Lori Saltis loves writing, traveling, and being a big geek. She was born in San Francisco. It is the city of her heart, her forever home. She finds endless inspiration while wandering its streets. Discovering the extraordinary in the ordinary world is the compelling force of her writing. An actor and a playwright, her shows have been produced at a variety of venues including the San Francisco Fringe Festival. As a freelance writer, her articles have appeared on various websites including USA Today. To find out more about the world of the Crossroads, check out her website loriwriter.com and subscribe to her newsletter Wandering Times http://eepurl.com/ch--E9. You can also find her on twitter
Dolores Stewart Riccio is an American author that writes cookbooks, poems, and novels in the mystery and thriller genres. Born in Boston and brought in New England most of the settings of her Circle of Five series of noels are set in Pembroke, Massachusetts where she grew up. She was married to Ottone Riccio an author, teacher, and poet best known for the Intimate Art of Writing Poetry. From that first marriage she had two children son, Charles Sundance Anderson and daughter Lucy-Marie Sanel both of whom deem themselves among the Penobscots of Maine. Dolores is Scotch-Irish though she held a traditional Penobscot funeral on Indian Island on Old Town, Maine for her son when she died in 2007. For her cookbooks, she has always preferred to use her married name Dolores Riccio as she credits her Native American husband who was insistent that she try many experimental dishes. Conversely, she uses her maiden name of Dolores Stewart when she is writing her poetry. Not one to abandon either of her heritage or past life she decided to use both of her names when she pivoted to the writing of fiction novels. She has recently moved back to Pinehills in Plymouth the small town that she had always adored growing up as a child in nearby Pembroke. She lives at the Avalon Apartments a pleasant and peaceful apartment complex in town, where
teacher of drama and English and went on to an M.A. in Theatre at the
At first, she hid behind a baseball cap and sat on a chair, something most play directors would forbid. But Justin Scarelli, 22, who founded Community Arts as a Stage for Teens (C.A.S.T.), knew how to draw out Starkweather’s confidence.
Pellegrini, Ann. “The Plays of Paula Vogel.” A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama. Ed. David Krasner. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. 473-84.
She is also the author of three other adult books, Eye Contact, The Art of Seeing, and Neighborhood Watch. Her most recent book is called A Step Toward Falling which is also a young adult novel much like Say What You Will. Cammie is one of the founders of a resource center for children and young adults with disabilities, it’s called Whole Children/Milestones. She currently lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her three sons, the oldest of them is 19 and has autism and a husband. Her son is one of her main reasons why she writes the stories that she does, because she feels like we never hear enough of their story as we
born and raised in the San Joaquin Valley in a small town called Porterville. My
...erty level. He always spoke and wrote of his mother being affectionate and caring at all times. Theodore Dreiser was born in Terre Haute and lived in Indiana until the age of eighteen. He was born into a family that was stricken with poverty and he had little hope of making it big in the real world. Dreiser did not have much of an education nor any experience in writing. Through hard work and dedication, he ended getting a job in Chicago for a newspaper and then moving to New York a few years later. In New York, Dreiser also got many jobs for magazines and newspapers. While living in the city, he wrote a majority of his famous works. Dreiser’s most famous works were Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy. In 1938, he moved to Los Angeles with his mistress, Helen Richardson. Dreiser continued on writing literary works until his death in 1945. Theodore Dreiser was a well-known novelist and a great man as well as a historic member of the Terre Haute area.
Bethany Hagen was born twenty-six years ago in Kansas City, Kansas. (Hagen Personal) Not only was she born in Kansas City but she also grew up there. (Hagen Landry cover) Hagen became a librarian and she loves being able to take a book off the shelf that looks like a good read whenever she feels like it. She has come across many story ideas in this manner. There is something magical about spending your time in a building with your favorite books,” Hagen responded during a personal interview. (Hagen Personal) At a young age, Mrs. Hagen was diagnosed with narcolepsy; she says this hinders her writing at times. An interesting activity that Hagen shared she enjoys is Kenpō. Kenpō is one of many forms of martial arts. Hagen stated that she had a black belt in this sport. (Hagen Personal)
My first interview was with Barbarella Fokos, who considers herself a “Jill of all trades.” She is an author, columnist, and producer, among many other titles that she holds. Her most current title is as a producer for The Artist Odyssey. The Artist Odyssey is a documentary network, which supports art and art education by interviewing and presenting up-and-coming artists. Barbarella moved her career forward by taking on multiple projects, such as writing for the San Diego Reader to producing a local art television show, to working at the major network that is NBC. She talked about both the pros and cons of taking on a career in the media; her pros, including the ability to create content that is meaningful to her and having a great amount of control over the direction her career is moving, which many others are not so lucky to have.
Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1984 in Omaha, Nebraska. Nebraska, although not usually associated with a vast population, has the sixteenth largest population of all states. Omaha is actually is the largest city in Nebraska. Nicholas Sparks was the middle child of Patrick and Jill Sparks. He has an older brother and a younger sister. Until the age of nine, Nicholas Sparks’ father was a student which meant that the family spent the majority of their time moving from place to place with very little money. “I grew up on powdered milk and potatoes, though to be honest, I never noticed how poor we really were until I was old enough to take an honest appraisal of things,” he recalls (“Biography.com” 1). Even as a child, Sparks never really ...
Sherry Wininger is a wonderful woman and I'm not only saying because she is my mom, To give an idea of what she looks like she has short, to shoulder length brown hair with blond highlights. Big Brown eyes,has glasses and contacts, she's about 5’8, and is in great shape, very built, and i'm proud to be her daughter, with that said Sherry likes to lift weights and run, and her kids got her in the show vampires diaries on Netflix so now she really likes to watch Netflix. She also likes positive people and I think everyone does because who would want to hang out with someone who is always negative and down. Adding on to that she also does not like coffee, which runs in the family because no one else in the family drinks it and she does not like cleaning! Sherry has a pretty good size family, she has four amazing kids. Three boys, Tyler, Ryan, and Kyle,
Dorothy Hodgkin, also known as Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin and born as Dorothy Mary Hodgkin was a British Biochemist. She was born on May 12, 1910, and died July 29, 1994. (84 years old) Dorothy was born on May 12, 1910, in Cairo, Egypt to her father, John Winter Crowfoot and her mother Grace Mary Crowfoot. Her parents were both archaeologists which were safe to assume inspired her to what she became. Of the four children that Dorothy’s parents had, Dorothy was the oldest of the bunch. While Dorothy lived in Egypt, she resided in an area that was run by the English Parliament. Every so often, she would go to England to visit for a few months a year for her grandparents. World War I began and Dorothy was stuck in England. As a result
During, my visit at your facility I had such a great experience and one in particular with Nurse Dianne Cooper. I'm a returning patient to the Piedmont Physician's office and I left a few years ago due to the awful customer service at your other location. Dianne, was not only professional but kind and informative. She was very attentive , patient and just exemplified what someone in the healthcare profession should. I was so impressed with her I asked the front office if there was anyway to leave a patient review for outstanding service.
She is a South African novelist and short story writer, who wrote about many of the issues there, such as the clash of races. In her short stories, she explores human behavior and unjust authority which was forced not only upon the native Africans, but also upon the people from the Middle East and the Chinese. She is a founding member of the Congress of South African Writers and won the Nobel prize for literature in 1991 (notice that is the same year the racist laws of South Africa were changed). She writes devotedly about South Africa and even ...
writer and script writer. One of his kind, his works represent the true face of the society to the