Tanya Madsen
Tanya Madsen pens gritty romantic thrillers about soulmates, psychos, and fiery maidens. When she’s not working her day job as a technical writer, she plays computer games, cuddles with her fur babies, or relaxes in the mountains. She lives in Northern Utah.
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Previously, he was an educator and academic administrator who worked for years in higher education information technology. He has taught over 650 professors how to teach using technology and over a thousand students from eighth grade to graduate school with technology. He retired from Yale University as the Deputy Chief Information Officer in 2015. Previously, he worked at Rice University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
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Jamie Tremain was “born” in the summer of 2007. A collaborative effort brought about by two fledgling authors Pam Blance and Liz Lindsay. Work colleagues who happened to share a love of reading and writing, and the natural next step was to try their hand at creating a story of their own.
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went up to the last year in the seminary. After the education, for some reason, joined
the U.S. Marine Corps while the Vietnam War was raging. I am a Vietnam era Marine
and Army soldier. After the Marines, I worked at Blaw-Knox Mill Machinery and
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Israel. When the M-1 Abrams tank came into the field, we lost the contract and the mill
shut down. Since the steel mills closed in the Ohio Valley and there was not a job to be
found. I had a wife and two wonderful kids to support. This is when I joined the US
Army. When I left the Army, I was a Correctional Officer. I was a hostage in the