I am the author of a biography about my father's amazing story of living as a Jewish man in Hungary when the Nazis, and later the communists, seized power. Growing up in affluence, young Ervin Wolf was forced into a labor camp, unaware that his parents were deported to Auschwitz.

In Not a Real Enemy: The True Story of a Hungarian Jewish Man's Fight for Freedom, Ervin relies on his wits and good fortune to escape the Nazis not once, but twice. Once freed, however, he finds life under communism so unbearable he must make the most daring of all escapes in the dead of a winter's night. Not a Real Enemy is the true story of one of the most unknown chapters in the Holocaust, following the transformation of a young man as he confronts antisemitism, cruelty, kindness, despair, and hope in his journey toward freedom. The book has now won a Nautilus Book Award, a National Indie Excellence Award, a Living Now Book Award, and a Readers’ Favorite Book Award for 2023!

There are many parallels with today's world, including refugees, racism, antisemitism, 2 wars, pestilence, and a Russian invasion! The little known and poorly understood Hungarian Revolution in 1956 has been compared to the current conflict in Ukraine by some experts.

If you purchase the book using the link below, I can mail you a signed copy or eBook version. A review or any suggestions would also be wonderful! Please also consider a book talk/presentation as well, if feasible.

I am donating 10% of my proceeds to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC in honor of my late parents, both Holocaust survivors. They were Holocaust and history educators throughout their lives in the free world. The book is available at that museum, the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, as well as at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Walmart!

I have also donated copies to the Yad Vashem, the Florida Holocaust Museum, the Holocaust Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Museum of History and Holocaust Education near Atlanta, Georgia, the Imperial War Museum in London, the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Michigan, as well as many other organizations.

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Janice Harper, Author

Amsterdam Publishers

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Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters, Keeper of the Flame, episode 14, September 3, 2025

The Hate You Give Angie Thomas

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Hi! I’m Gillian. I’ve been an artist my whole life, creating book covers on Wattpad and drawing my own comic books. I got into writing songs and stories in high school and haven’t stopped since. I graduated from the University of Washington and Columbia Publishing Course. I love to think of out-of-the-box ways to promote your brand or product, because I think everyone has a story worth telling.

Gillian McMahon is a multimodal creator. From writing songs and playing in her band, "The Sleepy Haunts," to working as a graphic designer and publishing professional, to writing original stories, and to acting, she aims to do it all.

Website, LinkedIn, Instagram: @itsgillianm @thesleepyhaunts @the.perseephone

The Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle, Washington

Neumos, Seattle, Washington

Chop Suey, Seattle, Washington

Renaissance Fairs across the Country

T.L. McCoy is the founder of Blue Round Book Group, LLC, and the author of DELILAH VERSUS THE GHASTLY GRIM, a magical middle-grade fantasy novel inspired by her real-life granddaughter, who lives with a rare and life-threatening seizure disorder known as Dravet Syndrome.

The story follows a young girl who, after a life-threatening seizure, is transported through an indigo door in her mind into a strange and perilous world. There, she must unlock her hidden powers to survive — and save others.

T.L. didn’t set out to write a book — she set out to give children like her granddaughter a hero they could see themselves in. According to a 2019 study, only 3.4% of children’s books feature disabled protagonists. T.L.’s story blends fast-paced fantasy with emotional depth, creating a bridge between real-world challenges and epic adventure.

She brings warmth, purpose, and honesty to every interview and is passionate about disability representation in fiction, family storytelling, neurodiversity, and empowering children through inclusive literature.

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Reedsy

Drumdumbs YouTube Channel

Blue Round Book Group on YouTube

The Space Between Time, on Apple Books

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Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters

NORD, National Organization for Rare Disorders

The House on the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune

Highwater & The Kin:

Accompanied by Kyle Carr (lead guitar) & Jon Michael (mandolin), the bardic wanderer of Nevada City, Kendra Leigh Highwater, has been playing the guitar and stomping her boots in the gold rush towns of California since she was a kid. Her lyrics are salty and sweet, blending together the history of the brave women that pioneered the west with her own stories of roughin' it in love, loss, & life.

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The Ballad of Mt. Silverheels

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A story teller at heart and an award winning Filmmaker, Charleen continues to write and develop material in a variety of formats. She is a Producer, Screenwriter, Playwright, Actor and Director.
Over 40 years of experience as a registered nurse in the area of Mental Health, Forensic Nursing has influenced her work.

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Link to my last short film Remnants https://youtu.be/ufV290fifEU

The Gems of The Journey, with Teepa Snow

Sidartha Murjani, actor director

Jeff Webb, cinematographer

New films: A Cup of Tea, The Phone of the Wind

Moving Mirror Productions

Producing the play, Emerge, October 2025

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Upcoming book, Over the Edge

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John DeDakis (pronounced dee-DAY-kiss) is a former editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." DeDakis is the author of six novels in the Lark Chadwick mystery-suspense-thriller series. In his most recent novel, Enemies Domestic, Lark is a pregnant White House press secretary forced to make an abort-or-not-to-abort decision in a highly toxic and polarized fishbowl while dealing with an attack on the presidency. DeDakis, a former White House correspondent, is also a writing coach, manuscript editor, and podcaster.

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Diandra Ford-Wing is a passionate storyteller and dynamic Sales Director who discovered the healing power of writing during a period of profound grief. Growing up as an Army Brat, Diandra’s formative years were spent in culturally diverse settings, including Germany, which shaped her unique narrative style.

After the loss of her mother, Sandra, Diandra embarked on a transformative journey that inspired her debut memoir, Red Bird. Through this work, she shares her personal reflections on love, loss, and resilience, hoping to inspire others facing life’s trials. Diandra lives with her husband, Ben, and their two cherished doodles, CoCo and XuXa. When not writing, she enjoys the simple joys of life and continues to explore storytelling as a path to connection and healing.

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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/diandrafordwing

Website: booksbydiandra.com

Celeste is a certified massage therapist for 30 years mostly working with people who have been injured in some way. But before that she loved stories of all kinds beginning with the family movie nights instituted by the parents she shares with Lucinda. Celeste got hooked on reading in 7th grade.

Lucinda is a retired theatre instructor at the college level and teacher at the high school level. She was a late bloomer to becoming an avid reader. During her Senior year in high school, she fell in love with Classic British Literature. But the love of stories sustained both Celeste and Lucinda and taught them valuable lessons, as they explain in this fifth year anniversary of Story-Power.

THE Podcaster Nation, Rory Paquette

Story-Power on WordPress

Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters on YouTube, Facebook

Barbara Cartland, (9 July 1901 - 21 May 2000) British author of contemporary and historical romance novels publishing 173 book over 72 years

Centennial, James Michener, novel, (1978) TV Mini-Series

The Kent Family Chronicles, John Jakes

Sports Illustrated,(1954 - present)

Wooden: A lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court, John Wooden

Barbie (2023), Greta Gerwig, Director

The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

Good Will Hunting(1997), Gus Van Sant, Director

Dead Poets Society (1989) Peter Weir, Director

A Summer Place (1959) Delmer Daves, Director

Films for Writers, a free once a month movie club on Prolific Writers Life

Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC graphic novels and movies

Virginia Pfau Thompson, Cochise College instructor, Story-Power episode 18

Disney Studios

Medea, Euripides

Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien

Pedro Pascal, Actor

Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, Creator

Star Wars, George Lucas, Creator

Comic Cons, Renaissance Festivals

Ted Lasso, (2020 - ) Developed by, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence