An Evening of Author Speed Dating: 12 Authors...7 Minutes Each...No Mercy!

Tue Nov 19 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-05:00

Brimstone Restaurant & Tavern | Alpharetta

A NOVEL IDEA Author Showcase
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An Evening of Author Speed Dating: 12 Authors...7 Minutes Each...No Mercy!
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Join 12 local authors in an author speed dating event. Each author gets 7 minutes to promote their book. Exceed the time-get the hook :)
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS


Sherry Ellis:

Sherry Ellis is an award-winning author and professional musician who plays and teaches the violin, viola and piano. Her books include Bubba and Squirt's Big Dig to China; Bubba and Squirt's Mayan Adventure; Bubba and Squirt's City of Bones; Bubba and Squirt's Shield of Athena; Bubba and Squirt's The Legend of the Lost Pearls; Don't Feed the Elephant; Ten Zany Birds; That Baby Woke Me Up, AGAIN; and That Mama is a Grouch.

I'll talk about Bubba and Squirt's Big Dig to China and play the Chinese Erhu (Chinese violin).

Anne Armistead:

Book Name: A Tryst in Paris, A Carousel Time Traveler Romance

Two Sentence Introduction:

Award-winning author and Georgia native Anne Armistead writes second-chance romance in multiple sub genres including paranormal, historical, contemporary and time travel fantasy.

Her fascination with carousels, Paris and vintage anything – especially movies – inspired her to write her carousel time travel romance, A Tryst in Paris, which has been recognized by Killer Nashville as a 2024 Top Twenty Pick, the Georgia Romance Writers as a Maggie Award finalist, the Romance Writers of America as a Romance Through the Ages finalist, a Georgia Author of the Year romance finalist, and won the 2024 Georgia Independent Author of the Year in the historical category.

Sharon Marchisello:

Sharon Marchisello is the author of the DeeLo Myer cozy mystery series from Level Best Books about a woman who does animal rescue, including her latest title, Trap, Neuter, Die. She has also published two mysteries with Sunbury Press, Going Home (2014) and Secrets of the Galapagos (2019), with a sequel, M**der at Leisure Dreams – Galapagos, coming out in 2025.

Linda McNay:

I will be present along with my co-authors.

Linda Wise McNay, PhD, Dave Paule, Ailena Parramore

Fundraising for All

Nearly everyone has a beloved nonprofit and every nonprofit needs to raise money.

This book is for you and your staff and board and fellow volunteers so you can maximize resources for your favorite deserving charity.

Kathy L Mansfield:

Latest book: Candace McFly, Undercover Spy, Case No. 2 The Phantom of Live Oak

Intro: Kathy L Mansfield is a veteran teacher-turned-writer who dreams of retiring this minute so she could write full-time. She is a children's author of a humorous mystery chapter book series called Candace McFly, Undercover Spy, and is currently working on her third installment.

Tracey Lampley:

All Money Ain't Good Money

Tracey Lampley is also the author of the novellas Kept and Kept: Book 2. A native of Hamilton, Ohio, Tracey holds a master of arts in publishing from Pace University, a master of arts in creative writing from Southern New Hampshire University and a BA in English/technical & scientific communication from Miami University. She lives in northern Georgia.

Jinx Curry is a private detective in over her head with her first case--finding the missing granddaughter of a congressman. But the trouble she encounters makes her believe all money ain't good money.

Audrey Nkemdilim Osudoh:

How to Heartbreak: Lessons for Healing and Growth to Transform your Dating Life

With How to Heartbreak, Nigerian author Audrey Nkemdilim Osudoh urges you to kick start your healing journey and grow in your dating life. The book features nine lessons on topics from overcoming the fear of failure to letting go of a toxic relationship, emotional stories of lived experiences, and help from the experts in all things love an heartbreak.

Steve Todd:

Goin' back to Californ-I-A: Chronicle One--Hells Angels

Steve Todd served a church mission for two years in sunny Southern California when he was a teenager. This memoir is all about his exciting adventures serving the great people in San Bernardino. So, fasten your helmet as you ride your mountain bike through the streets and deserts of California!

Jon H. Costales:

My book titles are: 1 – Visions of Redemption; 2- Visions of Deception

Jon Costales is a retired systems analyst who is the author of the trilogy The Adventures of Bove Sandle. Book one, Visions of Redemption, and book two, Visions of Deception, are published and book three, Visions of Revenge will be published by the end 2024.

Julane Fisher:

The Text, Sour Lemon & Sweet Tea, and Sour Lemon Strikes Out.

Julane Fisher is the author of The Text, a young adult dystopian thriller which explores a near future where technology not only governs citizens, it controls them. Julane is a requested school speaker, presenting her middle grade novels, Sour Lemon & Sweet Tea and Sour Lemon Strikes Out, to over 16,000 students throughout the southeast.

Agitu Wodajo:

A Purposeful Life

A Purposeful life is a captivating memoir detailing author Agitu Wodajo’s life and extraordinary accomplishments from her upbringing in Ethiopia during the 1960s to her immigration to the United States along with her children, her commitment to the empowerment of women in both Ethiopia and the United States, and travelling the world. Inspiring and uplifting, her story provides a bridge between the developing and developed worlds toward addressing our shared responsibility toward making the world a better place. The NGOs she founded in both Ethiopia and the United States helped underprivileged women with services that build self-sufficiency and policy-change advocacy that lift barriers.

Michael K. Brown:

People Among Us

People Among Us is a collection of 16 short stories that explore what William Faulkner described as “the human heart in conflict with itself.” And somewhere inside each story is the struggle within the heart of some people among us.


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