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Autobiography/Memoir @ http://www.amazon.com/forum/meet%20our%20authors/ref=cm_cd_tfp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx2UYC1FC06SU8S&cdThread=Tx2UNIRDLX089JH
Children’s Books @ http://www.amazon.com/forum/meet%20our%20authors/ref=cm_cd_tfp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx2UYC1FC06SU8S&cdThread=TxK4GE3KYOC5DC
Mystery/Hardboiled/Procedural @ http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-forum/meet%20our%20authors/ref=cm_cd_search_res_ti?ie=UTF8&cdForum=Fx2UYC1FC06SU8S&cdMsgNo=1&cdPage=1&cdSort=oldest&cdThread=Tx32QOBHER7D0RX&cdMsgID=Mx1K73GYJYJ962Y#Mx1K73GYJYJ962Y
Post-Apocalyptic @ http://www.amazon.com/forum/meet%20our%20authors/ref=cm_cd_tfp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx2UYC1FC06SU8S&cdThread=Tx36ESB1ZVMIZMN
Some time after returning to Chicago he began attending writers workshops at StoryStudio Chicago, where he wrote two character studies, both of which have since been developed into key characters in Code of Darkness.
Chris now lives outside Chicago with his wife Jenny and their two children, Luke and Emma. You might catch him working away on his second novel while commuting on his morning train into the city.
When I began writing the Insight series I was chasing a daydream. The image I had of my main character, Willow Haywood, was painful and full of raw emotion.
I’d wrote what is chapter twelve in Embody all the way to end before I had any feedback on Insight, at that point it didn’t matter if anyone else was in love with Willow and Landen – I was!
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Image will be launched Nov 8th 2011 |
My third novel, Image, was written differently. In that novel I wrote countless scenes then placed them in order and connected them together. Somehow it created a fast paced novel, and looking back now I know I would not have managed to come up with the same effect had I written the novel from the beginning to end.
Jamie Magee has always believed that each of us have a defining gift that sets us apart from the rest, she has always envied those who have known from their first breath what their gift was. Not knowing hers, she began a career in the fast paced world of business. Raising a young family, and competing to rise higher in that field would drive some to the point of insanity, but she always found a moment of escape in a passing daydream. Her imagination would take her to places she’d never been, introduce her to people she’s never known. Insight, her debuting novel, is a result of that powerful imagination. Today, she is grateful that not knowing what defined her led her on a path of discovery that would always be a part of her.
Jamie Magee’s Blog: http://ourbooksourvoice.blogspot.com/
FB page: http://www.facebook.com/Insight.Jamie.Magee
and twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/insight117
Way back in November 2010 Wise Words interviewed Stephanie Dray over her book Lily of the Nile. She is now BACK with the captivating sequel SONG OF THE NILE.
Sorceress. Seductress. Schemer. Cleopatra’s daughter has become the
emperor’s most unlikely apprentice and the one woman who can destroy his
empire…
Having survived her perilous childhood as a royal captive of Rome, Selene
pledged her loyalty to Augustus and swore she would become his very own
Cleopatra. Now the young queen faces an uncertain destiny in a foreign land.
Forced to marry a man of the emperor’s choosing, Selene will not allow her
new husband to rule in her name. She quickly establishes herself as a capable
leader in her own right and as a religious icon. Beginning the hard work of
building a new nation, she wins the love of her new subjects and makes herself
vital to Rome by bringing forth bountiful harvests.
But it’s the magic of Isis flowing through her veins that makes her
indispensable to the emperor. Against a backdrop of imperial politics and
religious persecution, Cleopatra’s daughter beguiles her way to the very
precipice of power. She has never forgotten her birthright, but will the price
of her mother’s throne be more than she’s willing to pay?
Purchase:
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Read Stephanie’s 2010 interview on Wise Words HERE
In this South Auckland neighbourhood where gang culture, drink, drugs, sex and
violence is already a way of life, a vicious attack on a teenage girl sparks a
ripple effect of revenge and fury. Live the carnage through multiple viewpoints
as the tale unfolds to a bloody climax.
Warning: NOT for the fainthearted.
(Middle of the review cut due to spoilers)
This novel is brutal in its honesty, giving a true-to-life
picture of gang life and the destruction that goes along with it. If you’re at
all squeamish, this is probably not the book for you. Lives are destroyed,
whole families destroyed, in a matter of seconds because of selfish desires.
I’ll read just about anything I can get my hands on and it had me cringing in a
few places-—praying in others. I got attached to these characters in the short
time it took me to read it and it hurt me when they got hurt. At the same time
I’m being repulsed by what’s taking place, I’m also getting pulled in. It takes
real talent to pull off a story like this. I can’t wait to read the next one by
Marita Hansen. This story may take place in New Zealand, but the same story
could be told in any gang territory in the States. Definitely earned the five
stars I’m going to give Behind the Hood.
Who is your favourite character in your book and why?
Mikey Thomas, because he’s such a vulnerable character that you just want to
protect. I think he had the most powerful
scenes. Plus, a few readers told me that
I made them cry in relation to his character, which says a lot.
Who is your publisher and where are your books available? Are there e-books
and hard copies available?
BEHIND THE HOOD is available as an ebook through Amazon and Smashwords. It will also be available via other ebook
distributors in the next week or so, such as Kobo, Barnes & Noble and so
forth. The paperback version will be released
before Christmas.
Contacts:
maritaahansen.blogspot.com
Twitter: @MaritaAHansen