuals and small business owners. He is currently working on a second novel.
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RUSTY MCQUADE
Exercise / Health
Rusty McQuade is a native of West Virginia and attended the College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, VA. She works with home health patients to help them maintain and gain muscle strength. A former Lewisburg, WV fire fighter for eight years; she was also a preschool director for fifteen years. She is a ski instructor, soccer coach and referees soccer children of all ages. Rusty has taken her life experiences and developed these simple and easy to do exercises. Stickyman Movements is easy to follow and the results have helped people maintain good muscle tone and improve general health.
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Stephanie J. Miller
Author- ZERO WASTE LIVING, THE 80/20 WAY
Empowering the busy individual to do the easy things that have a real impact on the climate and waste crises.
Many of us feel powerless to solve the looming climate and waste crises. We have too much on our plates, and may think these problems are better solved by governments and businesses. This book unlocks the potential in each "too busy" individual to be a crucial part of the solution. Stephanie Miller combines her career focused on climate change with her own research and personal experience to show how a few, relatively easy lifestyle changes can create significant positive impact. Using the simplicity of the 80/20 rule, she shows us those things (the 20%) that we can do to make the biggest (80%) difference in reversing the climate and waste crises.
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Elizabeth Moseley
Children's Books
Elizabeth Moseley is an award-winning children’s books author and holds an M.A. in English Literature from Georgetown University. The Garden and the Glen: A Fable about Character and the Courage to Be Different began many years ago as a short bedtime story she read to her then-young daughters who loved hearing stories at the end of the day. Elizabeth was happy reading their favorite books, but found her greatest joy in creating original fiction. A lifelong fan of Aesop and mythology, her tales often featured some magic and always a happy ending. At the urging of her now-grown daughters, The Garden and the Glen is her first children’s book.
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Joyce Nissley
Author
Joyce Nissley became interested in writing while a college freshman, when a story about childhood drew praise from her English instructor. Although she earned a B.A. Degree in English Literature, her career was primarily centered on her family’s winery, established in 1976. Now retired, she is working on a collection of stories which will chronicle situations and characters associated with her career.
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Jack Owens
Author
Jack Owens grew up in the coal fields of southern West Virginia and in the Philadelphia suburb of West Chester, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of American University (BA 1966) and the University of Alabama School of Law (JD 1969). He entered on duty as a Special Agent with the FBI, June 23, 1969, when he had hair and two good good knees. His first office of assignment was Denver, 1969-1970, followed by Birmingham, 1970, until he retired, August 31, 1999. He served on the first SWAT team in Alabama, and worked investigations involving bank robberies, kidnappings, fugitive matters, foreign counterintelligence, terrorism, and the recruitment of women and minorities into the Bureau. He was the coordinator of the physical fitness program for agents in Birmingham. Owens worked undercover for four years against hostile intelligence services during the Cold War.
His memoir of three decades in the trenches of the FBI, "Don't Shoot! We're Republicans!" was published August 15, 2009. His first novel, "Watchman, JFK's Last Ride", will be published mid-year 2013 by Keith Publications. Jack is currently working on “Pock Series,” a three-novel series of dark comedies about a serial killer and law enforcement in Alabama. Owens, is an avid storyteller wherever invited to speak, laces his tales of murder and mayhem with wry humor. A former CBS TV’s “Big Brother Owens is the father of six and the grandfather of eleven. He and his wife Pat reside in Birmingham on Red Mountain.
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Tim Packman
Headline Kids, Coloring/Activity Books, Education, Fiction
Tim Packman began his love of racing and reading growing up around the short tracks of Buffalo, N.Y. where his family has been active in all forms of motorsports for decades. He was part of NASCAR for 20 years as a communications professional, writer, author, announcer and broadcaster, winning more than a dozen awards. The native of Akron, N.Y has returned to his roots as the Track President of Lancaster National Speedway in Buffalo.
