Writing to Inspire Readers of all Ages!

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Doré
Ripley

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Children’s Books

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Doré Ripley

After leaving the corporate world, Doré Ripley
earned a Master's Degree in English and began
teaching and writing. She wrote for a wide audience
in popular magazines, scholarly journals, and
textbooks. Conference papers took her all over the
country to speak on myriad subjects ranging from
fairy tales, comics and science fiction to
Renaissance and Medieval literature, and all things
noir.

As a professor at California State University,
East Bay Ripley taught critical reading and writing
to a culturally diverse mix of college students. She
also taught many literature courses, including
Comics as American Literature, Short Film,
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, American
Master Works, Children's Literature, Shakespeare
and more.

She's now embarked on a new venture in the
publishing world that feeds her need to write and to
create beautiful designs.


Bio

Start the Presses

Bear Meadow Press produces full-length texts and selected works
for a discriminating audience. All titles are featured on Amazon
and Barnes & Noble.

Yellow Duck Press produces children's picture books, comic picture
books, and leveled readers that are whimsical, fun, and educational.
The "Kitty Cat Cousins" series offers children a charming set of
books starring their favorite felines who have some of the same
dreams and problems experienced by young readers.

As an award-winning author and educator with over 15 years of
teaching experience, Ripley strives to create fun (and educational)
books for kids. Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Everwhen Press is a boutique enterprise with a small offering of
carefully curated designs, including journals, graph paper, adult
coloring books, blank comic books, cursive practice workbooks, and
logbooks for the book lover.

A variety of Everwhen journals have covers feature beautiful
public domain artwork. Too much of our historical artwork is
ignored and just stuffed away in a museum, luckily some museums
feel the same way. Many offer beautiful paintings and engravings to
the public. Available on Amazon.

EVENTS

COMING SOON!

Reviews


Keepers of the
Oracle is a brilliant
exploration of
mythology in the
modern world, filled
with action, humor, and
profound themes.”


-Amazon 5-star review

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Books

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The Playhouse Mysteries:
A Historical Novel of the
Elizabethan Stage


Sarah Watson has
experienced her share of
blood and mayhem as the
proprietor of Willow Wood
Apothecary. Just a short walk
from London, her
neighborhood playhouses are
being plagued by a series of
brutal murders, murders that
she must solve.

Reflections of an Age on
the Early Modern Stage:
An Essay Collection


Step into a world of comedy,
passion, power, and crime
with this exciting essay
collection exploring early
modern drama in London’s
playhouses featuring
selections from Shakespeare,
Jonson, and Beaumont.

The Keepers of the
Oracle: A Modern
Fantasy of the Ancient
Gods

Theta and Nike find
themselves in a battle against
the profane as they protect the
portal to Hades. In an age
when the divine is fading and
spiritual power is waning,
their friendship and
persistence help guide them in
protecting the Oracle.

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