Mindy Halleck is a Pacific Northwest author and instructor. Her novel Return to Sender, was a featured debut novel in Kirkus Review Magazine, January 2015. As an inspirational instructor, she urges writers to embrace social media early in their professional endeavors, and skillfully shows them how. In her past career as a Vice President in a Fortune 500 Company where she was interviewed on Good Morning America, Peter Jennings and others, and as a sales and marketing professional, and small business marketing trainer, Mindy brings those same tools to the writing world, saying, “Being an author is a small business, and social media is a small business owner’s best friend.” Mindy blogs at Literary Liaisons and is an active member of the writing community. A one-time magazine columnist and travel writer, she is a happily married, globe-trotter, and three-time cancer survivor. www.MindyHalleck.com