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Waynesboro Police Department
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The City of Waynesboro, VA
SPONSORED BY
Central Shenandoah Crime Stoppers;
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LIBRARY
Staunton, Augusta County,
Waynesboro;
Shenandoah Valley Reading Council
Proceeds used for increasing literacy rates, decreasing
crime, and helping police solve unsolved crimes.
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Authors are listed alphabetically by last name. Click on each link to
see bios and pictures of the appearing authors.
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Jean C.
Keating and Puff the Papillon
from Williamsburg, Virginia |
Jean
C. Keating is an author, speaker and freelance writer. Her fifth book
and second in her mystery series featuring a little Papillon named
Sky was published in November of 2007, and won the Arthur F. Jones
award from the Alliance of Pure Bred Dog Writers. Her third book was nominated
for a Pulitzer as well as being one of four national finalists for
the coveted Merril award by Dog Writer’s Association of America. Her
second book was a national finalist for DWAA’s best dog fiction of
2001. She holds degrees in mathematics, physics and information
systems. Named Virginia’s Outstanding Young Woman of the Year in
1970 for civic as well as professional efforts as an aerospace
engineer with NASA, she authored more than 50 scientific and
educational administrative reports during her years with NASA and
subsequent service as head of research for Virginia’s Higher
Education Council. She began a third career in 1999 as a fiction
writer and has now started on her sixth book, the third in her
mystery series entitled Cricket Catcher. |
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Pamela
June Kimmell
from Warrenton, Virginia |
Pamela June Kimmell lives, writes, and
paints in her home studio in Warrenton, Virginia. Her mystery
book, “The Mystery of David’s Bridge” was a nominee for the 2005
Library of Virginia Fiction award. The sequel to “David’s
Bridge” has been in the works for quite some time and she hopes
to have it finished and published soon. In addition to the
sequel, she has another novel in the works - something quite
different from “David’s Bridge”, titled “The Door” which is a
fantasy/mystery. Pamela contributes to a number of online
magazines and has had several short stories and poems
published. She has been the Fiction Editor for an ezine, as
well as an author/mentor for high school students interested in
writing. This year at Book ‘Em Pamela will not only have her
book for sale, but her original artwork will be available in the
form of note cards bearing images of her oil paintings and
photographs in an assortment pack of four beautiful cards. |
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Paul Klein
from Head Waters, Virginia |
My writing career began while I was still in college, with the sale
of two dramas written for radio. I continued writing after
graduation, and had a very successful career as a writer/producer of
informational, educational and commercial films, with more than 500
scripts for TV and film sold and produced. A few years ago I began
to focus on fiction. My first novel,
Accidents of Time and Place, was sold and published
in 2007. I am currently seeking an agent for my second novel,
Family Man, about men who
grow up without fathers.
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Leda
Krugel
from Los Angeles, California |
Leda, an Alsatian German Shepherd, was born in
Germany on July 16, 2002. As a puppy, she was recruited to come
to the United States for training and eventually to work as a patrol
K-9 for the Los Angles Police Department. Her parents, grandparents
and great grand parents were all exceptional, decorated police
patrol K-9s in Germany. However, it was soon apparent that Leda had
a problem – she was not cut out for the specific line of police work
that she was bred for…chasing, flushing out and securing the bad
skin-faces. While training at the LAPD K-9 Compound, Leda failed
even the simplest of tests and soon became an undesirable for her
specific line of police work as well as any possibility for her
adoption out into society. Suddenly, there was a real risk that she
would be euthanized.
Unsure of her fate, Leda escaped and lived on the streets and in the
canyons of Los Angeles. In The K-9
Chronicles: Book Three, she chronicles her story –
her selection from the litter of her brothers and sisters by an
expert LAPD K-9 Trainer (boy, did he get this one wrong) to her
arrival at the Los Angles Police K-9 Academy to her escape from the
possibility of being euthanized to her chance meeting up with Jake.
Read Leda’s story as she describes in her own words the challenges
of failing to live up to expectations, a life of danger living
without skin-faces for the first time ever and then learning how to
dedicate herself to serve and protect others at all costs.
In addition, in this volume of
The K-9 Chronicles, you will
learn more about the skin-face, Jake, you read about in Books One
and Two. You will learn about the events in his life that brought
him to where you left him and Tomi at the end of Book Two. This is
the third book in a series of six fictional books inspired by
real-life K-9s and events in their lives that shaped who they have
become.
(Please note that even if Leda’s book is not released in time for
Book ‘Em, a complementary Chapter will be handed out at the Book
Signing by her.) |
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Tom
Lacombe
from Browntown, Virginia |
Tom Lacombe,
author of Light Ruck: Vietnam 1969,
grew up in and around D.C. He was drafted in 1968, and
served as an infantryman with the Fourth Infantry Division. Tom and
wife, Jean, moved to the mountain village of Browntown, Virginia in
1978. Jean, an elementary school teacher, lost her battle with
breast cancer in 2007. Tom has
been running a historic country store in Browntown since
1987, and raises Christmas trees and steers on a small farm. Their
daughter is a dispatcher for the Fauquier County, Sheriff’s
Department. Their son and daughter-in-law are school teachers in
Front Royal, Va., and have a two-year-old and a four year old
daughter.
