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I’ve published over the years 22 or so books, They comprise adult fiction, young adult fiction, adaptations of adult fiction and non-fiction, children’s books, gender studies, art criticism. Several of my books have won prestigious awards. In fiction, I like to experiment and grow as a writer. I never write the same character or story twice. I went to a good college and learned a lot about writing, but I’m also an autodidact.

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I think most reviewers have understood what I was trying to do in Once Upon a Lie. I wanted to tell […]

Shirley Melis, a graduate of Vassar College, is a longtime business writer, travel writer and newspaper columnist who traveled the world interviewing everyone from busboys to heads of international organizations before launching a career in public relations in Washington, D.C.

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Widowed two years, I found myself swept up into a whirlwind courtship by a younger man, a rocket scientist. Falling deeply in love, we married and started traveling as if there were no tomorrow — realizing our dreams of photography (his) and writing (mine). But little more than a year later, we were fighting for […]

I’ve been chased by moose, river otters, and mad mother partridges. And that’s recent. My seriously unsupervised childhood exploring clam flats, deep forests, and secret streams grew into the marrow that became my novel, Deadly Trespass.

I’ve worked to infuse my mystery-thriller with the drama and laughter of various outdoor careers, the sadness of loss, and close encounters with wildlife and unruly dogs. I live on Moosehead Lake and would rather be fly fishing, skiing, paddling, or just generally “out there” — unless I’m writing new fiction that draws people into a (safe-at-home) field trip to a disappearing world.[…]

I was born in Athens, Greece, at a time when progressive rock music still got radio play. After finishing high school, I studied Biochemistry and Neurochemistry at Imperial College, University of London, obtaining my BSc and PhD degrees. Following my studies, I completed my National Service duties in the Greek Army.

Having experienced severe research withdrawal symptoms, I moved to the USA to resume professional science work, first at Yale University and then at the National Institutes of Health. Afterwards, I started my own research lab in Dresden, Germany. In parallel, I became Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, […]

Harry Brown was a farmer, chauffeur, Boy Scout leader, storyteller and dowser. Born in 1907, he lived to be 102 years old. He lived in Halifax , Massachusetts for 98 years, making him almost a “townie.” The author owned Kemah Farm in Alexandria, NH. He was married to Mildred Blackman and had two children, Stephen and Deborah.

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Stories of Yesteryear – Horse and Buggy Days is a reissued book, written and illustrated by Harry H. Brown, that present an appealing collection of stories and tales about small-town rural New England life.

With wit, warmth and […]