Tag Archives: biographical

April 26

The Author Spotlight on Russell Warnberg – author of “2064 A Warning”

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IWIC: Tell us about yourself. Russell: I grew up in Minnesota and at the age of eighteen I shipped out with the Navy. They sent me to an Anti-Submarine Squadron based in Maine. While there I met a young lady, who later was foolish enough to accept my proposal of marriage. We then moved back to Minnesota where […]

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April 23

IWIC Hall of Fame: William Beck, author of Crosscurrents

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Today we feature William Beck in the IWIC Hall of Fame. William is taking his inspiration to another level. He not only weaves environmental threads into the themes of his books, spotlighting issues which are critical to all of us – but he also works at making changes in the world. Here is his story. […]

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March 28

IWIC Hall of Fame: Phyllis Lawson – author of Quilt of Souls

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  We recently featured Phyllis Lawson in our Author Spotlight, however, we couldn’t help but to be inspired by her passion in her work to write her book Quilt of Souls, and moreover, to spread a message about the valor, the strength and the incredible sacrifices made by women, like her Grandma Lula, who grew […]

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March 24

IWIC Book review: Quilt of Souls … “a beautiful rendering…”

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Quilt of Souls, by Phyllis Lawson, is a beautifully rendered biographical narrative about the true-life experiences of the author, growing up in the deep south, a story about the anchor in her life, her grandma Lula. Much of the story covers the early years growing up with her grandma on a farm, in a pastoral […]

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March 19

Book giveaway of Quilt of Souls by Phyllis Lawson

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  Sign up HERE to win a copy of Quilt of Souls Read more about Quilt of Souls HERE

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March 18

IWIC book spotlight on Quilt of Souls by Phyllis Lawson – “an historical unveiling of hushed bloodlines…”

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  Quilt of Souls is a book the world needs to have. It is more than a personal memoir; it is an historical unveiling of hushed bloodlines and stories of a time and place that got swept under the carpet; powerful, intense, poignant stories that need to be heard. At the age of four years […]

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March 17

The Author Spotlight on Phyllis Lawson author of “Quilt of Souls”

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  Phyllis Lawson http://www.quiltofsouls.org Ms. Lawson was born in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of four, she was sent to the tiny town of Livingston, Alabama to be raised by her grandmother Lula Horn (1883-1986), who made beautiful quilts out of the clothing of her loved ones. Each strip of fabric tells the story of […]

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March 16

IWIC’s Hall of Fame spotlight on Annette Oppenlander, author of Surviving the Fatherland

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  Our most recent entry to the International Writers Inspiring Change Hall of Fame is Annette Oppenlander – author of Surviving the Fatherland. We did an Author Spotlight on Annette and we recently reviewed her book, which can be seen HERE. We realized in the course of reviewing her book that the amount of work […]

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March 02

The Author Spotlight on Annette Oppenlander author of “Surviving the Fatherland”.

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Tell us about yourself. I grew up in Germany and earned an MBA in business from the University of Cologne before meeting my American husband at a Super Bowl party in Wichita, KS. We married a year later in 1988 and I’ve lived in the U.S. ever since. What prompted you to become a writer? […]

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February 15

The Author Spotlight on Wilson Jackson author of “Things that go bump in the Night: Here there be monsters”.

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                                                         IWIC: Tell us about yourself… Wilson: I am married with children and I am from Sumter, SC. I attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC I […]

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