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The Readers’ Writers: Educator, author and professor Siegfried Engelmann

“Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” is the current No. 2 bestselling nonfiction book on Amazon.com. The book was published in 1986. No. That’s not a typo. 1986. My immediate question was...

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The Readers’ Writers: NYT and USA Today bestselling author Rosalind Noonan

Rosalind Noonan has a firm foothold on becoming one of the finest authors of family drama and suspense. One of five children raised in an Irish family, she has traveled Europe and worked as a senior...

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The Readers’ Writers: NYT bestselling author Jennifer Estep

Jennifer Estep holds a bachelor’s degree in English and journalism and a master’s in professional communications. Southern-born and raised, Jennifer admits to a love of food and a preference for honey...

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The Readers’ Writers: Paranormal romance author Lexi George

I don’t have a list of favorite romance authors. But if I did, Lexi George would join Victoria Alexander in my top five.An appellate attorney by trade, Lexi grew up in an Alabama rural community where...

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The Readers’ Writers: Romance author and NASCAR commentator S.D. Grady

On the one hand, S.D. Grady writes the “Sitting In The Stands: A Fan’s View” column for Frontstretch.com, an e-zine dedicated to NASCAR fans. Her other persona pens some very interesting romance...

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The Readers’ Writers: Authors Sandra Stixrude and Angel Martinez

We’re introducing one author writing under two names in the genres of science fiction and paranormal. Sandra Stixrude pens stories that can be read by the entire family. Angel Martinez, well, let’s...

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The Readers’ Writers: NYT bestselling author Helen Brown

Helen Brown became an international bestselling author with her memoir “Cleo: The Cat Who Mended a Family.” Technically “Cats and Daughters” is the sequel, or follow-up, to that acclaimed book. But as...

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The Readers’ Writers: Nonfiction author Robert K. Tanenbaum

Robert Tanenbaum’s legal career as a prosecutor mirrors the best, and the worst, of this country. Brooklyn native Tanenbaum became the homicide bureau chief for the New York district attorney’s office,...

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The Readers’ Writers: YA author Scott Blagden

Scott Blagden worked in real estate after being shown the exit door when a college prank found the wrong audience – apparently humor wasn’t in the offering that semester. Today, he lives on Cape Cod,...

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Book Notes: ‘The Names of Our Tears’

“The Names of Our Tears: An Amish-Country Mystery,” by P.L. Gaus. A Plume Book, New York, 2013. 240 pages. Paperback. $15.Sometimes setting trumps plot. P.L. Gaus’ newest Amish mystery, “The Names of...

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Book Notes: ‘At the Dying of the Year,’ by Chris Nickson

“At the Dying of the Year: A Richard Nottingham Mystery,” by Chris Nickson. Crème de la Crime; Sutton, Surrey, England, 2013.I like an author who dedicates his book to his cat: “For August, the best...

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The Readers’ Writers: Award-winning romance author Vicki Batman

Texas-born Vicki Batman has worked as a lifeguard, ride attendant at an amusement park, in a hardware store, department store, book store, antique store clerk, as an administrative assistant in an...

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Book review: ‘The Kid Who Missed the Bus’

Matt McCoy, a former pro hockey player and first-time author, has packaged his experiences into the funny and sometimes uncomfortable autobiographical novel “The Kid Who Missed the Bus” ($13.95, 226...

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Book Notes: J.K. Rowling goes undercover

“The Cuckoo’s Calling,” by Robert Galbraith, aka J.K. Rowling. Mulholland Books/Little Brown and Company, New York. 464 pages, $26.J.K. Rowling keeps us guessing, not just about who wrote “The Cuckoo’s...

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Book Notes: ‘Handling the Truth’

“Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir,” by Beth Kephart. Gotham Books/Penguin Group, New York, 2013. 254 pages. $16.“Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir” by National Book Award...

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The Readers’ Writers: Literary author Lorrie Thomson

When Lorrie Thomson began writing her debut novel “Equilibrium,” she never imagined how drastically her perspective would change before the story’s conclusion.“Equilibrium” is about a family coping...

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Review: Two new Bruce Springsteen books offer all sides

By Peter ChiancaApparently everybody has something to say about Bruce Springsteen. There’s been a virtual deluge of books about the rock legend hitting the market, and recent weeks have seen the...

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The Readers’ Writers: Author Alison ‘Ellie’ Heller

Alison “Ellie” Heller is the acquisitions editor for an e-publisher, dedicated blogger and single mom who also writes paranormal and fantasy romance novels.Her latest book, “A Matter of Fate,” follows...

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The Readers’ Writers: Award-winning romance author Vicki Batman

Texas-born Vicki Batman has worked as a lifeguard, ride attendant at an amusement park, in a hardware store, department store, book store, antique store clerk, as an administrative assistant in an...

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Book review: ‘The Kid Who Missed the Bus’

Matt McCoy, a former pro hockey player and first-time author, has packaged his experiences into the funny and sometimes uncomfortable autobiographical novel “The Kid Who Missed the Bus” ($13.95, 226...

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