The Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored is a compendium of unexplained mysteries, paranormal phenomena, and incredible true tales that will amaze, confound, and remind you just how mysterious this world really is. An outstanding trivia and reference book for any lover of unusual lore, each day gives you an unexplained mystery, a quote, and a Secret Power for you to practice. Richly illustrated throughout. A magical daily read.
Juanita Rose Violini - Author and Artist
Juanita has always been fascinated by mysteries large and small, unsolved and unexplained. She grew up in the Canadian Rockies and considers the mountains her home. As a child she was an avid bookworm and wanderer. That never changed.
A long-time artist and writer, Juanita has lived throughout Alberta and southern BC. She grew up and went to school in Banff, and her first two children went to school there, one of the first 'students of students' for the teachers.
When Juanita was in her thirties she moved to the West Coast and continued a career begun in the Rocky resort towns providing corporate entertainment. Vancouver was Juanita's home for 14 years, where she got married, had a third child, and ran Masterpiece Mysterys, writing and directing live murder mystery entertainment for corporate galas and home parties. She now offers her best downloadable parties at MysteryFactory.com.
After fifteen successful years in the performing arts, she decided to focus her skills on writing and other artistic interests. Over the years Juanita has published short stories, written and illustrated a Banff coloring book, and collaborated with her husband writing an unpublished Banff History Mystery novel. She won a summer scholarship to the Banff Centre Art School in 1987. Juanita also collaborated on a newspaper column called Cheese and Wildcats along with Banff luminary Jon Whyte, and is still an active member of the Canmore Artists and Artisans Guild.
Juanita has been a full member of the Crime Writers of Canada since 2004, and is a regular contributor to her blog Mystery Trivia - http://mysterytrivia.wordpress.com/ , Incredible Blog, http://incrediblealmanac.blogspot.com/ the Criminal Minds At Work blog, http://criminalmindsatwork.blogspot.com/2009/12/holidays.html and Mysterynet.com. http://www.mysterynet.com/
In 2006 Juanita moved back to the Rockies, and now lives in the Columbia Valley with her family. She is an active participant in local arts organizations, and continues to work with local youth groups. Almanac of The Infamous, The Incredible, and The Ignored is her first published book. Visit her online at: www. incrediblealmanac.com.
Juanita Rose Violini has always lived on the threshold of the unseen world. Occasionally her foot slips and she finds herself immersed in a slightly off-kilter circumstance where mud puppies lurk in the bottom of lakes, bodies mesh with themselves, and one location blends into another distant place with no straight line in between. These experiences are subtle, and Juanita is convinced that most people have them but either don't notice or explain them away. Juanita loves research. the smell of old books is perfume, and libraries are a second home. Many of the 100-odd books that she used in researching Almanac of The Infamous, The Incredible, and The Ignored were hard to find, but she found them; a good number mysteriously made it into her private collection.
Juanita can be found on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Almanac-Of-The-Infamous-The-Incredible-And-The-Ignored/113239236442
and Twitter: http://twitter.com/JuanitaViolini
