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  • November 23, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Vampire of Macondo Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Deborah Dupre, author of the nonfiction, Vampire of Macondo: Life, crimes and curses in south Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico that powerful forces do not want you to know, as she tours the blogosphere December 3 – March 15 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Vampire of Macondo Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge $100 Visa Card giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ———————————————–   ABOUT DEBORAH DUPRE   New Orleans native Deborah Dupré reports censored human rights news stories. With Science and Ed. Specialist Grad Degrees from U.S. and Australian
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  • November 20, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shuffle Up and Deal Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Susan DiPlacido, author of the erotica romance/romantic comedy, Shuffle Up and Deal, as she tours the blogosphere December 3 – March 15 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Shuffle Up and Deal Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire HD giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ABOUT SUSAN DIPLACIDO Susan DiPlacido is the author of 24/7, Trattoria, Mutual Holdings, House Money, Lady Luck, Shuffle Up and Deal, and American Cool. Trattoria was nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Small Press Romance 2005, and her short story, “I,
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  • November 10, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Rosedale the Vampyre Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lev Raphael, author of the historical supernatural fiction, Rosedale the Vampyre, as he tours the blogosphere December 3 –  14 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT LEV RAPHAEL Lev Raphael is the author of twenty-four books in genres from memoir to mystery to Jane Austen mashup.  He’s been in love with storytelling since second grade and a reader of catholic tastes since he discovered his first public library.  Lev has published traditionally with large and small houses, and recently gone indie because it’s the wave of the future.  His latest fiction, Rosedale the Vampyre, grows out of his love of The
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Purrs of Wisdom Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC & Free e-Books!

Join Ingrid King, author of the nonfiction pet book, Purrs of Wisdom: Conscious Living Feline Style, as she tours the blogosphere December 3 – January 11 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book!  Ingrid will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC, one autographed paperback copy and 3 electronic copies of her book!  To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below and good luck! (We are still recruiting bloggers for this giveaway.  To sign up, click here.  Last day to sign up is December 25) ABOUT INGRID KING Ingrid King is a former veterinary hospital manager turned award winning writer. Her popular blog, The Conscious Cat, a comprehensive
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Union Hypocrisy Virtual Book Tour November 2012

