Mary A. Berger
Dorothy Conlon
Danger follows MPD's Assistant Chief of Police, Bill Corcoran, FBI agent Maggie Williams, and their secret task force, as they risk their lives to unravel an intricate web of crime and corruption in Miami's Police Department.
The Mariel Boat lifts in the mid 80's brought with them a huge influx of criminal refugees released by Castro from the Cuban jails. Many of these criminals found employment in Miami's Police Department. The Department soon became the target of a massive FBI investigation.
River Squad is based on these troubled years in the mid 80's when Miami's Police Department was infested with vice and corruption.
Mary A. Berger is a native of Michigan where she earned her arts degree. Mary is an author whose writing has appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, Lady's Circle, and Today's Family, as well as in various small press publications and her local newspaper, the Times News.
She currently occupies her time with the Friends of Henderson County Public Library, The Michigan Club, her homeowners association, her pottery, and her church. Married 52 years, Mary has two daughters, four grandchildren, and two "greats."
Fans of Mattie can follow her exploits on her blog at:
mattiesmysteries.blogspot.com.
Dorothy Conlon is an octogenarian globe-trotter who, often traveling alone, explores destinations that are well off the beaten track. She is the author of At Home in the World: Memoirs of a Traveling Woman.
Check out her website at: http://www.dorothyconlon.com
E. P. Ned Burke worked in the publishing field for over 30 years and is currently the president of E. P. Burke Publishing and serves as editor of Yesterday's Magazette and Writer's Magazette.
He is also the owner of many other Magazettes that are listed at http://magazettes.com
He is the author of the Amos Grant mystery series, The Dead Ringer of Taterville, Dead Man's Hand and Naked Lies. He has also published 1959-In Search of Eldorado, The Hero of Barryton, How To Be An Online Magazine Publisher, Hey! You Wanna Be A Writer? and other titles.
You can view his website at http://epburke.com
Diane E. Robertson has been writing professionally since 1991, and published 100+ stories and articles for children and adults. In 2005, she became Associate Editor and writer for the Venice Gulf Coast Living Magazine. Since 2006, she has taught creative writing classes at local colleges and senior centers in SW Florida. Recently, she published ADVENTURES IN WRITING. She also edits and ghostwrites for private clients, speaks to writers' groups, and presents workshops. Visit www.freelancewritingbydiane.com for further information.
Madonna Dries Christensen considered it the luck o' the Irish when she stumbled upon her Jones and McLaughlin cousins' unique story during genealogy research. After publishing an article about this family in the Tampa Tribune, she received an offer from an independent filmmaker who wanted to collaborate with her on a screenplay of the story.
While flattered, she felt uneasy about giving rights to someone who might have a different vision of the story, and who might take years to complete the project (if ever). She declined the contract and wrote Swinging Sisters, the musical journey of the Texas Rangerettes, a Depression era all-girl band.
Her second book, Masquerade: The Swindler Who Conned J. Edgar Hoover, is also based on a true story, but not of a family member. It's how one Hungarian immigrant's genius for masquerade extended to impersonating noted people in order to prey on industrialists and celebrities. Even J. Edgar Hoover got conned!
Her latest books, Toys Remembered and Dolls Remembered, are now on sale.
Carrillee Collins Burke has won numerous writing contests and her byline has appeared in many magazines. Her story, Country Girl, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and was the basis for her book of prose and poetry.
She is the author of Country Girl and Windows To My Heart.
Country Girl is an eclectic selection from her collection of over one hundred award-winning stories, essays, and poems. Stories range from nostalgia, to humor, to amateur sleuth mysteries. Some have won multi-awards; most have been published in national magazines and local newspapers.
Windows To My Heart is a sampling from her vast poetry collection.
Steve Jackson - For more than twenty-five years Steven H. Jackson has worked as a management and technology consultant assisting organizations of all sizes with the evaluation and assimilation of new technology and the outsourcing of non-core competencies. As an internationally recognized expert in several areas of high technology and their marketplaces, Mr. Jackson has provided business leaders with the insight necessary to acquire and integrate complementary technology and its supporting organization. He has also assisted Fortunate 100 companies in the analysis of emerging technologies helping them to make strategic decisions.
He continues to advise industry in both a consulting capacity and as an authority on strategic growth through acquisition, divestiture and outsourcing both domestically and abroad.
Mr. Jackson lives with his wife in Sarasota where he is currently working on his next Thomas Briggs novel.
James A. Forrest is a mystery writer fresh onto the scene with his first novel, Eye of the Storm. He is a Florida native and avid fisherman who mixes the Sunshine State, screaming drags, and dead bodies into his writing.
"In EYE OF THE STORM James A. Forrest proves he has a passion for Florida, and has an understanding of this crazy state's quirks. This is a writer to watch." - Randy Wayne White
"James Forrest's EYE OF THE STORM is a damed fine read from a new and certainly upcoming Florida writer." - David Hagberg
After reading numerous People’s History renditions, Adam decided to derive a comprehensive, revisionist history of where he was born and raised. People’s History is based on largely ignored primary sources and narratives to weave together a picture of how common people experienced and influenced history, rather than leaders or governments.
Wasserman began applying this revolutionary concept of history to his home state of Florida, completing and self-releasing A People’s History of Florida 1513-1876: How Africans, Seminoles, Women, and Lower Class Whites Shaped the Sunshine State. A People’s History of Florida continues the People’s History “approach,” formatting “history from below” through mostly ignored primary sources and narratives. While focusing primarily on revisionist history, social issues, and contemporary politics, Wasserman’s planned catalogue could be called nothing but diverse. You can view his web site at: http://adamwasserman.org
He is currently in the process of finishing up a promotional book, Two Sides to the Coin: A History of Gold, for reputable financial planning firm Phillip Roy Financial Services. Two Sides to the Coin tells the social and economic history of gold, along with its importance and implications for investors in the current economic recession. He has several works set for the future, including A People’s History of Florida 1877 to the Present, Fighting Modern Day Slavery: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, and a narrative memoir of a Holocaust survivor.