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Eliot Parker
Fiction, Mysteries, Thrillers, West Virginia Authors/Illustrators
Eliot Parker is the author of four novels, most recently A Knife’s Edge, which was an Honorable Mention in Thriller Writing at the London Book Festival, and is the sequel to the award-winning novel Fragile Brilliance. His novel Code for Murder was named a 2018 Finalist for Genre Fiction by American Book Fest. He is a recipient of the West Virginia Literary Merit Award and Fragile Brilliance was a finalist for the Southern Book Prize in Thriller Writing. He recently received with the Thriller Writing Award by the National Association of Book Editors (NABE) for his novels. His first collection of short stories, Snapshots, was released in May 2020. Eliot is the host of the podcast program Now, Appalachia, which profiles authors and publishers living and writing in the Appalachian region and is heard on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network and Blog Talk Radio. A graduate of the Bluegrass Writers Studio at Eastern Kentucky University with his MFA in Creative Writing and Murray State University with his Doctorate in English, he teaches English at the University of Mississippi and lives in Oxford, Mississippi and Chesapeake, Ohio.
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Harold Phifer
Fiction
Harold Phifer was born and raised by a single mom in Columbus, Mississippi. He attended Caldwell High School before graduating from Mississippi State and Jackson State Universities respectively. He built his career as an Air Traffic Controller with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for 23 years. After deciding to leave the comforts of the FAA he started a second career as an International Contractor. This new endeavor led him to numerous tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Being on foreign soil gave him the needed inspiration to share his past experiences. He proudly label his writings as EXPAT STORIES.
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Julie Potter
Author Nonfiction
Julie Potter is a certified social worker with experience in health care including home care, hospice, nursing home, and hospital settings. For 20 years, she coordinated the Sibley Senior Association, a hospital-based wellness program for people 60 and over, and Widowed Persons Outreach, a spousal bereavement program. She was honored to receive two awards from Sibley Hospital for her work and the Seabury Leadership in Aging Award in 2013. She received her BA from George Washington University and her Masters in Social Work from the University of Michigan.
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Teresa Power
Author
Teresa Power's books have sold over 270,000 copies worldwide. In her roles as an award-winning author, renowned yoga expert, and keynote speaker, her mission is to share strategies and tips to help children, parents, and educators enrich their lives and manage stress. Teresa has been featured by Good Morning America, Parenting, Reader's Digest, Fox 11 LA, Telemundo, and more. She is also the founder of International Kids Yoga Day, which is celebrated globally on the first Friday in April, annually. For more information visit her website at www.abcyogaforkids.com
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Rob Quillen
Non-Fiction, Biographies / Memoirs, Spiritual / Inspirational, True Stories
Rob Quillen started writing for an unofficial Jeff Gordon website and in 2009 wrote for RaceJournalOnline, a feeder website for Jayski.com and ESPN.com. His 9/11 story has appeared in Fields of Thunder: The Story of the Kansas Speedway and Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul. His chance encounter with pilot Jason Dahl, whose plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on 9/11, started the author on a journey of not only self-awareness—but also a quest to fulfill one boy’s dream. With the help of many friends including NASCAR and ESPN, he was able to bring Jason Dahl’s son, Matt, to his first NASCAR race and meet one of his idols, Jeff Gordon. Quillen has been interviewed on The Today Show on NBC, The NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, ABC National Radio Interview, NBC’s Pre-race interview before the 9/29/01 Kansas race as well as several dozen local media interviews on all major networks.
In the months and years following 9/11, he’s been on the lecture circuit giving inspirational speeches on various subjects surrounding 9/11—particularly the message of how you can help others fulfill their dreams. In addition to writing and speaking, he is a board member for The Jason Dahl Scholarship Foundation. This is a foundation created by Sandy Dahl, Jason’s widow to raise money for high school seniors wanting to go to college to obtain their aviation degree. A percent of the proceeds from sales and speaking tour appearances go directly to the foundation. Rob lives with his family in Nebraska.
