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2008 Featured Author Booksignings
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The Public Library presents Terry Brooks
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6:00 pm |
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6:45 pm |
You can't get better than this...With twelve million books in print, and
eighteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers, Terry Brooks is a master
of the fantasy genre. An avid writer since high school, Brooks was inspired
to write fantasy fiction after reading THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Whilst practicing
law during the day, he wrote at night and in 1977 published THE SWORD
OF SHANNARA.
www.terrybrooks.net
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Susan L. Taylor, Essence Editorial Director
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4:00 pm |
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4:45 pm |
Author of All About Love: Favorite Selections from in the Spirit on Living
Fearlessly, Lessons In Living and more!
www.essence.com/essence/bios/bio_taylor
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Mary B Morrison
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8:45pm |
Author of Sweeter than Honey, She Ain't the One (a collaboration with
Carl Webber), upcoming novel Who's Loving You and many more other titles!
www.marymorrison.com
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Susan Jeffers
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2:00 pm |
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2:45pm |
Author of Feel the Fear... and Do It Anyway ®, "Embracing Uncertainty"
and "The Feel the Fear Guide to Lasting Love" and more!
www.susanjeffers.com
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Rai Glover
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2:45pm |
In her first book release, Corporate to Kindergarten, Rai shares her personal weekly diary of the joys and struggles she faced while being a mom to a kindergartner and managing a thriving corporate career. The book offers witty, thought-provoking, and realistic insights that are sure to resonate with working parents. Rai recently retired from Bank of America, becoming one of the youngest retirees under the bank’s “Rule of 60” qualifications – age plus years of service totaling 60 or greater
Rai is committed to civic involvement and responsibility. She serves on the Charlotte Regional Visitors Association (CRVA). Rai completed her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education Degrees from the University of South Carolina. She thanks God for her parents who laid a “positive” foundation for her life and the lives of her 4 older siblings. God first!
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3:00 pm |
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3:45pm |
He speaks to and trains over 100,000 professionals and executives each year. In the year 2000 alone, he presented to over 40 of the Fortune 50 companies.
Dr. Dale Henry's many experiences in the field of business and education make him a natural when it comes to lively and humorous presentations. Although Dale believes in the importance of laughter, his presentations always deliver a strong message packed with useful tools. A native of East Tennessee and the foothills of the Smoky Mountains he draws heavily on his storytelling background to hold the audience in the palm of his hand.
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Karrine Steffans
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8:00 pm |
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8:45pm |
Karrine Steffans released her complicated, yet, thrilling former life
and lifestyle are captured in the pages on her memoir, Confessions of
a Video Vixen, making a biography almost obsolete. Since Confessions
debuted on June 28, 2005, Karrine and her enthralling story has been on
the lips and minds of most everyone.
www.Karrine.com
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Mike Minter
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7:00 pm |
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7:45pm |
Mike Minter has been a pillar of the Carolina Panther defense since joining
the team in 1997. Known as one of the most consistent performers in professional
football, Minter is a rare breed having spent his entire career with one
organization. He has seen the highs of playing in the Super Bowl and the
lows of a team that won but one game in a 16 game season. As a motivational
speaker, Mike's insights are unique, his delivery impeccable, his credentials
unparalleled. He makes his listeners laugh, he makes them think and, above
all, he encourages them to become everything that God intended for them.
www.mikeminter.com
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Terrie
Williams
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5:00 pm |
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5:45pm |
Author of Black Pain: It just looks Like We're Not Hurting, Stay Strong:
Simple life lessons for Teens and more!
www.thestaystrongfoundation.org
Dr. Rev. Michael Beckwith & Rickie Beckwith
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1:30pm |
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2:00pm |
Rickie Byars Beckwith
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1:00pm |
| CD SIGNING | TIME: 2:00pm |
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Michael Bernard Beckwith is a world leader and teacher in the New Thought–Ancient
Wisdom tradition of spirituality. He is the founder of the Agape International
Spiritual Center, cofounder of the Association for Global New Thought,
and the Season for Nonviolence, which are extensions of his vision of
one human family united on a foundation of peace, based on the spiritual
origin of every man, woman, and child. As seen on the Oprah Winfrey Show
and part of the movie "The Secret". He and his wife, Rickie
Byars Beckwith will speak at the literary festival. Dr. Beckwith teaches
meditation, scientific prayer, and speaks at conferences and seminars.
