Authors on Fire

Over the last 28 years Kelly Hudson has used her talents and education to custom-design a career, working with performers to become the best versions of themselves. Losing, Learning and Loving, the title of her recent book, is based on her experiences while serving as the Head Athletic Trainer and Director of Sports Medicine...

Donna lives in a small, Iowa town with her husband Marty; an ordained minister, who also does construction work and painting. A stage four cancer survivor, she started to write when, during treatments, she could do nothing else.  After decades in management  positions for large companies, she suddenly had nothing to manage and asked God...

Stephen and Mary Weller were born in Texas and decided it was a good place to live. Mary prefers the summer heat. Stephen prefers the winter cold. One of them compromised. Stephen is the author of two award-winning books: The Progressive Machine: Before We Called It Lean and The Progressive Hospital: A Lean Hope. Mary...

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Howard Eisenberg, M.Sc. (Psych), M.D., is a Medical Doctor with postgraduate training in both Psychology and Psychiatry. He has been a Lecturer at the University of Toronto and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont. He is also the CEO of the international consultancy – Syntrek® Inc. On a more personal level,...

S.G. was born in a faraway land of castles, monarchies and fallen dictatorships, aka Hungary. Hollywood movies were forbidden under Soviet oppression during her childhood, but her dad smuggled them in anyway, risking his life so that his children could experience the magic and hope inherent in those stories. She watched rebellions unfold in...

George Hopkins is a former United States Marine Corps Sergeant who served on active duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  He was Chairperson of English at a high school designated as a national school of excellence, and has taught at St. John’s University, Middlesex College, Columbia Teachers College and in Puerto Rico.  He was twice named “Teacher of the...

 
Valerie Taylor is retired from a forty year career in marketing and is living the author life in Shelton, CT.
Financial services marketer, copywriter, editor, novelist, author are all words to describe Valerie. But being called Mimi by her granddaughter is what brings her the most joy these days. Born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut, Valerie earned a B.S. Marketing degree and an MBA from Sacred Heart University, as well as a graduate certificate in health care administration from Simmons University in Boston. In her spare time, Valerie is a book reviewer with BookTrib.com; and a member of Westport Writers’ Workshop, Independent Book Publishers Association, and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. And she enjoys practicing tai chi and being an expert sports spectator.
With the recent publication of What’s Not True, the sequel to What’s Not Said, Valerie has firmly established herself as an award-winning author.
In the short year since its publication, What’s Not Said has been recognized in the U.S. and internationally. To name a few: In addition to winning multiple Firebird Book Award categories (Romantic Comedy, Contemporary Novel, Marriage, and Chick Lit), What’s Not Said was a 2020 Canadian Book Club Awards Finalist in Fiction and was recently named to the Long List for the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards for Romance Fiction.
The third and last book in the What’s Not series is a work-in-progress.
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Lucky At Bat is about a young boy named Jack, and his two rescue rats- Lucky and Gus-Gus. He discovers, through taking Lucky to Little League practice, that Lucky has a talent for baseball, and the little rat becomes the team's mascot and secret batting coach. This book follows the relationship between the two rat brothers, as well as the relationship between a boy and his pets. We see inter-team dynamics, as Jack befriends the other children on his softball team, and the rivalries that build between Jack's team, and the other teams in the league.
Tensions rise between Jack's team- The Bulldogs, and their main rivals- The Devil Rays. Danny, a boy on the Devil Rays, feels that having Lucky there is somehow cheating. Things come to a head, when a pitch thrown by Danny hits Lucky's carrier. Lucky and Jack feel that maybe a rat's place isn't at a ballpark, despite the fact that Lucky had been made an important part of the team.
It becomes up to Jack's teammates and Lucky's brother Gus-Gus to show both Lucky and Jack that they are special and important, and they should not give up on their dreams, no matter how big their dreams may be. 







Written by mother and son, Lucky At Bat is written with Joseph Goldenberg. It is his first book, and is a sweet little Middle Grade chapter book for all ages. Featuring original illustrations by Erin Cutler. A portion of proceeds for all copies of Lucky At Bat will be going to Teeny Snoots Rat Rescue, helping small animals in need.
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Deb Radcliff is the first investigative journalist to make cybercrime a beat. Since 1996, she has been embedded in the hacker and law enforcement communities learning their techniques, lifestyles, and philosophies that make them unique. Deb has won two Neal Awards for investigative reporting, and feels one of her crowning career moments was addressing engineering students and faculty at West Point Military Academy in 2001. 
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