Marti Melville is an American novelist and screenwriter known for her debut novel series, The Deja vu Chronicles. Marti has expanded her writing to include screenwriting with each of her books adapted for film.
Before Marti found her true calling as a successful author, she had long established her career in the medical field, specializing in Emergency and Trauma nursing. Marti spent several years working between Utah and California in various ER's, as a Mobile Intensive Care Nurse and medical personnel for the 2002 Winter Olympics, all the while raising her five children as a single mother.
She has a background in dance, music and acting as well. She continues to write novels, introducing the idea of fictional probability linked to historical events. Marti currently resides in Southern California.
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A copy of The Pirate Philips: How a Carpenter Became the Scourge of the Seas in e-book format.
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$15 Freebooter
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A softbound copy of The Pirate Philips: How a Carpenter Became the Scourge of the Seas, signed by author Marti Melville.
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A signed copy of The Pirate Philips: How a Carpenter became the Scourge of the Seas, as well as the entire set of The Deja Vu Chronicles (books 1-3) with a personal thank you letter from author Marti Melville.
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All the above booty plus a the official Deja Vu Chronicles T-Shirt.
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$200 Picaroon
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All the booty above, plus a limited edition The Deja Vu Chronicles doubloon.
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$300 Privateer
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All of the treasures above, plus your name, as well as your pirate name, included on the ship's Register of the Revenge, which will appear in front of the title page of the upcoming, and final book in The Deja Vu Chronicles fiction series.
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$400 Pirate Captain
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All the booty above, as well as a short story personally written by the author, Marti Melville about your pirate character — to be included in an upcoming collection of short stories about the crew of the Revenge.
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$500 Pirate Banquet
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Dinner and personal tour of the HMS Surprise, a tall ship resting in San Diego Harbor, whose exploits have included appearing in motion picture films: Master and Commander and Pirates of the Caribbean. This ship was also the inspiration for Marti's concept of the pirate ship, the Revenge. (Airfare, lodging and transportation to San Diego not included)
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Looking into a few historical accounts this week, I was able to discover that there was indeed a man named Phillips (surname) who fathered two children with my Scottish great-great grandmother. The man's first name was not listed but his career was, "Sailor." There is evidence that my grandmother and this sailor named Phillips never wed.
This is an exciting first step and more research is needed. A visit to the Scottish archives would provide additional information not available in the U.S. I look forward to finding out more about the Phillips name and possible tie into the notorious Captain John Phillips.
