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Gianni
DeVincent-Hayes, who has been writing professionally for over
twenty years, received her Ph.D. (summa cum laude)
in creative writing and literature from the University of
Maryland College Park; both of her master's degrees from Duquesne
University, with honors; and her bachelor's degree from Gannon
University where she was awarded The Distinguished
Alumni Honor.
Additionally,
she attended the University of Pittsburgh for two years where
she earned The Letter of Highest Commendation
and was endowed to the University of Rochester's Writing Program
for five summers and to Middlebury College's prestigious Bread
Loaf Writing Program.
In addition to her
byline, she writes under various pen names and has appeared on numerous radio
and television shows, including A&E’s Biography Series.
An internationally recognized author, recipient of many tributes, college professor,
and highly published author, Hayes does book tours and readings of her work,
along with public speaking.
As a professional
writer, Hayes has had 14 books published by royalty publishers, including four
novels; over 100 articles printed in publications such as Redbook,
US, People, Brides,
Parade, Woman’s Day, Writer's
Digest, and a host of others; as well as numerous newspaper articles.
She has taught for
two writers’ correspondence schools and owns a writing critique business that
offers line and overall structural editing, complete with a very detailed explanatory
report. Over the last fifteen-plus years, she has literally critiqued thousands
of short stories, articles, full-length novels, and nonfiction books. Additionally,
Gianni has served as a college English department chair and an associate professor.
When not working,
Gianni enjoys painting, listening to classical music, and spending time with
her husband and two daughters.
LISTING OF GIANNI'S
PUBLISHED BOOKS
22
Friar Street
Heartbroken Love
Grammar&
Diagramming Sentences
Jacob’s Fire
Jacob’s Demon
hy Brothers’
Reaper (originally published under pen name, Devin Centis)
Thy
Brothers' Reaper 2nd edition
Troublesom
Grammar
TheLast
of the Wallendas
MoveIt!
A Guide to Relocating Family, Pets and Plants
Zambell
Five books in the
"Images of America" series for Arcadia Publishing
Some of her other books also appear in E-Book form.
JACOB'S
DEMON
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes and DaVin Centis)
 In this alternative reality novel, Jacob focuses on his goal, while the world goes mad around him in this novel of alternative reality. Jacob sees only his own goal, while Isleen, the representative of the drug company that wants to buy his formula warns him the “endtime” the time for the second coming of Christ is near. One world leader proclaims himself the messiah. But he may be the anti-Christ? While people on all continents suffer from grave natural disasters, and Jacob stays focused on his goal, the leader of the new world government prepares to lead the world population into a new era of peace and prosperity. Or so he would have them believe. Mystery, suspense, and intrigue intertwine with horror to form a powerful novel.
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FRIAR STREET
A
Coming of Age story set in the 70's amid racial unrest
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes)
 This
is a story about a White female college student who's placed
with an elderly Black couple when the college runs short of
dorm space; it's an account of a young woman's growing up
years amid drugs, sex, and uncertainty in the loving home
of an older black couplewhen such a racial situation raised
eyebrows. The story makes readers laugh and cry, but above
all, it offers hope for our young, our old, our various races,
and our diverse cultures and philosophies.
It's a narrative
on how we can all co-exist in spite of our prejudices and stereotypes. As a
"clean," down-to-earth homespun tale, it's a good book for families
and readers of all ages.
Flower Valley Press,
Inc.
P.O. Box 452
Glen Echo, MD 20812
Ph: 301-654-1996 Fax:
301-654-1905
GRAMMAR
& DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes, Ph. D)
 A
great review of grammar and sentence diagramming! It's been
said that you can't build an engine unless you know what its
parts are and how they fit together. This is also true for
writing proper sentences, paragraphs and papers. The "old"
system of diagramming worked for generations as a way of showing
how to write sentences, and now it's gaining popularity again
as the best means of teaching grammar and writing. If students
don't know what verbs, nouns, prepositions, or modifiers are,
how, then, can they be expected to put sentencestogether.
