Birthrights (34 page)

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About the Authors

Christine M. Butler was born into the life of a
military brat in Dec. 1975. She has been a soldier, a prison guard,
wife, mother, adult store manager, and an editorial assistant for a
local newspaper. All of it has been fodder for her creative
mind.

She has lived all over the United States and South
Korea, but currently resides in South Carolina with her four
children and a very wild lion-head rabbit named Mr. Fuzzy
Bumpkins.

You can find out more about Christine, her works in
progress, and read some of her book reviews at her website,
Facebook fan page, and Twitter:

http://www.moonlitdreams.org/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Moonlit-Dreams/128458870521953

http://twitter.com/#!/M00nlitdreams

Birthrights was co-written with Jennifer L. Oliver.
She chose not to continue on with the rest of The Awakening Trilogy
due to other obligations, but you can find out all about her at her
website or her Twitter page:

http://www.small-escapes.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/Jenn_L_oliver

Birthrights was the first book in The Awakening
Trilogy. The second book in the trilogy, Revelations, is scheduled
for release in Sept. 2011, and the third book, Incarnations is
scheduled for release in February 2012.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my children: Bella, Devlin,
Alex, and Lexy for all the times they had to do without me while I
was locked away writing.

I would like to thank my mother, Linda, for reading
every version of Birthrights that was produced until we got it
right!

I would also like to thank my daughter's friend, Ryan
Brown, for being a fan long before the book was done!

Samantha Ross and Jessica Lewis Williams for the time
spent at my house while their mother and I worked together and
thank you Jessica for also reading several revisions and letting us
know what you thought!

Thanks to Tony for all the yum-i-licious Sangria
while we wrote!

Thanks to Carolyn Cohee for creating the first print
version of the book ever! She now has a one of kind book, because
it was an earlier version.

To the wonderful authors and friends I have made via
Twitter and Facebook, a huge thank you for all the pointers,
encouragement, and opportunities that you passed along. It made
this experience truly worth it, just to meet you guys!

And finally a very special thank you to my
grandmother, Emma Josephine Hickman, who unfortunately passed
before I could finished this book. She was always so very proud of
the things I wrote. I love you and miss you!

Book Cover Acknowledgements

Thanks to Patria Dunn-Rowe, J.A. Paul, and the
authors/illustrators of The Literary Underground for all their help
and support in re-making the cover. Also, thanks to both my
parents, my daughter Bella and her boyfriend Matthew Sawyer for
their constant opinions, ideas, and encouragement throughout the
process!

http://litunderground.com/

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