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Name: Susan P. Baker
Website: www.susanpbaker.com
Contact: snana456@austin.rr.com

Questions:

Q: Where are you originally from?
A: I was born in Houston, TX, moved to Galveston, TX when I was 4. Lived several other places after I was grown but moved back to Galveston in 1974 and lived there until I moved to the TX hill country in the winter of 2003.

Q: Can you tell us your latest book news?
A: My newest mystery novel will be released by Five Star Mysteries, a division of Thomson Gale in October 2006. It’s entitled, The Sweet Scent of Murder, A Mavis Davis Mystery. It’s the sequel to My First Murder which was published by St. Martin’s Press in 1989. My current release is Death of a Prince.
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Name: Kelly Bennett
Website: www.kellybennett.com
Website: www.jillmax.com

Questions:

Q: Where are you originally from?
A: I was born in Santa Cruz, California. And grew up living along the Central and Southern California Coast. For the past 8 years I lived in Katy, near Houston, Texas. Now I live in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Q: Can you tell us your latest book news?
A: My new picture book is called NOT NORMAN, A GOLDFISH STORY, released in February, 2005 by Candlewick Press. Its illustrator Noah Z. Jones’s first book and I’m delighted with his bold, fun art! Norman is one amazing fish! My next book, written with my writing partner, Ronnie Davidson and using the name Jill Max, is a Cambodian Khmer Rouge Survivor story called STRANGERS IN BLACK, should be out this year.
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Name: Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
Website: www.newly-weds.com
Contact: jennifer@52fights.com

Questions:

Q: Where are you originally from?
A: I’m originally from Ithaca, NY.

Q: Can you tell us your latest book news?
A: My first book, 52 FIGHTS: A Newlywed’s Confession, was recently released by Penguin/Berkley Trade. It’s a collection of essays about what happens when the person you love most of all drives you absolutely crazy. My husband, Matt, and I will be featured in an upcoming TV show (airing Aug 1st), Current Newlyweds, talking about 52 FIGHTS.
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Name: Philana Marie Boles
Website: www.pmarie.com

Questions:

Q: Where are you originally from?
A: I was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, better known as “The Glass City” of the Midwest. Famous Toledoans from my hometown include Jamie Farr from M*A*S*H, Grammy Award Winning Songstress
Anita Baker, Actress Katie Holmes from Dawson’s Creek, NBA Basketball player Jimmy Jackson, and Sony Recording Artist “Lyfe” Jennings.

Q: Can you tell us your latest book news?
A: My sophomore novel, In the Paint, was recently released by HarperCollins and my third, for middle-grade young readers, will be released in the fall.
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Name: Loraine Despres
Website: www.LoraineDespres.com
Contact: ld@LoraineDespres.com

Questions:

Q: Where are you originally from?
A: I was born in Chicago, but I grew up in a little town in Louisiana 90 miles north of New Orleans.

Q: Can you tell us your latest book news?
A: My new book, The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell will be published in October by William Morrow/HarperCollins. It’s a prequel to my best -selling novel, The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc. It will be out in hard cover and also as an audio book on CD.
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