Editor-in-Chief for Science fiction/Fantasy, Fantasy, Futuristic,
Copyeditor for Young Adult fiction, Adult fiction.
An accomplished author of Science fiction/fantasy books and featured by CNN.com, Michelle Izmaylov wrote her first title when she was eleven. Now nineteen, she has published three titles, including the first novel of the science-fiction trilogy The Galacteran Legacy, and currently works as a staff editor at FutureWord Publishing. Among her notable recognitions, Michelle was selected as one of Georgia’s 20 Under 20 for demonstrating initiative that makes an impact on the greater community and serves as a positive example to other young people. Michelle is attending Emory College in Georgia, is on the Dean's list, and is an Emory Scholar. Recently she received an academic award for Best Undergraduate Essay and won a scholarship.
Valerie is a renowned graphic and fine artist who has won numerous awards. Nothing delights her more than illustrating and her passion becomes evident as she brings author's words to life. She remains one of the top 10 illustrators on guru for the past 3 years and her work has been published worldwide.
Founder of CATS (Cultural Arts of Taneytown) 1998 and the Pocono Mountain Arts Council (2001) she is committed to her belief that the arts plays an integral part of our lives and has been a fore runner in recognizing and encouraging young artists particularly in rural areas. Valerie most recently provided first grade student's in Corning, NY with a cooperative writing and illustrating experience. The work entitled The Magnificent and Scientific Adventures of Mouse was recently published.
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Her studio is located in upstate NY were she lives with her husband, Pierre.
Cheryl Haynes
Publisher
Cheryl Haynes is a published author under the pen names Cheryl Henry Hodgetts and Laurie Foston.
Her first children's story, Leon the Chameleon, was written in 1979 and copyrighted in 1981. The story was published by Amazon Shorts for a limited time along with Christmas Is Not Just For Children.
Permission was given to a school in Jerusalem to translate Cheryl's children's stories in Hebrew. She belongs to an Independent Publisher's Group on Facebook and various writers’ forums. She is a member of the American Council of the Blind.
Others titles are Mystery of the Sasyrifera Plant, The Next Phase Chronicles, the Coming of the Magi, and a recent work in progress, Just In Time For You.
For a hobby, Cheryl serves as a beauty pageant judge for America's Most Beautiful Girls. She is a docent for the Memphis series “Wonders” - exhibitions of such relics as items from the sunken ship Titanic, the Pharaohs of Egypt, and Catherine the Great.
Boyd R. Highfield Jr.
Director of Sales and Marketing
As a veteran, Past Master/current Secretary to the Provost Guard in Memphis and a Shriner working for the benefit of the Cripple Children's Hospital, Boyd Highfield brings to FutureWord Publishing his sales and marketing expertise from a lifetime career spent in sales promotion. Boyd welcomes enquiries from book reviewers, news services, distributors, libraries and independent book stores.