Garlic
Press
Eugene,
OR
JACOB'S
FIRE
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes and DaVin Centis)
 Jacob's
Fire deals with a university professor/ scientist who has
found a formula for a cure for AIDS. But if the formula is
improperly used, it causes mass destruction. The government
and a private pharmaceutical firm want Jacob's formula, and
go to murderous means to get it, using a pharmaceutical rep
(Isleen Johnson) to cajole him into selling the formula to
her firm. But Isleen refuses to exert the unethical means
she is ordered to so do . In fact, she and Jacob become friends
during a time when war is breaking out, with Russia allied
with China against Israel. The rep tries telling Jacob that
what is taking place in the world follows biblical prophecy.
The
AIDS formula does fall into the wrong hands, and plague-like devastation is
wreaked on the world. In the meantime, both Jacob and Isleen learn that they
must escape from the government which wants the formula to use in battle to
implement a one-world government with a globally political, religious, and
economic system. Throughout the book, suspense is entwined between Paolo Cardinal
Borgoni and Louis Cardinal Romano, who play double-agents to and against each
other, and the most powerful man on earth–the new president of the one-world
government. The book weaves mystery with politics as this new president attempts
to form a "New World Order" and have every human on the face of
the earth bow to him and worship and praise him.
Jacob
accidentally gets caught up in this web of shadow secret organizations
through his daughter marrying a young man who Jacob later
learns works for the Vatican as well as for the new global
president. The ending of the novel deals with Jacob's final
decision, one he makes as he watches from the rocks of Petra,
a huge mushroom cloud billowing in the far distance. The book
has overt action but yet not one profane word.
Thy
Brothers' Reaper
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes and as DeVin Centis)
 Thy
Brothers' Reaper is a thriller, sci-fi novel that looks at
cloning from an entirely different perspective. Gillian Montague
has taken a job as an apprentice P.I. that has her tracking
down the cause of a series of brutal and vicious deaths, where
victims' skulls are punctured because the assailants-created
through research and development at twelve underground labs
owned by the government--need certain chemicals for the brain.
All of the assailants are attractive, huge, abnormally powerful
men, except for a handful who are mutants. Because the aggressors
have computer chips embedded in their brains, and require
a cerebral chemical to function normally, their behavior is
often erratic, especially when the chemical diminishes. Through
the help of her ex-husband, Mitchell, Gillian discovers that
these men are clones bred by the government to form an omnipotent
military that will take over the world when secret organizations
form a "New World Order" on the political, religious,
and economical fronts. Some of this is accomplished through
water and food shortages, as well as the machinations of high-level
men pushing for control of the universe via an umbrella of
secret government conspiracies. Gillian is unaware that a
clone has passed himself off as his human counterpart, or
that her best friend is a part of the government's plans.
The novel moves back and forth among the key characters while
holding readers' attention as to whom really is or isn't a
clone. It's a sci-fi/mainstream, medical thriller combined
with suspense, romance, espionage and mystery . . . and based
on current medical and political research. If you want to
find out what the potential is for human cloning, as well
as learn about shadow government organizations desiring to
bring the world under one rule, this is the book to read.
Troublesome
Grammer
A
Fast way to refresh your grammar skills!
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes, Ph. D)
Price: $8.50
 The
easy-to-read and quick-to-understand format of this book makes
learning or refreshing grammar skills a snap! All those old
troublesome areas that make us cringe when we're faced with
such points as whether to use an apostrophe and an 's"
or when to write "who" or "whom" are explained
here in this simple form via Garlic Press' slim English Series
printed in large edition. Brush up on how to make certain
that subject and predicate agree, that you're properly choosing
a regular or irregular verb, that you're improving passive
voice to active, that you're mastering object with case, and
that you're differentiating between a neologism and a malapropism,
as well as other forms of usage . . . along with much, much
more. This is the kind of book every teacher would love to
have as a reference, every student would appreciate as a supplement
to English texts, and every business person, public speaker,
freelance writer, and anyone who interacts with others or
works in communications, absolutely needs! This is a must-have
book for those who want to sound and write properly, those
who want to be able to articulate ideas in a respected manner,
and those who want to get ahead in the world. Since you're
judged by how you speak and write, you'll want to have this
book on hand!
