Marafito, Theresa: - Theresa Marafito graduated magna cum laude from Adelphi College, now a university with two Masters Degrees in History and Special Education. She would teach visually handicapped children prior to her marriage to her soul mate Jerry who was also Partially sighted. They would build a house of love together, raise two children, (the oldest visually impaired herself) and start a business serving the public that would endure over five decades. Theresa was born blind in one eye and had usable vision in the other. Her main focus was to be considered "normal", no different from anyone else. She had a lifelong fear of becoming totally blind and after every operation, and there were many, her fear became more pronounced. Still, she had a message to deliver in her memoir to those who are partially-sighted or totally blind. Theresa shows by example that with a little humor and a lot of "guts" nothing in life is impossible. Taking her message one step further, Theresa wanted to show those who are living with visually impaired family members that a normal daily life is indeed possible with some minor adaptations.

Odubayo Thompson, Linda: - Linda Odubayo Thompson, the co-author of her mother's memoir I Know My Way, subtitled always Remember to Color the Sky Blue, has been a professional writer for over ten years. She has adapted a writing style to marry narration with a considerable amount of dialog; all to help her readers feel a part of the conversation rather than just looking in the window watching the action unfolding before them. I Know My Way is a memoir about Linda's Mother who was born visually handicapped, and would spend a lifetime struggling with operation after operation in a futile attempt not to become totally blind. In late 1986, Theresa's perfect world came to a crashing halt when her soul mate Jerry lost his life to cancer. Theresa was so devastated that she poured her heart out on an old manual typewriter trying to capture all of her precious memories. It was after her very tragic death in 2008 that the ream of notes were found and became the starting point of her memoir. Linda feels that she is up to the task of explaining the level of emotion needed to convey the tension at every turn because she is now almost blind herself and lost her first husband to Cancer as well. Linda has also been a marketing consultant in her first career as an Accountant and Financial Advisor, and has continued in this vein with her copywriting clients in the past ten years. She is confident that marketing strategies that are being put into place before, during and post launch of the memoir I Know My Way, will help make linda a sought after Indie author/book marketer. Contact Linda: linda@ghostbookwritergoldilocks.com

Odubayo Thompson, Pedro: - Pedro Odubayo Thompson, founded a magazine about children in his country of birth and was solely responsible for the quality of all content in his periodical. His attention to detail was meticulous when wearing his Editor hat. He immigrated to the United States in 2010 and married his wife Linda. After becoming a U.S. Citizen he earned his certification as a Copy Editor and would join his wife's writing business. Together they would work hand in hand with each project that they faced. Pedro shares Linda's desire to help people tell their life stories in the form of a memoir or autobiography. Pedro also holds a certification as a Translation Professional- Spanish to English and English to Spanish. Contact: revayo36@gmail.com