Join R.M Smith author of the non-fiction Union Hypocrisy as she virtually tour the blogosphere on her virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About R.M. Smith R. M. Smith started with the Teamsters in the Convention Industry. In 2000, she went into the Southern Nevada Teamsters’ Training Trust as a trainer and then advanced to Executive Director. While an Executive Director, she sat on negotiating committees, arbitrated cases for apprentices. Smith developed, implemented, and directed a registered apprenticeship program as well as wrote the training manuals. Smith had several articles written in trade magazines and the newspaper regarding this apprenticeship program as well as an Innovation award
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sam Slater Mysteries Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Greg Messel, author of the mystery series, Sam Slater Mysteries, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on his fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT GREG MESSEL Greg Messel has written five novels and three unpublished memoirs. He published his premiere novel “Sunbreaks” in 2009, followed by Expiation in 2010 and The Illusion of Certainty in 2011. Last of the Seals is the first in a series of mysteries which are set in 1957 San Francisco. The second book in the series Deadly Plunge will be published around Christmas of 2012. Greg grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Heart’s Journey Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Barbara Cameron, author of the Amish fiction, The Heart’s Journey, as she tours the blogosphere November 19 – December 14 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT BARBARA CAMERON Barbara Cameron is CBD, CBA and ECPA bestselling author of 35 books (including an exciting new series Stitches in Time for Abingdon Press) including fiction and nonfiction books for Abingdon Press, Thomas Nelson, Harlequin, and other publishers. Barbara has sold three films to HBO/Cinemax and is the first winner of the Romance Writers of American Golden Heart Award. Her two novellas won 2nd and 3rd place in the Inspirational Readers Choice Contest from
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  • November 3, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Christmas Star Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Ace Collins, author of the Christian fiction holiday novel, The Christmas Star, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ACE COLLINS Bestselling author Ace Collins has written more than fifty books including novels Farraday Road, Swope’s Ridge and Words of the Father, as well as the nonfiction Stories Behind The Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, grAttitudes, and Lassie A Dog’s Life. His books have become movies and network television specials. He has appeared on Good Morning America, the NBC Nightly News and The Today Show and has been featured in the Distinguished Lecture Series
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Proxy Assassin Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join John Knoerle, author of spy fiction, The Proxy Assassin: Book Three of the American Spy Trilogy, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – January 11 on his third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JOHN KNOERLE John Knoerle began his creative endeavors in the early 70s as a member of the DeLuxe Radio Theatre, a comedy troupe in Santa Barbara. He then moved to LA and did stand-up comedy, opening for the likes of Jay Leno and Robin Williams. Knoerle wrote the screenplay Quiet Fire, which starred Karen Black, and the stage play The He-Man Woman Hater’s Club, an LA Time’s Critic’s Choice. He
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  • November 1, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dead on Ice Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lauren Carr, author of the mystery, Dead on Ice, as she tours the blogosphere November 19 – December 14 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT LAUREN CARR Lauren Carr fell in love with mysteries when her mother read Perry Mason to her at bedtime. Lauren is also the author of the Mac Faraday Mysteries, which takes place in Deep Creek Lake, Maryland. The first two books in her series, It’s Murder, My Son and Old Loves Die Hard have been getting rave reviews from readers and reviewers. Lauren’s fifth mystery, Shades of Murder has been receiving rave reviews since its release.
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  • October 28, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sweetest Taboo Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Eva Marquez, author of the YA/adult fiction, Sweetest Taboo, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT EVA MARQUEZ Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, daughter of European immigrants, Eva Márquez has spent most of her life outside of her home country. At the age of five, Eva accompanied her parents to the United States, where the family settled permanently. After graduating from university, she went on to complete graduate studies in International Relations in Spain. Eva received her Master of International Studies degree from the University of Sydney and went on to work
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Texan’s Choice Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Shelley Gray, author of the Christian historical fiction, A Texan’s Choice, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 302012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SHELLEY GRAY Shelley Gray’s first Amish novel, Hidden, was nominated for the Inspirational Readers Choice award. Her book Simple Gifts won the Reviewers Choice Award. Shelley’s novel, The Protector, recently made the New York Times bestseller list.  Her novels have won the prestigious HOLT Medallion Award, the Reviewers Choice Award, and been highlighted in the Philadelphia Enquirer, Time Magazine, and USA Today. She’s also been interviewed on NPR as well as numerous regional radio stations. In
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  • October 27, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beside Two Rivers Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Rita Gerlach, author of the Christian historical fiction, Beside Two Rivers, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT RITA GERLACH Rita Gerlach lives with her husband and two sons in a historical town nestled along the Catoctin Mountains, amid Civil War battlefields and Revolutionary War outposts in central Maryland.  In many of her stories, she writes about the struggles endured by early colonists, with both American and English settings. Her new historical series for Abingdon Press entitled ‘Daughters of the Potomac‘ was launched in February 2012, with Before the Scarlet Dawn, book 1,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Cocaine Zombies Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Scott A. Lerner, author of the paranormal suspense thriller, Cocaine Zombies, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SCOTT A. LERNER Author and attorney Scott A. Lerner resides in Champaign, Illinois. He obtained his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and went on to obtain his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign. He is currently a sole practitioner in Champaign, Illinois. The majority of his law practice focuses on the fields of Criminal law and Family Law. Mr. Lerner lives with his wife,
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  • October 23, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Fast Food Vindication Virtual Book Publicity Tour + Kindle Fire Giveaway!

