Pat Perry was born in Germany and moved to the United States as a child. She holds a degree in biology from Southern Connecticut University. Ms. Perry works as a seafood inspector for the federal government and volunteers at local animal shelters. Her debut novel, Quest for the Source of Darkness was a finalist for the 2007 Allbooks Reviewer's Choice Award. Quest for the Source of Darkness, The Fortress of Darkness and the final installment to the Quest trilogy, The Edge of Darkness: The Final Battle have all received rave reviews. Ms. Perry is one of the co-founders of Authors Without Borders and co-host of Authors Without Borders Presents on cable t.v. 95 out of New Bedford, Ma. Ms. Perry has been interviewed by several radio and television programs.
Her latest novel, Old Gooseberry's Dilemma, is a purely fictional quirky comedy set in the southeastern Massachusetts area.
Ms. Perry has traveled extensively throughout her life. She has journeyed to Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Canada, the Canary Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas and up and down the east coast of the United States. She would like to visit the Grand Canyon and Vegas.
www.questforthesourceofdarkness.com
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| BIO: Willie Wideman-Pleasants: Author, Poet, Producer, and Cable show host.
Her books are compilations of short stories and poetry. Each book is comprised of educational, entertaining, uplifting, and thought-provoking short stories and poems. Her main goal is to encourage reading and inspire with her spoken word.
She is the producer and host of her own Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN) cable television show called “Willie’s Web.” She interviews other authors and artist to share their journey.
As a volunteer Team Leader for a program called Jumpstart she inspires three and four year old children to help build crucial learning skills.
Books and other Publications:
1nd “Ain’t That The Truth,” April 4, 2007
2nd “Make Truth A Habit,” March 3, 2009
3rd Co-authored book with Authors Without Borders, called “Loose Ends,” 2010
Boston Seniority Magazine has published several of her short stories.
Gift of the Great Spirit has published one of her famous poem.
Speaking Engagements:
- Featured Poet for Cambridge City Hall’s Black History Month.
- Featured Poet for Dorchester Open Art Studio,
- Guest Poet for Martin Luther King’s celebration at the State House in Boston.
- Guest performance at The Boston Home
- Guest Speaker for Children Service of Roxbury Celebration.
Services: Facilitator for Six weeks of classes at Universal of Mass. teaching a class to seniors called, “Storytelling at Tea” and a three hour seminar for (beginners) poets, “Inspiring the Poet in you”.
Memberships:
- Willie is a co-founder of a professional published authors group (Authors Without Borders) www.awb6.com) offering services with speaking engagements, readings, panel discussions, book signing, and workshops at schools, bookstores, businesses, and libraries.
- New Bedford’s writing group that meets at Bakers Book Store.
- Stage Source member
- Color of Films, Inc
- The Friends for the Upham Corner Library.
- Madison Park Development Corporation
Media:
- She has been interviewed by CCTV Cambridge
- Touch 106.1 radio, Roxbury
- WBSN in Wareham, WBSN in Fairhaven, MA.
- Co-host another cable show with “Authors Without Borders Show.”
- She has done photo shoots and worked as an extra in major films like “Fever Pitch”, “The Proposal,” and “Here Comes the Boom.”
Discussion Panels with AWB:
- The group has presented discussion panels on “New Age Challenges in Writing and Publishing” at the Lakeville Library;
- Jamaicaway Books in Jamaica Plain, MA, “The Hook for the Book,” at the Lakeville Public Library,
- Bristol Plymouth Regional School in Taunton,
- The Art of Writing and the Business of Publishing, at the Dighton Library.
Contact:
Email: mailto:willieplace@earthlink.netWebsite: http://williepleasants.com
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Alberta H. Sequeira is a four-time award winning author of three memoirs; A Spiritual Renewal; A Journey to Medjugorje, (a reprint of A Healing Heart; A Spiritual Renewal (2006), Someone Stop This Merry-Go-Round; An Alcoholic Family in Crisis, and its sequel, Please God, Not Two; This Killer Called Alcoholism. She is also a co-author of Loose Ends by Authors Without Borders. She is in the process of working on The Rusty Years, her first fictional story.
Co-Host: Ms. Sequeira is a co-founder of Authors Without Borders and co-host of the NBTV-95 Cable TV show Authors Without Borders Presents out of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Speaker: Since the loss of her husband, Richard Lopes of North Dighton, Massachusetts and her daughter, Lori Cahill of North Dighton, she has become a speaker on The Effect of Alcoholism on the Whole Family. Alberta has spoken at halfway homes, alcoholic rehabilitation centers, and public locations. She also speaks on A Spiritual Change Within at the Magnificat, a Catholic Women's Ministry for the Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island Chapters, and Mother's of Ministry in Halifax, Massachusetts.
