Lisa Batch, aka Lisa Manning Batchelder, is a transplant from Boston via NYC and Montauk, NY. She is a children’s author and published her first two books in November, 2014. She also produced a CD of her original music and a narration of one of her books. In her former life, Lisa was an entertainer, working for Richard Rodgers on Broadway. She traveled the world as a headliner on the Queen Elizabeth (QE2) as well as a dozen other ships, and still enjoys singing and traveling. Lisa started a critique group in Estero in 2014 and is actively seeking dedicated children’s writers. She also occasionally seeks women to share a room at a conference (SCBWI and FWA) or a writer to share a table at a fair.

Visit her website at: www.lisabatch.com

Lisa’s books

Gillian Birch is a freelance travel writer and, whenever possible between trips, she is a resident of Florida. As the wife of a Master Mariner, she has traveled extensively and lived all over the world, including the Far East, Europe and the Republic of Panama. Her love of writing allows her to keep detailed journals, which are a valuable source of eye-witness information for her many published magazine articles and destination reviews.

Describing herself as having “endless itchy feet and an insatiable wanderlust”, Gillian continues to explore Florida and further afield, writing about her experiences with wonderful clarity and attention to detail. She has a diploma from the British College of Journalism and is proud to be a member of the International Travel Writers’ Alliance.

Gillian has ten published travel books and ebooks about Florida, including Days Out Around Fort Myers, a collection of local attractions with a foreword by the Lee County Visitor and Conference Bureau. All her books are available on Amazon.com and in local bookstores.

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