Meet the authors and enjoy a reading and book signing.
Books are available for purchase.
Adele Woodyard sold her first short story in 1970, and five more
between 1990 and 2007; four of them appear in her book, The Shell and
the Starfish and other stories, pub. 2011. A year later she added a
travel guide, Florida "Freebies" and "Cheapies, 250 Daytrips for Little
or No Money.
Her
mystery novel ‘Final Payment’ on murder in Tampa has just been
released, and a mystery/suspense is in the works. Adele has also been a
freelance journalist from 1988--present. A member of American Society of
Journalists and Authors (ASJA)her articles, travel features and photos
have appeared in such national mags as AARP the Magazine, History
Channel Magazine, Delta SKY, Backpacker, to name a few, and such
newspapers as the St. Petersburg Times, Miami Herald, and Chicago
Sun-Times, among others.
The
New Jersey native has led occasional workshops on travel (at least one
student actually published), and specialized in Florida people and
places.
And
Deanna J. Bennett, author of 'Anna: Going to America'
Deanna J. Bennett has been writing since she was 8 years old. She has
published management, technical, travel, and fine arts articles and
short stories. She hosts a monthly author talk series and leads the East
Lake Writers’ Workshop, a critique group she founded in 2004. Her
story, The Quest, was published in 2012 in their short story collection
Florida On My Mind. She resides with her husband Tom in Palm Harbor,
Florida.
Anna: Going to America
immerses the reader in the American immigrant experience of a young
girl as she and her mother endure the hardships of rail travel across Europe
and a voyage across the Atlantic in steerage
class in 1914, two years after the sinking of the Titanic. Anna: Going to America is based on
historic figures and circumstances and some of the immigrant experiences of the
real Ona Sacevich, significantly embellished to make an enthralling tale for
readers of all ages.
