DRUGA-MARCHETTI AND VAUGHN
FEATURED PRESENTERS/AUTHORS
AT THREE-DAY WRITER’S CONFERENCE

COMPANY PRESS RELEASE HOQUIAM, WA – 28 March 2002: Dead End Street® is pleased to announce that authors Jacqueline Druga-Marchetti and Michael J. Vaughn were featured authors and panelists at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Emerging Literary Voices writer conference on March 22, 23 and 24, 2002. With presentations by thirty-seven authors of both regional and national scope, the conference attracted significant local media attention and hundreds of attendees. Ms. Druga-Marchetti's reading was so successful, in fact, that Pittsburgh Tribune Review is planning a feature column on her upcoming release - THE SHROUD.

"We are excited for Michael and Jacqueline," comments Ivan R. Black, Dead End Street's CIO. "Both of them are outstanding authors and wonderful people. They deserve the accolades they are beginning to receive."

Druga-Marchetti and Vaughn capped off the three-day event by performing a duet on Mustang Sally for a raucous, appreciative crowd. Photos of the performance appear above.

About Jacqueline Druga-Marchetti:

Jacqueline Druga-Marchetti, a Pittsburgh native, is a full time freelance writer with a very strict dedication to her craft. Her published literary works include young adult, horror and poetry. She attributes her creativity to the "love of the unknown, and the whisper beyond her shoulder."

Aside from a full-time, seven-day-a-week writing schedule, Jacqueline works extensively with youth literacy programs and participates in a local writers' group that she founded. She also is a musician, teaches weekly classes on the paranormal, and, according to a popular Pitsburgh radio station, is one of the city's "top psychic readers."

THE SHROUD is Jacqueline's first work for Dead End Street.

About Michael J. Vaughn:

The author has worked as an opera and theater critic for the past fifteen years. His first novel, Frozen Music, was published in 1995, and his poetry has appeared in more than 40 literary journals. He lives in Tacoma, Washington, where he writes a book column for the Tacoma News-Tribune.

About Dead End Street:

Founded in 1997 by Ivan R. Black, John P. Rutledge and Fred M. Straughn, the company was originally named Dead End Street Publications, LLC. But, upon filing its servicemark with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, the company changed its name to Dead End Street^SM to maximize the value of its servicemark. It has grown from a pioneer in the electronic publishing industry to an integrated publishing and motion picture production company with an extremely strong business model and intellectual property foundation. Its stable contains authors have print publishing credits that include Random House, Dell, Simon & Schuster and Greenwood/Praeger.

Investment inquiries should be directed to John P. Rutledge at: jrutledge@deadendstreet.com