HOTSPOT~ Ward 8 Book Festival Sir Charles Cary, Drica Armstrong, Austin S. Camacho, Leonara Sneed

Author Feature

Sir Charles Cary

http://about.me/sircharlescary

Sir Charles Cary is a two time cancer survivor and a full time life encourager!  His collection of poetry entitled Poetic Xpressions inspires with real life experiences and gets to the core of personal relationships- the good, the bad, and the indifferent. 

Charles has trained for government agencies, spoken for non-profits and small business owners.  He takes his gifts seriously, while having fun with them.  As a vocalist, he has performed many cover songs for various occasions and has four music CD’s to his credit.  He’s currently promoting his second book Courage Facing Mortality while working on his third book project.

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Drica Armstrong

www.dricaarmstrong.com

Drica Armstrong was born and raised in Elizabeth, NJ. She never thought of becoming an author because she wanted to be a lawyer. A homework assignment given to her by an English teacher sparked her interest in writing. While attending high school, Drica wrote several short stories and poetry.  She began writing her first novel, Beautiful Liars, during her first year of college and  self-published in 2009. Soon after the release of her new novel, Drica finished her second novel, Hide and Seek. It is the first book to be published on Drica’s self publishing company Double Take Publications in 2011. Drica is currently working on the screenplay for Hide and Seek and completing her third novel. Drica lives in Elizabeth, NJ with her son.

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Austin S.Camacho

www.ascamacho.com

After leaving the Army, Austin S.Camacho wrote military news for the Defense Department as a civilian. Today he handles media relations and writes articles for military newspapers and magazines.  He also teaches writing classes at Anne Arundel Community College and is deeply involved with the writing community.  

Camacho is the author of five novels in the Hannibal Jones Mystery Series (including The Troubleshooter, Blood and Bone, Collateral Damage, Damaged Goods and Russian Roulette) and four in the Stark and O’Brien adventure series (The Payback Assignment, The Orion Assignment, The Piranha Assignment, and this year’s The Ice Woman Assignment.  His short stories have been featured in four anthologies from Wolfmont Press, including Dying in a Winter Wonderland – an Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Top Ten Bestseller for 2008. 

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Leonora Snead

Author of "Forever Hold Your Peace"

Leonora Snead was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. She is also known as the Alter-Ego “Miss Lee.” Miss Lee is the host of an internet radio show called “Stilettos and Convo’s with Miss Lee.” Snead lives to motivate and inspire others to follow their dreams.  

Her first novel “Forever Hold Your Peace” is scheduled to be released this summer. She loves to spend time with family, travel to new destinations and listen to music. 

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