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T.L. Bonaddio
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T.L. Bonaddio is the creator of Stick It! 99 DIY Duct
Tape Projects. She is an artist, writer, and currently
an Associate Editor in book publishing. After growing up in the
locale home of the popular TV show The Office (AKA Scranton,
PA), she moved to Philadelphia, PA, where she graduated from The
University of the Arts with a BFA in Printmaking/Book Arts. Having
trained all of her life to “make stuff,” Stick
It! is her first DIY book. She currently resides
in Philly with her rockin’ Duct Tape wares.
Camille DeAngelis
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Camille DeAngelis was born and raised in South Jersey. She
received a B.A. in Art History from New York University in 2002,
and an M.A. in Writing from the National University of Ireland,
Galway, in 2005. Her debut novel, Mary Modern,
was published by Crown/Shaye Areheart in 2007, and her guidebook,
Moon Ireland, was put out by Avalon
the same year. Her new novel, Petty Magic,
will be published by Shaye Areheart in the summer of 2010.
Alan J. Heavens
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The real estate writer for The Inquirer, Alan Heavens
is the author of Remodeling On the Money: 15 Innovative
Projects Designed to Add Value to Your Home. He
has been a reporter for 45 years, 30 of them at The Inquirer.
He received his B.A. in history from Hobart College; his M.A.
in history from the University of Connecticut. He is past president
and board chairman of the National Association of Real Estate
Editors, and vestryman at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.
His first book, What No One Ever Tells You About Renovating
Your Home, was published in Kaplan in 2004.
David Kinney
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In The Big One, journalist David Kinney
takes readers behind the scenes at the annual striped bass and
bluefish derby in Martha’s Vineyard. The derby is a madcap
contest that pits plumbers against investment bankers, school
kids against senior citizens, and natives against newcomers in
a round-the-clock hunt for a great fish. More than just a book
for fishing enthusiasts, The Big One
is a spellbinding and richly atmospheric work of narrative journalism
in the tradition of Friday Night Lights. It is an exhilarating
story of passion and obsession and a powerful testament to the
dreams that keep us all going. David Kinney’s work has been
published in The New York Times, the Los Angeles
Times and USA Today. He spent the early years of
his working career at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Associated
Press. Later, he moved on to the Newark Star-Ledger for
a four-year tour of duty covering the state’s political
scene, after which he left newspapering for something on the opposite
spectrum: taking care of his daughter, then seven months old.
In his final weeks at the Ledger, he contributed to the
Pulitzer-Prize winning reporting on the resignation of Gov. Jim
McGreevey. David Kinney lives in Haddonfield, N.J. with his two
children and his wife, Monica Yant Kinney, metro columnist for
the Philadelphia Inquirer. This is his first book.
Maria Liberati
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Maria Liberati’s passion with food began at the age of four,
when she would accompany 'nonno' (grandfather) on his early morning
Saturday trips to the Italian Market in Philadelphia to pick out
all the fresh ingredients for the Sunday family meal. After a
career as an international supermodel, Maria began writing food
articles and restaurant review columns. She was soon asked to
conduct cooking programs while in Italy and then in the States.
Today, she is the author of is the author of The Basic
Art of Italian Cooking. She divides her time between
her office and residence in the USA and Italy. Maria's cooking
philosophy is to create recipes that simply transform the freshest
ingredients without changing their essential flavors.
Tom Moon
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Tom Moon, author of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before
You Die, did most of his growing up in record stores
and rehearsal rooms, listening to and trying to understand the
inner workings of all kinds of music. After studying jazz saxophone
at the University of Miami’s school of music, he became
a professional musician—working on cruise ships, in jazz
and salsa bands, performing in pit orchestras for such acts as
the Fifth Dimension, Tony Bennett and Rocio Jurado. He spent a
year on the road with the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, and the
better part of another year touring the Southeast with the rock
band Freeze Warning.
Moon began writing about music in 1983, and was hired as a full-time
critic at the Miami Herald in 1985. He moved to Philadelphia to
join the staff o the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1988, and
since then has written about rock, jazz, pop, hip-hop, R&B
and music from around the world for Rolling Stone, Spin, GQ,
Esquire, Vibe, Harp, Blender, Musician, Jazz Times and other
publications. He has twice received the national ASCAP-Deems Taylor
award for excellence in music journalism, along with several regional
awards. In 1994, he was selected as one of 12 inaugural fellows
in the National Arts Journalism program, spending a year at Columbia
University.