He is the originator of the Life Visioning Process, a time-tested technique
offering its practitioners a method for putting a stop to being a passive
tourist in one's life. He is author of Inspirations of the Heart (currently
nominated as a finalist for the Nautilus Book Award), Forty Day Mind Fast
Soul Feast, A Manifesto of Peace, and Living from the Overflow.
www.agapelive.com
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Dashaun
"Jiwe" Morris
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3:00 pm |
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3:45pm |
A memoir by
Dashaun Jiwe Morris, is a rare and jarringly honest look into the emptiness and realities that drive so many youth to join gangs. A wake up call about the conditions and circumstances that provoke and perpetuate the cycle of violent crime, Jiwe shows us why food, shelter, and clothing are not enough to keep our kids from dying in the streets. Told in graphic detail, Jiwe draws us in, to walk alongside him as he takes us on his painful journey as a member of the Bloods. By age eleven, he had encountered gang warfare at its peak. Lured in by fear, the promise of protection and acceptance, he witnessed stabbings, beatings, shootings, and the destructive force of drugs. At age 25, Jiwe, worn weary of gang culture, saw a way to reclaim his life and potentially save others through the power of the written word. At times painfully sad, WAR OF THE BLOODS IN MY VEINS is ultimately an inspiring testimony of hope, about humanity in the midst of evil, and turning tragedy into triumph. The book is filled with lessons for the next generation of youngsters coming up about the choices so many of them face to survive the streets, and the maturity and courage required to choose a better life.
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J. L. KING
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7:45pm |
J. L. KING is an HIV/STD prevention activist, educator, and author. He is the controversial author that opened pandora's box when he sat on Oprah's couch a few years ago to talk about men on the "down low" is set to release a new novel next week and this time he's tackling "down low" men in the music industry. His expertise has been cited in national publications such as the New York Times and Essence, and his television appearances have ranged from The Oprah Winfrey Show to The News Hour with Jim Lehrer to Black Entertainment Television.
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Omar
Tyree'
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5:45pm |
Author of The Last Street Novel, Flyy Girl, upcoming novel Pecking Order
and many more other titles!
www.omartyree.com
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Pynk
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8:45pm |
Pynk is the pseudonym for all erotica titles by author Marissa
Monteilh, a former model, television news reporter and commercial actress,
who has written six mainstream titles, May December Souls,The Chocolate
Ship, Hot Boyz, Make Me Hot, Dr. Feelgood, and Something He Can Feel,
as well as a short story called Mariah's Gotta Have It, which was included
in an erotica anthology titled Morning, Noon, and Night: Can't Get Enough.
Pynk's first sexy title, Erotic City, drops in November 2008.
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Cheris
Hodges
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4:45pm |
Author of Just Can't Get Enough, Cautious Hearts, upcoming book Let's
Get It On and many more other titles!
www.cherishodges.com
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Terri Woods
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3:45pm |
2008 marks the tenth anniversary of the release of True to the Game, the literary phenomenon that cemented Teri Woods’s place as an urban literature pioneer. Her follow-up, True to the Game II, reached the coveted New York Times bestseller list, a rare feat for a street lit title. Now, True to the Game III: Quadir, the final installment in this highly successful trilogy, is sure to continue in the series’ barrier-shattering tradition.
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Bruce Williams with Donnell Alexander
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7:45pm |
In ROLLIN WITH DRE, readers are taken on an intimate journey inside the world of west coast hip hop. But not just any ride. Bruce Williams tells it like it was and explains where the genre stands today. Not many people are willing to be as honest as Williams has been in ROLLIN WITH DRE for fear of being ostracized from that world, hurt, or possibly killed. For Williams, he earned the right to tell the truth as Dr. Dre’s loyal top lieutenant.
The “Best of the Best” African American Christian Authors Panel
Including:
Michele Andrea Bowen — author of Church Folks, Second Sunday & the Holy Corner.
Jacquelin Thomas — award winning, best selling author with twenty-five titles in print including Young Adult.
Victoria Christopher Murray— Essence best selling author of six Christian-based fiction novels including Young Adults.
www.victoriachristophermurray.com
Sharon Ewell Foster— bestselling, award-winner of gospel novels.
www.sharonewellfoster.com
Please submit comments about the festival to Jewel@realeyesbookstore.com. What you liked, didn't like, or would like to see in future festivals!
