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Jan Bevan is a literary artist who writes children’s story picture books and chapter books. She is the Author in Residence at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida, where she also is a staff member of the Education Department in Art Connections. In addition, Jan is a talented poet, composer, and musician. Jan is a member of the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, has served on the poetry reading board of Kalliope Magazine, A Journal of Women’s Art and Literature, and is on the Board of Directors of Ensemble EnCor, a chamber music performing trio from Berkeley, California. She is an ambassador for VSA Arts of Florida (Very Special Arts). Founded by Jean Kennedy Smith, VSA Arts, an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., is an international organization that brings the art world to the disabled. Jan Bevan, a mentor for writers with and without disabilities, has a Residency with VSA Arts of Florida to train others throughout the state. A former psychiatric social worker, Jan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Berry College in Rome, Georgia and a Masters Degree in Pastoral Studies and Practical Theology from Loyola University, New Orleans, LA. Pete Davey received a B.S. degree in biology and zoology from the University of Michigan in 1987. He started his marine mammal training career at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut. While there, he learned to train animals by working with California sea lions, harbor seals, northern fur seals, gray seals, and even an elephant seal. In 1990, Davey joined the Shedd Aquarium, a new oceanarium in Chicago, Illinois, as part of the marine mammal department. In almost nine years with Shedd, he worked with beluga whales, Pacific white sided dolphins, and more seals, sea otters and penguins. He became the lead for beluga whales and a senior trainer. In 1999 he went to Ocean Journey, a new aquarium in Denver, Colorado to build its training programs from scratch. As curator of training and husbandry, he designed and directed training programs using whale and dolphin training techniques with tigers, sea otters, and river otters (thus "whales with fur" was born). At the same time, he hired, developed and taught trainers to be a part of that training program. In 2003, Davey was given the opportunity to rebuild the training programs at the world's first oceanarium, Marineland of Florida. As director of training, he designs all programs and spends much of his time teaching trainers how to work with the bottlenose dolphins. Pete's second book is "A Dolphin in Front of You," a guide to getting a job as a dolphin trainer. He lives with his wife, Jody, and his children, Kelsey, Kate, Ty, and Sam (and several of his own whales with fur). To visit Pete Davey's website please click here Kay Day's third collection, A Poetry Break, features a full chapter of sonnets and an introduction by Ruth Daigon. Ms. Day has written articles and poetry for magazines like The Writer, Miller's Pond (print), and Pif. A book review is forthcoming in Foreword, the nation's top print and online review magazine. She has received many awards for poetry and nonfiction, among them the ByLine Literary Award for Poetry, the Carrie Allen McCray Literary Award for Poetry, and second place for an Italian sonnet in national competition sponsored by Florida Freelance Writers Network. Day presents at festivals like Amelia Island's Book Island Festival and Girlfriends' Weekend in Jefferson, Texas. She organized and founded a chapter of the Florida State Poetry Association for Jacksonville and serves as president of First Coast Poets Society. She is a member of American Pen Women, Florida Freelance Writers Network, and Florida Writers Association. As a freelance writer, she has created projects for the SC Department of Natural Resources, the Alston Wilkes Society, the SC Pharmacy Association, the SC Forestry Association, and corporate enterprises. To visit Kay Day's website please click here
Victor DiGenti spent thirty-five years working for WJCT
Public Broadcasting in a variety of positions that
included public affairs producer, head of corporate
communications, and as producer of the acclaimed
Jacksonville Jazz Festival for eight years. During
that time, he was also a freelance writer and for nearly
nine years wrote a humor column for The Beaches Leader
community newspaper. Vic graduated from the University of
Florida with a degree in Broadcasting and Communications. Dorothy K. Fletcher has taught English for over thirty years in Jacksonville, Florida. Along with teaching, writing is her passion. Her poetry has appeared in over 80 literary magazines including Kalliope and Key West Review. More than 20 of her articles have appeared in The Florida Times Union, and she has also had essays and articles published in Coastal Traveling Magazine, Small Press Review, Florida English Journal, Folio Weekly, and Jacksonville Magazine. To visit Dorothy K. Fletcher's website please click here Frank Gromling, owner/publisher at Ocean Publishing, found that owning his own businesses was a lot more rewarding and fun than being a corporate executive. Since 1980 he has owned and operated six companies, which he took from start-up to maturity. His professional and personal adventures have taken him to more than 30 countries. Frank is the President of the Florida Publishers Association and is a board member of PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association. He conducts seminars and workshops across the country on a variety of book publishing subjects, such as how to transition from writer to published author, comparison of different publisher types, marketing and networking your book to success, and other others. He lives in Florida with his wife. Grahl Barkoskie Neitz lives in the Florida she loves. She and her husband enjoy spending time with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Grahl loves to share stories about "her Florida" with audiences throughout the South. She worked for a railroad company until retirement and then began her research and writing for her first book Cabbageberries, Duck Feathers and the Tides, her personal memoir about the Palm Valley area of northeast Florida. Alfred Nicol won the prestigious 2004 Richard Wilbur Award for Poetry and has earned numerous other major awards for poetry. He is a member of The Powow River Poets, formed in 1991 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, by Rhina Espaillat. Renowned poets Deborah Warren, Len Krisak, and others consider Nicol one of the finest poets in America today. He and his wife reside in Massachusetts. Steve Robertson taught and coached students in the Duval County (FL) School District for 37 years. His soccer teams enjoyed a 70% winning record and many players went on to college and professional success. He has written several novels and a poetry collection, plus he is an accomplished illustrator, musician and avid fisherman. He resides in Florida with his wife. To visit H. Steven Robertson's website please click here Sandra Wallus Sammons is an award-winning author of historical biographies, each of which has a Florida relationship. Her books about Henry Flagler, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Jacqueline Cochran, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas provided her with the skills and experience to write her newest work, John and William Bartram: Travelers in Early America. Diane Till, a former New York advertising creative director, has lived in Italy and Australia, and worked throughout Asia, Europe, and Mexico. She has won awards for her advertising campaigns and creative concepts. Diane is an avid animal rights advocate who shares her home with dogs, cats and parrots, and believes respect for earth’s creatures should start young. She resides in Florida. |
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