Join Lisa Tillinger Johansen, author of the nonfiction book, Fast Food Vindication, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Fast Food Vindication Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire HD giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ABOUT LISA TILLINGER JOHANSEN Lisa Tillinger Johansen is a registered dietitian and health educator who teaches a variety of classes on diabetes, pre-diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, weight management, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and healthy eating for adults and teens. She holds a Master of Science degree
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  • October 22, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents No Time for Love Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Godiva Chocolates/Book Giveaway

Join JB Miller, author of the chick lit novel, No Time for Love, as she tours the blogosphere November 15 ’12 – January 25 ’13 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The No Time for Love Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of a Godiva Chocolates/Book  Giveaway. See details further down on how you can win! ———————————– ABOUT JB MILLER J.B. Miller is a published author of fiction, non-fiction, award-winning poetry, music, and numerous articles and blogs. No Time For Love is her first novel. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. Visit her blog at http://notimeforlovebyjbmiller.wordpress.com.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Bombshell Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Mike Faricy, author of the crime fiction, Bombshell, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – January 18 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MIKE FARICY Mike Faricy is the award winning author of mystery suspense thrillers woven together with a rich strain of humor and even some romance. He and his wife live in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Dublin, Ireland. His entertaining tales are populated with the sort of quirky, oddball characters we’d all like to know more about, but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. They serve not so much as examples as they do warnings to the
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  • October 20, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Winter’s Magic Virtual Book Publicity Tour + $50 Visa Card/eBook & Swag Giveaway

Join Cynthia Gail, author of the contemporary romance, Winter’s Magic, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – January 11 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT CYNTHIA GAIL     My husband and I live in the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee with our teenage son and three dogs. Life is busy, but when I have free time, I love to read. A math/science girl at heart and a retail analyst by trade, I never thought I’d be writing romance. But one day, a story popped into my head and I had to write it down. The fantasy, escape, and wonder of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Rage Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Temujin Hu, author of the inspirational crime novel, The Rage , as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT TEMUJIN HU Temujin Hu is a hard-working American living rather like a nomad. At 36 years of age, he’s moved about 36 times and at one time or another called “home” California, Texas, Colorado, or five other states as well as Germany, China, and Kuwait. In 2003, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures. He served over four years in the US Navy in the
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  • October 19, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Spectra Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Joanne Elder, author of the science fiction thriller, Spectra, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JOANNE ELDER Joanne Elder is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Engineering Science at the University of Western Ontario. During her professional career, she spent several years in the aeronautical and nuclear industries, published numerous technical papers in the field of Metallurgical Engineering and presented at international conferences. She now resides in King City, Ontario with her two teen-aged children and husband. Spectra, Elder’s debut novel, and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Merry Ex-Mas Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Sheila Roberts, author of the holiday fiction, Merry Ex-Mas, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on her seventh virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SHEILA ROBERTS Sheila Roberts lives in the Pacific Northwest. She’s happily married and has three children. Her books have been printed in several different languages and have been chosen for book clubs such as Doubleday as well as for Readers Digest Condensed books. Her best-selling novel ON STRIKE FOR CHRISTMAS was made into a movie and appeared on the Lifetime Movie Network. Her novel ANGEL LANE was named one of Amazon’s Top Ten Romances for 2009. When
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Heroes & Lovers Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Wayne Zurl, author of the police mystery, Heroes & Lovers, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on his third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT WAYNE ZURL Wayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators. He is a graduate of SUNY, Empire State College and served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the reserves. Zurl left
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  • October 1, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Sons of Jude Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Kindle Fire Giveaway

Join Brandt Dodson, author of the crime thriller, The Sons of Jude, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – February 15 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Sons of Jude Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire HD giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ABOUT BRANDT DODSON Brandt Dodson was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, which he would later choose as the setting for his Colton Parker Mystery series. Although he discovered in grade school that he wanted to be a writer, it would be another twenty-one years before
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Better Than Chocolate Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Sheila Roberts, author of the women’s fiction, Better Than Chocolate, as she tours the blogosphere October 1 – 26 2012 on her sixth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SHEILA ROBERTS Sheila Roberts lives in the Pacific Northwest. She’s happily married and has three children. Her books have been printed in several different languages and have been chosen for book clubs such as Doubleday as well as for Readers Digest Condensed books. Her best-selling novel ON STRIKE FOR CHRISTMAS was made into a movie and appeared on the Lifetime Movie Network. Her novel ANGEL LANE was named one of Amazon’s Top Ten Romances for 2009.
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  • September 30, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Iconic Spirits Virtual Book Publicity Tour – FREE KINDLE FIRE HD GIVEAWAY

