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Bella
Rosa Books specializes in backlist reissues and original titles
by commercially established authors.
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Bella Rosa Books Original
DAME
AGATHA'S SHORTS
Author: Elena Santangelo
5.5"x 8.5" Trade Paperback
$13.95US; 160pp
ISBN
978-1-933523-72-9
LCCN 2009926668
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Author
News . . .
2009
Agatha Award Winner for Best Non-fiction:
And,
just announced:
Macavity Award Finalist and Anthony Award Finalist !
DAME
AGATHA'S SHORTS
An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion
by
Elena Santangelo
The
2009 Agatha Award winners will be announced at the 2009 Agatha
Awards banquet to be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010, Washington,
D.C. For more information go to www.malicedomestic.org.
In DAME
AGATHA'S SHORTS, mystery author Elena Santangelo guides you
through the short works of one of mystery's most famous writers,
AGATHA CHRISTIE.
Find out:
* what was the most exciting event in Christie's life outside
of dining with the Queen.
* who Miss Lemon, detective Hercule Poirot's secretary, listed
as a former employer on her resume.
* which three short stories inspired the novel Evil Under The
Sun.
* what was Ariadne Oliver's sideline before she became a famous
novelist.
* what inspired Christie's first story, and possibly her whole
writing career.
* why you should read, or re-read, Agatha Christie's short stories.
"The
most readable guide and in-depth companion to Agatha's Shorts
that any fan could ever wish for. No mystery library, personal
or public, should be without this resource. Santangelo has created
a gem ..."
Charles Todd, author of A MATTER OF JUSTICE and A DUTY
TO THE DEAD
"A
delicious romp through Christie's life and stories. A must-read
for Christie lovers ... Santangelo weaves together a wealth
of information, making it both enjoyable and educational."
Judy Clemens, author of the Anthony- and Agatha-nominated
Stella Crown series
"Santangelo
provides the first source book of Agatha Christie's short fiction
in easy prose, with a dash of humor ... For Christie fans-the
answer to a prayer!"
Robin Hathaway, author of Sleight of Hand
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Don't Sabotage
Your Submission
Chris Roerden
312 pp TP, annotated, indexed
ISBN 978-933523-31-6
$17.95
Booking
and promotional info:
Pat Meller, 336-209-0628
patmeller@aol.com
author
and book info
Update:
DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION has won the Florida Writers Association's
Royal Palm Literary Award.
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Author
News . . .
DON'T SABOTAGE
YOUR SUBMISSION
by Chris Roerden
wins Benjamin Franklin Award
Bella Rosa Books (Rock Hill, SC) won the 2009 Benjamin Franklin
Award in the category of Literary Criticism for its trade paperback
DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION: Insider Information from a Career
Editor to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A.
The national Benjamin Franklin Awards[TM] are sponsored by the
Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) to celebrate
excellence in editorial and design. Judges come from all areas
of the industry: major newspaper and trade media reviewers,
bookstore and library buyers and reviewers, non-competing publishers,
and artists and writers who serve the industry.
DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION is the expanded edition, for
writers in all genres, of the Agatha Award winner DON'T MURDER
YOUR MYSTERY: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript
from Turning Up D.O.A., also published (2006) by Bella Rosa
Books. Each award-winning book reveals why 90 percent of the
manuscripts submitted to literary agencies and publishing houses
are rejected by page one, and what authors can do to boost their
odds of having their writing actually read.
Awards were presented on Thursday, May 28, 2009, on the eve
of BookExpo America. Accepting in New York on behalf of Bella
Rosa Books was the author, Chris Roerden, who celebrates her
44th year in publishing as an editor. A resident of Greensboro,
NC, Roerden was a workshop presenter and a panelist on the panel
of editors at the 2006 South Carolina Writers Workshop in Myrtle
Beach. Her publications include 75 articles, a game, and 11
books, 4 of which she ghostwrote. Authors she has edited are
published by St. Martin's Press, Berkley Prime Crime, Intrigue,
Midnight Ink, Rodale, Viking, Walker & Co., and many others.
Roerden is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Southern
Maine with degrees in English, and a member of Mystery Writers
of America, Sisters in Crime, Mensa and South Carolina Writers
Workshop.
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Agatha
Award Winner - Macavity Award Finalist - Anthony Award Finalist
DON'T
MURDER YOUR MYSTERY
24 Fiction-Writing Techniques To Save Your
Manuscript From Turning Up D.O.A.
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"Invaluable
to fiction writers of all genres"
Midwest Book Review
A career
editor demonstrates why most fiction manuscripts are rapidly
rejected. Loaded with positive examples from 140 mystery authors,
this well-researched volume shows numerous ways that ALL writers
can dramatically improve their craft and put forth the fresh
new voice publishers demand.
Even multi-published pros Margaret
Maron, P.J. Parrish, Phil Hardwick, and Kathryn Wall admit to
learning new techniques from Don't Murder Your Mystery.
"Offers
a wealth of good advice, supported by excellent examples."
Mystery Scene
Author:
Chris Roerden
Original Title from Bella Rosa Books
ISBN 1-933523-13-1 author
and book info
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Bella
Rosa Books Original
DEATH
ON A SOUTHERN BREEZE
Author: Mark de Castrique
5.5"x
8.5" Trade Paperback
Retail: $13.95US; 196pp
ISBN
978-1-933523-34-7
LCCN
2009924295
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Author
News . . .
