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Carol Shaughnessy, a writer since the age of 14, has completed her first book 'Sanctuary - The Learning,' a gripping and potent fast paced adventure that takes the reader to another perception of existence and leaves them thirsty for more.

Following an intense bidding war for the manuscript from the former New York Times Book Review contributor, Hallberg's is set to be published, though no date has been announced.

A mix of time travel and steam punk, this new book begins in a dystopian world where humans are almost totally incapable of procreation, one woman's story keeps hope alive.

Jerris was inspired to write the series after seeing a drawing by illustrator, Oliver Batin.

John Grisham's A TIME TO KILL sequel SYCAMORE ROW climbed to the top of the New York Times' fiction list for the week ending Nov.

Denver, Colorado is about to go full swing into its tourist season when body parts begin to surface in a residential neighborhood.

In a society where answers are only a click away, young people aren't often encouraged to rely on their own knowledge, judgment and intuition, which could be detrimental to their overall growth.

Peter: The Untold True Story promises to shed new light on the origins of the classic fairy tale of Peter Pan.

Stephanie Frugis - an actor, singer, and writer - has completed her first book "Brave Love," a gripping and potent journey through the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of life and love.

At Oprah's home in Hawaii, best-selling author and poet Mark Nepo opens up about how battling cancer led to a profound spiritual awakening.

Alicia Gonzalez, founder of 24/7 Modern Mom has added celebrity Chef Barret Beyer as a contributor to her website, http://www.

Eisner Award-winning artist Rob Guillory will create the eighth in a series of exclusive Wizard World variant covers of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #1 comic, provided for free to all full-price attendees at Wizard World Austin Comic Con, November 22-24 at the Austin Convention Center.

Co-authors Susan Sloate (of Mount Pleasant, SC) and Kevin Finn (of East Windsor, NJ), contend intelligence agents involved with anti-Castro Cuban groups set up a network to steal weapons from military bases and transport them to a CIA station in Miami, where they would eventually be used to invade C

While Al Capone and Chicago may have been the face of bootlegging during the depression, the feuds over the alcohol trade reached significantly farther south, all the way into the mountains.

Peter Pan's legend is well-known, but a new historical novel by author Christopher Mechling promises a fresh, new historical perspective on the story.

Emma Verbeck, the shy sister in the Verbeck family, struggles to be seen as a woman and doctor, not the timid child everyone in her hometown remembers.

Christmas is coming to Denver, Colorado, but it isn't only snow that's falling.

Lacey Reah has announced the recent release of her novel "Enlightened Ones.

Black Bond Books and Vivalogue Publishing are pleased to announce Raindance: A Festival for Indie Authors.

Staying calm as a parent is difficult even under the best circumstances, and many new parents today struggle with information overload, conflicting advice from experts, and lack of social support.

Back in the 1990s Robert Stanek started writing a series of books about loveable critters who lived in a place called Bugville.

'Breath of Fire,' published by Reagent Press, is the first book in the Dragons of the Hundred Worlds.

In WHEN THE HUMOR IS GONE (Archway Publishing, $30.

Michael Stephen Palmer, M.

After years of living under the church pews, Amos has learned a few things.