Hank Phillippi Ryan: Earning Emmys and Agathas
HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN has been honored with more than 50 prestigious awards from news organizations all over the world including 37 EMMYs and 14 Edward R. Murrow Awards. Ryan is also the USA Today bestselling author of 13 psychological thrillers, winning the genre’s most prestigious awards: five Agathas, four Anthonys, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award.
Read More
Author Nicholas Griffin: From Ping Pong to Jai Alai
NICHOLAS GRIFFIN: “I was born in London, left when I was 18, spent the next twenty years in New York and moved to Miami in the summer of 2013. I’ve written for newspapers, magazines, film and TV folks. But books, well, I like the books the best. I’ve got an English father, an American mother, a Venezuelan wife, a surfing son, a skateboarding daughter and a very old dog from New Jersey.”
Read More
Scott Turow
SCOTT TUROW is the author of many bestselling works of fiction, including “The Last Trial,” “Testimony,” “Identical,” “Innocent,” “Presumed Innocent,” and “The Burden of Proof.”
Read More
Barbara de Vries: Designer, Book-Maker, Activist, & Former Model
BARBARA DE VRIES was born in Amsterdam. At age 17 de Vries became a model and lived in Paris, where she did couture shows and fashion ads for ELLE and Marie Claire.
Read More
Jim Gilbert: Editor, Journalist, Author
JIM GILBERT’s 35-year career as a journalist and publisher is notable in that he was always able to write about things he truly enjoyed while living in places he genuinely loved. His career began as a weekly reporter and editor on Cape Cod for the Provincetown Advocate, then shifted to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Newport, RI and finally to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where he was the founding editor-in-chief and ultimately owner of ShowBoats International, which he started in 1988.
Read More