"ONE DOESN'T SIMPLY READ A TARDIF STORY, ONE EXPERIENCES IT!"

Dear reader:

I'm an international bestselling Canadian author who loves to say, "I kill people off for a living!" You can imagine the looks I get from people. Sometimes I'll tell them, "Fictitiously, of course. I'm an author." Sometimes I won't say anything; I'll let them wonder...

Booklist calls me "a big hit in Canada...a name to reckon with south of the border."

Born in Vancouver, BC, I was a "military brat" and a "military wife" who has lived all across Canada and in Bermuda. I now reside in West Kelowna, BC, with my husband Marc and our Pomeranian Princess, Chai.

AGENT information:

Erica Spellman-Silverman

Trident Media Group

41 Madison Avenue, Floor 36

New York, NY 10010

Ph: 212-333-1506

www.tridentmediagroup.com

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http://www.cherylktardif.com

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Jodie Renner is a sought-after freelance fiction editor and award-winning author of three Editor's Guides to Writing Compelling Fiction, WRITING A KILLER THRILLER, FIRE UP YOUR FICTION, and CAPTIVATE YOUR READERS; as well as two QUICK CLICKS e-resources for writers and editors, SPELLING LIST and WORD USAGE. She has also organized and edited two anthologies for charity, VOICES FROM THE VALLEYS - Stories & Poems about Life in BC's Interior, and CHILDHOOD REGAINED - Stories of Hope for Asian Child Workers.

FIRE UP YOUR FICTION offers concrete tips to tighten your prose and take your writing skills up several levels and has won three awards (two silver medals - Readers' Favorite Awards, FAPA President's Book Awards - and an Honorable Mention in Writer's Digest E-Book Awards).

CAPTIVATE YOUR READERS is all about engaging readers, bonding them with your protagonist, and drawing them into your story world through techniques like deep point of view, showing instead of telling, avoiding author intrusions, writing dialogue that zings, and generally letting the characters tell the story. It has won a silver medal in the FAPA Book Awards and is a finalist in two other book awards.

WRITING A KILLER THRILLER gives concrete tips for adding tension, suspense, and intrigue to any novel.

Also check out Jodie's handy, time-saving, clickable e-resources, QUICK CLICKS: WORD USAGE - PRECISE WORD CHOICES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, and QUICK CLICKS: SPELLING - COMMONLY MISSPELLED WORDS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, both of which you can also read on your computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Jodie has also organized and edited two anthologies, both for charity: VOICES FROM THE VALLEYS - STORIES & POEMS ABOUT LIFE IN BC'S INTERIOR, with all net proceeds to Doctors Without Borders Canada; and CHILDHOOD REGAINED - Stories of Hope for Asian Child Workers.

Visit www.JodieRenner.com.

Jodie is also a well-known blogger, and her craft-of-writing articles and other resources for writers appear on various blogs, and, occasionally, her own blog, Resources for Writers.

Jodie judges novels and short stories for various organizations, including several times for Writer's Digest. She has also presented workshops at writers' conferences and to writers'

As a freelance fiction manuscript editor, Jodie specializes in thrillers, romantic suspense, mysteries, and other fast-paced, suspenseful fiction.

When she's not editing, writing, or reading novels or books on writing compelling fiction, Jodie loves to pursue her three other passions, dancing, photography and traveling. She has traveled extensively throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East, and continues to sneak away whenever she gets the chance.

Bernie (Bernard) Fandrich, a pioneer of the whitewater rafting industry in Canada, has a passionate relationship with the Thompson River that began in 1973. A former university instructor and co-author of an earlier Thompson River guidebook, Bernie continues to share the river's rapids and stories with enthusiasts of all ages at his family's Kumsheen Resort near Lytton BC.

James Osborne is the author of #1 Amazon bestseller, THE ULTIMATE THREAT. His latest mystery/suspense novel, THE PLOT TO ASSASSINATE SECRET SHEPHERD, has been praised by reviewers. "It's a magnificent story of faith and hope prevailing in a world under siege," writes New York editor and publisher Lois W. Stern. THE PLOT TO ASSASSINATE SECRET SHEPHERD is the second novel in a series that began with THE MAIDSTONE CONSPIRACY, also an award-winner, chosen Best Contemporary Mystery Novel in a global competition sponsored by McGrath House (London, UK).

A book editor as well as a writer, Osborne's varied career includes investigative journalist, college teacher, army officer, corporate executive, and business owner. He has also helped found two university programs in journalism and communications, and has served on corporate boards, a university senate and on college curriculum advisory councils.

Osborne has written more than 120 short stories. His work can be found in dozens of anthologies, magazines, journals and blogs. A collection of short stories, ENCOUNTERS - Tales of Living, Loving & Laughter was chosen in 2016 as Best Short Story Collection by an international readers' poll. Samples of his work can be found at www.JamesOsborneNovels.com. His books are available online in paperback and ebook formats from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Chapters/Indigo (Canada), Books-A-Million and Walmart.com.

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Virginia Carraway Stark works with many genres and publisher for her complete bio visit www.virginiastark.wordpress.com She is a fierce warrior writer and not even being run over has stopped her from writing.