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Carol Delockroy
Travel essay: Costa Rica Journal, The Kingdom of Thailand
Biography: Carol is a semi-retired educator, as well as a wife and mother of two grown sons, a bridge player, and avid traveler.

Robert Demaree
Travel essay: Seeing the Southwest, Southwest, Part II, Part III
Biography: I retired from school administration in 2001 and keep up a long-standing interest in writing. My essays and poems have appeared in approximately 80 academic and literary publications.

William Drury
Essay: Food for Thought, Add a little spice to your life, Bedbugs
Biography: Bill is a humor columnist for The Carriage Towne News. Write to him c/o The Carriage Towne News, P.O. Box 100 , Kingston , NH 03848 or email him at: Drury1234@Verizon.Net 

Robert Regis Dvorák
Art Exhibits: Yosemite: a virtual art class
Essay: Teacher, Artist, Traveler
Biography: Robert is a painter who presents workshops on drawing and watercolor painting.  He teaches watercolor and drawing workshops in Yosemite and classes at the Art Activities Center there.  He has authored four books on drawing including: Drawing Without Fear, Experiential Drawing, The Magic of Drawing, and The Pocket Drawing Book.  His paintings and films are in major corporate, museum and private collections. 

Barbara Eaves
Essay: Diary of a Dogsled Owner
Biography: In addition to being Clipper's sidekick, Barbara Elliott Eaves is also a wife, mother, and community volunteer. When she wears her professional hat, Barbara is at the helm of Sum People Agency, a bureau of outstanding professional speakers and guest experts.

Julie Eller
Fiction, short story: A Typical Thursday
Biography: I work as a medical transcriptionist in a trauma center in Seattle. I've been writing seriously for three years, have one full-length novel being reviewed by a major publisher at this time, and another manuscript nearly completed.

Jerry G. Erwin
Fiction: Raccoon Murders
Biography: Born and raised in rural Kentucky, I was an active, creative child, suppressed by public education and repressed by Southern Baptist values, resulting in borderline alienation and the desire--the passionate need--to write.  I loved baseball, rock n’ roll, and wet the bed until I was twelve.  An ex-girlfriend/psychologist told me I was probably a better person for it--the baseball, that is.  I attended some colleges and visited several countries for various and all but forgotten reasons (amazing how 95% of our lives are vaporous images of someone who may have been us).  Despite that particular horror, and being the eternal (verging on exhausted) optimist that I am, I’ve managed to complete six novels, a virtual trove of short fiction, and earned some money writing film scripts that never got made for people I’d only feel creatively involved with if I had strangled them to death in their sleep.  But, enough about me. 

Joyce Faulkner
Fiction: Fattie Mattie, Closed Door, The Beast Within, and
Humor columnist essays
Biography: Joyce is a a freelance writer and novelist working out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  She focuses on fiction, essays, humor, features and travel. (Editor's note: Be sure to visit Joyce's website katieseyes and read some of her work. Very entertaining!)

John Fern
Travel essay: The Queen Mine Tour
Biography: My wife, Peggy and I reside in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am a machine operator for a small electronics factory and she works as a computer clerk. I love music, playing guitar and writing stories -- mostly non-fiction, and almost always with a bit of a humorous twist. Sometimes it works, and sometimes I have to keep asking the reader, "Well, don't ya get it? C'mon! It's a joke! Laugh! You're not laughing! It's funny! Trust me, it's funny! Laugh, Damn it!"

Terry Fernandez
Essay: Shall We Prance?
Biography: Terry says sixteen years of staying at home to raise four children has taught her everything she needs to know to become a successful writer- patience, fortitude and how to laugh those times when you just want to cry.

Nancy Fox
Photo-essay: Chinese Embroidery Factory
Biography: Nancy is one of Clever's photographers. She and her husband, Jack, travel extensively, so she has great subject matter for her camera.

Bill Freeland
Fiction: Dangerous Liaison
Biography: Bill is a writer and graphic designer living in northern New Hampshire.

