Anne Reed
Anne Reed is a best known for her involvement in the Southwest Florida Storytellers Project and in Fort Myers philanthropic circles as the genius who wrote the script, assembled the cast and wardrobed the actors for “A Roaring ‘20s Heist on Wales Drive,” the sleuth-style dinner party of the century held in 2020 prior to the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic at Fran Fenning’s home in the fabled Jewett-Thompson House 
to benefit the Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens (LARC). A talented writer, Anne also regularly publishes articles in The Times, Naples Daily News, Fort Myers News-Press, Gulfshore Life, SW FL Parent & Child and Grandeur Magazine. But she is also a local actor. Her stage credits include the part of Hawkins for the Alliance for the Arts in Men on Boats, 
the role of Hattie in Laundry & Bourbon and as assorted trees, nurses and nuns in her childhood stage career. She appears next with Sue Schaffel and Kaci Davis in The Complete History of America Abridged for Lab Theater.
October 24, 2021; revised November 22, 2021.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.