All Things Books and Publishing

Terri is a former English teacher and librarian. She taught middle and high school and college. Now she works from home homeschooling her two daughters and living out her dreams via her stories. She began escaping into books a little later than most but was hooked after the first book. It has been her dream to give back to the book world since second grade.When she's not writing or reading, she enjoys binging on Netflix and painting. Due to her crunchy lifestyle and free spirit, she considers herself a recycled hippie. Her most important goal is to help others jump and learn to fly.

To find out more about her characters and the lives they live, check out her website,http://www.terriluvsbooks.com. Follow her on Amazon and Goodreads, or connect through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Amanda Sterczyk is an author, ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Essentrics® Instructor, and Creator of The Move More Institute™, an initiative to promote healthy active living by adding more movement/activity/motion to individuals' daily lives. Her first book, Move More, Your Life Depends On It: Practical Tips to Add More Movement to Your Day, is available for sale on Amazon.

She has been teaching group fitness classes since 2010. Amanda has taught men, women and children of all ages, as well as elite athletes. She offers in-home and/or in-office personal training, Essentrics group and private sessions, and movement coaching and workshops in central Ottawa, Canada, as well as online personal training via Skype or FaceTime. Amanda specializes in helping retired older adults and sedentary office workers maintain strength, flexibility, and mobility. Her slogan is: Move more, feel better. 

Amanda holds a Master's degree in social psychology from Carleton University (1993). Before her career in fitness, she worked for over 10 years in health promotion research and human resources.

David L. Hoof is a critically praised, international best-selling fiction author and writing teacher who lives in Washington, DC.

His goodreads rating for his nine novels is 4.70.

Critical appraisal, including citation for skill in enchanting and evocative language is given on the home page, and copied below: 

Honorable Mention 2009 Beach Book Festival

2009 readers circle choice

Nominated for Booksense Pick

five stars, amazon.com

Kenny Weiss is a Coach, Speaker, Author of ‘Your Journey To Success,” host of a weekly Podcast by the same name and Founder of The Greatness Movement. Through his own personal journey and nearly 30 years of studying about the role emotions play in our lives and decision making, Kenny discovered something he calls, “the Worst Day Cycle’ which affects us all.

Kenny’s journey included multiple addictions, two divorces, a bankruptcy, playing two professional sports he never wanted to play and contemplating suicide. In other words, he has not only studied the process, he has lived it and overcome it.

Mystery and children’s book author, Saralyn Richard, is a writer who teaches on the side. Some of her poems and essays have won awards and contests from the time she was in high school. Her children’s picture book, Naughty Nana, has reached thousands of children worldwide.

Murder in the One Percent, ©2018 Black Opal Books, pulls back the curtain on the privileged and powerful rich. Set on a gentleman’s farm in Pennsylvania and in the tony areas of New York, the book shows what happens when someone comes to a party with murder in his heart and poison in his pocket.

A member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America, Saralyn is revising her second mystery. Her website is www.saralynrichard.com.

Paul Thaler is a professor at Adelphi University and New York University. He is a former journalist and the author of the critically acclaimed The Spectacle: Media and the Making of the OJ Simpson Story, and The Watchful Eye: American Justice in the Age of the Television Trial. Bronxland is his debut novel published by Black Opal Books. In addition to his writing, Paul has also been an on-air media commentator for numerous television cable news programs and documentaries including those on CNN and HBO.

In the new paradigm of existence, people need to understand they matter regardless of their opinion and as humans we need to take the time to tell people that in every opportunity” Alison Donaghey 

 Alison Donaghey is a Radio Host of Think Opposite, Author of an international best-selling book Think Opposite: Using the Domino Effect to Change Your Business, Change the World, Speaker, and a Cause and Effect Strategist that will expand your mind in ways you didn’t think possible. 

Through the lens of her own innate curiosity, she ignites and challenges people to reflect on the opposite view. From a very early age, Alison had a natural gift in being able to hold space for both sides of the conversation without bias, judgment or personal opinion. She takes that natural gift to now challenge people to think about the mental constructs they have built and don’t question. Given Alison’s personal experience with life, she is the depiction of resilience and sees the humour in life’s challenges. Today she empowers people to make the most factual decision possible by considering all perspectives and weighing the consequences. She is of the belief that it’s not about following status quo in which our mind expands rather it is in the questioning of our own thoughts that allows people a space to be themselves.

Jenny Youngberg Dew is happily married to Larry for forty-four years. They are the parents of five children and have eight grandchildren. She is a Parent Leader in the Parent Advocacy Council of Utah for parents raising Reactive Attachment Disordered children. After meeting a legislative advocate during one of her council meetings she helped to create a house bill for Utah in the legislative session of 2016, to help the parents in her group, and it passed unanimously to become Utah Code. 

 

Jenny has served children in many ways throughout her life in the public school systems and in her church groups. She advocates for other parents who are experiencing their children's reactive behaviors to help find services for them. She has been involved with retreats to help the mothers in her group and has joined online support groups to learn about the supports needed. She also runs the online support group for the Parent Advocacy Council for RAD. She has studied Reactive Attachment Disorder for the last sixteen years after finding out two of her adopted children were affected by the trauma related brain injuries. Jenny and Larry serve at their local men's prison in Utah twice each month and have met many they believe have trauma related disorders.

 

Jenny is the President of Hope Shining Brightly, LLC and Dew Crew Books. She is the author of two children's books: The Grump on the Stump, and Kyree Sue our Bug A Boo. She has twelve other children's books ready to be published. Jenny is also the author of Hope Shining Brightly; My Experience with Legal Risk Adoption and Holding The Hope; My Daughter's Journey Through Reactive Attachment

Best Selling author, Certified Relationship, Love & Life Coach for Singles and Couples, Certified Clinical Trauma & Addictions Professional and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Riana Milne (“The Life & Love Transformation Expert”), focuses on increasing a Client’s personal growth and self-esteem while improving their holistic health for mind, body, and spirit. She specializes in helping women and men of all ages through the impact of Childhood, Dating or Relationship Trauma and difficult transitions leading to overall Life Transformation and Successful relationships for individuals, couples and families in private practice for over 18 years in Egg Harbor Township, NJ and in Delray Beach, Florida. She takes an active Coaching role with her Client as they explore together the many avenues to their optimum emotional and over-all health and wellness, both individually and in relationships. She helps Singles attract Emotionally Healthy, Evolved and Conscious Love and guides Couples to transform their relationships from Toxic to Terrific. Riana’s Holistic Coaching approach to Holistic personal growth and change for mind and spirit is core to all her endeavors. Riana believes every human being is unique and deserves an individual, fresh perspective on their overall health to reach their personal and relationship goals, divine purpose, and ultimate sense of happiness. 

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Chris Goslow is a multi-faceted artist with a unique background and a broad musical reach. Hailing from Northern California, Chris is an active performer, songwriter and composer who has delighted and inspired audiences for years with his creativity, versatility, and showmanship.   

Chris’s latest album, “The Cherry Rainbow Piano Experience,” is a lyrical collection of musical delights brought to life by piano and flute.

Other released works include his eclectic collection of love songs, “I Love You,” and “Waterfall: Original Piano Music,” a collection of piano music meant to soothe and inspire.