CHILDRENS AUTHORS
CHARLOTTE KANDEL : Charlotte Kandel was born in England and educated in England and France, before moving to New York to work publicity on Broadway. This was followed by seven years at the prestigious Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis running their publicity department and then fifteen years as Vice President of Worldwide Publicity for Warner Bros. Pictures in Los Angeles. After this most successful and prestigious career in publicity, Charlotte is now fulfilling her dream of becoming a children s book writer. The Scarlet Stockings, for young adult readers was published by Dutton in January 2008 and has already received 5-star acclaim on Amazon.com. Now available as an e-book. The Summer Girl, a young adult story of love and suspense about a young public relations intern in Hollywood is available as an Apple and Google App.
JOEL METLEN : Joel Metlen has a passion for storytelling. A year after graduating from NYU where he received a BFA in Film, he won NYU’s Richard Vague/Chris Columbus Production Fund for a script he wrote, entitled Rain in the Mountains. The resulting feature film, produced and directed by Joel, won a number of awards, including the Best Feature awards at the Tacoma Film Festival and the Mammoth Mountain Film Festival. He also works as a freelance travel photographer and his photos are on permanent display in the historic Arsenal building in Central Park. Most recently, he was named one of the winners of the Frommer’s Day by Day Favorite Travel Moments Photo Contest. The Lokwik, is the first in a fascinating middle grade fantasy series about a young girl who must save her father from the dangerous Mahtantu, terrifying creatures from the world of The Lokwik who have been hiding in Central Park for over a century.
GAIL KASPER : Professional keynote and motivational speaker, trainer and television personality, Gail Kaspar has been chosen as an outstanding woman of 2008 based on her accomplishments and contributions to society by the ABI International Board of Review. The Apollo and Winslow series will include 10 books which follow the adventures of two adopted Basset Hounds suitable for children ages three through six who will fall in love with this cute and adorable doggie duo, and at the same time learn important lessons from them, such as sharing and obedience. Gail Kasper’s love and dedication to helping adopted animals comes across strongly in these stories. She is the founder of Pawtograph, a foundation that focuses on issues affecting animal rescue and welfare.
VINCENT BORGERDING : A Whopping Good Tale of Swappington: Jill Hill and the Spyders Web follows twelve year old Jill Hill on her quest to stop the impending wedding between her father and the exceptionally loathsome Bitsy Spyder. Her highest priority is also to gain entry into the prestigious Trade Police Academy so that she can fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a Trade Police Detective. Vincent Borgerding is an advertising copy writer, guitar player and middle grade children’s writer. There are two books in this series.
WILLIAM HERMENING : The Misadventures of Salem Jack & Finnigan Reeves by William Harmening, is the first in a series of books that chronicles the adventures of two boys in the pioneer village of New Salem, Illinois, during the time of young Abe Lincoln’s residency there. The books are works of historical fiction allowing the young reader to learn of the history of New Salem Village and its most famous resident by experiencing them through the hilarious exploits of Salem Jack and Finnigan Reeves. William Harmening is a professor of Psychology at Benedictine University in Springfield, IL. He is a successful writer, “The Criminal Triad: Psychosocial Development of the Criminal Personality Types” (Charles C. Thomas, 2009), is widely used in universities both in the U.S. and internationally. In the spring of 2011 he will lecture on the subject of criminal behavior.
VICTORIA AND AMANDA JANCEK : Secret Missions of the Tome Travelers is a series of middle grade books. For more than 2000 years, the Tome Travelers have protected the destinies of history's major players and has insured that history unfolds as was intended. This series will entrance its readers. Authors Victoria and Amanda Jancek have lived and worked in the arenas of politics, news, and international public relations on both sides of the Atlantic.
ANN SCOTT-HOLT : The Mannerly Cats Ann Scott-Holt is a middle grade book, the first in a series of charming adventure stories of two Persian cats, Orlando Furioso and LouLou dela Falu who belong to an English Lord and Lady. This first story starts in England with an adventure through the English countryside describing the countryside and ends in France where the descriptions continue on the topography, food and language. Ann Scott- Holt is English and currently lives in Carmel, California. She a has worked for many years in the New York film industry for United Artists.
BARRY GLASSER : Barry is currently developing several additional projects as a writer and producer with China, including The Bell of Shangri-La, a love story set at the end of World War Two, to be filmed on location in the Himalayas. Barry began his career as a Hollywood marketing executive, serving as publicity director for Twentieth Century Fox, vice president of publicity for Walt Disney Pictures, and senior vice president of marketing for MGM. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Writers Guild and the Dramatists Guild.
ELIZABETH JAFFE : Elizabeth Jaffe has been in the children's book publishing business for the past 12 years. Currently national senior development editor, developing 45 titles a year, for Triumph Learning, Inc. Elizabeth has written a charming children's book called Widdle Waddle. This is her fifth children's book.
