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Miranda Parker

Miranda Parker

About

Miranda Parker is the author of the Evangeline Crawford Bounty Hunter Series. After graduating from college, she began working as a features editor for various magazines and spent many years as a publicist for national recording artists, actors, ministers, and authors. However, writing fun, fiesty, redemptive bad girl gone good stories is her passion. She resides with her family in Georgia near a horse ranch and her daughter’s Girl Scout Troop. On a perfect day she can be found curled up with a good book or in a movie theater with a bucket of popcorn. Visit her blog here

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>

Story Behind The Book

I covered a story about eight years ago for a newspaper I once wrote for, but we had to kill it. It was too sensational for our core readers and some advertisers had relationships with the focus of the story. Yet, I couldn’t let it go.

Media Links

OOSA Book Club

🔗 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/168611853

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Shelia Goss 2011 Summer Reads

🔗 http://sheliagoss.com/2011/06/02/great-summer-reads/

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Reviews

<span style="color:#024220;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;"></span><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:left;">-”Angel is a good girl in a fast paced, kick butt, bad boy chase, sexy thrill-ride. Can’t wait for the next man hunt.” <a href="http://www.reshondatatebillingsley.com/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">ReShonda Tate Billingsley</a>, <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">A Good Man is Hard to Find</em> (Simon &amp; Schuster)</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:left;">- “<a title="Miranda" href="http://www.mirandaparker.com/about/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">Miranda</a> Parker’s Angel Crawford is lively, determined, and she’s also one heck of a bounty-hunter. This story comes alive with feisty yet feminine women, a sublime yet sexy pastor, amusing chat, and lots and lots of conflict. Fast-paced and entertaining, like Angel, this debut accomplishes everything it sets out to do.” -<a href="http://www.rhondamcknight.net/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">Rhonda McKnight</a>, <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">An Inconvenient Friend</em>(Urban Books)</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:left;">- “Miranda Parker’s debut is deliciously fun!  It has the perfect amount of intrigue, romance, action and all-out girl-power! <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">A Good Excuse to be Bad </em>will give you a good excuse to let the dishes pile up in the sink!  You won’t be able to put it down.  Fantastic read!” <a href="http://www.tiffanylwarren.com/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">Tiffany Warren</a>, <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">The Bishop’s Daughter</em> (Grand Central Publishing)</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:left;">-”Beautiful, brainy, bail recovery agent Angel Crawford’s halo may be slightly askew, but her fun and breezy story will keep you smiling and turning pages. Don’t miss this sassy, debut novel by the exceptionally talented newcomer, Miranda Parker. It’ll be love at first read.” -<a href="http://ragamuffindiva.blogspot.com/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">Claudia Mair Burney</a>, <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">The Amanda Bell Brown Mysteries</em>(Simon &amp; Schuster)</p><span style="color:#024220;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;"></span><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:left;">- “Miranda Parker’s writing draws you in from the very first page and won’t let you go until the very end. A Good Excuse To be Bad, is well-written and expertly executed with colorful characters who feel so real you think you know them. This story is a definite winner!  I REALLY enjoyed what I read. I love the way she romances a sentence–the obvious love affair she has with words makes the story spring to life with delicious flavor. This story is different and exciting and readers are going to love it. I know I do!” – <a href="http://www.tricehickman.com/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">Trice Hickman</a>,<em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">Unexpected Interruptions</em>(Platinum)</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:left;">-”This novel has been a long time coming, and there will be many more knock-outs from Miranda Parker—one of the brightest authors on the horizon.” –<a href="http://www.crestonmapes.com/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">Creston Mapes</a>, Author of <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">Dark Star </em>and <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">Nobody(Random House)</em></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:left;"><strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">Reviews</strong><br />“With a surprise around every corner, A Good Excuse to Be Bad will keep readers on their toes. The combination of a juicy mystery and the drama of a mega-church is an unbeatable one that makes this novel a real page-turner.” 4 Stars <a href="http://rtbookreviews.com/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">RT  Book Reviews Magazine</a><strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;"><br /></strong></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:left;">“Miranda Parker’s debut novel A Good Excuse To Be Bad kept my eyes glued to the pages. Evangline “Angel” Crawford is a no-nonsense type of woman who will do whatever she needs to do to get the job done.  Readers will love Angel’s quirky personality.  Drama doesn’t find her, she chases it.   A Good Excuse To Be Bad has all the right ingredients to make it a great summer read.” Bestselling Author of Delila Shelia Goss <a href="http://sheliagoss.com/2011/06/02/great-summer-reads/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">2011 Great Summer Reads</a>.<em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;"><br /></em></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:left;">“Parker delivers a fast-paced thriller with her first novel. You are immediately drawn in and gripped by the story. It was a great mingling of romance and suspense. The characters are intriguing and I wanted/needed to finish this book in a hurry to find out what really happened. Parker sets us up for the beginning of this series. You will definitely want to read more. I recommend this book for lovers of romance and mysteries alike.”- 5 Stars <a href="http://www.apooobooks.com/good-excuse-bad-miranda-parker/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">Donnica Copeland, APOOO Book Club</a></p><span style="color:#024220;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;">“When the murderer is revealed, it is neither obvious nor surprising, but it does leave ample room for a cliff hanger, which is exactly what Parker does.  The lines between siblings, mother and daughter, and pastor and congregation become blurred as the plot thickens. “<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;">5 Stars </strong><a href="http://aambcgroup.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/a-good-excuse-to-be-bad-by-miranda-parker/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#8a8a8a;">Natasha Hines AAMBC Reviewer</a></span>