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MatthewJosephThaddeusStepanek,knowntohisfriendsas"Mattie,"beganwritingpoetryandshortstoriesattheageofthree.Someofhispoetryexplorestheuncensoredrealityoflivingwitharareformofmusculardystrophyandwiththegriefassociatedwiththelossofhisthreesiblingstothesamelife-threateningcondition.Butmostofhispoemsproclaimtheinnocenthope,profoundwisdom,anddelightfulhumorofchildhood.Heartsongsisacollectionoftheearlypoemsandartworkofthisgifted,courageous,award-winningpoet.Thisspecialeditionincludesasectionofnever-before-publishedpoemsandartwork.
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LauraLippmanWellknownforherpopularseriesofmysteriesstarringthefearlessTessMonoghan,LauraLippmanhaswoneverymajormysteryaward,fromtheAnthonytotheAgatha.BiographyLauraLippmanwasareporterfor20years,including12yearsatThe(Baltimore)Sun.Shebeganwritingnovelswhileworkingfulltimeandpublishedsevenbooksabout"accidentalPI"TessMonaghanbeforeleavingdailyjournalismin2001.HerworkhasbeenawardedtheEdgar?,theAnthony,theAgatha,theShamus,theNeroWolfe,Gumshoe,andBarryawards.Shealsohasbeennominatedforotherprizesinthecrimefictionfield,includingtheHammettandtheMacavity.Shewasthefirst-everrecipientoftheMayor'sPrizeforLiteraryExcellenceandthefirstgenrewriterrecognizedasAuthoroftheYearbytheMarylandLibraryAssociation.Ms.LippmangrewupinBaltimoreandattendedcityschoolsthroughninthgrade.AftergraduatingfromWildeLakeHighSchoolinColumbia,Md.,Ms.LippmanattendedNorthwesternUniversity'sMedillSchoolofJournalism.HerothernewspaperjobsincludedtheWacoTribune-HeraldandtheSanAntonioLight.Ms.LippmanreturnedtoBaltimorein1989andhaslivedtheresince.Biographyfromauthor'swebsite.GoodToKnowInourinterview,Lippmansharedsomefunandfascinatingfactsaboutherself:"IcandoanimitationofEthelMermansinging‘Satisfaction.'""I'mnotaBaltimorenative--Iarrivedhereaboutsixyearstoolateforthat.ButIlovethefactthatI'veconvincedtheworldthatIam.""Likemycharacter,TessMonaghan,Iusedtorow.Unlikeher,Iwasvery,verybadatit.""I'vewritteneightbooksinmyseries--onenotyetpublished--andastand-alonecrimenovel,butmysubjectisalways,onsomelevel,Baltimore.It'saproblem-place,neithernorthernnorsouthern,somewhataddictedtonostalgia,yetamnesiacaboutthemorediceypartsofitspast.IusedanepigraphfromH.L.Menckeninoneofmybooks:‘ABaltimoreanisnotmerelyJohnDoe,anisolatedindividualofHomosapiens,likeeveryotherJohnDoe.HeisaJohnDoeofacertainplace--ofBaltimore,ofadefinitehomeinBaltimore.'Iamapersonofacertainplace,andthatplacehappenstobeBaltimore."Hometown:Baltimore,MarylandDateofBirth:一月31,1959PlaceofBirth:Atlanta,GeorgiaEducation:B.S.,MedillSchoolofJournalism,NorthwesternUniversity,1981