Melissa Harker Ridenour
Headline Kids, Education, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction
Author Melissa Harker Ridenour is a former teacher, and has mentored students in every facet of their educational development. As a mother and grandmother, she shares concerns with all parents for the safety of children. Melissa’s love of children and her concern for their safety and welfare is the motivating factor behind the development of her book, What Would You Do? A Kid’s Guide to Staying Safe in a World of Strangers.
Melissa offers workshops to schools and other educational institutions or organizations. The workshops reinforce for children, in a fun and creative way, some of the information and strategies presented in What Would You Do? A Kid’s Guide to Staying Safe in a World of Strangers.
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Rick Robinson
Drama, Political Thrillers, Biographies / Memoirs, Humor
With over three decades in law and politics, Rick Robinson’s award winning political thrillers are as current as today’s headlines. Robinson was named 2016 Independent Author of the Year at The Florida Book Festival for Alligator Alley and 2013 Independent Author of the Year with the Grand Prize for Alligator Alley at the Great Southeast Book Festival. For the work on his previous novel, Writ of Mandamus, he garnered the Grand Prize at the London Book Festival and Manifest Destiny won Grand Prize at the DIY Book Festival plus eight additional national and international awards, including Best Fiction at the Paris and New York Book Festivals. It was named one of the year’s best thrillers by USA Book News.
Find Rick’s political and pop culture columns on Rare, the Daily Caller, the River City News, NKY Magazine, Northern Kentucky Tribune and KYForward.
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Sabrina Runyon
West Virginia Authors/Illustrators, Headline Kids, Education, Fiction
A native of Mingo County, WV, Dr. Sabrina Runyon has been an educator for 27 years, and also taught adult basic education and college science courses. She was a principal for eight years and currently Mingo County’s PK-8 director, Title I and Title III director, County events coordinator, and is the lead for a host of other services.
Married with two sons, she worked to get her master’s degree from Salem International University, while working full time at Tug Valley High School and part time at Southern WV Community and Technical College. Dr. Runyon finished her doctoral studies in August of 2016, from Phoenix University. Her first book, Sabrina’s Book, came about as an introductory poem to her fellow doctoral classmates in her first year of residency.
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Dr. Mary J. Ruwart
Author
Dr. Mary J. Ruwart is a research scientist, ethicist, and a libertarian author/activist. She received her B.S. in biochemistry in 1970 and her Ph.D. in Biophysics in 1974 (both from Michigan State University). She subsequently joined the Department of Surgery at St. Louis University and left her Assistant Professorship there to accept a position with The Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1976. As a senior research scientist, Dr. Ruwart was involved in developing new therapies for a variety of diseases, including liver cirrhosis and AIDS. Dr. Ruwart left Upjohn in 1995 to devote her time to consulting and writing.
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Lynn Salsi
Non-Fiction, Biographies / Memoirs, Education, Humor, Audio Books, Headline Kids, Education, Fiction
Lynn Salsi, author of 19 books, is the recipient of many writing awards, including an American Library Association Notable Book Award and Historian of the Year. In 2009 she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for The Life and Times of Ray Hicks, Keeper of the Jack Tales. Other awards include the North Carolina Historian of the Year, the Jacqueline Lougheed World Understanding Lecturer (International Alpha Delta Kappa), an American Library Association Notable Book Award, eight Willie Parker Peace History Book Awards, a Stars and Flags gold medal, and a gold medal from the Military Writers Society of America. Lynn is known for retelling ancient tales of America’s first settlers and for her travels to 18 countries to study global stories. For more information visit www.LynnSalsi.com
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Nasir Shansab
Fiction
Nasir Shansab was Afghanistan’s leading industrialist until he was forced to leave in 1975. Since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, he has returned many times seeking to help the Afghan people.
At the beginning of 1975, Nasir Shansab was worried. As the Afghanistan distributor for Toyota, Mercedes, Michelin, Bosch and others, a major contractor for road construction and maintenance and irrigation projects, his company, Shansab Services, had few rivals in size and scope. However, he had received word that old trumped-up charges from the then-deposed king had been revived following some private statements he had made critical of the new government. Even though Shansab harbored no political ambitions, he was clearly being singled out as threat. He would be arrested within hours, he was told, and could face execution.
