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DJ Schneider
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Genres: Commercial Fiction, Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Literary Fiction, Young Adult (YA), General Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction
Skills: Press/Media Interview, Reading/Literary Event, Self-publishing Workshop/Training, Speaking Engagement/Lecture, Writing Workshop
I honed my creative writing skills at the San Francisco Art Institute, and while at the Log Cabin Literary Center in Boise, Idaho with a writing group called the Magnificent Seven. There, I worked with Kelly Jones (The Woman Who Heard Color, Penguin Group), helping to edit her novel, The Last Madonna, and with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Doerr (All the Light We Cannot See, Simon and Schuster)—both instrumental in developing my craft. I also spent many years as a professional writer/producer in the advertising field for radio, television, and print, having also owned an advertising agency. In addtion to ALLi, I am a member of SCBWI, and Willamette Writers.
DJ Schneider's books
The Tale of the Tarot
Fifteen-year-old Melanie Simpson uncovers a secret her father held for twenty years--material smuggled from a crashed UFO near Roswell, New Mexico back in 1947. He is dead, killed by a Russian agent who was after the material. Now, she has it, and along with it, the interest of dangerous men and their organizations who want it.
She also uncovers that along with the material was a device given to her father by a dying alien. It remains hidden somewhere. In a letter from her father she learns of a quest, and that she must now finish what he could not.
She knows the device has something to do with it, and must find out where it is hidden. With the help of her boyfriend, Frankie, and friends, Beanie and Katch, she searches for clues, all while facing the dangers of those after the alien material. But it is during a tarot card reading from a family friend that she learns there is more... a destiny with the stars.