About the author:
Toni Seger has been a professional writer for more than 40 years. Her many interests are expressed in fiction, theater, film work and other writing. A playwright for many years, Seger has produced, directed and acted in her own and other plays for stage and cable television. In 1998, she formed ProseWorks(tm) Productions to give literary works a visual life. In 2000, her focus with film became the remarkable poetry of Timothy Richardson.
An award winning film producer with many endorsements; she spent five years making 'Laurels' which was cited in a multi-state competition for innovation while still a work in progress. It has shown in libraries, art galleries as well as cable stations in six states and will soon be sold on the Internet. Formalist poet and former poetry editor of 'The Paris Review', X.J. Kennedy, called it a "brave and original film". Maine Public Broadcasting said it "enlightens and expands the horizons of our viewers." Her film, 'The Force of Poetry', a reading and lecture on the meaning, mechanics and significance of poetry is available in streaming download or DVD at www.totalvid.com/poetry-videos. "The effect is to inject life and heartbeat into what is often thought of as an inert, hard-to-read art form, and the result is educational and entertaining." -Maine Public Broadcasting. Six other films are also on the Internet.
A life long lover of visual art in all mediums, Seger owned and operated a wholesale distributorship in original graphics, watercolors, oils and sculpture throughout the New England region for 14 years.
After five years as Communications Director for an export management firm conducting business in 23 countries, she wrote 'Taking Your Business Global' (Career Press, 1997) to advise small business on how to enter and profit from the global economy.
Since 2001, Seger has been the Founder and Executive Director of the Western Maine Cultural Alliance using an extensive background in cultural marketing to open opportunities for artists in the rural scenic landscape she loves.
'The Telefax Box' is the first in a series of three novels satirizing the pros and cons of our modern mechanized world. People's numerical identification defines their capability, gene pools determine career placement, research laboratories offer the most prestigious professions and with ubiquitous spy technology, privacy is virtually non-existent. The consequences of creating a modern Frankenstein are explored in the last two books of the trilogy.