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He studied telecommunications in Morocco and then moved to India for six years, where he transitioned to study computer generated imagery. He specialized in 3-D animation and visual effects. Yessoh has worked on many films, television shows, and commercials, including for Disney, Netflix, and Apple TV.He currently lives in Vancouver, Canada. For more information on Yessoh, visit: https://www.thetaleseries.com/.

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James V. Irving was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He is a University of Virginia (UVA) graduate majoring in English. He holds a law degree from the College of William and Mary and is a member of the bars of Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Massachusetts.

After completing his undergraduate studies at UVA, Mr. Irving spent two years as a private detective in Northern Virginia. He pursued wayward spouses, located skips, investigated insurance claims, and handled criminal investigations. In his early years as a lawyer, he practiced criminal law, which along with his investigative experience and trial work, informs this fictional account of Joth Proctor.

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Sam Weis is an accomplished abstract painter, a 12-string guitarist/recording artist, and an award-winning songwriter.

She grew up in Eastern Iowa and studied Fine Arts at The University of Iowa. Sam has toured as a guitarist with two rock bands and enjoys a successful solo music career. Sam currently lives in Iowa.

Abstraction is her first novel.

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Josh Plato earned his philosophy degree from Lake Forest College before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps, where he served for 14 years.

While enlisted, he would write grandiose stories for his Marines during training exercises that became a fun tradition for his platoon at the end of hard days to keep morale up.

When Josh left the Corps to spend more time with his family, he began writing some of these stories to create an irreverent veteran humor-based series to begin his self-publishing journey.

He has published two books on Amazon with plans to write in fiction and non-fiction.

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Richard Paolinelli began his writing journey as a freelance writer in 1984 and gained his first fiction credit as the lead writer for the first two issues of the Elite Comics sci-fi/fantasy series, Seadragon.

After nearly a quarter of a century in the newspaper field, in 2010, Richard retired as an award-winning sportswriter and returned to his fiction writing roots. Since then, he has written several award-winning novels, and two non-fiction sports books, and has appeared in over 20 anthologies, including eight of the 11-book Tuscany Bay Books’ Planetary Anthology Series and five Sherlock Holmes collections.

He served as a co-host on LA Talk Radio’s, The Writer’s Block from 2016 thru 2022 and is the co-founding Publisher of Tuscany Bay Books. He currently resides in Western Colorado.

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Dylan Brennan is a 16-year-old writing prodigy living in London. An avid reader, student and musician, Dylan has recently proven his academic excellence with his outstanding GCSE grades, obtaining a phenomenal eleven grade 9s. An aspiring author, ‘Noble: Betrayed’ is Dylan’s first work and will hopefully launch a promising writing career experimenting with and forming

innovations in a wide variety of literary genres.

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Eliza Garza is a speaker and entrepreneur in South Texas, where she owns and operates a Mexican street eats business specializing in raspas! Eliza is passionate about her Hispanic heritage and is proud to integrate it into the many facets of her life. She believes that part of a child’s pathway to empowerment and authenticity is identifying, understanding, and embracing their culture at a young age so they can be prouder of who they are.

Eliza is the founder of Adventure in a Cup, a program that provides children with the opportunity to learn the principles of entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and goal setting by practicing with their own raspa stand for a day. Eliza enjoys spending time with her family, which includes her spoiled poodle named Brinkley, being an active member of her community, and hosting collaborative and empowering events in her spare time.

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SH*T isn't a Dirty Word - Karin Nahmani

Karin is very passionate about what she does.

Karin holds a Bachelor in Science and credentials as a Naturopathic Doctor from Medi College in Israel.

She has worked as a Certified Colon Hydrotherapist since 2001 and has owned and operated Pure Center since 2006.

She is a Certified Massage Therapist and Instructor as well as a Certified Doula.

Me and Mr. Monks - Dawn Blair

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Nurse overcomes Lyme disease with her rescue dog's help.

Human-Animal Relationship Awareness Week is observed annually in the second week of November. This year, the Week extends from November 13 -19. It was created to help us realize the importance of the connection we share with our pets. Nurse & author Dawn Blair knows the value and importance of that special connection. As she shared it with her 7lb rescue dog, Mr. Monks. Not only did she save his life but he saved hers. Her book, Me And Mr. Monks is a tribute to him and all that he meant to her.

Local nurse, Dawn Blair was diagnosed with Lyme disease, and to say it took a toll on her would be putting it mildly. For 4 years, Dawn dealt with fatigue, crippling migraines, chronic insomnia, loss of balance, dizziness, brain fog, neuropathy, and open sores/ulcers over her body and face that would not heal. Physically beaten down to the point where she was contemplating suicide, Dawn turned to her rescue dog, Mr. Monks for comfort. And Mr. Monks delivered.

Dawn has been featured in numerous news outlets with her most recent appearance being on ABC Portland. Would you be interested in speaking with her?

Dr. Joanne Intrator’s highly anticipated memoir, “Summoned To Berlin” describes the challenges she faced and overcame during her decade-long search for restitution for 16 Wallstrasse, a major Berlin building that was stolen from her family by the Nazis.  Her story has been featured in international magazine articles and museum exhibits.

Joanne spent nine years confronting German bureaucrats, who buried her case at the bottom of the pile and told her that her family would “probably be dead” by the time she won.  She was also ordered to split the proceeds with a Nazi heiress, the daughter of the men who had stolen the building.  Joanne discovered that her building had been used to make Nazi flags -- and one million yellow stars – the same stars that were sewn onto her grandfather’s clothes.

Dr. Intrator was born and raised in New York City. As a psychiatrist for 30 years, she conducted groundbreaking research on brain imaging of psychopaths. The associated paper was published in the journal Biological Psychiatry and is frequently cited. The New Yorker magazine wrote about her research.  Joanne has stated that her expertise in psychopaths helped her to understand and confront the German bureaucrats, and ultimately gain restitution for her family's building.

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