Birth Year (-Died Year)

1969

Birth City

Chicago

Birth State

IL

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Retired/Disabled Veteran

Biography

I was stationed at Fort Carson and retired and made my home here. I arrived here in 1992 and left on and off due to military deployments. My wife is currently retired Air Force and works on Peterson Space Force Base.

Education/Training

Special Operations, Youth Leader, Men’s and Young Adult Ministries. Counseling, Leadership, trainer/instructor. Criminal Justice, Past P.O.S.T certified. Doctorate in Theology, Biblical Studies. Organization Management Christian Leadership. Facilitator of Angelology and Demonology. Crisis Management, Risk Assessment, Vulnerability, and much more.

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

1. Overcome struggles in Life; 2. Set goals and follow through; 3. Study Angles and Leadership.

Pseudonym

Vincenzo

Birth City

Newport News

Birth State

VA

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Occupation(s)

Regional Senior Librarian Associate

Biography

Vincent Burke III is a cultural anthropologist and fiction writer who specializes in queer storytelling. His degree in Cultural Anthropology comes from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where he began writing short horror fiction in 2016. Soon after having published his first story, The Remains of Adrian Hewitt, Vincent began formulating a plan for Flesh and Bone, a sprawling series that would encompass his studies, his love of reading, and his own tumultuous past. Growing up in a divided house, Vincent's experiences with abuse and survival ultimately led him into the United States Army where he started developing an understanding of his own queerness and spirituality. After briefly serving as a combat engineer, Vincent moved back to Colorado where he began pursuing his degree in Anthropology at UCCS. Now living safely and comfortably with his boyfriend, best friend, and their cat, Orpheus, he spends the day reading, writing, playing lacrosse and thinking of the next best American novel.

Education/Training

BA in Cultural Anthropology, concentration in History and Memory

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Organizations

Member of the Pikes Peak Library District - National Archives (Citizens Archivist)

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Queer Storytelling, Embracing Gay Spirituality, Writing as Therapy, Fiction as Healing.

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1964

Birth City

Portsmouth

Birth State

VA

Current Location

Fountain, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Biography

Colorado has been DeeDee’s home for the past sixteen years. A Navy brat and an Army wife, she has lived in fifty houses. She loves her Fountain home the best. She and Seth, her husband of more than thirty-nine years, have two adult kids and their spouses, three grandkids, and five grand-fur babies.

DeeDee is an author, speaker, owner of Cherish Relations Retreats, columnist, and blogger. But her claim to fame is she never meets a stranger. She is The Connection Expert and uses her lifelong skills of connecting to bring people together.

Education/Training

Graduate of George C. Wallace Community College with an AA in English
Graduate of National Speakers Association, Speaker Academy, Denver Chapter
Certified Life Coach
CASA

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Organizations

* National Speakers Association, Denver Chapter
* American Christian Fiction Writers
* Christian Independent Publishers and Authors
* Advanced Women Speakers and Authors
* Pikes Peak Christian Church member

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

* Connecting in relationships
* Creating extraordinary marriage relationships through communication, commitment, and humor
* Co-Authoring - how I did it and you can too
* Do's and Don'ts at Author Conferences and in the Writing Industry
* Military Lifestyle - how to connect and keep your marriage sacred

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1955

Birth City

Denver

Birth State

CO

Current Location

Westminster, CO

Phone (Public)

(303) 439-8787

Email (Public)

Occupation(s)

Retired

Biography

David Tracy was born and raised in Denver. He was a Division I athlete at Colorado State University where he graduated in 1977. Upon graduation, he began his career in the publishing industry. He worked for the Denver Catholic Register, The Rocky Mountain News, Boulder Daily Camera, and The Denver Post. He retired early in 2006 before he started his own media company, fueled by his US Patent on a media indicia delivery system. His company and patent was sold in 2014 before his final, official retirement. During COVID isolation, David began work on his first book which was published in November of 2021.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

BA - Colorado State University - 1977

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Organizations

Member of Holy Family Catholic Community, Denver.

