Chicken Soup for the Bride's Soul (36 page)

Steve Manchester,
father of two sons, is the author of
The Unexpected Storm: The Gulf War Legacy, Jacob Evans
and
At the Stroke of Midnight,
as well as several books under the pseudonym Steven Herberts. Three of his screenplays have also been produced as films.

Michelle Marullo
is a freelance writer who pursues her greatest passions as wife and mother. She is currently writing a book,
You Can Stop Chasing the Wind!,
a work describing how to avoid the daily obstacles that keep us from reaching God’s purpose for our lives. She can be reached at
Mjmfreelance@ charter.net.

Janet Matthews
is a writer, editor, professional speaker and coauthor of the bestseller,
Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul.
She is working on a book version of
The Navy’s Baby
with Daniel Keenan, an amazing story appearing in
Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul,
which she helped produce and edit. Janet can be reached at 905-881-8995, ext 28, or by e-mail at
[email protected],
or
www.canadiansoul.com

Carol Mell,
raised in rural Oregon, earned a dance degree at Juilliard. She has lived in Navajoland and on the Arizona–Mexico border as a Spanish-speaking reporter. Now a columnist, feature writer and photographer for magazines and newspapers, as well as dance teacher and choreographer, she can be reached at
[email protected].

Patrick Mendoza
is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, musician and author. Since 1976, he has performed over 18,000 performances all over the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Fiji Islands. He is also a contributor to
Chicken Soup for the Volunteer’s Soul.
He can be reached at
www.patmendoza.com
.

Greta Montgomery
received her B.A. from Azusa Pacific University. She taught high-school English for seven years, and also coached volleyball and basketball. After getting married in 2002, she moved to Scotland, her husband’s home, and is now a stay-at-home wife and mother. She can be reached at
[email protected].

Lad Moore
enjoys several writing awards and more than 300 publishing credits in magazines and on the web. His collection,
Odie Dodie,
is available in literary paperback at all major booksellers.
Tailwind
, a forty-story set of short-story memoirs, was also released in 2003.

Edward Nickless,
an Australian who moved to the United States in 1989, is the chief financial officer of an Orange County, California construction company. He is happily married to Maria Nickless, one of the coauthors of this book, and is very proud of the great job that she has done. In his spare time, he also enjoys writing humorous short stories on the quirks of daily life.

Thirty years after their wedding,
Adele Noetzelman
and her husband, Jim, live near Fort Collins, Colorado. They have three adult children (two married), a teenager still at home, and three grandchildren. Coauthor of a hospitality handbook,
A Cup of Cold Water,
Adele enjoys gardening, decorative painting and playing with horses.

Cathy L. Novakovich
is employed as an administrative manager for an investment firm in Chicago. She has reduced her office hours to three days per week to allow more time for the things she loves most: her husband, her three daughters, her eight grandchildren and her passion for reading a good book.

Donald R. Novakovich
told us the most important things in his life are his three children. He has two stepdaughters who stole his heart long ago, and have now made him “Papa” to eight grandchildren. And, if that wasn’t enough, he and his wife have adopted yet another daughter to love!

Nicole Owens
is an elementary educator and the mother of three energetic boys. Currently residing in Michigan, Nicole enjoys painting, hiking, camping and humorous attempts at gardening. She loves God, garage sales and double chocolate ice cream. She appreciates her husband’s unwavering support of her writing career.

Amanda Parise-Peterson
is a freelance writer and former newspaper reporter who lives in Minnesota with her husband, Jason. She has her B.A. in English writing and German from Concordia College. Amanda enjoys working with children, traveling, reading, photography and of course, dancing. She can be reached at
[email protected]
.

Mark Parisi
’s OFF THE MARK comic panel has been syndicated since 1987 and is distributed by United Media.Mark’s humor also graces greeting cards, T-shirts, calendars, magazines (such as Billboard), newsletters and books. Lynn, is his wife/business partner and their daughter, Jenny, contributes with inspiration, (as do three cats).

Kathy Passero
is an award-winning writer and essayist whose work has been published in a number of national magazines and newspapers. She is also the author of two nonfiction books. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and their baby daughter.

Mitali Perkins
was born in Calcutta, India and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She maintains a Web site called “The Fire Escape: Books For and About Young Immigrants” (
www.mitaliperkins.com
) and is the author of two books,
Sunita!
(Little, Brown) and
Monsoon Summer
(Random House).

Penny Perrone
is a freelance writer with a background in the mental health field and an M.S. in community health. She has completed an inspirational, healing-type manuscript for those overcoming over whelming obstacles and is in the process of finding a publisher. She can be reached at
[email protected]
.

Pat Phillips
enjoys writing inspirational and Christian stories based on her own personal experiences. She is happily married to Bob Phillips, her husband of twenty-eight years. Their two children and two grandchildren have become a great source in providing material for many of her stories. She can be reached at
[email protected]

Kaylen Pierce
is the mother of three wonderful daughters. She is also a grandmother of three, and greatly enjoys this new role. Her greatest passions are serving God and spending time with her family. She teaches a women’s Bible study group, and would love to continue writing when she’s not busy cuddling grandbabies.

Caroline Pignat
met her husband, Tony, in eighth grade, and they’ve been together ever since. The Pignats claim the secret to their happy marriage is love, friendship and a lot of laughs. They live in Ottawa, Canada with their two kids, Liam and Marion. She can be reached at
[email protected].

Shad Purcell
is a youth minister and guest speaker living in San Antonio Texas. He and his beautiful wife, April, enjoy hiking, running, reading and watching lots of movies together. He can be reached at
[email protected].

