Marissa Monteilh



A former relationship talk show host, FOX News reporter, and commercial actress, Marissa Monteilh (Mon-tay) is a bestselling women’s fiction author who has written over twenty novels, as well as a recent non-fiction title called The Mind of a Woman. Having always loved reading, Marissa was the first in line when the bookmobile would arrive at her elementary school. In middle school, her teacher singled her out as a gifted writer, which she recalls as a defining moment in her life. She is now living her passion as a full-time author.

Originally self-published in 2000, the following year Harper Collins offered Marissa a three-book contract, and she has not looked back. She has also been published by Kensington Books, Hachette Book Group, and Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Five of her titles have been African American Literary Award Show nominees, and she received the Pink Diamond Book Club Award in 2010. Also in 2010, she was voted amongst the Women of Influence in Publishing by Written Magazine. Her titles have debuted as top-ten bestsellers on Black Expressions, and also voted Best Reads. In 2015, Marissa was named one of Conversations Magazine’s 25 Women Changing the World.

Since 2009, Marissa has been a regular monthly contributor to the Novel Spaces blog site, an eclectic group of authors bound by writing. Her Blog Talk Radio relationship show, The Mind of a Woman, debuts in the summer of 2015.

Marissa also writes under two pen names, and she is currently taking on ghostwriting and developmental editing projects under her company, SilentINK, which includes celebrity memoirs and contemporary novels.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she now resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her family and her 60 lb. German shepherd named Sheba.

www.marissamonteilh.comwww.silentink.net

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Candi S. Cross


An editor and writer for 20 years, Candi S. Cross has directed content for media outlets, book publishers, Fortune 500 companies and high-profile figures. As Ghostwriter and/or Developmental Editor, Candi’s notable, namable projects include: Judith Russell's suspense novel To Clair (Cherokee Press, 2003) and the forthcoming sequel, Kill Her, James (Mélange Books, 2015); Engineering Solutions to America’s Healthcare Challenges, by Ryan C. Burge (CRC Press, 2013); Bring Out the Best in Every Employee, by Donald Brown (McGraw Hill Professional, 2013); Shigeyasu Sakamoto’s Beyond World-Class Productivity (Springer UK, 2010); and the second edition of Eustacia Cutler's biography, A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story (Future Horizons-Autism Books, 2005).

Candi is credited in Who's Who of American Women for investigative reports on topics ranging from the gender wage gap in universities and the franchising of art by serial killers to women's roles in war, the legal battles of prostitution, and the politics of book censorship. Her in-depth interviews include: former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto (d. 2007); former Clinton Administration Defense, Space and Intelligence Director John Pike; Filmmaker Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Gods & Monsters); Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison; Singers Ani DiFranco (Righteous Babe Records) and Sharissa (Motown); Music Producers DJ Skribble (MTV) and Brian Perera (Cleopatra Records); and Best-selling Authors Poppy Z. Brite (thriller), Linda Lael Miller (romance), Marie Jakober (science fiction), and Patricia Reilly Giff (children’s), among others.

Candi is a former Senior Publications Writer at Bank of America Merchant Services, where she handled internal communications strategy, message creation, editorial/brand adherence, scheduling, and legal/risk compliance for 12+ departments and executive teams. Candi is also a former Managing Editor at the Institute of Industrial Engineers, where she directed content for a readership of 20,000 industry professionals worldwide in government, aerospace and defense, transportation, finance, and supply chain R&D. Prior to establishing her own client base of authors, Candi was Book Editor at Writer's Digest Books, Technical Editor at GE Aircraft Carriers, Arts Columnist at Jezebel Magazine, Education Reporter at The Covington News, and Managing Editor at Fierce. While at Writer's Digest Books, Candi co-edited the popular directories Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market and Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market.


For more information about Candi, visit her website, www.youtalkiwrite.com. To view recommendations by Candi’s clients, visit her profile on LinkedIn.