MEDIA NOTICE
CONTACT:	JOANN SMITH AINSWORTH
	510.384.5104
	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 31, 2013

(Berkeley, CA) JoAnn Smith Ainsworth and her agent (Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency) sold to Oak Tree Press an Operation Delphi paranormal suspense novel, EXPECT TROUBLE.  In it, the U.S. government hires five psychics to locate Nazi spies on the East Coast during WWII. JoAnn was a child during the world war. Remembering the hardships adds the poignancy of the times to the story. The novel will release in 2014. 

Believing it’s never too late to create your dream, she resurrected a desire to write when approaching retirement. Her debut medieval romantic suspense novels, MATILDA’S SONG and OUT OF THE DARK, published by Samhain, received 4 stars from RT Book Reviews. Her two historical western romances will release fall 2013 from Whiskey Creek Press. JoAnn will be 75 when EXPECT TROUBLE releases.

Among her achievements are Chief Clerk of a U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, database administrator for an international law firm and a 3 1/2-mo. trip around the world. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (English/Social Science). She has her Masters in Teaching (English/ESL) from Fairleigh Dickinson University and her M.B.A. studies from Pepperdine University. She’s most proud of becoming an author as a senior citizen. 

To learn more, check out her website:  http://www.joannsmithainsworth.com. Visit JoAnnAinsworth on Facebook and Twitter to learn about her author life and check out her Facebook paranormal page “JoAnn Smith Ainsworth Fan Page” and @JoAnnParanormal on Twitter.    
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