Carol McAdoo Rehme
, an inspirational freelance writer, is an experienced Mother of the Bride: She married off two daughters in two years. Now, she feathers her empty nest with writing and editing for
Chicken Soup for the Soul
and directing Vintage Voices, Inc., a nonprofit agency that provides programs in eldercare facilities. She can be reached at
[email protected]
or
www.rehme.com
.

Carla Riehl
is a
Chicken Soup
contributing author and motivational speaker who tours nationally speaking on “Calm Confident and Assertive for Women”. She won three Clios (advertising’s Oscar) and an Emmy for singing TV and radio commercials. Her latest book is entitled
52 MIRACLES: A Year of Truly Miraculous Stories of Ordinary People.

Kimberly Ripley
lives with her husband, five children and faithful dog, Philly, in New Hampshire. The author of five books, her
Freelancing Later in Life
has received numerous awards and is now facilitated as a writing workshop throughout many states. Visit Kim’s site at
www.kimberlyripley.writergazette.com
.

Gwen Rockwood
received her Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Arkansas in 1995. She writes a humor column called “The Rockwood Files” for several newspapers in Arkansas and Missouri. She is currently working on a compilation book of her columns. She can be reached at
[email protected].

Leigh P. Rogers
is a writer residing in California. She has been published in
Spies, Wives, Nudges from God
and has other stories pending publication. She was raised all over the world as the daughter of a CIA agent, and is currently working on a manuscript about her experiences abroad.

Cartoonist
Dan Rosandich
has been published for over 25 years I hundreds of publications ranging from
Barron’s
to
Reader’s Digest
. He also specializes in creating custom artwork for any professional commercial endeavor. Reach Dan at: 906-482-6234 or
[email protected]
and visit his extensive portfolio & online catalog at
DANSCARTOONS.COM
.

Kris Hamm Ross
is a fifth-grade teacher at Grace School in Houston, Texas. Her memoirs have appeared in the
Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, Chicken Soup for the Teacher’s Soul
and
Chicken Soup for the Grandparent’s Soul.
She can be reached at
[email protected].

Bob Schochet
is an award-winning cartoonist.Bob started out as a graphic design artist in advertising.But, he discovered his true passion when he painted “cartoons” on the day room walls while in the army.He works out of his home in the Hudson Valley and draws 40 cartoons a week.His career spans 36 years with over 80,000 cartoons to his credit.His cartoons appear in many venues, including
TV Guide, Saturday Review, Good Housekeeping, Wall Street Journal
and the
National Enquirer.

Lucy Akard Seay,
a popular Christian conference speaker and author, is founder of Biblical Etiquette Ministries, an organization dedicated to teaching believers how to use the Bible as an etiquette book in everyday family and social situations. She enjoys reading, cooking and entertaining friends. She can be reached at
[email protected].

Kathy Shaskan
ditched a successful career as a marketing executive to pursue her interest in humor writing and cartooning.(This fact alone prompted her friends to burst out laughing.)Her work has since appeared in many publications and she has two children’s books in development with the Dutton Press division of Penguin Putnam Publishing

Lisa Solomon
is a freelance writer based in Washington. She graduated from CSU with a B.A. in sociology. Lisa has worked as a professional ballerina in Nevada, an activist and employee for pro-choice organizations in Arizona, and now writes while accompanying her husband on his job assignments around the world.

Carrie St. Michel
is a contributing editor at
Good Housekeeping
magazine and a frequent contributor to numerous other national publications. Previously a syndicated columnist at
The Los Angeles Times,
she can be reached at
[email protected].

Kelly Stevens-Hartley
married her true love, David, on April 21, 2001. She has a B.A. in history, and works as an early childhood educator in Windsor, Ontario. Kelly is grateful to her parents, sister Keri, friends and the Frugal Brides (
www.frugalbride.com
), who continue to offer their unconditional love and support.

Carol M. Sturgulewski
is a lifelong Alaskan. A newspaper and magazine writer and editor for more than twenty-five years, she is also coauthor of
Chicken Soup for the Gardener’s Soul
and
Kodiak: Alaska’s Emerald Isle
. She and her husband of twenty years live in Anchorage with their three sons.

Patty Swyden Sullivan
is a freelance writer living in Kansas. She is blessed with the legacy of love shared by her parents, Victor and Vivian Swyden, and the loving support of a husband who encourages her to follow her dreams.

Sylvia Suriano
is a songwriter, composer and pianist from Toronto. She enjoys teaching music to young children, and aspires to fulfill her creative spirit by writing in many different genres. She can be reached at
[email protected].

Annmarie B. Tait
lives in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania with her husband, Joe, and Sammy the “Wonder Yorkie.” The youngest of five children, Annmarie has written numerous stories recalling the fond memories of her Irish Catholic childhood.
Snow Cloud
is the second to be published in the
Chicken Soup
series.

Deborah Thomas
is the youth services coordinator for a parks and recreation program, and is also a freelance writer of inspirational women’s and children’s fiction. She has been happily married for twenty-seven years.

Renata Waldrop
received her degree in English from the University of Tennessee in 1998. She currently divides her time between writing pursuits, spiritual teaching and caring for her husband and son. She can be reached at
[email protected].

Rachel Wallace-Oberle
has an education in radio/television broadcasting as well as journalism/print. She is a freelance writer who has written for numerous publications. She also co-hosts a Sunday morning radio program and loves long walks, classical music and canaries. She can be reached at
rachel [email protected].

Denise N. Wheatley
received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois in 1996. Her first novel,
I Wish I Never Met U
, will be published in the summer of 2004. When she is not writing, Denise enjoys movies, tennis and spending time with family and friends.