Rachel Friedman
Travel essay: Bolivia: the great salt flats
Biography: Rachel has been on a travel whirlwind since graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003. Her goal is to one day become a professional travel writer.

Bonnie Furlong
Essay: Grill Cheese
Biography: Bonnie Furlong lives and writes in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.  Her lighthearted essays have appeared in The Northern Virginia Daily, The Winchester Star, and GreenPrints: The Weeder's Digest.

Pete Geary
Essay: English Majors need not apply, Oh, the Pain of it All, Why men don't watch soap operas, The Student Loan, A Nearly Perfect Novel Query Letter
Biography: Life-long Memphis, Tennessee resident, married with three grown children, I am a middle-aged middle manager in a mid-sized medical center in the Mid-South. Favorite things to do include travel and crossword puzzles. I enjoy writing essays and hope to continue to do so.

Jeff Gerstenfeld
Essay: Downsized
Fiction: Salty
Biography: I'm originally from Miami, but have been living in Israel since 1980. My wife is Iranian and our kids are Israelis, so nobody in the family can understand anyone else since we all speak different languages. I've been an engineer throughout my entire adult life, but discovered by accident a few years back that I can still write, even though engineers have to take an obligatory vow of illiteracy in order to work in the trade. Writing is a lot more fun than engineering, but up until now is quite a bit less profitable.

Danielle Ginsburg
Essay: Hypochondria: what if?
Biography: I am graduating with a bachelors degree in literature and communications, with a focus on journalism and I hope to secure a job in the field of journalism, specifically entertainment media.  In addition to writing, I love to cook, so I plan to go to culinary school in the near future and possible work for a culinary magazine afterwards.

Gogue
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Art Exhibit: Gogue!, Gogue's latest cartoon, Gogue in Portugal
Other: Tribute to John Lennon, Tribute to George Harrison
Biography: Gogue was born and still lives in O Grove in the northwest part of Galicia, Spain. He currently works for the Faro de Vigo Newspaper. Also, his work has appeared in The Bush Blade (Alaska), The Earth Times (New York), the Grenwich Village Gazette (New York), and Internetclan (San Francisco). He's the creator of the Galician characters: Floreano, Monchiña and Epifanio. Gogue regularly takes part in cartoon and caricature festivals and competitions all over the world and has won a number prizes and honorable mentions. He recently won a first prize and an honorable mention in The Homer Davenport Cartoon Contest in Silverton-Portland, Oregon. He has published several books of his own artwork and has contributed as illustrator to others. For a full biography, please go to Gogue's website.

Jeremy Gorman
Poetry: Nightmare nursery rhyme
Biography: Jeremy's other funny rhyming stories include Pussycat Pussycat, his contribution to the Dig Your Roots: Spoken Word CD compilation and website and Pass the Glove, a short play written for the 2006 Notable Acts Theatre Festival 

Antonio Graceffo
Essay: No Such Thing as Bad Publicity, On Learning Khmer, Road to Siem Reap, Becoming a Travel Writer, Language Learning, Muslim Fishermen of Phang Nga, Thailand,Trees for the Philippines
Biography: Antonio is an American travel author and adventurer, living in Asia. He immerses himself in the culture of the countries and people he writes about. Antonio speaks Chinese, Khmer, Spanish, Italian, German, French, and some Thai. Now he is learning Korean. He spends his time living with tribes, learning martial arts, fighting, making movies, climbing mountains, learning languages and doing adventure sports. He is also a frequent guest on radio and TV talk shows. 

As a professional speaker, in 2006, Antonio reached the semi-finals of the World Championships of Public Speaking. Antonio’s writing has appeared in hundreds of magazines and websites around the world. He has four books available on amazon.com. Find out more about Antonio, listen to radio interview or speeches at his website. 

Contact him antonio@speakingadventure.com. Currently, Antonio is seeking an agent and new publisher for his Cambodian adventure book, “Discovering the Khmers.” Find out more about Antonio on wikipedia!