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Darden North: (Points of Origin, Medical Thriller, 2005 and House Call, Medical Thriller, hardcopy -2005, paperback -2007). Points of Origin was recognized in Southern Fiction by the 2007 Independent Publishers Book Awards. North is currently working on his third novel.

The Thunder of Angels: Behind the Scenes of Segregation (Williams and Greenhaw, Chicago Review Press)

War Elephants (Kistler, Praeger)

Darden North, Fresh Frozen
The tale of a southern socialite whose death under suspicious circumstances becomes entangled in a battle over ownership of her frozen eggs and embryos.

Darden North, Points of Origin
In the Deep South appearances are not a luxury but a necessity. No family finds that more true than the Foxworths of Larkspur, a quaint but greedy Mississippi town. In that community or anywhere else for that matter, the life of handsome young Sher Foxworth would seem an enviable American dream: high school star quarterback and valedictorian; successful plastic surgeon for a father; beautiful, supportive mother; rich grandparents. But then a single death at the hands of his father rips the town apart, throwing the life of Sher Foxworth and his family into a downward spiral, a corkscrew that entangles more devastation and turmoil as Sher himself lands in jail. It is that tangle with a female police officer which derails his own life from that of town hero into a journey he never intended --- far from his plans for medical school. While in Point of Origin readers will sample the return of endearing and despicable characters made popular in North's 2005 debut novel, House Call, they will become immersed in the tumultuous lives of a different set of players: the colorful inhabitants of Larkspur --- a new mix of personalities and egos that wraps the lover of fiction into the livid world of southern intrigue. (Points of Origin was recognized in Southern Fiction by the 2007 Independent Publishers Book Awards.)

Darden North, House Call
As young Dr. Knox Chamblee struggles to establish a medical practice in a southern town, both his social and professional conquests are derailed by a psychotic killer. In House Call no one connects the first victim, an attractive hospital nurse discovered floating in a bloody bathtub, to the near-frozen body of Dr. Cullen Gwinn, Chamblee’s mentor and chief proponent, found at the base of a deer stand. The primary police suspect is Dr. Aslyn Hawes, Chamblee’s female senior partner and overbearing nemesis, whose jealousy of the victims cloaks her in suspicion. In fact, Hawes resents virtually every non-patient resident of the town with the exception of the teenage ambulance driver who becomes a fixture in her Jacuzzi. That same young man sexually tempts Jay Rutledge, the conniving hospital administrator and the killer’s next target. As the murder investigation unfolds around him, Knox Chamblee evolves from potential suspect in the nurse’s murder to victim of a totally different crime – career sabotage due to reverse sexual discrimination. By squelching his own resentment and fulfilling his medical obligations, Dr. Chamblee overcomes his mentor’s death and the resulting career threat caused by a killer who has slaughtered out of mistaken identity.

Kent Breazeale, The Willmakers
In 2000, Kent and his wife served as missionaries in the remote village of Bulima on the plains of Tanzania, East Africa. The Willmakers blends fiction with history and the real life experiences of a missionary while adding to the mix a most creative horror imaginable while revealing a surprising ending that shows no matter how bleak circumstances appear or how horrid life can be we cannot escape our destiny.

Alyssa Avant, My Heart to His
Alyssa Avant draws from her years of experience as a youth and children’s minister and her personal ministry, Beauty by Design, to help shape and mold today’s young girls into the Godly women they are created to be. Alyssa has taken her interaction with preteen and teenage girls to a new level in My Heart to His, a guide for girls on how to use a prayer journal. The guide also includes daily devotions and inspirational tips.

Sheri Ables educational background includes creative writing and journalism, Business Administration, Psychology, and Criminal Justice.

Sheri has been an agent since 1997, as well as a freelance writer and editor with over 20 years professional experience. Her literary experience began when she assisted an agency in Oregon (1995-6).

Sheri has been published in many print and online magazines: BellaOnline.com, ReadersRetreat.com, Gaming Products and Services Magazine, WritersMonthly.com and IdeaMarketers.com, to name a few. She writes and ghostwrites regularly for various businesses. In addition to writing, Sheri has provided freelance proofreading and editing services for Harcourt Brace and Stagen, Inc., and copywriting for a number of online and traditional venues. She published An Agent’s Point of View in 2004.

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