Moon contributes music reviews to National Public Radio’s
“All Things Considered,” and writes the weekly Shadow
Classics column at npr.org. He lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey,
with his wife and daughter, a dog named Scout and way too many
CDs.
Lorraine Ranalli
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Born and raised "South Philly Italian" in the suburbs
of Philadelphia, Lorraine Ranalli is passionate about food, family,
and friendship. Such was the case when the idea for her new book
came to fruition. Gravy Wars: South Philly Foods,
Feuds & Attytudes is a humorous narrative about
the flavor of Italian culture in South Philadelphia. Lorraine
is best known as a Philadelphia radio and TV personality and writer.
When she's not cooking up fodder for broadcast or print, she's
in the kitchen cooking up family favorites.
Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson’s Worshipping Walt
is about the Walt Whitman disciples -- the fascinating, eclectic
group of nineteenth-century men and women who regarded Walt Whitman
not simply as a poet but as a religious prophet. Michael is professor
of English at the College of New Jersey. He is the author of the
award-winning Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making
of Modern American Literature and the coeditor of
Walt Whitman, Where the Future Becomes Present. A former
freelance journalist, he has written for the Village Voice,
the New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, and numerous
scholarly journals.
Michael Buchanan
Diane Lang
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Diane and Mike are the co-authors of The Fat Boy Chronicles,
which delves into the issues of teenage obesity and its psychological
impact on youth. Told through the voice of Jimmy Winterpock, an
overweight teenager, the story paints an offbeat and often sardonic
view of growing up in today’s world.
Bree Donovan
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In early 2008, Bree Donovan published the YA book,
Steve Prefontaine – Rocketman, about the legendary
runner and Olympian, "Pre” as he was known to the world.
Bree has also worked as a teacher of music and creative writing,
blending her love of the arts and children, both of which she
finds a tremendous source of inspiration. Currently Bree is making
the rounds doing her “Pre-sentations” as she likes
to call them. She is in the process of publishing a novel, the
first she has written for an adult audience, Blackthorns
of the Forgotten, which is anticipated for a late
2009 release by a small press publisher.
Tracy Mahoney
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Tracy Mahoney is the co-author of Wildlife Rescue
Rangers, created to increase children’s awareness
of the plight of wildlife in a changing environment.
Wendy Mass
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Wendy Mass is the author of eight novels for young people, including
A Mango-Shaped Space (which was awarded
the Schneider Family Book Award by the American Library Association),
Leap Day, the Twice Upon
a Time fairy tale series, and Jeremy
Fink and the Meaning of Life, which earned a starred
review in Publishers Weekly magazine. Her most recent
book is Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall.
Wendy wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show
Monk, entitled "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre,"
which aired during the show's second season. She tells people
her hobbies are hiking and photography, but really they're collecting
candy bar wrappers and searching for buried treasure with her
metal detector. Wendy lives with her family in New Jersey.
Courtney Scheinmel
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My So-Called Family is Courtney Scheinmel’s
first book for middle grade readers. The novel follows eighth-grader
Leah Hoffman-Ross as she negotiates life at a new school while
grappling with having a family that is not like everyone else’s.
Courtney’s next book, Positively,
will be published in the fall of 2009, followed by Sincerely,
Sophie and Sincerely, Katie in 2010, also with Simon
& Schuster.
Kieran Scott
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A Jersey-girl through and through, Kieran grew up in Montvale,
NJ, and attended Pascack Hills High School where she was a cheerleader,
singer, actress and occasionally a student. She attended Rutgers
University, graduated with a double-major in English and Journalism
and now resides in Ridgewood, NJ. When not writing, Kieran spends
her time at the movies, watching the WB, going to the gym and
taking random classes at local schools to keep her brain functioning.
Kieran has written more than thirty books for children and young
adults under various pseudonyms, including editions of the popular
series Charmed, Alias and coming soon,
Everwood. (Plus some that are so secret
she can’t even say!) Jingle Boy
is her first hardcover novel.
Erica Sirdashney
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Erica Sirdashney, a graduate of Rowan University, has taught at
Lindenwold Elementary School Five for well over a decade.
Her book, Cranes for Christian, was
truly a project of the heart. What began as a community
effort, later developed into the story she is now so eager to
share with the world! Erica and her husband Michael live
in Berlin, NJ, with their two young children, Faith and Nicholas.
