2012 Roswell Galaxy Fest Authors
Sharon King
Sharon King has been an early childhood teacher, program coordinator and a director in child care centers for more than 26 years.
She enjoys doing arts and crafts, and working with children. Over the years she has made many fun activities to share with children.
Her book Junior Alien Zone is a fun and an interesting arts and crafts activity book about aliens which can be used in many ways.
Sharon never thought she would write a children’s book and then it happened. In the summer of 2004, she and her husband took their niece and family on vacation to Roswell.
While there, they learned about the UFO Festival held each July. Sharon had so many ideas, she started to write them all down and the rest is history … a book was born.
Just 33 days after Junior Alien Zone was published, she had her first book signing. It took place at the Roswalien Experience 2009 Festival in the International UFO Museum & Research Center in Roswell. The book received a lot of attention and positive exposure.
Tom Kirkbride
Tom Kirkbride grew up on the beaches of Southern California, the location where his GAMADIN series begins. While in college, he was a bodysurfer and a lifeguard in La Jolla, California. He is also an avid skier, world traveler and artist. Tom has created all of the artwork you see on www.GAMADIN.com, inside the book and on the book jackets. He has written screenplays and short stories, but prefers the length and depth a novel brings to a good story.
The GAMADIN book series evolved from Toms love of science fiction and the desire to write a thrill-packed, character driven adventure for young adults. Tom resides in the San Diego area, but speaks about writing to classrooms, writers groups, and book clubs all over the country. You may also find Tom hosting the GAMADIN booth at many science fiction conventions. Information regarding Tom Kirkbrides book events and appearances can be found at the Book Events page of www.GAMADIN.com.
Kathleen Lorraine
A young Kathleen wrote her first book, Pockets, for her daughter Rebecca when she started her first year in school. Although her first book never saw the light of day, some of Ms. Lorraine’s later works did.
The upcoming author writes her stories under the Pen Name of K. Lorraine.
Ms. Lorraine resurrected her interest in writing after a 30-year absence to raise her children. She kept her skill of writing fine-tuned when a local newspaper offered her a staff writer’s position with her own byline.
She divides her time between writing adult human drama of romance and suspense and a series of read-and-color children’s stories about an alien called Spog.
She has to her credit: A Next Generation: Love in Silence, The Mis-Adventures of Walter and Katy Shuster, The Lonely Alien, The Apple Trick and Beyond A Kiss. The book cover art and all of her illustrations are original pieces by Ms. Lorraine.
She and her husband, Ed, have been married 20 years. They divide their time between a home in New Mexico and a southwest Florida vacation property.
The couple has a blended family of five adult children: Heidi, Michael, Eric Edmund, Eric Michael and Rebecca. They have six grandchildren: Jesse, Haley, Greta, Rachel, Joseph Giovanni and Maia.
Be sure to look for more about the author and her literary work at www.klorraine.com
Ms. Lorraine has plans to feature some of her original art on the website.
Ken Hudnall
Military veteran Ken Hudnall was an instructor in urban warfare at the U.S. Army Infantry School and is author of a dozen books, including the award-winning Manhattan Conspiracy series.
The first in the series was written in 1992, but was a chillingly accurate portrait of the terrorist attacks on New York City in 1993 and 2001.
He has appeared on CNN, FOX News and other major networks as a special consultant in urban warfare. In addition to his works of fiction, he has written extensively on the issues of unidentified flying objects and national security.
Jill Mara
Jill “Amariah” Mara, author of the telepathically received book Keys to Soul Evolution: A Gateway to the Next Dimension is a conduit for messages from transdimensional beings. She is dedicated to sharing her ability to assist humanity in awakening to their true potential.
Amariah connected with Simion, the Evolutionary Collective of 7th dimension light beings during a meditation to meet her guides in 2005. Instead of personal guidance, this collective delivered information regarding the upcoming shift in human consciousness. She soon began verbally channeling answers to questions from friends and family about life, the universe and reality.
