Book Signings and Special Events in DFW

Saturday - July 10, 2010

WHAT: High Tea

WHERE: Sophie's Garden Tea Room (directions)
809 Pipeline Road
Hurst, TX 76053
http://www.meetup.com/DFWTea/calendar/13861366

TIME: 2:00pm - 4:00pm local time

Saturday - July 10, 2010

WHAT: Author Signing

William Manchee Books: Disillusioned, July 2009 Stan Turner Mystery #9 Tarizon: The Liberator, September 2008 Tarizon Trilogy For more books and reviews

William Manchee

WHERE: Barnes & Noble Creekwalk (directions)
801 West 15th St Suite E
Plano, TX 75075
972-422-3372

TIME: 2:00pm - 3:00pm local time

William Manchee

Pseudonym: Bill Manchee.

On August 22, 1947 Manchee was born in the small Southern California coastal town of Ventura. Bicycling, hiking, camping, fishing, traveling, baseball and tennis occupied the bulk of his time when he wasn't attending school.

He attended Buena High School, graduating with honors in 1965. During this time he became an Eagle Scout, earned the God and Country Award and was a Congressional Intern for Congressman Charles M. Teague.

Determined to become a lawyer and go into politics, Manchee attended UCLA majoring in political science. It was a tumultuous time with the Vietnam War raging and anti-war protestors running rampant on most U.S. campuses. During the California primary elections in 1968 Manchee went to the Ambassador Hotel to see Bobby Kennedy. Although a republican, he was intrigued by the Kennedy mystique and wanted to see it first hand. Instead he witnessed the aftermath of the Kennedy's assassination, watching Sirhan Sirhan's arrest and seeing Kennedy loaded into an ambulance.

After marrying his high school sweetheart, Janet Mello, in 1969 he moved to San Diego for one year while he attended the University of San Diego School of Law. After a brief duty in the United States Marine Corps, he moved to Plano where his wife and two children were staying with his in-laws. He immediately transferred to SMU Law School to complete his legal training.

While in law school he and Janet both worked full time to support their family that had grown by then to six. In his spare time, Manchee was active in the Republican Party becoming Collin County Chairman in 1974-1976. This was the era where the Texas Republican Party was a small but growing minority party. During his tenure the party elected its first county officials including the Sheriff, a JP and county commissioner. Disillusioned by political back stabbing and opportunism he withdrew from politics in 1976, deciding instead to concentrate on starting his new law practice and raising his children.

After graduating from SMU Law School and receiving his Juris Doctor 1976 Manchee worked for an insurance company for about six months before starting his law practice in Carillon Towers in North Dallas in 1977. His practice started out primarily in estate planning and business but soon bloomed into a general practice catering to the needs of the small business owner. After five years he moved to present location in North Dallas' Park Central area. He practices there today with his son, Jim.

Manchee's literary career began in 1995 when he started writing as a diversion from his stressful law practice. It wasn't long before he realized writing was his true passion in life. Between 1995 and 1997 he wrote eight novels, all of which have now been published along with two recent ones for a total of 12 to date. He plans to publish at least a book a year for the rest of his life.

http://billmanchee.com/

Saturday - July 10, 2010

WHAT: Author Signing

Randy L. Schmidt

WHERE: Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Golden Triangle Mall (directions)
2201 I-35 East South Space N01B
Denton, TX 75205
940.383.9261

TIME: 2:00pm - 3:00pm local time

Randy L. Schmidt

Randy L. Schmidt is the editor of Yesterday Once More: Memories of the Carpenters and Their Music. He served as creative consultant for several television documentaries on the Carpenters, including those for E! True Hollywood Story, A&E’s Biography, and VH1’s Behind the Music.