from Laplace, Louisiana

Fighting illiteracy through my "One Angel at a Time" programs is dear to AJ's heart. Her husband and she voluntarily visit schools, festivals and fairies to tell my tales. They pass out angel bookmarks to encourage children to read. They have appeared in Georgia, West Virginia, Florida and Louisiana. This fall they are scheduled to appear in Mississippi, Alabama and in Virginia at the 4th Annual Book 'Em literacy event. All of their visits are funded by monies made by the sale of her books and other related Theodore Da Baere merchandise.

AJ will be signing three Theorore Da Baer books at Book 'Em.

                             Vicki Stiefel

             

              from Hancock, New Hampshire

Vicki Stiefel’s first novel of mystery and suspense, Body Parts, was followed in 2005 by The Dead Stone, and in 2006 by The Grief Shop, all with continuing protagonist, homicide counselor Tally Whyte.
     Robert B. Parker says “The Grief Shop is compelling, touching, and a pleasure to read.” Publisher’s Weekly says Tally is a compelling protagonist--edgy, compassionate and vulnerable--with a clipped narrating style that keeps the tricky plot in focus. Stiefel's latest (The Grief Shop) shows--again--that she can hold her own against genre heavyweights like John Sanford and Patricia Cornwell. Crimestalker Casebook notes, “Stiefel has the psychological thriller down so well, you might think she invented it.”
     Published September 2007, Stiefel’s latest novel with Tally, The Bone Man, is set in Massachusetts, on Martha’s Vineyard, and in New Mexico.
     Stiefel has been a contributing editor to Dive Training, film critic for Worcester Magazine, and a contributor to Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
     Her extensive research for her novels includes consulting with homicide counselors, K-9 Corps members, forensic psychiatrists, medical examiner staff, and crime scene services officers.
     She and her novelist-and-outdoor-writer husband, William G. Tapply, live in New Hampshire with their three dogs and one kitty. www.vickistiefel.com

                            from Northampton, PA

Tom Tancin started writing when he was 13 years old after being challenged by his 7^th grade English teacher. At 23 years of age, he just completed his sixth novel.  The Man in the Moon, a mystery/thriller novel following Detective Lindsey Scott as she tracks down a killer obsessed with the moon, will be the first release from Destifire Books.  The book generated a buzz online starting in February 2007 and has received wonderful comments from readers of Tom Tancin's blog on MySpace. 

Tom Tancin will be signing copies of his mystery novel The Man in the Moon. 

                   from Hancock, New Hampshire

William G. Tapply is the author of about 40 books, including more than two dozen New England-based mystery novels. Gray Ghost  his most recent, appears in March 2007. Tapply's handbook, The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing a Modern Whodunit, is used in writing classes and workshops across the country. He has also written a dozen books and nearly a thousand magazine articles, mostly about fly fishing and the outdoors. He is a Contributing Editor for Field & Stream, a columnist for American Angler, and a member of the Editorial Board for The Writer magazine. Tapply is a professor of English at Clark University in Worcester, MA, where he is the Writer in Residence. He and his wife, novelist Vicki Stiefel, run The Writers Studio at Chickadee Farm. Tapply lives and writes in Hancock, New Hampshire. He welcomes visitors to his website: www.williamgtapply.com

                         from Strafford, Vermont

I have lived in Strafford, Vermont for thirteen years and have recently published my second book, a novel titled American Cream. My first book, a collection of linked stories called Tenney’s Landing, was a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award in 2005. I teach creative writing at Dartmouth College and at the Bread Loaf School of English.