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Cynthia Williams has been writing professionally all her life, as a television and magazine copywriter, freelance, creative non-fiction writer, and currently as senior staff writer and editor for a Fortune 300 Company in Charlotte, NC. Cynthia recently won an award for creative non-fiction with “Just for Tonight,” which is available on her blog, “Quo Vadis? Time [...]

Scott Edmund Miller has made significant contributions to the educational reform movement as a human development researcher, practitioner and school developer. He is cofounder and emeritus Board Chairman of Our Community School, a Los Angeles public charter school that received the 2009 California Charter Schools Association award under his leadership for “Best Charter School of the Year” in [...]

G.P. Schultz was born in Longacre, West Virginia to a coal mining family. He grew up in wild, wonderful West Virginia, where he loved to play sports. He then served with the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii where he met his wife, Vicki, who was attending the University of Hawaii. They have two daughters and [...]

Along with his own blog (www.barryknister.com), and his novel about dogs, Just Bill,Barry Knister writes a weekly column for the Florida-based news publication, The Naples Daily News. His first novel, a thriller titled The Dating Service was published by Berkley. His third novel, Blue Sky Six—another thriller—will be published as an ebook later this year. Q. Why did you decide to [...]

B. N. Peacock has loved history, writing, and the sea since childhood. A debut historical short story won honorable mention in a Read Magazinenational writing contest. Several careers later, the author extensively researched here and abroad the background for this, the first of a series of five books. B. N. Peacock is also a regular contributor to [...]

Alyson Mead is the author of Searching for Sassy: An L.A. Phone Psychic’s Tales of Life, Lust & Love. Psychic since childhood, Alyson has been reading people since the age of 19, and has spent the intervening years honing her abilities with certifications at the ​highest levels in astrology, Reiki, Matrix Energetics, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, [...]

Anna Cuevas, known as “America’s Loan Modification Guru,” has guided thousands of Americans in keeping their homes from foreclosure. A popular blogger (askaloanmodguru.com and huffingtonpost.com), Cuevas has been called a “superhero of the loan modification industry” and has been nominated for CNN’s Heroes. She is the #1 bestselling author of SAVE YOUR HOME Without Losing Your Mind or Money. Q. Why did you [...]

Betsy Connor Bowen has worked as a community organizer, elementary schoolteacher, college instructor and assistant professor, securities analyst, journalist, and filmmaker. She has a PhD in English and Comparative Literature and an MBA in finance. She has written academic articles, investment reports, short stories, local history, a novella (Spring Bear, Maine Literary Award 2010), and is [...]

Michael D. Stalter spent 17 ½ years being his wife’s primary caregiver and helping her battle breast cancer.  Mike has a Bachelor’s of Science with majors in History, Education, and English, with minors in Political Science and Special Education.  He retired from the Illinois Department of Corrections as the Chief Fiscal Officer of the Maximum Security [...]

J. Varnie Barker is a former CEO of three companies encompassing real estate, land development and construction. He is an expert on homeownership. Nearly four years ago, after he lost his businesses due to a bad partnership, he found himself homeless and penniless. Instead of becoming angry and bitter, he decided to turn that experience [...]