FAMOUS AUTHOR KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND BANQUET
J. A. Jance
The OWFI Executive Board is proud to announce that our keynote speaker at the Famous Authors Banquet will be a top-ten New York Times best-selling murder-mystery writer, J. A. Jance. Watch a two-minute online video of Ms. Jance by clicking her photo above, which is linked to the BookVideos.tv Website where this video interview is posted. To learn more about Ms. Jance and her books, you can visit her Website at: http://jajance.com/Site/Welcome_.html.
Each registration includes dinner seating for both the Friday night Famous Authors Banquet and the Saturday Night Awards Banquet. Unlike recent years, registration for these meals is not limited to the 400+ registrants. Now we have room for you, your friends, and even your family. (But of course, you can still leave them home and share the good times only with your writing compadres.)
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FAMOUS AUTHOR PRESENTATION
DEADLINE FOR HONOREES - March 1, 2008
Chairperson Amy Shojai
Once again, OWFI will honor book authors published in 2007 at the Friday evening banquet during the conference--you must be registered for the conference and present at the banquet to be included in the presentation. We’ll repeat the successful PowerPoint presentation of last year, which helped streamline the event.
Last year we honored 33 authors--This year the number will be limited to no more than 30 authors. In that way each author will receive about 60 seconds announcement time of the total 30-minute program. This Centennial year we especially want to recognize authors of books about Oklahoma and by Oklahoma authors.
You must be one of the first 30 authors to provide the FA Presentation Chair (address above) with COMPLETE information and your materials must be received NO LATER THAN MARCH 31st in order to prepare the presentation. No late-comers this year.
If you wish to participate, send:
1. Title of your book(s), the publisher, and author’s name (please include your legal name AND pseudonym if you use one)
2. Brief author bio, not more than 25 words.
3. Any awards, great cover quotes, endorsements, or other honors your book(s) received.
4. An author photo (from the book cover is fine), as well as cover photo of your book. Color images preferred, but black and white is fine. You may send these to me as an email jpeg attachment (preferred) or mail hard copies for me to scan--they will be returned to you the night of the banquet.
5. Brief synopsis or excerpt from ONE BOOK ONLY (your choice), not to exceed 50 words. Think COVER COPY or JACKET BLURBS. We have scheduled time to read only one book synopsis for each author, rest assured, ALL the books of multi-published authors will receive adequate mention.
6. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read your synopsis aloud to a friend, family member, or the mailman to get feedback before you send to me. I want to make you and your book sound fantastic in front of your colleagues! Neither I, nor most of the audience, will have had the benefit of reading your entire book—yet. *smile* So please also include a note about the book’s genre (i.e., thriller, romance, comedy, etc). Knowing your story is a bloodthirsty horror story, a light romance, or a western historical will help me give you the most appropriate “read” possible—and, hopefully, generates some book sales for you.
7. Email shojai@verizon.net (put OWFI AUTHOR in the subject line); or snail-mail Amy D. Shojai, OWFI AUTHOR PRESENTATION, P.O. BOX 1904, Sherman, TX 75091-1904. You can telephone with questions at 903-868-10
A maximum of 30 authors will be honored. Hurry up and get yours to be one of the first ones on the list.
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FAMOUS AUTHOR BANQUET PRESENTATION
AUTHORS OF 2007 TITLES HONORED FRIDAY MAY 2nd
- VELDA BROTHERTON
- REBECCA YORK
- VIVIAN ZABEL
- CO-AUTHORS MARY-LANE KAMBERG & ROLLAND LOVE
- BOB MAYER
- RUTH RAKESTRAW
- MICHELE BARDSLEY
- ROBYN CONLEY
- SANDY SOLI
- CO-AUTHORS JODI THOMAS, PHYLISS MIRANDA, LINDA BRODAY & DEWANNA PACE
- LANCE HAWVERMALE
- CO-AUTHORS RUTH LANCE WESTER & JUNE PROCTOR
JUDY HOWARD
- OLYVE HALLMARK ABBOTT
- CAROL SHENOLD
- JESSIE VANDERPOOL
- DORIS WHEELUS
- DEBRAH WILLIAMSON
- MARIA VERES
- BARBARA SHEPHERD
- PAULA BLAIS GORGAS
- TERRY McDERMID
- NANCY ROBINSON MASTERS
- MARY ELLEN ( M.E.) COOPER
- MARIANNE MCNEIL LOGAN
- CHERYL SCHUERMANN
- JENNIFER DICAMILLO
- JASON PINTER
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FAMOUS AUTHOR BOOK AUCTION
Gwen Hewitt, chairperson
Gwen Hewitt and the WRITERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE are in charge of the Famous Author Book Auction for the 2007 conference. These books will be auctioned at the Friday night FA Banquet, with funds going to the Scholarship Committee. The Scholarships provide the registration fee for writers, who might otherwise be unable to come to Conference. If Gwen has not yet contacted you for a copy of your book and you would like to donate, please contact her for instructions. She will ask you to autograph a copy of your book and send it to her. She will collect and log the book donations, plan the auction, and deliver the books to the conference.
By donating a book, more people will be aware of your accomplishment, and you will be helping a struggling writer in their career.