Featured Authors Southern Christmas Show 2022

DREAMA DENVER, is an actress and international multiaward-winning author of Four Bears in a Box and Gilligan's Dreams, detailing her 30-year marriage to Bob Denver, star of that iconic television series "Gilligan's Island. She has two foundations, The Denver Foundation, which supports families with special needs, and Always Free Honor Flight, which pays tribute to our U.S veterans, Dreama encourages her readers to rewrite a dog's future and adopt!

Featured Authors Southern Christmas Show 2022

November 10-20, 2022 www.HeadlineBooks.com Nate Branch: Playing My Way Through Life by Nate Branch with Barry Kienzle, ISBN 9781951556853, 168 pgs, Retail $19.95

New Release!

Zen and Now ISBN 97819515568 60, 5 x 7 pb, 80 pages, Retail $12.95

Four Bears in a Box ISBN 978195155604 4, 8.5 x 11, hc, Retail $16.95

Back to the Beach SBN 9781951556907, hc 8.5 x 11, 32 pages, Retail $16.95

www.DreamaDenver.com

New Release

Gilligan's Dreams: The Other Side of the Island 978195155653, 6 x 9, 272 pgs, pb, Retail $19.95

Harlem Globetrotter Nate Branch brought joy to millions of fans for fifteen years and his amazing life is captured in this New Release! biography, co-authored with awardwinning author Barry Kienzle. Nate's love for music, learned at an early age, continues to entertain and praise God from the church piano. http://celebritydirect.biz/branch/index.htm

ESPN: One Giant Leap for Fankind by Bill Rasmussen, founder of ESPN with Donald T. Phillips, ISBN 9781958914069, 6 x 9, 184 pages, pb, Retail $19.95

A walk through sports history with the man who changed it.

"Bill Rasmussen delivers with a creative, smart and unique approach, combining his personal journey with what was happening at the time in our country. The creation of ESPN is an amazing story, and Bill tells it with fascinating detail, heart and humor.” !

– JIMMY PITARO, President, ESPN

https://www.espnfounder.com/

Barry Kienzle is the multi award-winning author of The Crossings, and The Indian, stories with Northern Kentucky origins. He wrote Heart of a Lion, a memoir of Willie Burton, who has cerebral palsy, yet wrestled at Fairdale High School near Louisville, Kentucky. His children's book Willie A Super Friend!, is also based on Willie Burton. Barry's primary career was as a CFO in a construction and real estate development company. Retirement yielded time for writing and he co-authored a biography of Nate Branch of Harlem Globetrotter fame. For more information, visit Barry's website HERE (https://www.barrykbooks.com) New Release!

International Award winning author, DON STANSBERRY, is a native West Virginian and an elementary school teacher. Don has been a public school teacher since 1984 and always had an interest in writing. He was the head coach for the Parkersburg High Girls' Basketball team for 16 years and retired from this position with four state championships.

https://www.donstansberrybooks.com/band Kaitlyn Dorroh is a high school student who makes her home in North Carolina. She has a YouTube channel, CK Vlogs. Kaitlyn is involved in athletics and enjoys playing softball and cheering. She loves New Release! writing and is passionate about helping Adam's Cape, Inc. a non-profit established in honor of her cousin Adam who passed away at six years old. Through Adam's Cape, Inc. she dedicates her time and talents helping children struggling with significant medical needs. follow Adam’s Cape on Instagram @adams.cape

As a native of Minnesota, CALVIN B. FISHER learned to spend long winters tearing through pages and pages of novels. Stormrise is second in his award-winning Northfield Saga series. His desire to write for an audience bloomed early; as a child, he sold stacks of homemade comic books to family and neighbors. https://calvinfishermedia.com/

Award winning author, KARL STEWART, was raised in the hills of post-WWII West Virginia, and moved to Wisconsin in his teen years, attending a Catholic seminary. Upon leaving the seminary, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966, serving as a communications sergeant in the elite Green Beret Special Forces until 1969.

He enrolled in the University of Wisconsin, earning a double-major degree in political science and history. In 2005 Stewart retired from teaching high school Social Studies and English to devote himself to his two passions, family and writing, echoing his West Virginia childhood playgrounds. https://karlstewart.net/

RUSTY MCQUADE works with home health patients to help them maintain and gain muscle strength.

