Meet the Reviewers

Conny Bryceland

I'm originally from NY, living in Albuquerque. Married, no children, one cat. I am a writer, with two published novels, "Accidental Rewards" and "Reverse Bonding" and others I am trying to place. I read up to 5 books a week, primarily mysteries, medical thrillers, police procedural and general women's fiction (as opposed to category romance). My full-time job is with the New Mexico Lottery, assisting lottery retailer outlets with licensing and billing issues and occasionally writing articles or profiles for the newsletters. I look forward to writing reviews as a way to validate all of the time I spend reading, as well as to stay in practice for my writing.

Natalie loves to read (Her husband says she owns too many books). She's been a fan of romance (especially romantic suspense), mystery, science-fiction/fantasy, and horror for years. Now she's also trying her hand at writing and currently working on a speculative short story and a romantic suspense novel. When she's not reviewing, writing, or reading, she's chasing after her son, Tommy Jr (8 months) and enjoying being a new mother.

Kim was born and raised in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, the Pacific Northwest. As a child she spent more time making up imaginary friends and stories than playing with other kids. Realizing in college that such persuits were not conducive to "The Real World", she immediately set out to find a hero to take care of her while she played (oops, wrong word!) spent her days slavishly writing.

Vicki Duby

A little diddy about me: I am, with my children, we volunteer at our local SPCA (BAPS: Brooks Animal Protection Society). We are cleaners, walkers, give baths etc. I am also the Cat Adoption Co-ordinator. I also do tours through our building (BAPS) for schools, summer camps etc. Another job of mine is as a Teacher Assistant for our local Catholic School in Kindergarten. Then when school is done, my job with BAPS goes full time which consists of finding homes 4 our lost/surrendered animals and fostering them when we can. My favorite past time is reading and most of the time you can find me and reviewing mysteries/thrillers for Scribesworld.

Kathleen Frost

Kathleen Frost writes for business and pleasure, and reads for fun. A senior technical writer/trainer with over 15 years experience, she writes software manuals and online help for a living. For pleasure and relaxation, she writes novels, both romantic suspense and fantasy adventure.

Mother of three, grandmother of two, she sees her traveling background as an excellent basis for story locations and interesting characters. She has lived in seven states from New Hampshire to Texas and spent a year working in Hong Kong. Her major complaint is that she has more ideas for stories than time to write. Facing back surgery and a long recovery, Kathy is looking forward to being able to spend more time with her laptop and her fiction.

Kathy has been writing reviews for over a year and enjoys everything from science fiction to cookbooks. Email: kfrost@austin.rr.com

David G. LaGraff

D.G. LaGraff is a mainstream fiction writer with three published e-novels to his credit and a fourth book coming out in Spring 2001. His specialty is graphic, no-holds-barred stories delving deeply into the heart of women victims, chronicling their transformations from victims to victors. As his intense characterizations and inventive stories suggest, LaGraff is a Beverly Hills watcher, entertainment banking expert, handgun afficionado, dabbler in things related to the mafia, sports car lover, cop commentator, and a keen appreciator of the transforming inner work of psychiatrists and rebel spiritualists. After two decades lived in the nation's largest city, a life filled with events often more bizarre than the lives of his characters, LaGraff fled the area to a remote Central Valley California farming community to better contemplate and capture the essence of his past life in "La La Land"--Los Angeles, the City of Angels, but a place with many devils close by. If you are looking for fast-paced, romantic, suspenseful, emotion searing contemporary stories where real people fight back to reclaim their lives from the darkness that surrounds them, you can find LaGraff's novels at Word Beams.

Giovanna Lagana

Giovanna Lagana has been an avid reader since she first learned to read. She loves to curl up with a good , scary book. She is married to her loving husband, Ghislain, and is the proud mother of three beautiful children, named Mathieu, Nicholas, and Isabelle. When she isn't reading, she is either writing or editing. She has written and published several poems and short stories. Her horror novel The Battle of Armageddon is being released at Whiskey Creek Press in February 2005 and two of her children's stories will soon be coming out at Writer's Exchange.She is also an Editor for Whiskey Creek Press. Visit Giovanna's Website.

Molly Martin writing 'cozy amateur sleuth' mysteries and book reviews as m j hollingshead is the mother of two young adult sons. Last mystery published: CatsPaw: Blue Death. This former boy scout adult scouter and kindergarten teacher began writing 'feature news articles,' weekly news columns, ‘club news,’ and editorials for small local newspapers following a move from California to Oklahoma in 1990.