2010
Reviewers Choice Award Finalist for Best Young Adult Mystery:
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DEATH
ON A SOUTHERN BREEZE
by Mark de Castrique
A
LOCKED-ROOM WHODUNIT
IN THE CLASSIC TRADITION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
JUNE
1860 A new locomotive christened A Southern Breeze steams
across the Carolina countryside carrying seventeen-year-old
Jeb Bennett and his twin sister Rachel Leigh to the exhilarating
promise of a summer in Charleston.
While
storm clouds gather over the landscape, fiercer storms rage
inside the passenger cars. The tensions between North and South
rapidly escalate until one traveler's journey abruptly and brutally
ends. Who was the murderer? Was the victim the real target?
Amid swirling suspicions and deceptive intrigue, Jeb and Rachel
Leigh join Pinkerton Detective Jonathan Ward in a race to unmask
a killer.
But murder
isn't the only evil Jeb must confront. As motives and suspects
abound, Jeb learns what it means to place a price on a human
life, not only as a victim of murder, but also as property to
be traded and sold.
The final
showdown means hard choices, a test of loyalties, and a face-to-face
encounter with Death On A Southern Breeze.
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Bella
Rosa Books Original
Southern
novel pits grandmother and granddaughter against power brokers
in small town
When local
leaders in McCord, South Carolina plan to cut down dozens of
historic oak trees and widen Main Street for a new manufacturing
plant, they don't realize the danger they are bringing to the
town. Against their family's better judgment, fourteen-year-old
Maggie Gordon and her feminist grandmother, Laney, pledge to
save the trees. But Laney fails to consider that an important
lesson in civic responsibility and leadership might have unexpected
consequences-like the criticism she'll endure in her own hometown
or the peril her entire family will ultimately face.
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"The
South is known for strong women who infuse God's spirit into
children to heal their troubled minds and encourage their talents.
Mary Eaddy has given us two enormously memorable characters
in Laney Gordon and her granddaughter, Maggie-a child I vow
to love forever!"
Ronda
Rich, Author, WHAT SOUTHERN WOMEN KNOW ABOUT FAITH
"The
Oaks of McCord paints a vivid picture of both the joys and generations-old
conflicts in a small Southern town. The troubles of young Maggie
Gordon should resonate, particularly, with young adult readers."
Marcia Preston, Author, THE WIND COMES SWEEPING and THE
BUTTERFLY HOUSE
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DEATH
IN ZOOVILLE A Caleb Knowles
Mystery
Author:
Carla Damron
Original Title from Bella Rosa Books; Trade Paperback
5.5"x 8.5" Trade Paperback
Retail $14.95US
ISBN 978-1-933523-89-7
LCCN 2010926793
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Jesse
Odom, Iraq veteran and author of THROUGH OUR EYES, was featured,
along with several other veterans, in "Coming Home,"
a special DATELINE
NBC on the effect combat killing has on soldiers.
Read "On
Killing's Cost" an article by DATELINE producer, Vince
Sturla, about what inspired the episode: INSIDE
DATELINE
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ISBN
978-1-933523-14-9
LCCN 2008929029
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an Excerpt
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THROUGH
OUR EYES
Author: Jesse Odom
Original Title from Bella Rosa Books
Live,
Die, Cry, Kill, Fear, Hope, and Cope
A
raw, boots-on-the-ground account of the Devil Dogs of Alpha
Company's march into Baghdad and the capture of Saddam's palace.
The first blood, the first lives lost, and each Marine's haunting
aftermath.
A raw, unfiltered
view of the early days of the Iraq invasionand the haunting
aftermath.
In a story
taken from his personal war journal, a Marine infantryman tells
the tale of Alpha Company's march into Baghdad and the capture
of Saddam's palace. This is the hard-hitting, straightforward
memoir of the brave Marinesthe first boots-on-the-ground
in Iraq-who paved the way with their blood, sweat, and tears.
The story of the first American to die in action in the Iraq
War. The account of innocent civilians killed in the crossfire.
The private repercussionshow young Marines cope with violent
death and killing.
In his own
words, unpolished and unrefined, rich with the voice and flavor
of a young Marine in first action, Jesse Odom, leader of Second
Platoon's First Squad, gives us a memorable and poignant tale
of innocence stripped away, of lives lost, of battle, bloodshed,
camaraderie, laughter and grief. And finallya type of
healing.
Meet the
Devil Dogs of Alpha Company, of The Fighting Fifth Marinestheir
heroes, their fallen in arms.
NOTE:
A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to the Chip
Wicks Fund, a fund to support the men and women who have fought
and served in Iraq or Afghanistan and now have Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder.
More details
at the author's website: www.iraqthroughoureyes.com
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Author:
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Third Edition
5.5"x8.5" Trade Paperback
Retail: $12.95US
ISBN 978-1-933523-23-1 author
and book info
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Spanish
Language Edition now available
5.5"x 8.5" Trade Paperback
Retail: $12.95US
ISBN 978-1-933523-88-0
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Coming
Soon . . .
ROGUE
MAGE
Roleplaying in the World of Faith Hunter
Authors: Christina Stiles, Faith Hunter, Raven Blackwell
Editor: Spike Y. Jones
Original
Title from Bella Rosa Books
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Based on
Faith Hunter's apocalyptic fantasy trilogy (Bloodring, Seraph,
and Host), and containing new fiction by Faith, this game lets
you play neomages, kylen, humans, and mules in the battle against
the Darkness.
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