From: "Lee Hassinger" <[log in to unmask]>

Renowned Author Jeffery Deaver to be featured on "Disability Matters"
with Joyce Bender

PITTSBURGH, PA- Renowned author and novelist Jeffery Deaver will be
featured with Joyce Bender on "Disability Matters" on Tuesday, February
22, 2005 from 2 PM to 3 PM Eastern Time.  Mr. Deaver was born outside of
Chicago in 1950.  His father was an advertising copywriter and his
mother was a homemaker.

Mr. Deaver wrote his first book - which consisted of two entire chapters
- when he was 11, and he's been writing ever since.  An award-winning
poet and journalist, he has also written and performed his own songs
around the country.  After receiving a Bachelor of Journalism degree
from the University of Missouri, Deaver worked as a magazine writer;
then, to gain the background needed to become a legal correspondent for
The New York Times or Wall Street Journal, he enrolled at Fordham Law
School.  After graduation, he decided to practice law for a time and
worked for several years as an attorney for a large Wall Street firm.
It was during his long commute to and from the office, that he began
writing the type of fiction he enjoyed reading: suspense novels.  In
1990 he started to write full-time.

The author of 20 novels, Mr. Deaver has been nominated for four Edgar
Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, an Anthony award, and is a
three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short
Story of the Year.  In 2001, he won the W.H. Smith Thumping Good Read
Award for his Lincoln Rhyme novel The Empty Chair.  In 2004, he was
awarded the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain's Ian Fleming
Steel Dagger Award for Garden Of Beasts.  Translated into 25 languages,
his novels have appeared on a number of bestseller lists around the
world, including the New York Times, the London Times and the Los
Angeles Times. The Bone Collector was a feature release from Universal
Pictures, starring Denzel Washington as Lincoln Rhyme.  A Maiden's Grave
was made into an HBO film retitled Dead Silence, starring James Garner
and Marlee Matlin.

Mr. Deaver has also released a collection of sixteen of his short
stories called Twisted: The Collected Short Stories of Jeffery Deaver,
Volume 1.  This collection has been released in the USA, Canada, the UK,
Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

The host of Disability Matters, Joyce A. Bender, is President and CEO of
Bender Consulting Services, Inc. (BCS) and its "sister company" Bender
Consulting Services of Canada, Inc. (BCSC).  BCS provides competitive
employment opportunities for Americans with disabilities in the areas of
information technology, engineering, finance/accounting, human resources
and general business.  In 1985, Joyce had a life-threatening accident
due to epilepsy, which caused an intracranial hemorrhage that required
subsequent brain surgery.  Against all odds, Joyce recovered from this
accident that left her with a 60 percent hearing loss in one ear and a
realization that she had epilepsy.  As a result of her personal
experience, she developed a passion for helping people with disabilities
and founded both companies.  Ms. Bender is the recipient of the 2003 New
Freedom Initiative Award from the Bush Administration, as well as the
1999 President's Award from President Clinton.

For more information on Joyce A. Bender and her companies, Bender
Consulting Services, Inc. and Bender Consulting Services of Canada,
Inc., visit, http://www.benderconsult.com  or
http://www.benderofcanada.com. To learn more about Voice America, visit,
http://www.voiceamerica.com .   Past radio broadcasts are archived on
http://www.benderconsult.com.  To learn more about Jeffery Deaver and
his body of work, visit, http://www.jefferydeaver.com.

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Upcoming guests include:



March 1, 2005

Paul Julian, Employee of Bender Consulting Services, Inc. and
Representative of Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Bass Tournament

Robert L. Cartlidge, National Tour Director of PVA Bass Tournament



March 8, 2005

Alan Reich, President of the National Organization on Disability



March 15, 2005

Nicolette Schoultz, Grass Roots Coordinator for Epilepsy Foundation of
America

Matt Wurzer, Student

Brady Stevenson, Student

Kids Speak Out



March 22, 2005

Laurie Ahern, Associate Director, Mental Disability Rights International

For more information contact:
Lee Hassinger
Associate Research Assistant
Bender Family of Companies
Penn Center West III, Suite 223
Pittsburgh PA  15276
Phone:  412-787-8567
Fax:  412-787-7178
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www.benderconsult.com/www.benderofcanada.com
Please tune in to "Disability Matters" talk show, hosted by Joyce
Bender, every Tuesday at 2:00pm EST at www.voiceamerica.com.  Archived
shows can be found on www.benderconsult.com.


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