Valerie Murphy:
Valerie Murphy is a mother of three and has had a passion for storytelling since she was a young girl. So, it's no wonder that she has published books for kids.
Her list of published works includes:
Children’s Book Of Poems Schmoems
The Gumshoes series:
The Gumshoes: A New Town, Oh Joy!The Gumshoes: Rogues Hollow
Oh Joy! recently received an honorable mention at the san Francisco Book Festival, and this weekend at the Avid Reader, she will be featuring her series.
Here is a synopsis of The Gumshoes: A New Town, Oh Joy! as presented by the author:
Bug, a ten year old boy, just moved to a new town. Desperately trying to find a skate park, he discovers a few new friends instead. But these aren't just any friends. They're The Gumshoes, a paranormal investigation club. Will Bug ditch his skateboarding ways to become a Gumshoe?
Valerie is currently working on her first young adult novel which she hopes will bring awareness to Cystic Fibrosis, her son was diagnosed with the devastating disease with in 2006.
Steve Unger:
Unger has been a traveler and writer from the time he learned to type with two fingers on a manual typewriter in the basement of his parents' house in Ferndale, Michigan. He still travels, writes, and types with two fingers, and is happiest when he can combine his two passions of traveling and writing.
Extensive travel in North and South America, Western Europe, Israel, and Romania has influenced, inspired and shaped all of his writing. Including the title which he will feature this saturday at the Avid Reader at Tower: In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journey and Travel Guide.
In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journey and Travel Guide meticulously follows Bram Stoker's depiction of Jonathan Harker's 1893 expedition from London to Count Dracula's castle on the Borgo Pass in Transylvania in text and almost 200 pictures. In the Footsteps of Dracula also includes every site connected with the historical Prince Dracula, that is, Vlad Ţepeş or Vlad the Impaler.
Unger has been a traveler and writer from the time he learned to type with two fingers on a manual typewriter in the basement of his parents' house in Ferndale, Michigan. He still travels, writes, and types with two fingers, and is happiest when he can combine his two passions of traveling and writing.
Steven P. Unger lives in Elk Grove, California with his fiancée Paula, Bailey the dog, and Batman the cat.
His other published titles include:
Before the Paparazzi: Fifty Years of Extraordinary Photographs
Before the Paparazzi: Fifty Years of Extraordinary Photographs
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