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| Francene Marie |
Syndicated Talk Show Host –
Francene Marie
Francene Marie Morrisis heard on 7-CBS
Radio Stations in the Southeast Region. Francene began her radio career on Kiss
95.1 in Charlotte, North Carolina 20+years ago raising awareness to worthy
causes and topics important to you and your families. From interviewing
Whitehouse Politician’s to local officials and non-profits, there’s no topic
off-limits for her show. She’s an
author, food blogger and voice artist. Founder of My Media Tutor - a training
portal for media interview prep and facilitates public speaking boot-camps. Co-founder
of “Favorite
Things For A Cause”and mom of 2 adult people she admires.
The
author of two works of art: GOING PUBLIC – The Cheat Sheets InPromoting
Yourself to Media. Another gem
is:
Must Be Present to Win – The Tireless Spirit of Optimism. Francene’s voice
is heard on an audio series of guided Meditation CD’s and her award winning radio
career has led to one on one interview’s with Vice President Joe Biden,
Madeleine Albright, Valerie Jarrett, and renowned poet Dr. Maya Angelou.
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| Cathy Pickens |
Cathy Pickens - Author
Cathy is a frequent convention speaker on topics ranging
from writing mysteries to classic true crime stories to the use of poisons. She
is the Wireman Professor of Business at Queens University of Charlotte, where
she teaches MBA courses in law and workshops on developing the creative
process.
The first Avery Andrews novel Southern Fried won the
2003 St. Martin’s Press/Malice Domestic Award for Best New Traditional
Mystery. Cathy has also written four
other Southern Fried mysteries and a
mystery walking tour of Charleston: Charleston Mysteries (History
Press).
She has served as president of Sisters in Crime (a
3000-member group of readers and writers), on the national board for Mystery
Writers of America (the oldest mystery writers organization), and is currently
president of the regional Forensic Medicine Program.
Robert Inman- Author
Robert Inman’s latest novel, The
Governor’s Lady, was published in September, 2013.
Drawing on his a career as a journalist and creative writer, Inman has crafted
the story of Cooper Lanier, a determined woman fighting to establish her
independence in the tumultuous world of male-dominated politics.
The Governor’s Lady is
Inman’s fifth novel, following Home Fires Burning , Old
Dogs and Children, Dairy Queen Days, and Captain
Saturday, all published originally by Little, Brown and Company, and
now available in popular
e-book formats.
He is also the author of a collection of non-fiction work, Coming
Home: Life, Love and All Things Southern, and an illustrated family
holiday book, The Christmas Bus.
Inman has written screenplays
for six motion pictures for television, two of which have been “Hallmark Hall
of Fame” presentations. His script for The
Summer of Ben Tyler, a Hallmark production, won the Writers’ Guild of
America Award as the best original television screenplay of 1997. His other Hallmark feature was Home
Fires Burning, a 1989 adaptation of his novel.
He is a member of the Authors
Guild, Writers Guild of America, Dramatists Guild, PEN American Center, North
Carolina Writers Conference, North Carolina Writers Network, and Alabama
Writers Forum.