Join Mark Spivak, author of the nonfiction book, Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History, as he tours the blogosphere October 15 – January 31 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Iconic Spirits Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire HD giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ABOUT MARK SPIVAK Mark Spivak is an award-winning writer specializing in wine, spirits, food, restaurants and culinary travel. He was the wine writer for the Palm Beach Post from 1994-1999, and since 2001 has been the Wine and Spirits Editor for the Palm Beach Media Group,
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  • September 29, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Coop Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Kindle Fire HD Giveaway!

Join Rebecca Reid, author of the psychological thriller, The Coop, as she tours the blogosphere October 1 – November 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  Rebecca will be giving away a Kindle Fire HD at the end of her tour.  Scroll down and find out how you can win! ABOUT REBECCA REID Rebecca Reid was withdrawn from school due to illness at fourteen. Being limited in the things she was able to do, she wrote all the time − poetry, stories, feelings, thoughts. At 16 she had her own page in the local weekly newspaper, the Bangor Spectator, in which she covered
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  • September 28, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ice Cold Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join New York Times bestseller  Cherry Adair, author of the romantic suspense novel, Ice Cold, as she tours the blogosphere October 15 – December 14 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT CHERRY ADAIR New York Times bestselling author Cherry Adair’s innovative action-adventure novels have appeared on numerous bestsellers lists, won dozens of awards and garnered praise from reviewers and fans alike. With the creation of her kick butt counterterrorist group, T-FLAC, years before action adventure romances were popular, Cherry has carved a niche for herself with her sexy, sassy, fast-paced novels.  She loves to hear from readers. Her latest book is the romantic
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  • September 28, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Real Dogs Don’t Whisper: Life Lessons Told By A Larger Than Life Dog (and his owner) Virtual Book Tour October and November 2012

Join Kelly Preston author of the young adult + pets/dogs Real Dogs Don’t Whisper as she virtually tours the blogosphere October 1 to November 30, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About Kelly Preston Kelly Preston is, first and foremost, an animal lover. Raised on a ten-acre property in a small town in Pennsylvania, she grew up with horses, rabbits, and – of course – dogs. When she left home after college, she acquired Gizmo, an irresistible Lhasa Apso that started her on a journey full of joys and sorrows, hopes and tribulations, frustrations, endless lessons in patience, and above all else, love.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Love of Divena Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Kay Marshall Strom, author of the Christian historical fiction, The Love of Divena, as she tours the blogosphere October 1 – 26 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT KAY MARSHALL STROM Kay Marshall Strom is the author of forty published books.  Her writing credits also include numerous magazine articles, short stories, curriculum, stories for children, two prize-winning screenplays, and booklets for writers.  Kay speaks at seminars, retreats, and special events throughout the country.  She and her husband Dan Kline love to travel, and more and more Kay’s writing and speaking take her around the word. Her latest book is the Christian
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Fem Dom Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Tony Cane-Honeysett, author of the erotica fiction, Fem Dom, as he tours the blogosphere October 1 – 26 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT TONY CANE-HONEYSETT Tony Cane-Honeysett is an Emmy Award winning writer and filmmaker. His documentary work includes The Royal Academy and Mondo Bondo. A graduate of Ealing College of Art & Design in England, Tony was the recipient of the Individual Artist Fellowship awarded by The Tennessee Arts Commission in 2006. He has worked professionally as a copywriter in advertising for over 20 years in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nashville and Minneapolis. Tony was born in London, England.
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