Garlic
Press
Eugene,
OR
The
Last of the Wallendas
(As
Nan DeVincentis-Hayes)
Hardback Price: $18.99
 This
book offers a unique perspective of a world-renown family
who make their living walking across a thin wire between rooftops
of skyscrapers. It gives a rare view of what the people are
like who are products of the renown patriarch, Karl Wallenda,
and how they, themselves, struggle to maintain the art in
the face of family feuds, dwindling circus attendance, and
the aging of the more experienced veterans. The book also
offers an exciting descriptiong of the fall of the 7-man pyramid,
and provides unique photos.
New
Horizon Press
Far
Hills, NJ
Heartbroken
Love
(As
Gianni Bonanno)
Price: $12.99
Special Order
 This
is a story about a couple who in order to find happiness must solve their
problems over their differences: She's big-city, widowed, a mother of two
young kids, and a working woman with a serious health problem; he's country
and farms, never-married. no children, and petrified of anyone who has a health
problem. Their
relationship starts out rocky. They meet in New York's Central Park and exchange
barbs. The heroine is glad she'll never see him again, after she departs the
Park, but the next day at work, where she is an executive at a PR agency,
he walks into a meeting she is holding. There, she learns he's been hired
as the director of security for a major convention center where she holds
many of her clients' affairs.
They
argue back and forth for months while yet falling in love, no matter how much
they try to prevent that. But everything she wants, he doesn't, and visa versa.
Because of a childhood illness that has left her with a cardiac problem, she
is always at risk for an infection, which she fails to tell him about. When
she ends up in a hospital, he thinks--through miscommunication (the bane of
our society) and lack of total openness--she's dying, and wants to run from
the problem.
Move
It!
A
Guide to quick, easy moving.
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes)
 Relocating
family and house contents is not an easy chore; if anything, it creates anxiety,
confusion, and physical exhaustion. This compact book offers a step-by-step
guide on how to move the simple, easy, stress-free way. It provides tons of
information on how to disconnect old and connect new services, how to notify
everyone of your move in one fell swoop, how to pack, how to hire the best
mover at the best price, and a host of other hard-to-find but much needed
information that never goes out of date.
Barricade
Books
New
York , NY
Zambelli
A
The First Family of Fireworks: A Story of Global Success
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes, Ph. D)
Softback Price: $22.95
Hardback Price: $24.95
This vibrant, pulsating story of the Zambelli family, the
world's largest manufacturer and exhibitor of fireworks, unfolds
in this biography about an Italian family that came to America
in search of a better life and, through hard work and determination,
achieved extraordinary success in the pyrotechnic industry.
The Zambellis have been in charge of some of the largest and
most prestigious firework displays and have contributed to
more than 100 years of Fourth of July celebrations. The moving
stories behind the family and their business are intertwined
with information about how and where fireworks are made, what
goes on behind the scenes at a fireworks show, and what bigger
and brighter fireworks will ignite the future. Italian Recipies
are also included in the book.
Available
in bookstores or through
and at www.amazon.com
Paul Erikson, IN
Images of America:
Ocean City - Volume I
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes)
An exciting look into the history of Ocean City, Maryland! The resort of Ocean City, Maryland, is a planned beach playground that has rapidly grown
since its inception, bringing in millions of tourists every summer. This first volume is an account of how the resort came into existence,
how it has grown over the years, suffered hurricanes and fires, and has built and re-built itself over and over.
Attracting visitors from all over the world--from London to Alaska--this book shows it all from its birth
through 1946 through rare, cherished old photos and postcard images.
