In a career that’s included work as a journalist, a psychologist, and the founder of a national art consulting company, Maggie Smith now adds novelist to her resume with the publication of her debut, Truth and Other Lies. In addition to her writing, Maggie hosts the weekly podcast Hear Us Roar, where she interviews debut authors about their novel and their path to publication and blogs monthly for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. A board member of the Chicago Writer’s Association, she’s Managing Editor of their Write City Magazine, and coordinator of Book Nook, which highlights Chicago-area independent bookstores. Find out more about Maggie here.
Grace Sammon
Grace Sammon is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and author. She has started and managed two for-profit and two not-for-profit companies and traveled to 35 states and 10 foreign countries. Recognized in “Who’s Who in Education” and “Who’s Who in Literature,” Grace is utilizing skills built up over decades as she re-invents herself with her award-winning fourth book and debut novel - The Eves - as well as with a return to one of her early loves, radio. The Eves is an intergenerational story about lives lived well and lives in transition. It is a novel that challenges each of us to ask who we want to be in the world, regardless of our age. Grace brings that quest for a good story, and a drive to keep contributing, to her multi-award-winning radio show, “The Storytellers.” Broadcast on Authors on the Air Global Radio Network, each episode captures the stories of authors and others who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Grace also hosts the multi-award-winning “LAUNCH PAD” radio show that celebrates book releases and the authors that create them.
At heart, a creative collaborator, Grace’s most recent efforts have resulted in a three-book series on writing craft: LAUNCH PAD The Countdown to Writing – Publishing and Marketing Your Book as well as the eBook “Sharp Tips for Effective Writing.” She is also the founder of Author Talk Network, a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers’ Association (WFWA), and Women’s National Book Association (WNBA), and she is the Director of Membership for one of the fastest growing FaceBook groups “Bookish Road Trip.” She is currently sketching out her next novel.
Grace grew up on Long Island, NY, and spent most of her life in the Washington, DC area. She currently lives on Florida’s west coast with her husband and a small herd of imaginary llamas. You can reach Grace via email at gmsammon@gmail.com and learn more at www.GraceSammon.NET
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