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BIO: Eoin Colfer is the author of the New York Times best-selling Artemis Fowl series, which was adapted into a major motion picture from Disney, and three books in a spin-off series about the Fowl Twins. He also wrote the critically acclaimed WARP trilogy, and many other titles for young readers and adults, including Highfire, Iron Man: The Gauntlet, Airman, Half Moon Investigations, Eoin Colfer's Legend of . . . books, The Wish List, Benny and Omar; and Benny and Babe. In 2014, he was named Ireland's laureate for children's literature. He lives with his wife and two sons in Dublin, Ireland.

To learn more, visit www.eoincolfer.com. He is also on Twitter and Instagram @EoinColfer

Jeffrey A. Krames is an American author whose books have been translated into more than 36 languages. Mr. Krames, the direct descendant of German and Polish Holocaust survivors, is the former editor-in-chief of Portfolio, the business book imprint of The Penguin Group

About the book:

Hundreds of years ago in the land of Uranallee, a powerful wizard creates a blue orb of amplifying

directed thought with just a few words. It lies dormat for many years, until a coven of vile witches

discover it and develops a plot to take over the world.

Zarcon is a great wizard who fears the witches have the legendary blue orb that provides them with more

power the longer they pocess it. One day after he hears someone riding toward his castle at a frantic

pace, he opens the door to Jasmine, a young woman who has just stolen the orb and somehow

escaped from the pack of wolves chasing her. After she enlists help from Zarcon to help her protect the

artifact from the witches who will do anything to get it back, they must embark on a perilous journey to

seek help from another. Will they succeed in their quest or will the witches catch them and once again

obtain the orb?

In this fantasy story, a young woman and a great wizard set out on a journey to protect a powerful

artifact from evil witches determined to keep it in their possession so they can rule the world.

About the author:

SUZY VIVIAN graduated from the University of Utah with a master’s degree in public health. Now retired,

she currently lives in Layton Utah with her cat Tazy. The Blue Orb is her first Book.

Cheryl grew up in the Chicago area in the home of her Slovenian immigrant

grandparents. Her father moved his family to the Pacific Northwest after he

completed his medical schooling in 1960 where he practiced as a Radiologist.

Cheryl attended Seattle University for two years and finished her Bachelor of Arts

degree at Willamatte University in Salem, Oregon. She attended Portland state

University for her MSW degree and worked as a social worker in a mental health

facility for sixteen years. She has three children and eight grandchildren. Love

Poems and Obsession is a sequel of sorts of her first book, “Sentiment a memoir”

Book Titled “Love Poems and Obsession”

Sensational Intimate Writings for Romantic and Those Interested in True Life

Story

Chicago, US, June 2018: Cheryl Krkoč, a renowned writer and social worker is

thrilled to announce the release of her second book “Love and Poems Obsession.” It

is a captivating tale that revolves around the life of her parents who lived a romantic

life throughout their lifetime. Shortly after the death of her parents, Cheryl was

looking for photos for her “memoir sentiment” in one of the many photo albums

in her brother’s safekeeping when she discovered one album which contained fifty

years worth of poems her dad had written to her mother. She scoured through them

and learned more than she could have imagined about her parents complicated,

tempestuous and spiritual relationship. “Love Poems and Obsessed” provides young

and old as well as the teens with the tools they need to strengthen their love life and

be more romantic with their partners.

Love is the most complex set of powerful emotions a human being can experience,

associated with strong feelings of affection, warmth, protectiveness, and respect

for another person. Cheryl, who has previously written a book titled “Memoir

Sentiment”, got her inspiration to write this new book from her parent’s heroic

love life, and also includes her own impressions and family history related to this

poem as well as photos taken around the time of her parents’ marriage and her

dad’s original hand written poems. Her father’s first language was Slovenian- the

language of love. She would like to share these intimate writings with anyone who

is romantic, or just interested in a true life story.

Chris St John has been on a roll this past year, especially these last few months. He has had several international hit singles, including “I Called You Rose”, “I’d Send You My Heart” and “A Box For Jewels” All songs dominated the Euro and World Indie Music Charts, rising to No. 3 and 8 respectively. St John’s latest track, the extremely infections “Hey Siri”, perfectly captures the current state of our techno-crazy modern world. The song humorously yet pointedly song addresses both our addiction to, and frustration with, Siri, Alexa, Facebook, Amazon, texts, emails and cell phones, while lamenting the loss of simpler times before the cell phone/social media age.

Over a lighthearted, playfully rolling, whistle-infused African/Carribean styled groove reminiscent of Paul Simon’s classic Graceland vibe, the fast emerging multi-faceted Americana, folk, soft rock and country influenced artist shares insightful lyrics we can all relate to – and will be singing by the second chorus: “Siri’s unavailable, Alexa won’t stop talking, texts and emails coming, our children text for talking/I can’t remember my passwords/Days run like a river/My phone is like an organ./You’ll kill me if you take it away.”

Produced by industry legend Stephen Wrench, who has worked with everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd and Tom Petty to Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt and Ozzy Osbourne, the buoyant track was recorded at Omni Studios in Nashville with some of Music City’s most renowned session musicians. Wrench, also a powerhouse radio promoter whose company Musik Radio Promotions caters to a network of over 250,000 stations in 180 countries, worked with St. John’s earlier singles – and was so impressed by his latest batch of songs that he signed as his producer for the current project.

“Hey Siri,” a compelling video for which is in late production is the first lead single from St. John’s mostly finished album in progress Fly Away, planned for release in early 2022. Fly Away is the follow-up to the singer’s debut collection I’m Dreaming, which dropped earlier in 2021 and was showered with more than 30 worldwide rave reviews.

“Hey Siri’ is a song I wrote in less than a half an hour, early one morning at my office,” says the Long Island based St. John. He began writing songs at age seven but set his musical dreams aside for years as he pursued a successful career (a prosecutor, judge and an attorney and owner of a large law practice). “I heard an upbeat melody in my head and added lyrics about the

Erika Engelhaupt has spent more than a decade writing and editing for top science publications, including National Geographic, Science News, and NPR. Her love of storytelling has also brought her out from behind the laptop to appear onstage and in podcasts such as the Story Collider. She began her career as a scientist and holds Master’s degrees in biology and environmental science. She lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.