When she attempted to type information from Simion at her computer, she automatically received several pages and a list of topics, which she later realized were the introduction and chapter titles of a book. Over four years, she worked diligently to complete and publish the profound Simion book, Keys to Soul Evolution.
Amariah now makes telepathic contact with many different beings including archangels and extraterrestrials. She offers life changing personal sessions in which she connects with an individual's guide(s) regarding their soul origin, purpose, and making contact.
Amariah has become a cosmic ambassador and is a regular guest at conferences and on radio programs. She contributes to publications such as Sedona Journal of Emergence and ConsciousLifeNews.com, and is a featured channel in the documentary Tuning In Two. She shares a monthly email newsletter message from Simion, and offers occasional spiritual travel journeys. Her next journey will be to Israel for December 2012.
Prior to her book release, Jill was active with her yacht charter brokerage in the US Virgin Islands. Before that she owned a video production company recording whales in Cape Cod, MA, and spent several years as an elementary teacher in New York. She has a BA in Communications and a Masters in Teaching.
Larry Holcome
Larry Holcombes introduction to the world of ufology came in the late 1950s after reading Major Donald Keyhoes, Flying Saucers Are Real and Flying Saucers from Outer Space, found in his high school library. These books started a 50 plus year study and avocation into mainstream research of the most important story in the history of mankind.
After taking early retirement in 2006 he started work on The Great River Disclosure, a novel in the thriller venue, based on his theories of the UFO phenomenon derived from his 50 plus years of study. The idea was to write a novel that would appeal to a large segment of people, many of whom would not read a UFO related work of non-fiction, and perhaps spark a desire with skeptics to take a closer look at the UFO phenomenon. His second novel, Satans Angel, has been completed and purchased by Pulse Publishing for publication later this year. It is a follow-up to The Great River Disclosure and is the second book in The Great River Disclosure trilogy.
Larry is now negotiating the sale of his first work of non-fiction, The History of Presidents and the UFO Enigma. Using writer/producer Robert Emeneggers explosive background story of the making of the NBC-TV documentary, UFOS: Past, Present & Future, and the involvement of the Nixon Administration in the production, this book is able to tie together presidential involvement from Franklin Roosevelt to present in one continuous interwoven story. Interviews with Bob Emenegger about his dealings with the Committee to Reelect the President in making the documentary leave little doubt that President Nixon was about to add the disclosure of extraterrestrial life to his impressive list of accomplishments. The onset of the Watergate scandal brought a halt to the disclosure plans, as well as the withdrawal of an Air Force offer to release 600 of 16mm film showing the landing of an extraterrestrial spacecraft at Holloman Air Force Base in 1964. This bizarre tale is supported by the excellent documentary hosted by Rod Serling and obviously made with the support of the government and Air Force in particular. Its a story that until now has slipped through the cracks of Ufology.
Larry continues to believe that Roswell, and the bungling of crash retrieval events, was the defining moment in the development of the United States policy towards the UFO issue. His PowerPoint presentation at this years festival will cover his work with Bob Emenegger and his background story about the TV documentary, background on the Nixon Administrations involvement in the documentary, and the involvement of all modern presidents in the UFO issue. He will also cover Kennedys possible interest in disclosure that was followed by Nixons interest that together caused a paradigm shift in presidential involvement in UFO issues.
Linda Mooney
Linda loves to write romance with a fantasy or science fiction flair. Her technique is often described as being as visual as a motion picture or graphic novel. By day she is a Kindergarten teacher, wife, and mother who lives in a small south Texas town near the Gulf coast. But at night she delves into worlds filled with daring exploits and sensuous, erotic romance.
Author of
10 Consecutive #1 Best Sellers
2009 Whiskey Creek Press Torrid Author of the Year.
2011 EPIC Ebook Award for Best Erotic Science Fiction Romance