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Sylvia Browne

Sylvia Browne was an American author and self-proclaimed psychic who built a lucrative career through books, television appearances, and psychic readings. Known for her frequent guest spots on The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live, she claimed to communicate with angels, spirit guides, and the deceased, and said she had psychic visions from the age of three. In 1986, she founded the Society of Novus Spiritus, a Gnostic Christian church, and ran a variety of businesses, reportedly earning millions annually.
Browne wrote over 40 books, many of which were bestsellers, and maintained a dedicated fanbase throughout her life. However, her career was marked by controversy. She made numerous high-profile predictions about missing persons and

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Barbara Leaming

Barbara Leaming is the author of “Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter” (Thomas Dunne Books, April 12, 2016). She has written three New York Times bestsellers, including her recent book “Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis”. Leaming’s book “Churchill Defiant” received The Emery Reves Award from the International Churchill Centre. Her groundbreaking biography of America's 35th President, “Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman” was the first to detail the lifelong influence of British history and culture and especially of Winston Churchill on JFK. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, the Times of London and other periodicals. She lives in Connecticut.

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Ron Jones

Ron Jones is an American writer, teacher in Palo Alto, California, and San Francisco, California and storyteller. He is internationally known for the adaptation of the classroom experience he started, called The Third Wave.

Since 1981 he has worked with people who have mental and physical disabilities.

author of Kids Called Crazy; The Acorn People, Life in the Sunset, and others

He is a graduate of Stanford University masters degree program in education. Upon retirement from the Janet Pomeroy Center, where he taught theater and sports to the physically and mentally disabled for 30 years, he now enjoys writing and performing as a spoken word artist. As an author he has written about everyday heroes that enrich our life. Three stories, The Acor

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John Jakes

John William Jakes, the author of more than a dozen novels, is regarded as one of today’s most distinguished writers of historical fiction. His work includes the highly acclaimed Kent Family Chronicles series and the North and South Trilogy. Jakes’s commitment to historical accuracy and evocative storytelling earned him the title of “the godfather of historical novelists” from the Los Angeles Times and led to a streak of sixteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers. Jakes has received several awards for his work and is a member of the Authors Guild and the PEN American Center. He and his wife, Rachel, live on the west coast of Florida.

Also writes under pseudonyms Jay Scotland, Alan Payne, Rachel Ann Payne, Robert Hart Davis, Darius John

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John Escott

John Escott started by writing children's books and comic scripts, but now writes and adapts books for students of all ages. He especially enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers, and is a member of the British Crime Writers Association.

With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.

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Margaret Mitchell

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Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, popularly known as Margaret Mitchell, was an American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel, Gone with the Wind, published in 1936. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 28 million copies. An American film adaptation, released in 1939, became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood, and received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.
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Margaret Mitchell

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Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, popularly known as Margaret Mitchell, was an American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel, Gone with the Wind, published in 1936. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 28 million copies. An American film adaptation, released in 1939, became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood, and received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.
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John Escott

John Escott started by writing children's books and comic scripts, but now writes and adapts books for students of all ages. He especially enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers, and is a member of the British Crime Writers Association.

With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.

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Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was a Swedish author. In 1909 she became the first woman to ever receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings". She later also became the first female member of the Swedish Academy.

Born in the forested countryside of Sweden she was told many of the classic Swedish fairytales, which she would later use as inspiration in her magic realist writings. Since she for some of her early years had problems with her legs (she was born with a faulty hip) she would also spend a lot of time reading books such as the Bible.

As a young woman she was a teacher in the southern parts of Sweden for ten years befo

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Donald McCaig

Donald McCaig was the award-winning author of Jacob’s Ladder, designated “the best civil war novel ever written” by The Virginia Quarterly. People magazine raved “Think Gone With the Wind, think Cold Mountain.” It won the Michael Sharra Award for Civil War Fiction and the Library of Virginia Award for Fiction.

Donald McCaig wrote about rural American life, sheepdogs, and the Civil War. He also wrote poetry and wrote under various pseudonyms.

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Karen Swan

Karen Swan began her career in fashion journalism before giving it all up to raise her three children and a puppy, and to pursue her ambition of becoming a writer. She lives in the forest in Sussex, writing her books in a treehouse overlooking the Downs. Her books include Christmas at Tiffany's, Summer at Tiffany's, The Perfect Present, Christmas in the Snow, The Summer Without You, The Paris Secret, and Christmas Under the Stars.

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Christian Hardinghaus

About the Author

Dr. Christian Hardinghaus, born in 1978 in Osnabrück, Germany, is a German writer, historian, and media researcher with a Ph.D. A versatile author who moves skillfully between non-fiction and fiction, his works are consistently characterized by thorough historical research and psychological depth. He lives with his wife and two children in his hometown of Osnabrück, where he works as a full-time writer. Visit his official website at christian-hardinghaus.de for more information about his work and upcoming releases.

Academic Background

As the grandson of a doctorate-holding historical scientist, his fascination with history was practically laid in his cradle. After completing his high school education with a focus on history, h

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Colleen McCullough

Colleen Margaretta McCullough was an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds and Tim.

