Emily SkinnerEmily had a goal when she was 15, she would have a daughter named Marquel and write a novel titled Marquel. She accomplished both and more. A protege of the late master of the pulps or paperback originals, Harry Whittington, Emily interviewed Whittinton during her days as a feature writer for the Clearwater Sun daily newspaper and its weekly division. They became friends and he taught her how to plot and gave her approval of the original outline and sample chapter for Marquel shortly before he died in 1989. After Whittington passed away, Emily challenged herself to write as her mentor did and wrote a chapter a day and finished the novel Marquel in 52 days. A sequel Marquel's Dilemma was added in 2015 and the final book in the series Marquel's Redemption releases Sept. 27, 2018. When Emily's second daughter Blair was born, Emily and husband Tom focused on raising their family. Emily then took time off from writing to publish others in her zine Bohemian Chronicle, while also working evenings as a graphics supervisor for Valpak. Fast forward, both daughters are now grown and work in Hollywood. The girls made a book trailer for their mother's novel Marquel with Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts and Emily's daughter Marquel in the lead roles. Daughter Blair wrote, directed and produced the Marquel book trailer. For more details on the novel's history read: http: //www.thefilmmom.blogspot.com/2012/10/why-book-trailer-now.html Read More Read Less