Award-Winning Author to do Local Book Tour in Harford County, MD

Former News Reporter Turned Author to Do Harford County Book Tour

Nov. 30, 2016—Former Aegis news reporter and award-winning contemporary fiction author Michele (Dietz) Chynoweth will be coming to two sites in Harford County on Saturday, Dec. 10 to do book signings, one from 1-4 pm at the Barnes & Noble in the Bel Air Mall and another from 5-8 pm at the Havre de Grace Library as part of the Christmas Candlelight Tour.

Michele will be signing copies of her two most recent novels, The Runaway Prophet and The Peace Maker. Her first novel, The Faithful One, originally self-published in 2009, is in the process of being republished by her current publisher, Morgan James Publishing in New York. Her novels are modern-day re-imaginings of Old Testament stories in the Bible full of suspense and romance.

In The Runaway Prophet, a contemporary thriller, the main character, Rory Justice, a modern version of the Bible’s Jonah, is called by his retired FBI father on his deathbed to hand-deliver a letter detailing plans by a new Islamic State mafia to plant a nuclear bomb under one of the casinos in Las Vegas, aka “Sin City” a new Nineveh. Rory (like Jonah) jumps on a cruise ship after mailing the letter instead. But disasters follow as a result and Rory is faced with trying to save the sinners he abhors: prostitutes, drug addicts, gamblers and gang members.

The Peace Maker, which was republished by Morgan James in September, is a contemporary suspense/romance novel based on the story of David and Abigail about a US Presidential election much like the one America just faced, with issues that are still very relevant today, and The Faithful One is based on the Book of Job. Each of Michele’s novels, though fast-paced and edgy, delivers an inspirational message to today’s readers which correlate to what God is trying to tell us in the Bible.

Michele recently embarked on her full-time author career after working 34 years in journalism and marketing. She was the first female news reporter at the Aegis to cover the police/courts beat in the mid-80’s and went on to become a reporter for the Salisbury Daily Times, the Baltimore Evening Sun and the Wilmington (DE) News Journal before going into marketing and starting her own advertising agency in Harford County, which she owned and operated for 20 years. In addition to being an author, Michele is also an inspirational speaker and teaches book writing, publishing and marketing classes for Cecil College’s Continuing Education program. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, is married with a blended family of five children and one grandchild, and lives in North East, Md.

For more information visit her website: michelechynoweth.com.