Staff Biographies

Publisher, Obi Chidebelu-Eze

Obi Chidebelu-Eze was born in Enugu, Nigeria and came to the USA in 1989. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Oral Roberts University in Biology and a MBA in Marketing from theUniversity of Phoenix. He is employed as a scientist for Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Roswell, Georgia.

In 1999, Obi started Dove Publishing, Inc. primarily to showcase his creative gift of writing and painting. In addition to The Tales Of Tortoise, Obi has written several other original short children’s stories which also have fun teachings. Theseunpublished stories include: Ameer, The Lion That Finally Roared, Chinyere, Wisdom The Bird that Talked, The Healing Pot and is currently writing The Fuse Family Grocery Store.

These stories are geared to teach children sound and moral values. Obi strongly believes that children are the future and every effort to invest in their proper development is one that we all must take.

Since Obi began painting in September 1999, he has completed over thirty pieces. His oil paintings have been shown at a number of events and are available at select galleries and art stores in the metropolitan Atlanta area.

Obi has been honored to paint a few commissioned pieces, logos and jacket covers for books. In 2002, his first limited edition lithograph was released entitled "Benin Chief Head". His art is constantly evolving. Like all art, he strongly believes that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.

Obi lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He is married to Mia and they have two children, Jonathan and Jordyn.

Illustrator, David Newborne

Illustrator David F. Newborne was born in Nashville, and, while an infant, moved with his parents, David and Julia Newborne to Memphis.

As a young child, David was exposed to the arts through the city’s rich musical heritage and his very musical family. His father was a high school band director. His mother sang and played piano in the church.

David’s interest and participation in music branched off into visual art and design, enabling him to win numerous art contests while in school. This led to his decision to attend Tennesse State University in Nashville where he majored in architectural engineering. There, he played trumpet with the marching band and designed the band uniforms and school logos.

He is a multi-faceted artistic designer and illustrator. The talent that God has placed in him to bring pictorial life to writers’ words are evident in this book The Tales Of Tortoise and others, such as The Lady King and With Unveiled Faces.

David now resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Cynthia, his greatest inspiration. They are the proud parents of Tiffani, Taryn, David Troy and Traci, all of whom are gifted. He also has three grandsons Joshua, Jonas and Gabriel.

Web Manager, David Glen Smith

web page designer David Glen Smith graduated from Drake University with a BA in Graphic Design. Over the last few years he served as Editor, Magazine Page Designer, and Graphics Instructor for the Art Institute of Atlanta.

Currently residing in Houston, Texas, he is pursuing freelance work for small local businesses and teaches at Wharton County Junior College.

Senior Editor, Tressie Anigbo

Tressie Anigbo was born in Hamilton, Ohio in the summertime. She repeatedly asked her parents for siblings until she graduated from Denison University with a B.A. in Black Studies and English with a Writing Concentration. Then, reality hit; they really meant it when they said, “No.” Ever resilient, she turned her pursuits to obtaining a Masters in School Psychology. In the process she married and relocated to the Dallas area. For approximately a decade, she has used her MA to benefit Texas schools and has written Sunday School curriculum for Urban Ministries as well. However, she never got over the imaginary trauma of being an only child. In her quest to right the wrongs of only children everywhere, she and her husband are having the adventure of their lives parenting four precious and precocious children—rather than the two he claims they agreed to have during premarital counseling. When she informed him of her further interests in writing, counseling, workshop facilitating and having twins, he preemptively introduced her to his friend Obi, who happens to be a multidisciplinary publisher with public speaking experience.

Senior Editor, Dorothy Adams

Dorothy R. Adams is a retired teacher with an expertise in writing. Known as “Eagle Eye” for her ability to instantly detect mistakes in material written by others, she developed a method for motivating children to enjoy writing and conducted writing workshops throughout the Atlanta Public Schools system. Several of her students won school, local and state-level essay and poetry contests while under her tutelage. She was elected Academic Incentive Teacher, Teacher of the Year and was nominated four times for Who’s Who Among American Teachers.

A wife, mother and grandmother, she enjoys reading, writing acrostics, dancing and singing in her leisure time.

Animation Engineer, Dara Nhep

Dara Nhep is a 2D/3D artist. He attended the Art Institute of Atlanta in the Fall of 2001 and graduated with Bachelor’s of Science Degree in the Fall of 2004. Following graduation he started as a freelance artist working on web design, graphic design, and business identity. He also had various contract jobs creating 3D content; organic, non-organic, and mechanical, which has given experience in the gaming and commercial industry. He specializes in 3D modeling, high resolution and low resolution, and animation and enjoys modeling characters and bringing the characters to life through animation. Starting his artistic skill as a self proclaimed illustrator, helped him develop skills in art. Now with extended training in the arts, both traditional art and computer art, his passion for art and life can be expressed through his work.