Dear Readers,

            Welcome to the latest issue of The Raider Literary Magazine. We had a brief hiatus, as we were busy opening up our first retail branch here in New York. It came out really well, but needless to say, it took quite a lot of work to get up and running.

            As we were selecting the books to be put on the shelf of our new store, one thing became very obvious... we have a lot of great up-and-coming writers who deserve some attention! It was this notion, and this notion alone that convinced us to dedicate this Spring 2010 issue to those very writers. Included in these pages are interviews, author profiles and literary features on new RPI writers who have had books released in the past twelve months. The writers we selected are from thirteen different countries and have written books in eight different genres.

            Besides the new store and these great writers, we have a lot to be excited about here at Raider Publishing. Since our last issue we had yet another book win an International Book Award (The Mystery Chronicles - Moonbeam Children's Award). We also currently have thirty books up for award consideration this year... which hopefully we will be talking about in the next issue of this magazine. We also had a 210% growth in book sales last year, which is something we're extremely proud of, especially considering the economy.

            In anycase, we hope that you enjoy this latest issue of The Raider Literary Magazine. Thank you for your partonage and we're proud to bring you what is probably our best issue yet. 

-                  Adam Salviani

Company Director

Raider Publishing International