Speaker Availability

Yes

Birth City

Colorado Springs

Birth State

CO

Current Location

Calhan, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Christian Author

Biography

Rebekah Tyne McKamie is a Christian Author residing in Calhan, Colorado. She has lived in Colorado her entire life, only leaving the Colorado Springs area for three years to attend Adams State College (University) in Alamosa. Rebekah has been gathering up truth and adapting it into books for over a decade. Mrs. McKamie is a Pastor’s wife and homeschool mother of three. She sings on the worship team and ministers to the youth of her community through her church, Rocky Mountain Calvary – Ellicott Campus. Above all, she is thankful to serve a loving, gracious God.

Education/Training

Bachelor of Arts in Music, Adams State University (2007)
Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric, Liberty University (2021)

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Speaker Availability

No

Birth City

Fullerton

Birth State

CA

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Civilian Contract Worker at Ft. Carson (Service Source Inc. hires people with disabilities to work as contract workers)

Biography

William Edwin Baxter was born on October 11, 1954 in Fullerton, California. He was born with developmental disabilities, but has strive not to let his disabilities defeat him in life, but to go above and beyond them by accomplishing great things and inspiring others to do the same. This became his legacy. He lived most of his life in Orange County, California; but currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On July 9, 2016, William suffered a massive pulmonary embolism which almost ended his life, but he survived. Had he died in the E.R. at Memorial Hospital, his legacy would have died with him. Realizing this, he began to write his first book, entitled W.E.B. Tales (W.E.B. is his initial name for William Edwin Baxter). The book was published as an e-book in May 2018, and as a paperback in July 2018. Other books have been published since W.E.B. Tales which can be found on my author page on amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/William-Edwin-Baxter/e/B07GC44FVR

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

B.S. Degree, Recreation, California State University, East Bay, 1979 - A.A. Degree, Liberal Arts, Ohlone College, 1977 -Thomas S. Wootton High School, Rockville, MD, 1974

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Interviews

Organizations

Member of Toastmasters International since November 1990

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

I would like to talk about "Going Above and Beyond" disabilities and other obstacles which can stand in the way of working towards one's goals and achieving them (as chronicled in my keynote speech: https://webblog305448100.wordpress.com/2020/02/05/w-e-b-keynote-address/)

Birth City

Cleveland

Birth State

OH

Current Location

Fountain, CO

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

U.S. Army, retired

Biography

Andrew served in the United States Army for 22 years and is a retired Master Sergeant. Upon retirement, Andrew and his family chose to reside in the Pikes Peak region to continue their Christian service within the military and veteran community.

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Christian/Biblical

Pseudonym

Maitreya B. Abhisambodhi

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Occupation(s)

Author - Translator

Biography

• A resident of Colorado Springs since 7/2015. 
• Active writer and translator. 
• Have held three book-signings at Bookman bookstore on Colorado Avenue since October 2017.

Education/Training

* Harvard University, 1972-1976, Sanskrit and Indian Studies/Buddhist Studies
* U.C. Berkeley, 1987-1989, Buddhist Studies

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

* Buddhism
* Yoga Philosophy
* Comparative Philosophy (East-West)
* Comparative Religions
* Indian Philosophies/Religions
* Buddhism and Science
* Tantra: Buddhist and Hindu

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1978

Birth City

Harrisburgh

Birth State

PA

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Occupation(s)

Production Specialist

Biography

Jamarr Holland is a new author who lives in Colorado Springs. As a teenager, he became interested in writing poetry after viewing the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. He has a wide range of interests, which includes pseudoscience, different belief systems, current events and everything in between. He is also a huge X-files fan and comic book geek.

Education/Training

Associate Degree in Biblical Studies

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

My Book - Super Heroes - Religion

Birth City

Detroit

Birth State

MI

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Former librarian and teacher - Cherokee Two-Spirit Shaman

Biography

I was still living as a man when I moved to in the year 2000. Having been outed as transgender, and fired at the Prep-School where I had been working, I was recruited at the National Librarians' Conference to be the Coordinator of Information and Technology at Mitchell High School, where I was again outed and fired. In 2007, after being outed and fired at CollegeAmerica, I transitioned to living full time as a woman. My storytelling-performances in The Story Project in Colorado Springs and for The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers are viewable on YouTube. I also sing karaoke and do an occasional standup open-mike.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

Master's Degree in Library Science - Bachelor's Degree in English, Wayne State University, Michigan

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Interviews

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Storytelling - Transgender - Theory of Mind - Education