by Gabbi Hall Dina Nayeri moved to the United States from Iran at the age of 10 in the midst of the revolution. Her debut novel, “A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea,” was released in 2013 by Riverhead Books and has been translated to 14 foreign languages. Dina holds an…
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How Journalism Helped Author Teresa Santoski Hone Her Craft
by Pamme Boutselis Newly published author Teresa Santoski is also a journalist, whose award-winning humor column, Tete-a-tete, is published the first and fifth Thursday of the month in the entertainment section of The Telegraph, a daily newspapers in southern New Hampshire. Santoski’s first book, “Prayers for Oppa,” is a Christian…
The Penmen Profile: Karen Jones, Author, Educator and Former Broadcast Journalist
by Pamme Boutselis A retired broadcast journalist, author Karen Jones worked for a decade in public education, teaching and writing curriculum. A former director of the Virginia Writers Conference, she was also an advisor for the Bay School of the Arts. The author of four books—the novel, “Kingdom of Hearts,”…