Using his contacts within and outside of Afghanistan, Shansab and his family were able to flee the country. He settled in Germany, hoping that the situation would change and allow him to return to Afghanistan, but the Soviet invasion in 1979 made that impossible. He instead came to the United States and was granted political asylum in 1980.
His concern for Afghanistan and its people remained strong.
In 1981, it became clear that a native Afghan resistance had begun and Shansab decided to travel to the region to observe and even advise the Mujahedeen. He continued to make regular journeys to the region for the next seven years. It was on these trips to Pakistan and then the mountains of Afghanistan that Shansab met with and developed relationships with most of the major leaders of the resistance: Hekmatyar, Rabbani, Mojaddidi, Gailani, Sayaf, and others. He even had a breakfast meeting in Pakistan with Osama bin Laden, the Saudi national who was giving money to the resistance. It was at this meeting that Shansab took notice of bin Laden’s arrogance and contempt for the Afghan people.
The rest of the decade was taken up with the cause of Afghan resistance to the Soviet army. Shansab was regularly advising American officials. He and others, including Sen. Orrin Hatch, told the Congressional Task Force on Afghanistan that the Afghan resistance was failing and that their greatest need was advanced weapons to neutralize Soviet air superiority. This, along with many other events, put in motion a change in strategy, culminating in a ceremony at the White House in which a new policy was formally articulated. Shansab was among the assembled guests and reporters when President Reagan signed a commitment that the United States would not just side with the resistance, but actively support the defeat of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
Around this time, Shansab authored a book, Soviet Expansion in the Third World: Afghanistan a Case Study (Bartleby Press, 1987). The Los Angeles Times called his thesis “simple, if not elegant” and suggested that “his analysis should be understood by everyone above the age of reason.”
It gradually became clear that it was indeed possible for the resistance to drive the Soviet army out of the country. Then, on his trips to the region, a new concern emerged: infighting between the factions. He expressed his misgivings directly to various resistance leaders, urging them to work together. However, they would not even consider the existence of any disharmony. Shansab began warning the West of a coming civil war, arguing that only with intervention from the West could it be avoided.
Unfortunately, his predictions were correct. While war raged in Afghanistan, Shansab focused on his business interests in the U.S., knowing there was little that could be done.
When the Taliban came to power, there was hope that they would bring some stability to the nation. (They had not yet evolved into an uncontrollable, fundamentalist mob and the patrons of al Qaeda.) Shansab advised that the U.S. at least engage the Taliban, although he was not optimistic about the results.
Later, quite unexpectedly, the Taliban government sent two representatives to Virginia with a proposal for Shansab. They would return all property and money that Shansab had owned before the Communists had seized it, if he would come back to Afghanistan and again operate his businesses. He pointed to his visitors’ clothes and beards. Noting that he himself was clean shaven and had always dressed in western-style, he explained that no matter what was promised, if he returned he would soon be forced to adopt their customs. Before they left, one of the men thanked him for his honesty. The other remained silent.
In March 2002, after American forces cleared the Taliban from their strongholds, Shansab traveled to Kabul to see the situation for himself. He immediately saw that he could do some good works. Through his U.S. company Atcatco, LLC and its Afghanistan counterpart, Mirs, Ltd., he began working on major work projects, including energy generation for the World Bank and others. He launched and planned many other commercial ventures as well. He operated in Afghanistan with the principle of zero tolerance for fraud and corruption and endeavored to always use Afghan labor whenever possible.
Though his frustration with the dishonesty among the Afghan leadership led him to return to the U.S. in 2007, Shansab continues to fight for the interests and well-being of the Afghan people. He has consistently called for a different kind of government in Afghanistan, one rooted in freedom and opportunity instead of tribalism and repression. He is now focused on directly improving the lives of the Afghan people through various educational and industrial projects.
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