Author interviews

Madison lives on the east coast of North Carolina, where she embraces the roles of full-time mother, wife, and educator. When she isn’t writing or teaching, she can often be found outdoors—whether walking beneath coastal pines, tending a garden, or chasing the salty air of the shoreline. She has a deep love for homemade meals shared around the table, especially when paired with a glass of cabernet. Her writing is rooted in both family and imagination, weaving together the beauty of daily life with the wonder of storytelling.

Zach Adams has had a passion for writing and storytelling their entire life. However, they didn’t decide to pursue it as a profession until they realised that working in retail was completely draining their remaining life force. And so, Adams set out to create a fascinating and captivating universe, which they achieved in their debut novel and album, Dead Man Walking.

A voracious reader since preschool, Ekta was one of those ‘nerdy’ kids who competed in spelling bees. If her parents wanted to punish her, they would take away her books, so Ekta made sure to behave. She got her start in niche publishing in 2005 and has written about and edited everything from healthcare to home improvement to Hindi films.

Annabel Youens originally studied creative writing at the University of Victoria before falling into ‘her own alternate dimension’—the world of tech. As employee number eleven at Abebooks.com and co-founder of two global startups, she spent twenty years building companies in New Zealand, California, and her home base of Victoria, BC, before returning to her first love: storytelling. At age forty-six, she resigned her chief marketing officer position to pursue her authorial dreams, founding Salt Line Press and completing her debut novel. Thread Traveller explores themes close to her heart: the possibility of reinvention at any age, the cost of putting everyone else first, and the radical act of choosing yourself.

Tom’s debut novel, Moving in Stereo, about a troubled tennis professional from the nineties, won an American Writing Award. He received an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, where he’s also taught creative writing, and his work has been published in Glimmer Train, The Under Review, and elsewhere. With his latest work, one reviewer wrote, “a novel steeped in a vivid sense of place and culture…women confront men, men confront themselves and each other, and life goes on.” He calls Minneapolis his home.

Amy Minett loves her dog, her cat, and her sister, not necessarily in that order. A Maine native, she’s equally at home in the forest or on the beach, so long as she has a book in hand. Growing up, she always had a secret soft spot for lighthearted romance, and she still loves watching over-the-top romantic comedies with her sister.

Hi, my name is Marie Angel, and I love to write romantic suspense and romantasy. My passions include romance and the mystical. I live in Collegeville, PA, with my three cats, and I am an avid reader and fan of Nora Roberts and JR Ward, among many others.

My name is Stephanie Fidis. By day, I work as an inside sales rep for Dover Publications, but by night I’m a writer, a cozy girl-gamer, an amateur cook, a runner, and a cat mom. I have my bachelor's in creative writing as well as an MFA in writing from Albertus Magnus College. I reside on Long Island with my fiancé and our cat, Cooper.

Crystina Luna is an author from California. When she’s not writing, she can be found reading, enjoying motorsports, or on a long run with her Jack Russell, Larry.

E.M. Duffield-Fuller is a dark fantasy author who has previously written Obsidian and the Darkwatch Trilogy, as well as short stories for several anthologies and journals. Her next novel, Killing Hares, is coming out January 22 with Honno.