Miriam D. Dufer

My Favorite Actors/Actresses

Charity and Volunteer

Writers

Lisa Jackson

www.lisajackson.com/

Lisa Jackson, the veteran author nationally known for her more than fifteen bestsellers, including the number one New York Times Best Seller, FATAL BURN, is a bit surprised at her own reaction to her latest novel, CHOSEN TO DIE.

Posted at 6:17pm on Mon, Sep 08 2008

Stephen King

www.stephenking.com

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 to Startling Mystery Stories. In the fall of 1973, he began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. He has since published over 40 books and has become one of the world's most successful writers. Stephen lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities.

Posted at 2:40pm on Sun, Nov 02 2008

Kathleen McGowan

www.theexpectedone.com/

Kathleen McGowan has spent twenty years researching the legends surrounding the Gospel of Mary Magdalene on four continents.

Posted at 5:29pm on Thu, Oct 30 2008

Stephenie Meyer

www.stepheniemeyer.com/

Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in English. She lives with her husband and three young sons in Phoenix, Arizona. After the publication of her first novel, Twilight, booksellers chose Stephenie Meyer as one of the "most promising new authors of 2005" (Publishers Weekly).

Posted at 5:27pm on Thu, Oct 30 2008

Anne Rice

www.annerice.com

One of America's most read and celebrated authors, Anne Rice is known for weaving the visible and supernatural worlds together in epic stories that both entertain and challenge readers.

Posted at 2:40pm on Sun, Nov 02 2008

Karen Tintori

www.karentintori.com

Karen Tintori knew she'd be a writer from age twelve. As a child, she walked ten blocks to the public library, checked out as many books as she could carry between her interlocked fingers and her chin, read them quickly and returned for another stack. Before she was thirteen, she'd read the entire children's section and bristled when the librarians would not permit her to borrow books from the adult section until she was of age. Patience was a lesson she'd begin to learn early--the librarians invited her, instead, to re-read the children's section.

Posted at 5:08pm on Mon, Sep 08 2008

Jodi Picoult

www.jodipicoult.com/

Jodi Picoult, 43,is the bestselling author of seventeen novels: Songs of the Humpback Whale (1992), Harvesting the Heart (1994), Picture Perfect (1995), Mercy (1996), The Pact (1998), Keeping Faith (1999), Plain Truth (2000), Salem Falls (2001), Perfect Match (2002), Second Glance (2003), My Sister's Keeper(2004), Vanishing Acts (2005), The Tenth Circle (2006) Nineteen Minutes (2007), Change of Heart (2008), Handle With Care (2009)

Posted at 2:40am on Fri, Sep 25 2009

Richelle Mead

www.richellemead.com/

Scorpio Richelle Mead is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy books for both adults and teens. Originally from Michigan, Richelle now lives in Seattle, Washington where she works on her three series full-time. Before becoming a writer, she considered a few different career paths. She received a liberal arts degree from the University of Michigan, an MA in Comparative Religion from Western Michigan University, and a Master in Teaching (Middle & High School English) degree from the University of Washington. In the end, she decided writing was the way for her but believes all of her education prepared her for it.

Posted at 2:41am on Fri, Sep 25 2009

Lily Prior

www.lilyprior.com/

CABARET "...with her characteristic black humor, vivid, sensual imagery, and quirky insights, Lily Prior evokes, in light, brilliant strokes, the bustling streets of Rome...that will have you turning pages and laughing out loud to the end." LA CUCINA, NECTAR & ARDOR Lily's novels are published in many countries including France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Greece, Israel, Finland and the Netherlands. Her books have been translated into over 30 languages.

Posted at 2:42am on Fri, Sep 25 2009

Toi Derricotte

www.toiderricotte.com/

Toi Derricotte was born in Hamtramck, Michigan, in 1941. Her books of poetry are Tender (1997), winner of the 1998 Paterson Poetry Prize; Captivity (1989); Natural Birth (1983); and The Empress of the Death House (1978). Her The Black Notebooks, a literary memoir (W.W. Norton, 1997), won the 1998 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Non-Fiction and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her essay, "Beginning Dialogues," is included in The Best American Essays 2006, edited by Lauren Slater. Of her poems, Audre Lourde wrote, "Because the power of her images breeds visions which are neither easy nor inescapable, Toi Dericotte moves us...The pain does not exceed the power."

Posted at 10:51pm on Fri, Mar 05 2010