Redemption: Spirits of the Belleview Biltmore (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780989646277)

Born in St. Louis, MO, BonSue Brandvik moved to Florida four decades ago. After she and her husband, John, built their home in Belleair, she became intrigued with local history, and in particular, the cause to save the historic Belleview Biltmore Hotel from demolition. Although the fight to save the hotel was lost in 2015, she is determined to maintain a record of the hotel's grandeur and its impacts on local development, by including historic details within the story lines of a four-book series, titled "Spirits of the Belleview Biltmore." The first three novels in the series, "Pearls," "Ripples," and "Redemption" are currently available in print, e-book and audio formats, and she is hard at work on the fourth installment, "Nails." BonSue also wrote and illustrated an educational, interactive children's book, titled "Where Do You Live, Exactly?" which uses the principle of the Russian nesting doll, to reduce the size of the universe one page at a time, until at the end of the book, the child reaches his/her own home. And she wrote "Coal for Christmas," which is a story about two little boys whose names are on Santa's Naughty List. When one boy turns all the toys in Santa's sack into lumps of coal, it's up to the other boy to help save Christmas for his little brother and all the other Nice Children. BonSue offers to speak to local groups about writing historic fiction and creating alternate realities. She also leads a local writers' critique group, and she helps the elderly record their memories for posterity. She and her husband are planning to retire in Belize, where she will continue to write. When not writing, BonSue enjoys photography, gardening, SCUBA diving and spending time with family.