Raised by her mother in Wellington and then Sydney, McCullough began writing stories at age 5. She flourished at Catholic schools and earned a physiology degree from the University of New South Wales in 1963. Planning become a doctor, she found that she had a violent allergy to hospital soap and turned instead to neurophysiology – the study of the nervous system's functions. She found jobs first in London and then at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

After her beloved younger brother Carl died in 1965 at age 25 while rescuing two drowning women in the waters off Crete, a shattered McCullough quit writing. S

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Irena Buivydaitė

Irena Buivydaitė-Kupčinskienė gimė ir užaugo Šiauliuose, studijavo anglų kalbą ir literatūrą Vilniaus universitete. Gyvena su šeima Dzūkijos sostinėje, žaliajame Alytuje, dėsto anglų kalbą Alytaus kolegijoje, verčia grožinę ir populiariąją literatūrą, rašo romanus. Kūryba – jos hobi. Rašo tada, kai nori pabėgti nuo kasdienybės. Yra optimistė ir tiki, kad daugelį gyvenimo problemų būtų galima išspręsti, jei žmonės paprasčiausiai pažvelgtų į kitus jų akimis, nuslopintų savo ambicijas ir pamėgintų išklausyti bei suprasti kitą, dažniausiai artimą, žmogų. Rašytojai didžiausia gyvenimo vertybė – šeima. Ji mano, kad laimingi tie, kuriems pavyksta ją išsaugoti. „Gyvenime daug blogio neteisybės, sielvarto, ašarų, todėl noriu, kad mano romanai suteik

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Jolita Herlyn

Jolita Herlyn (mergautinė pavardė Kraniauskaitė) gimė 1966 m., studijavo filosofiją Maskvos Lomonosovo universitete, dėstė filosofiją ir logiką Klaipėdos universitete, dirbo Klaipėdos miesto savivaldybės tarptautinių ryšių skyriuje, porą metų „Balticum“ televizijoje vedė diskusijų laidą „Proto aistros“. Yra parašiusi per du šimtus straipsnių dienraščiui „Klaipėda“, o „Vakarų ekspresas“ spausdino jos interviu ciklą su užsieniečiais, apsilankiusiais ar gyvenančiais Lietuvoje. Nuo 2006 m. Jolita Herlyn persikėlė į Daniją, kur vadovavo banko rinkodaros skyriui. Šiuo metu gyvena Hamburge.

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Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė

Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė – žurnalistė, rašytoja, kūrybinio rašymo lektorė. Jos novelių rinkinys „Kūnai“ išrinktas 2020-ųjų Metų knyga suaugusiems, pateko į 15min.lt geriausių metų knygų rinkimų finalą ir Kūrybiškiausių knygų dvyliktuką. Tekstai versti į anglų, lenkų, slovėnų, hebrajų kalbas.

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Kotryna Zylė

Kotryna Zylė (b. 1986) is an award-winning author, illustrator, and designer of books. Zylė’s books are often rooted in Lithuanian mythology or include allegorical reflections on key issues in life that will delight readers.

Kotryna was born and raised in Vilnius, Lithuania, and studied at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. While still a student, she began to dive into the visual communication of cultural heritage and became interested in Lithuanian mythology. In 2012, she began writing and illustrating children’s books and ever since her love of children’s literature, illustration, and mythology has been a source of inspiration for new books and projects.

She co-organises literature events and festivals, leads creative workshops and writes litera

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Arūnas Valinskas

Arūnas Valinskas (born 28 November 1966 in Lazdijai) is a Lithuanian showman, TV producer, TV show host and politician. As the leader of the National Resurrection Party, he was elected to the Seimas, Lithuanian parliament, in the 2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election. Valinskas is married to a Lithuanian singer and TV show host Inga Valinskienė and has two sons Arūnas and Šarūnas. In 2002 he was granted a master's degree in law at Vilnius University.

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Juozas Gaižauskas

Lietuvos aktorius, rašytojas, prodiuseris, renginių ir TV laidų vedėjas, dainų kūrėjas ir atlikėjas.

Juozas Gaižauskas gimė 1968 m. balandžio 18 d. Tauragėje (mama Valerija Gaižauskienė – anglų kalbos mokytoja, tėtis Juozas Jokūbas Gaižauskas – žurnalistas, 2015 m. rugsėjo 18 d. apdovanotas Lietuvos žūvančiųjų gelbėjimo kryžiumi). Turi tris brolius (Zigmas, Vytautas, Kęstutis) ir seserį (Birutė). Seneliui Juozui Gaižauskui ir močiutei Stanislavai Gaižauskienei 2019 m. suteikti Pasaulio tautų teisuolių vardai ir 2015 m. rugsėjo 18 d. apdovanoti Žūvančiųjų gelbėjimo kryžiais. 1996 m. susituokė su Agne Dalia Gaižauskiene ir 1997 m. susilaukė dukters Gabrielės.