Tom Tancin
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Tom Tancin started writing when he was 13 years old after being
challenged by his 7th grade English teacher. Encouraged by his
10th grade English teacher to continue writing and to publish
the novels, the challenge never ended. He is the author of seven
novels and is currently hard at work on a number of new novels.
The four part Time Warriors series was
the start of Tom's writing journey. His most popular work is a
series of novels that follow Detective Lindsey Scott, the solver
of the unsolvable, as she puts killers behind bars. The first
novel in the series, The Man in the Moon,
was released in late 2007 and received wonderful reviews. “The
Reader Views” review of the novel was featured in USA
Today. The novel was also nominated, and the runner up, for
2008 Allbooks Reviews Editor's Choice Award in Fiction. The follow
up, Watched, was released in late 2008
and received as much praise, if not more than, its predecessor.
Tom Tancin lives in Northampton, PA. He is the owner of a green-cheek
conure named Harley. He enjoys listening to music, watching movies,
and reading the novels of Erica Spindler, Rick Riordan, and James
Patterson, among other authors. He is also a 7th grade science
teacher.
Terri Brisbin
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When not living the glamorous life of a romance author, Terri
Brisbin is a wife to one, a mom of three, a dental hygienist to
hundreds and the award-winning author of twenty historical and
paranormal romances. Born and raised and living in Berlin NJ,
Terri serves on the Board of Directors of Romance Writers of America
and is currently at work on more historical romances, scheduled
for release in 2009-2011 from Harlequin Historicals and Kensington
Brava.
Judi Fennell
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Judi Fennell is an award-winning author. Her romance novels have
been finalists in Gather.com's First Chapters and First Chapters
Romance contests, as well as the third American Title contest.
She spends family vacations at the Jersey Shore, the setting for
some of her paranormal romance series. She lives in suburban Philadelphia,
PA.
Tina Gabrielle
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Tina Gabrielle is a former Mechanical Engineer and Attorney whose
love of novels, storytelling and reading for pleasure helped her
get through years of academia. After multi-publishing for the
prestigious Rutgers Law Journal, she has finally fulfilled her
dream of writing fiction. Her first book, Lady of
Scandal, is an 1812 Regency-set historical romance
scheduled for release by Kensington Books in September 2009. She
is currently working on the second book in the series, A Perfect
Scandal, which is anticipated as a 2010 release.
Kathleen Long
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Kathleen Long is a RITA® nominated, RIO Award and two-time
Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence winning author of thirteen novels
of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. Her additional
honors include National Readers Choice, Holt Medallion, Booksellers
Best, and Book Buyers Best award nominations. After a career spent
spinning words for clients ranging from corporate CEOs to talking
fruits and vegetables, she finds great joy spinning words for
fictional characters, places and plots. She divides her time between
suburban Philadelphia and the Jersey shore and is currently at
work on her next novel, Chasing Rainbows.
Delia Parr
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Collingswood resident Mary Lechleidner indulges in her love of
history in two careers. Locally, she teaches history at
Pennsauken High School, but she spends summer vacations writing
faith-based historical novels. Her eighteenth book, Hearts
Awakening, will be released by Bethany House in
March, 2010.
Marcie Aboff
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Counting On A Win
Kim & Danny Adlerman
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Mommy’s Having a Watermelon
Phil Bildner
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Barnstormers “Sluggers”
Busted (YA) 2007
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Luigi Borda
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Andiamo Luigi/ Philly Phiat
Daryl Cobb
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Billy the Bat Baby Sits Bella
Billy the Bat
Daniel Dinosaur
Suzanne Corso
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Sammy and Sue Go Green
Dan Gutman
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My Weird School Daze
Jim and Me/Baseball Card Adventures
Ray and Me/Baseball Card Adventures
Bobbie Hinman
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The Knot Fairy
The Sock Fairy
Kathleen Lindsey
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Sweet Potato Pie
Bob McLeod
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Superhero ABC
How To Draw Ghost Rider
Marvel Super Hero Series
Andrea Nepa
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Red In the Flower Bed
Sudipta Bardhan
Quallan
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her site
Ballet for Bella
The Hog Prince
Karen Quigley
Everyone Loves Elwood
Nancy Viau
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Samantha Hanson Has Rocks in Her Head
Mutiya & David Vision
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My Choices Make Me Who I Am
Vision Works
Carol Ann Williams
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Booming Bella
Tsubu: The Little Snail
