About the Author

A freelance writer since 1992, Joanne Orion Miller's work has been published in both print and e-zine formats; fiction titles include "How you See It" (currently available as e-publications on Smashwords and Amazon), and "Penance" (short-listed for the Raymond Carver Award). She was among 20 international fiction writers chosen to at-tend the Spoleto (Italy) Writer's Conference. Shaketown is her first novel. Her non-fiction work appears in Writer's Market, Fiction & Short Story Writer's Market (both Writer's Digest Books), San Francisco and Northern California, USA (both Dorling Kindersley) and many other publications. She wrote and photo-illustrated comprehensive guidebooks to Pennsylvania, Maryland/Delaware, Chesapeake Bay (all Moon Handbooks/Avalon Press), Virginia's Eastern Shore, Delaware (both Moon Spotlight Books/Avalon Press), and authored guides to Marin County (Sasquatch Press) and Maui and Kaua'i (Peter Pauper Press). Her recent solo trip around the world-true stories of touching down in India, the Galapagos, Amsterdam, Spain, and more-is docu-mented on the blog 1Woman1World1Year.blogspot.com. Joanne Online: Websites: JoanneOrionMiller.com and AboutJoanne Miller.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorNews Twitter: @JoanneOMiller Writers blog: http: //JoanneOrionMillerwrites.blogspot.com Travel blog: http: //1Woman1World1Year.blogspot.com