Author Renee Hand announces the upcoming release of her newest book, Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill. Ms. Hand will be appearing at Read in the Park on March 21 at Berkley High School and will be visiting schools in the Grand Rapids, Flint, Saginaw, Lansing and Detroit areas of Michigan
Award winning author Renee Hand, author of the Crypto-Capers Series of children’s books announced today the upcoming release of her new book, Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill. She will be appearing at Read in the Park on March 21, 2010 at Berkley High School, and will be visiting schools in the Grand Rapids, Flint, Saginaw, Lansing and Detroit areas of Michigan. School visits will include Hemlock Elementary, State Road Fenton Elementary, Spring Lakes Elementary, Hyatt Elementary, Central Elementary, Linden Elementary, Mount Hope Elementary and Macomb School District.
Ms. Hand’s award winning children’s books are designed to maximize reading comprehension through engaging, interactive games. The Crypto-Capers series, as well as the Joe-Joe Nut series challenge and engage children through involving them in literacy games, leading to improved comprehension and exceptional learning.
“Writing children's books,” stated Ms. Hand, “gives me a chance to be creative and yet at the same time allows me to educate and challenge children to their fullest potential. The Crypto-Caper and Joe-Joe Nut Series involves the reader into the stories in a way that makes them feel a part of it all as they figure out who commits the crime. The reader will learn about deduction and reasoning, but also about themselves and what they can do. These books show characters with strength and courage, compassion and determination, and children of all ages can relate to that.”
Renee Hand will be appearing at Read in the Park for the Berkley School District at Berkley High School in the Collaborative Center on March 21 from 1pm to 4 pm. The Collaborative Center is located at 2325 Catalpa Drive in Berkley Michigan near Detroit and Ann Arbor. Her upcoming school visit schedule includes:
Macomb School District - Clinton Township - March 17, 2010
Hyatt Elementary - Linden MI - March 18, 2010
Central Elementary - Linden MI - March 24, 2010
Linden Elementary - Linden MI - March 26, 2010
Mount Hope Elementary - East Lansing MI - March 29, 2010
Spring Lake Elementary - Grand Rapids MI - March 31, 2010
Barnes and Noble - Lansing MI - May 31, 2010 6-8 pm
Renee Hand is available for media interviews and school visits. She can be reached using the information below or by email at TheCryptoCapersSeries@gmail.com. More information on the Crypto-Caper series and the Joe-Joe Nut series is available at Ms. Hand’s website at www.ReneeAHand.com. All of Ms. Hand’s books are available at any bookstore or from her website.
Profile:
Renee Hand is an award-winning author and educator, She has been writing for over twenty years and has been a published author for five years with five works published. She writes for various chronicles and newsletters, as well as writing reviews for authors of children´s books.
Ms. Hand’s awards include a Best 2006 Fantasy Romance award for Magic Hearts. Her second romance novel, Seduction of the Lonely Heart won a National Literary Award for Best Romance of 2007. The first book in her children's series, The Crypto-Capers in The Case of the Missing Sock, won a preferred choice award for 2009 by Creative Child Magazine.
Ms Hand has appeared in over 40 newspapers and blogs. She has been interviewed on ABC channel 12 and on various radio stations including Blog Talk Radio and The Children's Author Show. She has participated in over 100 events, which include book signings, libraries, book stores, charities, schools and festivals all over the United States. She is a member of the SCBWI (Society of Children´s Book Writers and Illustrators).
Contact:
Renee Hand
Web: www.ReneeAHand.com
Email: TheCryptoCapersSeries@gmail.com
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Award Winning Author Renee Hand Announces New Book Release And School Visit Schedule In The Detroit Michigan Area
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Brunswick County Author Mark Gordon Smith Releases First Fiction Novel, Harrisville
Highly successful author of the Private Italy trilogy releases novel for readers of fiction
Mark Gordon Smith, author of the Private Italy trilogy, announced today the release of his first fiction novel, Harrisville. In this new novel, he continues the tradition of passionate and lyrical writing first revealed in the Italian trilogy, this time creating a work of fiction that is suspenseful, haunting and is filled with unexpected twists.
“The town of Harrisville has always been a part of me,” said Mr. Smith. “I lived in that town when I was a child, and the most critical event in the novel is based upon an event that occurred while our family was living there. Small town and rural life has always captivated me,” Smith explained, “particularly as it was portrayed in novels written in nineteenth century England. Harrisville pays homage to George Eliot’s Middlemarch. The main character of my novel is based upon Dorothea Brooke who is the key character in Eliot’s novel. I found that Dorothea’s strength, her drive and her life were deeply absorbing. Mary, who is the lead character in my novel, is a reflection of Eliot’s character.”
Mark Gordon Smith spent his childhood and early adult years moving around the globe: Italy, Washington, DC, Salt Lake City, Hawaii and Colorado. It was during summer vacations that his family would return to Harrisville and Mio, Michigan to visit his grandparents. Those experiences provided the core inspiration for writing his first fiction novel, Harrisville.
Mr. Smith attended the United States Military Academy. Throughout those years, he continued to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. After graduating from West Point, he completed a five-year obligation and then worked in several multi-national companies, primarily in sales and human resources. He left corporate work in early 2001.
In the summer of that same year, he moved to Florence Italy and wrote the first volume of his Italian Trilogy, Tuscany Echoes, A Season In Italy. It was after his return from Italy that he began to work on Harrisville. In the midst of his work on the fiction novel, he wrote and released the second volume of his trilogy, Tuscan Light, Memories of Italy.
"Most of my work in the past has been non-fiction,” stated Mr. Smith, “yet I have been working on Harrisville for many years. I was motivated, right from the first word of the novel, to share my fascination with small town life through a story filled with challenges, hope and redemption. The narrative takes place in the town of Harrisville, Michigan, located along the northeastern shore of Lake Huron.”
“Ultimately,” Smith concluded, “the novel was written to share with readers the parallels in all of our lives, whether we live in small town America or a small town in England. I hope, of course, that people will read and enjoy the novel; I also hope that readers will be further motivated to explore nineteenth century English classics as well.”
Harrisville is available at the author’s website and from Amazon.com. Mr. Smith is available for interview and can be contacted using the information below.
Harrisville
Mark Gordon Smith
ISBN: 978-0-9740983-8-8
Contact:
Mark Gordon Smith
Private Italy
Phone: 910-575-6735
Web: www.private-italy.com
Email: AlmarBooks@hotmail.com
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