Topics for weekly columns included Plant Care, The War Between The States in Indian Territory, Reminisce, Critters, School Readiness, Parenting Tips, a Travelogue, and Depression Era Kitchen Collectibles and ‘To Be Wise,’ a devotional based on the biblical book of Proverbs. Currently Molly also writes reports on a variety of topics for a New York firm.

Ken Mason

Ken Mason has been writing poetry, short stories and novels for the last ten years. His works have been published in numerous magazines and his award winning Novel, Riley - Archangel of Purgatory, was published in 1999. As well as writing, Ken spends time reviewing books for various Review sites and maintaining his own sites that help other authors get published.
      Along with writing, Ken Mason is busy being a father of two young boys and works as
a software programmer for the federal government of Canada. Visit Ken's website

After being laid off from Rockwell International, Cherri Muñoz became interested in the writing field. She has written one novel (Sime~Gen) and several short stories. Cherri learned to speak Spanish while living in Caracas, Venezuela. Husband, Carlos, however is from Chile. In October 1999, she and Carlos will complete 25 years of marriage. They have one son, Daniel, age 22 who is a Music Major at California State University in Fullerton. Cherri has a BSEE from the University of Michigan. Cherri reads vampire novels as well as Silhouette Desire, Harlequin Americans. Her favorite authors are: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Jean Lorrah, Cheryl Wolverton, Jacqueline Diamond, Debbie Macomber, Susan Crosby, and Tiffany White.

Jenifer Nightingale

Jenifer Nightingale is a music teacher in British Columbia, Canada who spends her off hours running Jen's Book Exchange at http://www.ebookscanada.com/jensbookexchange. A recent panelist at LCC, she reviews for several online sites including Reviewing the Evidence and I Love A Mystery Newsletter, coordinates reviews for Scribes World, line edits Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine and contributes to the Thrilling Detective website. Obviously, she *really* loves her mysteries!

Lisa is married, with two daughers, and has lived in the suburbs of Chicago all her life. She has many likes and hobbies, but her passion is romances with a liberal dose of "something different." That passion led to avid reading of Futuristic and Fantasy romances, and then writing them. She writes all the HTML for Scribes World Reviews, and has her own web design business (Web Design by Lisa Ramaglia).

Mitchell Waldman

Mitchell Waldman is a legal editor, originally from Chicago, who lives in Rochester, NY. He is also a writer of poetry and fiction, including A FACE IN THE MOON, a novel which has been receiving praise from critics and readers alike. Reviews of his book have appeared in numerous places, including a review here at Scribes World this past fall.
     A FACE IN THE MOON is the story of a young man's journey down the winding road of first love and self-discovery. It's a tale about two young lovers struggling to find each other and their ways in the world. And when a series of events keeps them apart longer than expected it becomes the story of whether their new love can survive the pressures of separation and madness.
     You can check the book out at the author's website.

Michael Thal

Earning his bachelor's degree from the University of Buffalo, and a master's degree at Washington University, St. Louis, Michael pursued a successful teaching career for 28 years in California. He resigned in 2001 due to a severe hearing loss. It was an appropriate time for him to aggressively pursue his passion, writing. His novel, The Light: An Alien Abduction, a science fiction love story, was recently published by Adventure Books . He is working on a book about parenting and developing a career as a freelance writer. He lives in Sherman Oaks, California with his daughters, Channie and Koren. Michael's site, The Professional Parent Home Page strives to improve our parenting skills so we can be the best parents for our children. They deserve it.

Jane Toombs is the author of sixty plus published books, both in paper and electronic. An avid reader, her preference is paranormal and fantasy--with a dose of romance mixed in. She also enjoys writing this kind of book. At present Jane lives in Northern Nevada with the Viking from her past and a kooky calico cat named Kinko. She's a member of RWA, SFWA and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Visit her website.

Janet Lane Walters is a writer and a reader and has been doing both since the dark ages. She lives in the scenic Hudson River Valley. As a writer, she's produced many manuscripts, some of which have been published or spoken for -- seven romances and two mysteries, several books as a ghost writer for doctors. She has a BS in Nursing and a BA in English. As a reader, she believes a book a day keeps troubles away. She is married to a psychiatrist, has four children and four grandchildren.

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