Mokėsi Tauragės 4-oje vidurinėje mokykloje (dabar – Tauragės Žalgirių gimnazija). 198

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Ilona Skujaitė

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Donald McCaig

Donald McCaig was the award-winning author of Jacob’s Ladder, designated “the best civil war novel ever written” by The Virginia Quarterly. People magazine raved “Think Gone With the Wind, think Cold Mountain.” It won the Michael Sharra Award for Civil War Fiction and the Library of Virginia Award for Fiction.

Donald McCaig wrote about rural American life, sheepdogs, and the Civil War. He also wrote poetry and wrote under various pseudonyms.

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Jessica James

Jessica James is an award-winning author of suspense, historical fiction, Christian fiction, and military fiction ranging from the Revolutionary War to modern day.

She is a four-time winner of the John Esten Cooke Award for Southern Fiction, and was featured in the book 50 Authors You Should Be Reading, published in 2010.

Her novels appeal to both men and women and are featured in library collections all over the United States including Harvard and the U.S. Naval Academy.

When not writing, Jessica James can be found on the back roads of the country, finding new historic sites to blog about on www.PastLaneTravels.com.

James resides in Gettysburg, Pa., and is a member of the Military Writers Society of America, the Independent Book Publishers

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Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd was an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.

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Rae Lawrence

Rae Lawrence is an American author.

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Arūnas Valinskas

Arūnas Valinskas (born 28 November 1966 in Lazdijai) is a Lithuanian showman, TV producer, TV show host and politician. As the leader of the National Resurrection Party, he was elected to the Seimas, Lithuanian parliament, in the 2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election. Valinskas is married to a Lithuanian singer and TV show host Inga Valinskienė and has two sons Arūnas and Šarūnas. In 2002 he was granted a master's degree in law at Vilnius University.

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Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist best known for All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), a landmark anti-war novel based on his experiences in World War I. The book became an international bestseller, defining a new genre of veterans’ literature and inspiring multiple film adaptations. Its strong anti-war themes led to condemnation by the Nazi regime, which banned and burned his works.
Born Erich Paul Remark in 1898, he adopted the surname Remarque to honor his French ancestry. He served on the Western Front during World War I, where he was wounded, and later pursued various jobs, including teaching, editing, and technical writing. After the massive success of All Quiet on the Western Front, he wrote several other novels addressing w

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Anna Erelle

Anna Erelle is the pseudonym of a thirty-something French journalist who has written for major newspapers and magazines in France.

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Elizabeth Kata

Elizabeth Katayama (1912 – 4 September 1998) was an Australian writer under the pseudonym Elizabeth Kata, best known for Be Ready with Bells and Drums (1961), which was made into the award-winning film A Patch of Blue (1965).

She was born of Scottish parents in Sydney in 1912. After marrying a Japanese man named Katayama in 1937, she lived for ten years in Japan. During the last years of World War II she was interned at the mountain resort village of Karuizawa, Nagano. She returned to Australia in 1947 with her baby son, battling the Australian Government for permission.

As well as writing novels, she also wrote for television and several Hollywood scripts. Her first novel, Be Ready with Bells and Drums (written in 1959, first published in 19

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Nicole Galland

Nicole Galland writes critically-acclaimed novels in several different genres. She is mostly know for historical fiction, but recently teamed up with Neal Stephenson to write the New York Times bestselling, time-travel-themed The Rise And Fall of D.O.D.O. (HarperCollins, 2017). She'll be releasing its sequel, Master of the Revels, in February of 2021.

Her historical novels (all published by HarperCollins or imprints) include: The Fool's Tale; I, Iago; Revenge of the Rose; Godiva; and Crossed: A Tale of the Fourth Crusade. Her debut, The Fool's Tale, was a "Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers" selection.

Nicole has written two contemporary comic novels, Stepdog, and On The Same Page.

With a collective of six other authors (including Neal

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Stephanie McAfee

Like Elvis, I was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. And while I'm not the King (or Queen) of anything that I know of, I do have a white steed, a noble knight, and a royal court. Ok, I'm lying. I have a brown chiweenie, a buck wild toddler, and if we line our "Cars" cars up just right...

I have lived in the Wild Wild West, but don’t live there anymore because I discovered that some people belong in the south and I am one of those people. Humidity, as it turns out, is not such a bad thing after all. Neither are thunderstorms. Plus I have a deep love and genuine appreciation for normal sweet tea, fresh seafood, SEC football, and large bodies of salty water. So now I live in Florida.

I have a B.A. in English from the University of Mississippi and I

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Darlene Panzera

DARLENE PANZERA writes both sweet contemporary and Christian historical romance. Her career launched with THE BET, a novella included in NYT bestselling author Debbie Macomber’s FAMILY AFFAIR. Other titles include: THE CUPCAKE DIARIES and MONTANA HEARTS book series, and THE GROOM SHE THOUGHT SHE’D LEFT BEHIND (part of The Runaway Brides Collection), which was a 2020 ACFW Carol Award Winner. Darlene is a member of ACFW, Cascade Christian Writers, and Faith, Hope, Love. When not writing, she loves teaching at conferences and www.aspiringwriteracademy.com, camping and hiking with her family, and feeding her horse carrots.
Learn more about Darlene at her website: www.darlenepanzera.com

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Alexandra Ripley

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