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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Join Behind Our Eyes for the May 2024 book launch with author Debra A.K. Thompson on Thursday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m via Zoom. eastern time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Ms. Debra A. K. Thompson is a native of St. Petersburg, Florida and she currently resides in the Tampa Bay area. She and her husband James were married for over 45 years before his recent passing in 2021. They raised 3 sons together and she is the proud grandmother of 5 as well as a great grandmother of 3. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;min-height: 12px'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>While living in Pensacola, Florida for over 30 years, Debra spent 20 years as the founder and coordinator of the Gospel Songwriters Music Workshop which was an annual conference for aspiring and veteran songwriters. Additionally, she worked as the editor and publisher of a Christian publication for approximately 5 years called <u>Gospel Express Magazine</u>. When she returned to the Tampa Bay area in 2010, she then started writing feature articles for two local magazines called, <u>The Church Bulletin</u> and <u>Flavour Magazine</u> respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;min-height: 12px'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Currently, Debra is a freelance writer and she spends most of her time writing poetry, short stories and articles on numerous topics of interest for publication. In 2021, Debra had one of her poems, I Never Thought, published in the <i><u>2021 Poetry Marathon Anthology</u></i> which features poems from veteran and emerging poets from various parts of the world. She also had one of her short stories, <i>Three Women on the Road</i>, published in the 2022 anthology, <i><u>A New Renaissance, A Celebration of African American Fiction</u></i><u> as well.</u> She has also received many positive accolades from her community for her first and second books, <i>Enlightenment-Looking Back to Move Forward</i> and <i>Enlightenment II, Building Self Esteem Through Poems & Positive Affirmations</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;min-height: 12px'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Debra has now ventured into writing children’s books that encourage financial literacy for children of all ages. She knows building wealth and understanding the value of money can never start too early. Her most recent book <i>Dollars With Sins</i> is a continuation of her quest to educate young people about the importance of saving and investing their money wisely. This is the third book in her series and is a great addition to her first two children’s books <i><u>Pennies Make Dollars</u></i> and <i>Baby Sue Learns to Count. </i>She recently won an award for the best interview for her book Baby Sue Learns To Count from the Black Authors Matter TV, May 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;min-height: 12px'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>For more information about Debra visit her website at: <a href="http://www.debrathewriter.com">www.debrathewriter.com</a> or contact her via email at: <a href="mailto:debrathewriter55@gmail.com">debrathewriter55@gmail.com</a>. You may also purchase any of her books through Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Kindle, or anywhere books are sold. Visit her on Face Book, Twitter, Linked in, as well as Instagram.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal;min-height: 12px'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>List of Books:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Enlightenment Looking Back to Move Forward, published September 2017, available on Audible<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Enlightenment II Building Self-Esteem Through Poems & Positive Affirmations, published January 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Pennies Make Dollars, published June 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Baby Sue Learns To Count, published March 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:27.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: 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