I’m an American romantic suspense author. I write about soft-hearted bada**es with brave, sassy women at their side—and I love creating a good plot twist. I’m a meteorologist/science writer by day, and a fiction novel writer by night.
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Todd Medema is the author of How To Surf A Hurricane, a heist thriller showing that stories about climate change and adaptation can be fun and hopeful. He wrote it because he believes the future doesn’t have to be a dystopia, and he got tired of only reading stories of doom and gloom.
Gary Alan McBride is the producer and host of Writers Who Read, a podcast about how to read like a writer, and he is also the founder and facilitator of the Boulder-based Literary Forensics study group of the same name that has analyzed over seventy novels published since 2017. Gary is a fourth-generation Denverite who has traveled extensively for work and pleasure, living for over a decade in Europe and Southeast Asia.
Angela Kern has been writing, fact-checking, and editing for over two decades. Currently, she contracts with other indie authors to provide book coaching as well as developmental and copy/line editing services.
Hi, I’m Luke. I’ve only recently discovered the joy of writing at the age of thirty-six.
Gal Podjarny was born and raised in Israel/Palestine and has made homes in Canada and the UK. She draws from these diverse cultural landscapes to examine how social forces shape personal narratives and relationships. Her writing, including the short story collection Human Fragments and contributions to various anthologies, captures these intersections of identity and community.
This is my second book. The first, A Leaf From My Own Book is historical fiction. I was writing Unwrapped and Leaf simultaneously. I am a lifelong resident of New Jersey and get my ideas for the mysteries from my every day surroundings. I’ve always heard "Write about what you know," and I did with Unwrapped.
Katherine Elberfeld’s southern childhood and background as an Episcopal priest infuse her work across a variety of genres including fiction, nonfiction, and reflections. In addition to advanced degrees in writing, Elberfeld holds a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary. She was ordained to the priesthood in 1994.
I'm a life-long reader and writer, taking some breaks to pursue competitive amateur Muay Thai kickboxing in my youth, which introduced me to other martial arts, allowing me to authentically inspire the action in my stories. Some of that ‘break time’ involved being a personal trainer, self-defense instructor, and defensive tactics instructor during my fifteen years in county corrections in my hometown.
I worked as a reporter and editor for The Buffalo News for twenty-three years before retiring in 2017. Before that, I worked as a reporter for WEBR Radio in Buffalo, and as the director of information for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. I’m currently an occasional columnist for the Buffalo Sports Page website, and I serve as one of the pitch clock timers for the Buffalo Bisons of the International League. I have written sixteen books, and number sixteen will be published sometime around November 1, 2025.