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  <name><![CDATA[Betty Dravis]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Betty Dravis's new book DREAM REACHERS is hot off the press. She and co-author Chase Von are elated that this celebrity interview book is doing great and that the book already has its own fan club. Jessica Gilbert just launched DREAM REACHERS FAN CLUB and the fan base is growing rapidly. You should see the awesome folks who are joining the club. WOO-HOO!

To join the fan club or to learn more about the book and authors, visit:
http://www.myspace.com/dreamreachersfanclub

DREAM REACHERS is Dravis's fourth book, but her first nonfiction and the first with a co-author.

She is also the author of three novels: 1106 GRAND BOULEVARD (an epic romantic thriller); THE TOONIES INVADE SILICON VALLEY (a YA for kids of all ages): and MILLENNIUM BABE: THE PROPHECY (a supernatural mystery adventure). She is a former newspaper publisher, a long-time California journalist, and also hosted a Cable TV talk show.

Among the celebrities she has interviewed are: Clint Eastwood, Jane Russell, Dale Robertson, Tanya Tucker, Senators Ted Kennedy and Alan Cranston, etc. Many of those stories are in DREAM REACHERS, as well as interviews with up-and-coming new entertainers, authors and artists from all fields.

She has four surviving children, two angels in Heaven, nine grandchildren, three &quot;greats&quot; and a brand-new great-great.

Dravis resided in Silicon Valley for many years, recently moving to the Central Valley of California where she is writing a Toonies sequel, titled The Toonies Rock New York. She is also fine-tuning a horror novel and two more children's books.

She is an honorary Kentucky Colonel, a member of Romance Writers of America and Sigma Delta Chi. ]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[My parents, my immediate family, actor Clint Eastwood, author Pat Conroy, Eleanor Roosevelt, my friend Linda Bulger ]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Hamilton, Ohio </hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Millennium Babe: The Prophecy]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[1106 Grand Boulevard]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dream Reachers]]></title>
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