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History, mystery, murder and magic accompany Nellie Bly Victorian Age detective, reporter, and feminist as she takes up a challenge by Jules Verne to beat the eighty days it took his fictional hero Phileas Fogg to race around the world. Nellie tacklesthe journey--alone, with a single change of clothes--againstthe wishes of her publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, who felt it was too dangerous for a woman to attempt. In her official account of the journey, Seventy-Two Days Around the World, Nellie leaves out one riveting eventamysterious death. In the bustling harbor city of Port Said, she witnessesan eventthat makes her a target for a killer and involves her in international intrigue with the fate of nations at stake. On board the ships that take Nellie from the Land of the Pharaohs to the exotic Orient and across the Pacific are the most famous magicians in the world.
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About Carol McClearyCarol McCleary has led a very eclectic life. Born in Seoul, Korea, of American parents, she's lived in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. They returned to the U.S. when she was seven.While attending college she worked in a library. After college she built a successful cosmetics distribution company from scratch. Wanting to try something different, she left her business career and became the personal assistant and gumshoe for a Beverly Hills criminal defense attorney. Always enchanted with books, she started a literary agency in Beverly Hills. After selling fifteen new authors, to get closer to the decision makers in the publishing industry, she moved to Manhattan to become a New York literary agent.A lover of mysteries and dark and stormy nights, after reading about the fascinating Nellie Bly, America's first investigative reporter, she wrote four mysteries featuring Nellie that were published by Macmillan and translated in 13 countries around the world and won the Seal of Excellence Award for her outstanding historical mystery, The Illusion of Murder, by the Romance Writers of America. She also made the shortlist with The Alchemy of Murder (out of thousands only 5 were chosen for the shortlist) for the inaugural eDunnit Award for Best Crime ebook of 2009 from the CrimeFest--the British equivalent of the Edgar Awards.Traveling to exotic places has also been a passion of hers. She has climbed the Great Pyramid; rode a camel in the desert; stood on the wall of Troy; and walked on the Great Wall.So why did she start these journals? Since she was nine, she has been writing in journals, diaries, and notebooks about anything that is on her mind. They are her place to let everything out and keep her sane. Carol adopted her dad's love for photography. She enjoys taking photos of nature, animals, and quirky things. One day she was at Barnes & Noble looking at journals and that's when it hit her. She wanted to create something a little different--covers that would inspire and encourage everyone to, "no matter what, don't give up..." Thus, the birth of Visitor from Mars journals.
