M&M Conference Speakers
Nancy Naigle
Keynote Speaker
Bio:
USA Today and ECPA bestselling author Nancy Naigle has over forty heartwarming small-town love stories to her credit. She began writing while juggling a successful career as a Senior Vice President in technology with life on a seventy-six-acre goat farm. Now happily retired from her career with Bank of America, this Virginia girl devotes her time to writing related activities, and
travel or spa days with friends.
You can see novel adaptations of Nancy's novels on Hallmark, Hallmark Movies, and Mysteries, and the book of her heart, The Shell Collector, is streaming on FOX Nation.
Vanessa Vale
Workshop Speaker
Bio:
Within five years, Vanessa forged two pen names from scratch to seven figures using the strategies and techniques shared in the Thrifty Tips For Authors Facebook group and Brick-By-Brick class. The beginnings of these came when she was banned from Facebook ads, forcing her to develop strong branding and marketing steps that are enduring and withstand the changes and whims of the publishing industry. She is still a go-to author for steamy small town romances, however has retired from her second pen name. Her Thrifty Tips for Authors Facebook group has over 3300 members.
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Berta Platas
Luncheon Speaker
Bio:
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Born in Havana, Cuba. My paternal grandparents emigrated there from Galicia, in northwestern Spain. Two generations later, we became refugees. I’m so grateful to have lived most of my life in the U.S.
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I have four children and they have children of their own. I love my big family!
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Married to the sexiest dude on the planet.
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I’ve lived in Miami, Pittsburgh, New York, Charlotte and Atlanta, in that order.
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I have one sister, also a writer.
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Still work at a fun day job in fintech.
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Love martinis. Stolis, straight up, one olive.
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I am currently addicted to jigsaw puzzles. This may change. I’m a Gemini, after all.
