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The Authors' Hall is your opportunity to meet in person with each of these prominent authors. Bring your books from home, or purchase the books at the conference, to have each author sign your copy.

We have 9 authors in the Authors' Hall which will be open each of the three days of the conference, from 5:00 - 6:30 on both Friday and Saturday in a reception environment with hot hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. On Sunday there will be another opportunity to meet with the authors in a less formal environment, between programs.

Authors' Hall Schedule:

Friday, April 21, 2006
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Gulfcoast, Bayou Ballroom, Bayou Lobby
Light hors d'oeuvres, cash bar
Saturday, April 22, 2006
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Gulfcoast, Bayou Ballroom, Bayou Lobby
Light hors d'oeuvres, cash bar
Sunday, April 23, 2006
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Gulfcoast, Bayou Ballroom, Bayou Lobby
Coffee and Iced Tea

Please check back as we add to our growing list of distinguished authors for the 2006 conference!

If you are the author of a book and would like to be considered for this event, please Contact Us.

In addition to the authors noted below, each of our speakers will be available during one or more Authors' Hall events.

Robert Newman

Gunnery Sergeant Bob Newman USMC (Ret) is the host of the top-rated "Gunny Bob Show" on Newsradio 850 KOA in Denver and is a frequent guest analyst and commentator on national security matters for FOX News Channel, MSNBC, the BBC and other networks. The author of 21 books, his best seller is Guerrillas in the Mist: A Battlefield Guide to Clandestine Warfare. His highly anticipated next book (2006) will be Minefields to Microphones: Global Asymmetric Warfare, the Radical Left and Winning the War on Terror. He is a decorated, parachute- and scuba-qualified ground combat veteran, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and a life member of the Disabled American Veterans.

Chuck Dean

In early 1987, Chuck, a veteran of the Vietnam War, became the Executive Director of Point Man International, a veterans-for-veterans support organization. As a writer and counselor he has worked with thousands of soldiers and veterans not only in the United States, but several foreign countries-including Russia, Italy, and France. His mission has been to see other veterans find positive solutions to the many issues facing them upon returning home.

He has worked extensively in the publishing industry, and is the author of several books on recovery issues, such as Nam Vet: Making Peace with Your Past and When the War is Over. His latest work, Down Range: To Iraq and Back, and workbook course entitled, "Turning Your Heart Toward Home", are both co-authored with Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D.

Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D.

Co-Author Down Range: To Iraq and Back, and workbook course entitled, "Turning Your Heart Toward Home"

Dr. Bridget C. Cantrell is a member of the American Psychological Association, Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists, The International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, and National Board Certified Counselor Association. She has specialized in trauma for several years, and her primary work now encompasses counseling war veterans and their families.

With a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology she is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Washington, and is Nationally Board Certified Mental Health Counselor.

John Koopman

John Koopman is a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. He grew up in rural Nebraska and joined the United States Marines right out of high school. He spent four years in the Corps before being honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant. Koopman studied Journalism and Spanish Literature at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, graduating in 1984. He worked at newspapers in Florida, Omaha and California before joining the San Francisco Examiner as an assignment editor in 1997. After the Examiner merged with the Chronicle, Koopman returned to reporting. In 2002, he was tapped to become one of the Chronicle's embedded reporters covering the war in Iraq. He rode with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment across the border into Iraq and covered battles in Basra, Diwaniyah, Al Kut and Baghdad. Koopman wrote about his experiences in his book, McCoy's Marines: Darkside to Baghdad.

AUTHORS' HALL

Author:

John Koopman
McCoy's Marines: Dark Side to Baghdad

Author:

Robert Newman
Marine Special Warfare & Elite Unit Tactics

Author:

Chuck Dean
Down Range: to Iraq and Back

Co-Author:

Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D.
Down Range: to Iraq and Back

Author and
Guest Speaker:

Col Bryan McCoy
United States Marine Corps
Active Duty Marine
Author:
The Passion of Command

Author and
Guest Speaker:

Michael Phillips
3/7 Embedded Reporter
Author:
The Gift of Valor

Author and
Guest Speaker:

Lt. Carey H. Cash
Navy Chaplain
1/5 Marines
Author:
A Table in the Presence

Author and
Guest Speaker:

RAdm Stuart F. Platt
United States Navy, Retired
Author:
The Armament Tide


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