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Shall Die by the Sword is T. S. Beckett's first published
novel and the product of a life-long interest in anything
medieval.
The author has chosen to use a pen name in order to
separate his literary from his professional work as a
physician.
He is married, lives in Virginia and has two daughters.
His work, With Every Head Bowed, won the 2006 Faith *in* Fiction–New
Pantagruel short story contest. He has just recently returned from France
where he was doing research for his next book.
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Rebecca Melvin graduated from the McGuffey School District,
Claysville, PA, and attended Penn Commercial Business School
before becoming employed in the private sector.
Throughout her years of working her ‘real’ jobs, she concentrated
on her writing and did free-lance editing for other writers. She
wrote four full length manuscripts prior to In the Brief Eternal
Silence. She also contributed to the National Heritage Foundation
quarterly newsletter.
In 2005, she founded Double Edge Press, devoted to excellent
stories and writing with Christian friendly themes. In 2007 the
press grew into Hummingbird World Media in order to accomodate
craftsmen and artists as well as writers.
Rebecca currently resides in Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania. She has
been married for over 20 years to her husband Neal Melvin. They
have four children.
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John V. Tieso (For the Sake of Terror)
John V. Tieso is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and
consultant in strategic business management. Born and raised in
Boston, Massachusetts, he currently lives and works in Arlington,
Virginia.
Mr. Tieso is a product of both the Catholic and public educational
community in Boston, graduating in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree
in History from Boston State College. Entering the Army during the
Vietnam-era, Mr. Tieso served honorably in both the Active Military
and the Reserve Components, retiring in 1988 as a Sergeant
Major, Army Reserve.
Following active duty in 1984, Mr. Tieso was employed by the
United States Department of labor, eventually serving as the
Acting Director, office of Veterans’ Reemployment Rights. In 1990,
he transferred first to the US Army Corps of Engineers as a senior
information planner, and eventually to the office of the Secretary
of Defense where he served as the Deputy Director, Process
Improvement. He retired from the Federal Civilian Service in 1997.
Mr. Tieso lives in the Arlington, Virginia community of Crystal City,
just outside the nation’s Capital, with his wife Therese, son John,
and the ever-present Roman, his community cat.
John V. Tieso is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and
consultant in strategic business management. Born and raised in
Boston, Massachusetts, he currently lives and works in Arlington,
Virginia.
Mr. Tieso is a product of both the Catholic and public educational
community in Boston, graduating in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree
in History from Boston State College. Entering the Army during the
Vietnam-era, Mr. Tieso served honorably in both the Active Military
and the Reserve Components, retiring in 1988 as a Sergeant
Major, Army Reserve.
Following active duty in 1984, Mr. Tieso was employed by the
United States Department of labor, eventually serving as the
Acting Director, office of Veterans’ Reemployment Rights. In 1990,
he transferred first to the US Army Corps of Engineers as a senior
information planner, and eventually to the office of the Secretary
of Defense where he served as the Deputy Director, Process
Improvement. He retired from the Federal Civilian Service in 1997.
Mr. Tieso lives in the Arlington, Virginia community of Crystal City,
just outside the nation’s Capital, with his wife Therese, son John,
and the ever-present Roman, his community cat.
| Authors |
Gail MacMillan is a two-time recipient of Maxwell Medals presented for excellence in
writing by the Dog Writers Association of American in New York City. In 2006 her
personal essay Promise Pending won first place in the North Shore Writers Literary
Competition (Vancouver, BC) and was later aired nationally on CBC radio. Her short
story A Chance to Care received honorary mention in the Christian Writers Literary
Contest (Edmonton,Alberta). One judge described her writing as reminiscent of
"Where the Red Fern Grows" and "Old Yeller". Her most previous dog book Biography
of a Beagle won Best in the Fiction Category at the DWAA in New York in 2002.
Her work has appeared in Outdoor Canada, Saltscapes, Eastern Woods and Waters,
Gun Dog, Dogs in Canada, Dog World, Dog Fancy, Camping Canada, Canadian
Yachting, Seaports and the Shipping World, Dogs USA, Reader’s Digest Travel Books,
The Retriever Journal, and Just Labs as well as a number of other publications. She
has also done readings of her personal essays on CBC radio (Karen Levine,
producer).
Gail is the author of fourteen published books, two of them the first ever about
Canada’s own Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever: The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling
Retriever (Alpine Publishing, Loveland, Co.) and A Breed Apart (Nimbus, Halifax, NS).
Her third dog book is the Maxwell Medal winning Biography of a Beagle published by
Borealis in Ottawa. Two of her other books are history books, An Outline of the
History of Bathurst (Tribune Press, Sussex, NB) and Winds of Change, a history of the
town of Chatham, NB (Tourism Miramichi, Miramichi, NB). Seven of her books have
been published by Avalon in New York (novels), the remainder have been pub-
lished by Awe-struck e-books in Iowa.
She is a graduate of Queen’s University with post graduate studies in narrative and
expository writing at the University of Western Ontario. She has served on the New
Brunswick Arts Board, the New Brunswick Bicentennial Commission, the Bathurst
Heritage Trust Commission, the Negisiguit Library Board, and been awarded
certificates of merit for her contribution to the arts both in the city of Bathurst and by
the Yarmouth Historical Society (Yarmouth, NS).
She has done numerous book signings at Chapters and elsewhere as well as
appearing on television and radio.
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