Rusty has taken her life experiences and developed these simple and easy to do exercises. Stickyman Movements is easy to follow and the results have helped people maintain good muscle tone and improve general health. https://headlinebooks.com/book-author-profile/rusty-mcquade/

A wonderful trilogy about Charlie, a stray dog who quickly became a fun-loving member of the Vine Street Gang and a member of the Kennedy family. https://headlinebooks.com/book-author-profile/julia-black/

Rick Robinson is an international award-winning author, having twice been named the International Independent Published Author of the Year. He has ranked number one in his category on Amazon and has often placed multiple books in the top 100. Rick has also been a regular humor columnist for local, national and international publications.

https://headlinebooks.com/book-author-profile/rick-robinson/ During his time in the military, DON HELIN served at a number of stateside posts as well as overseas in Vietnam and Germany. He is the author of six thrillers that draw from his military experience, including three tours in the Pentagon. He writes for TheBurg, a community magazine based in Harrisburg. His novel, Secret Assault, was selected as the Best Suspense/Thriller at the 2015 Indie Book Awards and his most recent novel, Roof of the World is a 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner. His novel, Long Walk Home, received a Five Star review at Readers Favorite Awards.

For more information visit www.donhelin.com.

BUCLEIGH NEWTON KERNODLE A native of Charlotte, NC, award-winning and best selling author, Bucleigh, has always had a passion for creative writing. Inspired by her English teacher, at Elon University by her communications professors, and her editor at the Charlotte Business Journal all culminated into a desire to write children’s books. https://www.iwouldloveyouevenif.com/

Made In America By AmeriCANS Not AmeriCANTS by Richard V. Battle, ISBN 9781958914021, 6 x 9, 264 pgs, Retail$19.95 Richard V. Battle is the multi-award-winning author of nine books and has been a public speaker on leadership, motivation, faith, sales, and volunteerism for over 30 years. He is an experienced corporate executive and non-profit leader who serves organizations in an advisory role. https://richardbattle.com/

Costly Freedom by Mary Theresa “Terry” Webb ISBN 9781647532529, 140 pgs, Retail $10.99 The author captures some of the oral history stories handed down from her Benedict relatives about their lives in Georgia during and after the Civil War. https://amzn.to/3x83YfL

SANDRA WARREN is a writer of multiple genres including children's, gifted education, military biography, screenplay, nonfiction and historical fiction. Sandra lives and writes from a log cabin in the North Carolina Mountains. www.sandrawarren.com

ASHLEY BELOTE is the illustrator of Frankenslime and Valenslime (Feiwel & Friends, 2021). She is the author-illustrator of her solo debut early reader The Me Tree and A Partridge in the We Tree (Penguin Workshop, 2021 and 2022) and her solo debut picture book Listen Up, Louella (Feiwel & Friends, 2022).

She studied traditional animation under the direction of Don Bluth and earned her BA from Alderson Broaddus University and her MA in Arts Administration from the University of Kentucky. Her graduate study included a children’s literature and illustration course, through Simmons College at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. She also serves as the Illustrator Coordinator for the Carolinas chapter of SCBWI. https://www.ashleybelote.com/

It was a dark and stormy night.....

The June heat and humidity in Washington D.C. felt oppressive as Elaine and I walked across the parking lot at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and into a side door to reach the elevators. – From Army Regulations to Novels by Don Helin “Mom, can I go outside and play with the other kids?”

--Willie A Super Friend by Barry Kienzle Zack Kelly stood on the front Patio of the Calhoun Beach Club, looking past the noisy rush hour traffic on West Lake Street to the scenic beauty of Lake Calhoun, remembering.--MISSING by Don Helin Louella loved Roar Scout Camp.

– Listen Up Louella by Ashley Belote “We've nothing to do,” said the three little bears ...--Four Bears in a Box by Dreama Denver Coach Crane jumped from the bench and signaled to Milky to immediately call a timeout.--Nate Branch: Playing My Way Through Life There she was, walking toward me, her eyes looking straight into mine. –The Importance of Being Zen by Dreama Denver

Kimberly Wilson is a children’s author who is always on the lookout for lucky pennies and believes wishes do come true.

Kimberly lives in North Carolina with her husband and their two daughters.

Https://www.kimberl ywilsonwrites.com/

Diana Pishner Walker is the author of five award-winning books, Spaghetti & Meatballs: Growing Up Italian, The Christmas Feast: A Fishy Tale, and the Hopping to America Series. For more information visit www.DianaPishnerWalker.com.