Available in bookstores or through Amazon.com
Images of America:
Ocean City - Volume II
(As
Nan DeVincent-Hayes)
The second half of the thrilling development of Ocean City! This volume--number II--
takes readers from circa 1946 right up to the year 2000,
illustrating the town’s additions, deletions, and renovations, along with all of its
many obvious and yet some subtle changes. It features a remarkable pictorial history on the rise and fall,
and then rebirth, of condo row in the 1970s when interest rates skyrocketed and the economy collapsed,
with condo developments receiving the brunt of it. The demolition of the old boardwalk and the
reconstruction of a new one is also illustrated, along with the presentation of rare images of the
disastrous 1962 storm. Unique pictures of lighthouses, lifesaving stations, boardwalk shops,
and Coastal Highway restaurants and businesses that have been passed down from generation
to generation are given special attention. And the famous Festival of Lights is pictured,
along with the various activities surrounding Ocean City, Maryland, such as Ocean Downs harness racing.
Available in bookstores or through Amazon.com
Images of America:
Chincoteague and Assateague Islands
Pictorial History of the barrier islands of Assateague and Chincoteague, VA.
Chincoteague and Assateague Islands lie adjacent to each other on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia. As barrier islands, they move to a rhythm of their own,
offering both a pristine world and a growing resort area. Chincoteague is famous for its "pony penning"
days and the "Misty" book series by Marguerite Henry; Assateague is renown for its prehistory beauty,
feral horses, old lighthouse, majestic wildlife and other natural inhabitants existing in an
undisturbed refuge. The two islands have a symbiotic relationship: The ever-growing resort town of
Chincoteague needs Assateague for its sheltering function against gushing currents, ravaging winds,
and eroding and amassing forces; and the quiet, slow-paced, almost antediluvian Assateague needs
Chincoteague for its pony auction and tourism. This book offers a taste of both forms of life:
the hot, popular resort town interlinked to the sedate, nature-bound Assateague.
This pictorial history is filled with rare and vintage photos, postcards, and other images of both places,
from their origination to the present. In it, such classics as the Atlantic Hotel,
the railroad and its steamers, the ruddy-faced fishermen, and a host of other people and places,
as well as the colorful folklore, are profiled. There is no other book like this. If you've never been to
the Eastern Shore of Virginia, now is the opportunity to visit it vicariously and enjoy a venture
you'll find nowhere else—a visit that you'll want to make through the pages of this history before
the rest of the world beats you to it.
Available in bookstores or through Amazon.com
Wallops Island;
The Government's Love Affair
Pictorial History on the island taken over by NASA.
Located in Accomack County on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Wallops Island was once a primitive swath of land, uncivilized but by the wild ponies
and mosquitoes that made its scrub-covered shores their home. But as the centuries passed,
the wildness of the island was radically altered by the influx of colonists, then vacationers,
and, eventually, some of the brightest scientific minds in the country.
In Wallops Island, authors Nan DeVincent-Hayes and Bo Bennett share the diverse history
of this unique place, from its early days as a gentlemen’s hunting club to the trials and triumphs,
struggles and spirit of its scientific community. Illustrated with archival photographs and other
visual memorabilia from the periods both before and after the island’s purchase by NASA,
this informative history showcases the amazing technological advances brought forth on this
small parcel of land as well as the men and women whose determination and dedication made it all possible.
Available in bookstores or through Amazon.com
Rehobeth, A Place on the Sea
Pictorial History of a Delaware resort and its surrounding area.
Rehoboth Beach is heralded as the “Nations Summer Capital”. ”Located along the Atlantic Coast
within a 100 miles of Washington D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia. Delaware’s treasured resort
has provided millions of tourists with unforgettable memories along its one-mile boardwalk and white,
sandy beach.
Vintage postcards and photographs will allow readers to experience
the thrill of the renowned beach and see why many have made Rehoboth their choice for vacations,
holidays and getaways, time and time again - and why some call it home year round.
This photo album features then-and -now scenes of the beach, documents the rise
of other attractions surrounding the area, pays homage to storms that shook the seacoast,
and showcases some of the people, festivals, hotels, and motels that make this a special place to visit.
Available in bookstores or through Amazon.com
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