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Dawn Carrington is the co-founder,
Editor-in-Chief, and Business Manager for Vintage
Reflections and she's been involved in writing for over
twenty years. Growing up, her imagination was her best
friend and when she grew older, she parlayed it into a
writing career. A multi-published author of over thirty
novels, Dawn is also a freelance writer/editor/ teacher
for various online courses to help aspiring writers.
Michelle Ruopoli is the co-founder of
Vintage Reflections. She’s enjoyed writing fiction for over
twenty-five years and realized her creative imagination
had great promise at an early age after having received
a prestigious DAR (Daughters of The American Revolution)
award for her composition of a history essay. Michelle
has been actively involved in limitless, literary
terrain to include poetry, song writing, children’s'
stories, and even journalism. Michelle compiled, edited
and participated in the poetry anthology, Traces of
Love, which was published by Vintage Romance Publishing.
Deb Curwen is the co-founder of Vintage
Reflections. A career paralegal, she has been writing
romantic fiction for well over twenty-five years and had
her first romance novel published in March 2002. She has
written for several publishers and her holiday rhyming
story, The Christmas House, debuted from Vintage Romance
Publishing in December 2004 with great success.
Alexis Poore is the administrative
assistant.
Rene Walden, of BG Designs, is the Cover
Art Director and website designer for Vintage
Reflections.
An experienced graphic artist, Rene has been with
Vintage since 2006 and maintains the website as well as
creating award-winning covers and managing the design
team.
Shelley Patten-Forster is the illustrator
for Vintage Reflections' children’s books. From a young
age, Shelley had strong passions for art, reading and
figure skating. Her art started out by drawing animals
and portraits. By age twelve, she was able to draw
portraits from a live model as well as photographs.
Over the years, she has worked with many mediums such as
pencil, charcoal, acrylics, oils and craft paint.
Various projects included portraiture, children's book
illustrations, local area school and business windows,
wall murals and canvas paintings.
Her most recent work, landscape and space art, is in Art
Exhibitions & Shows and contributed to Silent Auctions
for local Charity Organizations and Schools.
Judi Spooner is an illustrator for Vintage
Reflections' children's books.
Judi
has been an educator for nearly thirty years, having
taught a multitude of courses, including Spanish,
English, and art. A graduate of the College of
Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, she is
currently the art teacher at a large Christian school in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
While a teacher in South Carolina, Judi was also an
elected member of Berkeley County Council for twenty-six
years, serving as the Vice Chairman of Council for many
years and chairman of several committees.
Married for forty-six years, she is a mother of two
grown children, grandmother of seven, great-grandmother
of two, a breast cancer survivor, avid gardener, and
part-time caretaker for her ninety-year-old mother
M.L. Benton is a cover artist for Vintage
Reflections. As owner of Moonglade Designs, she has created
numerous award-winning covers and websites.
James F. Ruopoli, III is the creative
designer for Vintage Reflections. As well as designing the
logo, he is instrumental in helping to maintain the
cohesiveness of the website design and continues to work
as an advisor for the design team.
Stephanie Taylor
has been writing for over twenty years. She lives in
Alabama with her husband and is a mother of three by day
and a writer/editor by night. Her first book, Doubting
Thomas, will be released in August of 2010. Stephanie
knew she was meant to be a writer at a very young age,
but it wasn’t until she was older that she became
serious about the craft. She loves to entertain others
with a good story and, as an editor, enjoys helping
others achieve their dream.
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