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BERRY & CROFT refers to the writing team of Michael Robert Berry and Lara L. Croft. They launched their premier novel in 2011, See You 'Round the Square.

ORIGIN
Although they both attended Plymouth Regional High School, it was not until years later when they reconnected over Social Media. Berry immediately asked Croft to help him edit his book he was writing about his divorce (yet unpublished.) Croft agreed to help him co-author the work. Berry was working on the second season of his webseries, 'Round the Square. . Croft agreed to meet Berry in Concord, New Hampshire, to be an extra. While filming, Berry asked Croft on a date, thus beginning the romantic partnership between them. While the task of writing and editing his four hundred plus manuscript became to ardous, the team moved on to complete another project Berry had all but completed. A companion novel for 'Round the Square entitled See You 'Round the Square. They self-published the novel with the aid of editor Kristin Lindstrom in 2011. The cover features a photograph of Porstmouth, New Hampshire taken by photographer Philip Case Cohen, altered by graphic designer Victoria Colotta. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:See_You_%27Round_the_Square;_the_premier_novel_of_Berry_and_Croft..jpg

SCRYBES
After appearing at authors' events to promote their book, Berry & Croft were eager to spotlight other New England authors. Berry came up with the idea of doing an interview series featuring authors from all over New England. Berry & Croft pitched the idea to Dean Zanello of the Plaistow Access Channel, who accepted and would become the seris director. Named in part for Berry & Croft's company, "Two Scrybes," Scrybes premiered in February of 2012 and is currently viewed on Plaistow Access Channel 23, as well as Berry & Croft's Facebook page.

CHARITABLE WORK
Berry & Croft began working with New Hampshire based charities early in their writing careers. In the fall of 2011, they began a campaign to benefit the New Hampshire Food Bank. From December 2011 to January 2012, they donated a portion of proceeds to the Chaplains' Emergency Relief Fund, an organization to provide a onetime financial loan to New Hampshire servicemen and women. In the summer of 2012, they launched a teen writing challenge to promote teen literacy. Unlike their prior benefits, this was open to teens all over New England, not just in New Hampshire. In addition to a monetary prize, the winner selected will be featured on Scrybes.

FUTURE
Their follow up book, ABU*Blues, is also based upon another of Berry's webseries of the same name. . No episodes of the webseries were ever filmed; only a few publicity pictures were taken of cast members. Berry was unable to find the funding or spaces required to complete the series and chose to turn into a novel instead. As of July, 2012, ABU*Blues the novel is undergoing final revisions. Neither Berry, nor Croft, have stated intentions of self-publishing ABU*Blues.

Scrybes has concluded its first season and is set to resume with the second season in October, 2012.