Light Ruck:
Vietnam 1969, tells the
story of Tom’s one year tour in Southeast Asia. In the years
following our pullout, not many people were interested in hearing
about Vietnam, so Tom took up a new hobby, writing. Tom spent years
writing his story so as to have a record of his experiences, and so
that some day interested parties could know what his war was like.
The image of Vietnam Vets was tarnished to many. Through
Light Ruck
Tom hopes to open the eyes of some to the honorable service that he
saw while in combat.
Tom is
honored to have been a featured author at the WV Book Faire in 2006
and 2007, and for Light Ruck
having been chosen as a Virginia Festival of the Book Selection in
2005. |
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YuLee Larner 
(Mary
Wiersema Vermeulen on Left and YuLee Larner on Right)
from Staunton, Virginia |
I have lived my entire life in Augusta County
and Staunton. My interest in birds let to writing a column for the
Staunton Newsleader beginning in 1977. The
Random Ramblings is a collection of those columns
before 1981. In addition to my interest in birds, I was involved in
church music for most of my adult life, serving as organist and
choir director in three different churches.
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Albert Leichter
from Staunton, Virginia |
Albert Leichter has been writing since 1973, and operates ClockTower
Publications (CTP), which publishes his works as well as that of
other writers. ClockTower Publications has published ten books,
mostly in the music field and local Augusta County history. Albert
teaches “12
Ways To Publish Your Book,”
a step-by-step class for writers to get their book published.
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Nikki Leigh
from Staunton, Virginia |
Award winning fiction and non fiction author, Nikki Leigh, provides
Web 2.0 promotional services and virtual book tours for authors.
Nikki brings over 16 years of promotional experience and over 8
years of online promotional experience to each project. She works
with her clients to help them establish and/or build their online
presence and helps them learn to identify and reach the correct
target market for their books. Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours and
Promotional Services are always open to finding new ways to help all
authors learn to promote more effectively. In addition to business
books and novels, Nikki Leigh is the author of
Book Promo 101 and
Book Promo 201. For much more information, visit
www.nikkileigh.com/promo.htm and
www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com.
Nikki Leigh won an
award for the cover design for Widow’s Walk. She has won several
awards for her business books published as Shri Henkel. A USA Best
Book Award for Non Commercial
Food Service Manager’s Handbook,
a 2007 Independent Publisher award for
How to Run a Pizza Shop,
and an Eric Hoffer Notable Mention for 365 Foolish Mistakes.
365 Foolish Mistakes
was a finalist in the Foreward Magazine Book of the Year awards.
365 Foolish Mistakes
and How to Run a Successful Pizza
Shop are consistent
bestsellers on Amazon. Book
Promo 101 was an Award
Winning Finalist in the USA Best Books competition. |
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Kathryn Lively
from Virginia Beach, Virginia |
Kathryn Lively is an award-winning author and
editor. She is publisher and senior editor of Phaze Books, the
romance imprint of Mundania Press, LLC, and a freelance SEO writer
for various organizations and businesses in Hampton Roads. Visit her
online at
http://www.kathrynlively.com.
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Marcy
McCann
from Strasburg, Virginia |
Marcy McCann writes in various forms including an online column
Adventures along Route 11,
a collection of observations about her travels along Virginia’s
historic corridor. Currently the Fair Manager of the Shenandoah
County Fair in Woodstock, Virginia, Marcy spends her spare time
restoring a 200 year old brick Federal home in neighboring
Strasburg. The first in her series of children’s books geared to
bridging gaps in families undergoing change highlights the positive
side of belonging to a stepfamily.
Chelsea’s Tree
features a tree planting adventure, activities, maps, stickers and
photo album to aid in fostering a healthier understanding of how a
child fits into their particular stepfamily.
Chelsea’s Tree comes with a
soft handle and photo album section so a child feels ownership of
his or her family photos. The non-custodial, extended family and
those living at a distance now take on a clearer place within the
family structure. She is committed to developing this series of
resources for families undergoing change.
Lionel Bryan, M.D., Psychiatrist, "It is very important that
children achieve a sense of self and relatedness. This book does
this in a caring manner."
http://www.amazon.com/Chelsea-s-Tree-Marcy-McCann/dp/0970045603 |
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Marliss Melton
from Williamsburg, Virginia |
Marliss Melton is an award-winning novel of a
best-selling romantic suspense series featuring hard-charging Navy
SEALs as heroes. A Navy SEAL will go to any length to protect the
woman he loves. Marliss Melton is a Golden Heart and RITA finalist.
Visit this link to see a video of my new book
video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myFBWlnjCcQ |
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Frank Mundy
from Broadway, Virginia |
The humorous side of Virginia Game Warden,
Frank G. Mundy, comes to light in many fascinating but true stories.
One generally hears TALES from either the hunter or fisherman
of the one that got away but seldom does one hear about the one who
tried to get away from the “Ole Game Warden”. Officer Mundy’s
collection of stories have been relived and compiled into two books
that bring a little humor from one of the many dangerous law
enforcement agencies in the United States.
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