Book Awards: ReaderViews of Austin, Texas chose A Healing Heart; A Spiritual Renewal as a semi-finalist for the Reviewers Choice Award 2008. Her work has appeared in the Medjugorje USA Highlighter Newsletter (Trusting in God's Will - 2007, and What Do You Believe - 2008). Allbooks Review of Canada nominated her memoir Someone Stop This Merry-Go-Round for the 2009 Editors Choice Award. It was also nominated for the Dan Poynters Global eBook Award 2011. The sequel, Please, God, Not Two was nominated for the Editors Choice Award 2010 and appeared in the December 20, 2010 issue of Publishers Weekly.
Instructor: She is a Continuing Education instructor for a three hour Beginning Writers Workshop titled Bring Your Manuscript to Publication. She has been interviewed on numerous cable television and radio shows. A class on "The Effect of Alcoholism to abusers and family members is offered.
Anthology: Her first anthology appeared in October 2010 for The Unexpected Journey in the Speaker Anthology book published by Dr. Kent, Sally Shield, Kristin Arnold and Terry L. Brock. On October 11, 2010, her article Self-Publishing or Traditional Publishing was featured on Amy Edelman's website www.indiereader.com. On June 8, 2011, she wrote Abuse for Smythe Magazine. On December 2, 2011, her bio and first chapter of Someone Stop This Merry-Go-Round was printed in Taste and See, A Sampling of First Chapters by John 316 Marketing Network Authors [Kindle Edition].
Alberta lives in Rochester, Massachusetts with her husband Al. She never had a desire to write but is now glued to her computer. Her enjoyment comes from the sounds of laughter, socializing, and watching the deer and wild turkeys roam through her property. She enjoys planning events with Authors Without Borders and speaking to abusers and their family.
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Joyce Keller Walsh - Award-winning playwright and author of six books including the mystery/thriller trilogy, “The Pittsley County Chronicles” (Juckets, Swamp Yankees, and Bog Men) and an historical/psychological mystery, Winterkill. Her new mainstream novel, Strummin’ the Banjo Moon, is currently in press for early 2012 (Solstice Publishing), as is her new nonfiction investigation of a cold case murder, SLEUTH-blog (Whiskey Creek Press). She is a co-founder of Authors Without Borders and contributor to the collective volume of short stories by AWB entitled Loose Ends, as well as co-host of “Authors Without Borders Presents,” a monthly cable t.v. program currently airing in New Bedford, MA, interviewing regional authors.
Ms. Walsh’s plays have been produced in Boston and New York, and her awards include an Artist’s Grant in Playwriting from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for her full-length play, A Kazorkis Kind of Night; Best Original Script, American Regional Theatre Award (ARTA), for her full-length play, Gooseberry Tarts; and a Playwriting Fellowship from the Artists Foundation of Massachusetts for her full-length play, The Relations of Paul Le Jeune.
Ms. Walsh holds a Bachelor’s Degree from New York University in English and a Master’s Degree from Harvard University in Psychology. Formerly, she was the Administrator for Research Grants in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), then became Personnel Director at HSPH and, subsequently, held a similar position at a Boston consulting company (McBer & Co.). Ultimately, she became the Managing Editor of an international journal of cancer epidemiology (“Cancer Causes and Control”) at HSPH for eight years. Upon early retirement, Ms. Walsh free-lanced in professional research and editing at HSPH, and did medical editing for the Clinical Department of Epidemiology at the University of Aarhus (Denmark). She is co-editor of the volume, Mortality and Morbidity in the United States (Harvard Univ. Press), and co-author of “Health of the United States Population” in The Horizons of Health (Harvard Univ. Press), as well as “Health of Americans,” in Preventive and Community Medicine (Little, Brown & Co.). Her other nonfiction writing includes numerous magazine and newspaper articles.
Her presentations include AWB panel discussions in various venues (“Hook for the Book,” “New Age Challenges in Writing & Publishing,” “The Art of Writing—The Business of Publishing,”) as well as her own workshop, “The ABC’s of Writing.” Ms. Walsh has appeared on television and radio, and served on the boards of several theatre companies including Nemasket River Productions and the Herring Run ArtsFest (Middleborough, MA), on the Lakeville Arts Council, several environmental organizations, and as a judge for the P.R. Awards of the Massachusetts Library Association. She has membership in The Authors Guild, Sisters-in-Crime, and Mystery Writers of America.
While currently working on a filmscript of her first novel, Juckets, she is also researching material for a new full-length play, and contemplating the course of a new mystery that she has begun.
Joyce and her husband, John, live in Lakeville, MA, with their 15-year-old dog, Plymmie, who was rescued by John when the volcano erupted on the island of Montserrat. They feed the fifth generation of hawks who nest in their trees, host a rafter of wild turkeys homesteading on their property, and give sanctuary to any and all woodland creatures. Although she grew up in Secaucus, NJ (a part of the NYC megalopolis) and lived and worked in Boston for many years, she thinks of herself as “essentially a country mouse” who cherishes life away from the city.
Website: www.joycewalsh.com
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