Ann Durand Ann Durand, aka Kathe Gogolewski, was born and raised in northern California near San Francisco in a very leafy neighborhood. She spent much of her childhood hiking the wild hills of Orinda with her three brothers and a sister. As an adult, she taught grade school while raising a daughter. She retired several years ago and moved south into warmer weather near San Diego, California. She began writing and painting full time and now enjoys writing stories for both children and adults. Recently, she painted two wall-sized murals at Children’s Hospital in San Diego and is scheduled to paint ten more in the pediatric section of Cassidy Medical Center in Oceanside, California. She also teaches science and writing to fourth and fifth graders as a volunteer at the elementary school near their home.
Ann, as Kathe Gogolewski, wrote an educational supplement for teachers to go with her book, TATO, a fantasy adventure for middle grade readers. She works in classrooms all over California engaging 4th and 5th graders in science experiments that explain certain illusions in her book.She has another book, science fiction with romantic elements called Flight of the Gryphon by Ann Durand, due for release from Double Dragon Publishing in December of 2006.
She has contributed to two anthologies this year. One, The Muse on Writing, is available from Double Dragon Publishing. The other, Spiritual Visitations, edited by Heather Froeschl, is due in 2008 from Zumaya Publications.
Kathe is a columnist for the ezine for writers, The Muse Marquee and a contributing writer for Ranch and Coast, San Diego’s Luxury Lifestyle Magazine. She has won awards for her books, short stories and poems. Her website is http://www.TRI-Studio.com. Titles Available from Double Dragon Publishing | The tidy world of schoolteacher Karen Hudson turns upside down as she embarks on a reckless chase from a small town in California to a jungle in Mexico, searching for the truth about the man who has captured her heart. One day after Michael Browning professes his undying love for Karen, he vanishes. Then she learns he is wanted for murder. Stunned and disbelieving, she sets out on a dangerous quest to unravel the mystery, making her the next target for murder.
Michael Borbeau, alias Michael Browning, never intended to mislead Karen, or fall in love for that matter. Only the need to protect his daughter forced him to choose a new town and a new name. Now, the whole mess is threatening to surface, and he must flee to keep his daughter safe.
Will he ever see his beloved Karen again? Will she discover the truth before the killer strikes again? Will she succeed in reuniting with the only man to ever unlock her heart?
|  | Katera would rather die than allow the Elders to present her at the altar of Kopa Na An. Her twin sister, Adrella, never returned after her summons to the altar, and Katera is tortured by the memory of her sister’s sacrifice. Intent on escaping a similar fate and craving an end to her suffering under the merciless rule of Askinadon, she constructs her own demise. Her plans are foiled when an attractive stranger rescues her from her attempt to plunge hundreds of feet down a waterfall to her death. The stranger takes her to a cave and releases her from her forced servitude to Askinadon by removing the high tech device implanted in her head. Encouraged by her new freedom…and her attraction to this mysterious stranger, Katera asks him to help her find her sister, if she is still alive, and free her people from Askinason’s unrelenting grip. |
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