Northside Writers Presents:

A staunch envirionmentalist, retired M.D.LARRY BEAHAN has combined his love of the outdoors with his love of the written word. He has been published in Adirondack, The Buffalo News, and the Allegeny Historian. Larry departs from his usual genre to give us the touching holiday memory of "Tecumseh Christmas".

Joan began writing poetry in highschool religous essays. Her poems have appeared in North American Voice of Fatima, and in Boston College Literary Review. Song writing has also been a passion for this authoress and poetress since the 1970's.

Tonawanda resident ED HULSE has been writing as a hobby since college, but has pursued the craft more seriously since semi-retiring several years ago. In addition to travel pieces for The Buffalo -News, Ed has finished writing his first novel and has begun, work on the next.

LINDA LAVID, is a bi-lingual social worker in the Buffalo School System and has been writing fiction for several years. The character Red McGill in "Birth of a Star", will appear in future stories.

Writer/Editor MIKE MENDOLA has written Op-Ed items for The Buffalo News, The Amherst Bee and The WNY Catholic. As a former staff writer for The Marketplace, Mike has authored golf articles and a point-counter point column under the pseudonym Janus.

Ommitted by author's request

An adaption of a Christmas play written for the Summer Love Joy United Methodist Youth group. Cynthia has specialized in stories for children and young readers. She has been writing since 1976 and has been published in Jack and Jill.