Jim Musgrave

Jim Musgrave

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James Musgrave(a.k.a. Efraim Zimbalist Graves) is an author and college educatorin San Diego, California. His recent non-fiction title, The DigitalScribe: a Writer's Guide to Electronic Media (AP Professional, ISBN0-12-512255-1) has been internationally published. He has a M.A.degree in Creative Writing from San Diego State University. He wasawarded the Ebook of the Year Award,2001-2002 from Bookbooters for his thriller, RussianWolves. In addition, Mr. Musgrave has finished as a Finalist in theNew Century Writer Awards for his novel excerpt, Iron Maiden, andRunner-Up in the $10,000 Annual Heekin Foundation Awards for NewFiction Writers (1994). He has published short fiction in manyliterary journals, including: San Diego Writer's Monthly, ShroudAnthology Beneath the Surface, Stone Magazine, FirstDraft, SniplitsAudio Short Stories 2 Go, Back Channels, Pacific Review, CaliforniaQuarterly and Cowles Mountain Journal. He has also been publishedat CIC Publishers with four novels: Sins of Darkness, RussianWolves, Iron Maiden and Lucifer's Wedding and acollection of short fiction, The President'sParasite and Other Stories. Mr. Musgrave'sstory, "Speculum" was an HonorableMention in the Fog City Writer's Awards, and"Turning the Law Wheel" was anHonorable Mention in the Cedar Hill Press Short FictionContest.  His literary fiction appears in Best New Writing 2011, published by Hopewell Press, Titusville, N. J.

Manner-Man

Manner-Man

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<p>&quot;I am strong, and my flash is bright, And I will defend you and make things all right.&quot; These are the magic words to call upon Manner-Man - a superhero who can help control bullies and teach children ways to be considerate of others. Manner-Man arrives, shouting &quot;To the Rescue&quot;, helping children learn about sharing and warning about not 'hitting with words.' He teaches that if someone starts pushing, just shout out &quot;not nice!&quot; Meet the children who form the Manner-Man team and find out how to join! Manner-Man incorporates messages and characters found within some of Cannon's earlier books - helping children learn how to cope with bullies and look within themselves for their inner superhero! This is the fifth rhyming children's book by this award-winning author whose other bestselling books include Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys and Santa's Birthday Gift. Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won a dozen awards for her four previous rhyming books and is also the author of six published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called &quot;a modern day Dr.Seuss&quot; - GMTA Review. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/SherrillSCannon</p>

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