Jeanne Meeks
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Jeanne Meeks

Literatur & Belletristik | Krimis & Thriller
Jeanne Meeks began backpacking in 2005 and hiked across the Grand Canyon before writing Rim to Rim, an adventure novel with a twist of mystery and romance. Her trip to a remote island inspired the second book in the Backcountry Mystery series, Wolf Pack, set on Isle Royale, MI, Ms. Meeks was an Outdoor Trainer for the Girl Scouts and a leader for twelve years. Her goal is to inspire young girls and older women to get out and enjoy nature. In the 1990s Ms. Meeks was committed to poetry, belonged to Poets and Other Writers, and gave poetry performances as part of that group. Her work appeared in several anthologies. She also self-published a book of poetry, My Sister’s Quilt. She now regularly writes human-interest articles for Schoolhouse Life news magazine. She loves attending writers conventions, especially Love Is Murder in Chicago where Rim To Rim was nominated for Best First Novel in 2014. Ms. Meeks’ short story, Eternally Yours, was published in 2013 by HK Books in the UK in The Other Side-An Anthology of Fiction Talent. She recently won first place in a Midlife Collage contest with a slice-of-life short story, A Kind Word. After twenty-eight years in business, Ms. Meeks and her husband sold their security surveillance company. Ms. Meeks was recognized by the Illinois governor as the Small-Business Person of the Year. She was the Tax Collector for New Lenox Township and has been the President of the New Lenox Chamber of Commerce, on the board of a local bank, and on Silver Cross Hospital’s Community Trustee Board. Ms. Meeks now writes full-time and belongs to Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and writers’ groups in Illinois and Florida. She reads extensively, edits for other authors, and writes a blog at www.jeannemeeks.com about The Writing Life and other things she loves. When not writing, Jeanne backpacks, kayaks, entertains the grandchildren, volunteers with the local historical society, and plays tennis or golf. Married in 1969, she lives with her husband on Florida’s gulf coast and in a suburb of Chicago. From the Author Herself: I got hooked on writing when my fourth-grade essay, The Meaning of Courtesy, won a contest. I loved the prize and the attention, though the trip to the principal’s office to receive the prize scared me to death. My college essays sometimes resurface and still give me a thrill. Later, while I worked full-time in our family business, I satisfied my craving to write with the most finely crafted business letters you’d ever find. On the side, I wrote poetry, but vowed one day to write a book. Ten-chapters of a non-fiction, how-to-survive-the-family-business book now sit in a box somewhere. Once we sold the business, I had the time to write, but didn’t. During a trip to the Grand Canyon in 2005, rumors made their way down the trails that a four-year-old girl had fallen from the rim to her death. The tragedy haunted me. I needed to write something, to speak from my heart, but I could not write that story. Instead, I wrote a fictional mystery adventure set in the canyon and killed off a few bad guys. My sorrow for that little girl and her family is in there––in between the lines. Now I write everyday. What started off as a lonely pursuit with a pen and a spiral notebook, blossomed like wildflowers. I’m intimately familiar with my laptop computer. I have a website, a Facebook page, and accounts on Goodreads, Linkedin, You-tube, Pinterest, istock, etc. etc. I know how to format for Kindle from a Mac. I can hyper-link, photoshop, and download audio. Other authors seek me out to critique their stories. I’ve met dozens of authors with books on the New York Times bestsellers list. With two novels in print, speaking engagements under my belt, and business cards that say, “Author,” I have begun to feel that I am an honest-to-goodness author. With story ideas spinning in my head, there is suddenly too little time. My bucket list keeps refilling, and I’m having a wonderful life.
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    • Rim to Rim

    • Death in the Grand Canyon
    • Von: Jeanne Meeks
    • Gesprochen von: Betsy Beard
    • Spieldauer: 10 Std. und 46 Min.
    • Erscheinungsdatum: 06.12.2016
    • Sprache: Englisch
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