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  <name><![CDATA[Martha Engber]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[The Wind Thief, Martha’s literary novel, will be published by Alondra Press in October 2009. The news is on her website, blog, Facebook and she’s started a Countdown Till Publication via Twitter (http://twitter.com/marthaengber).

Back cover summary:

&quot;AJAY, a young thief from India, is on his way to a better life when he’s forced to flee Algiers and subsequently gets lost in the Saharan Desert. He’s saved by a strange young woman who believes she can talk to the winds, a gift that will save mankind from an imminent apocalypse only she can stop. Ajay has no choice but to follow her out of the barren wasteland. Yet when he gets the chance to escape her, he realizes he no longer can. He follows, and continues to follow, even when the risks grow grave. A tale of obsession and redemption, The Wind Thief is the story of two souls swept from land to land, one in search of a home, the other in search of a war and both ever a step behind the peace they seek.&quot;

A journalist by profession, Martha has had hundreds of articles published in the Chicago Tribune, Inside Karate magazine and other national publications. She's had a short story nominated for a Pushcart Prize, a full-length play produced in Hollywood and fiction published in Watchword, Iconoclast, Anthology, the Berkeley Fiction Review and other literary magazines.

An experienced public speaker, Martha offers writing workshops and presentations for adults and teens on a variety of writing topics including character development, rewriting and editing.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Aurora, IL</hometown>      
  
  
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up: A Thorough Primer for Writers of Fiction and Nonfiction]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Martha Engber]]></name>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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