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Those interested in Thora's Media Kit: Press this button:  I'm honored that Chessie Bligh has won the GOLD YA 2008 Mom's Choice Award. Wuggbert is too!
Thora Gabriel was interviewed at Book Expo America by Tara Peterson, founder of the Mom's Choice Award. Click this link to listen / after the link opens click the forward arrow to begin: Thora Gabriel Mom's Choice Award Interview (This interview is 15 minutes long and will take time to load)
Thora was interviewed by Today's Author on 5/29- LINK: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Circle-Of-Seven/blog/2008/05
http://www.pa-la.org/cgi-bin/gt/tpl_page.html,template=1&content=1&nav1=1& Thora
signed books at 11 am to noon. BOOTH
411
Thora signed copies of her
book each day from 10-11 in Booth 411.
http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/en-us/autographing.cfm
http://www.momschoiceawards.com/testimonials.php
(646) 200-4071
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Circle-Of-Seven/2008/05/30/Thora-Gabriel-author-of-Chessie-Bligh-and-the-Scroll-of-Andelthor-wwwChessieBlighcom
(There is some feedback in the beginning
when he spells the website - then it clears up)
646-378-1277
Pictures taken at Book Expo America - Los angeles, June '08
Pictures of Fullerton Railroad Days - May '08
Thora and Wuggbert had a great time at the Orange County Children's Book Festival - September '06! She sold lots of books! Check out the real Wuggbert! Here are some snapshots of the booth.
And here is a picture of Thora on top of Superstition Mountain in Arizona. The peak behind her is Weaver's Needle.
Thora was born in a little town in Illinois on a warm day in August. Her parents were hoping for a boy, but hey, at least they didn’t get an alien from outer space. I was the youngest of three in a rural part of America that is fading from the scene. The family farm. My dad worked on the farm while my mother raised us kids and worked at the nearby hospital. Living on a farm is lots of fun. You can raise your own zoo! I had lambs and colts being born in the spring. WOW! What a wonderful life. I began my imaginative career by riding my horse Topsy in the woods and pretending I was an Elf. . . . . a wizard Elf. I could shape shift, fly up into trees, change the weather, and fight evil wizards that were lurking about behind bushes. Then I got older. Well, life has a way of rearranging your plans. My plan was to become an Elf Wizard and run my own kingdom. That's when a job and a mortgage woke me out that dream. I did get to run my own tractor, do my own house cleaning, wash my own car, and hang out my own laundry on the clothesline. In the meantime, my two boys were busy riding their dirt bikes. Then when I moved from Illinois to California, THAT’S when things started happening. I started hiking in the nearby mountains and canyons and fell in love with the wilderness. I haven’t looked back once. Well, I take that back, I had to look back a couple of times when I was hiking in order to figure out where the heck I was. It is an important part of navigation. . . . . landmarks. Keeps you from getting lost. By the way, if you run into any trolls while you're out hiking and they offer to give you directions, don't believe them. Trolls love it when you get lost. Plus they like to send you to creepy places like. . . muddy bogs, stinky slews, and mosquito infested swamps. I hope you enjoy Chessie Bligh and the Scroll of Andelthor. It is the first of many books in the series to come. Kindest Regards, Thora Gabriel |
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