Dr. Cody J. Arvidson, the founder and CEO of Degree Solutions Group LLC, has dedicated her career to empowering students through personalized coaching, editing, and research services. She specializes in guiding dissertants worldwide through the intricacies of academic writing and has successfully coached about 250 dissertants to successful final defenses.

John Tynes is a physician, author, photographer, and world traveler who delights in the constant surprises delivered by the human experience, and who loves sharing tales of those surprises and the lessons learned from them.

Andy spent more than thirty-five years working as a journalist in the United Kingdom and Dubai before retiring in 2025. He is a lifelong Derby County fan who lives in Wiltshire with his wife Sarah. They Think It’s All Over is his debut novel, with plans to publish his second book in 2027.

Vanda is a twenty-five-year-old author from Hungary with a background in computer science. Her debut novel, Dark Things, is a dystopian sci‑fi story set in 2049 and serves as the first part of a larger series. She has already begun working on the sequel. When she’s not working or writing, she enjoys listening to music, playing games, and spending time with her husband.

It’s been a wild ride. From sneaking into R-rated movies with childhood friends as a broke kid from Brooklyn, to graduating college and traveling the world twice over. Finally becoming a decorated detective with years of law enforcement experience under his belt. W. J. Cass employs every fun experience and worthwhile lesson in between writing his brand of fiction, which is truly a labor of love years in the making. He’s still just kid at heart, seeking the same escapism that captivated him all these years and his goal as a writer is lending that same experience to fans.

Tessa Kinsela is a Queensland-based educator and writer with a passion for adolescent well-being and storytelling. Through her teaching and writing, she explores the complexities of teenage identity, emotional growth, and consequence. An Unconscious Choice of Chaos, her debut novel, draws on lived experience to present a thoughtful and authentic portrayal of adolescence. Tessa believes in the power of stories to foster empathy, reflection, and meaningful conversation among young readers.

I have a master’s degree in professional writing and three bachelor’s degrees in psychology, counseling, and coaching from Liberty University. My office is the passenger seat of a semi-truck. I travel with my husband coast to coast, delivering medical supplies. The travel offers excellent opportunities to see the sights and discover the country we love. Those who have read my blog posts know I love to write about travel and faith in God.

Sera Maddox Drake is an independent, self-published author with a BA in English who writes weird literary fiction that refuses to pick a lane and stay in it. Their work has a special focus on the viewpoints of neurodiverse, queer characters. They live in a generic Midwestern American city with their husband, cats, and four children, on a small lot they are slowly converting to permaculture. They believe that cheese curls should be neither seen nor heard, also that words are power, and that only love will save the day.

I have been a commercial artist, a farmer, a teacher, and an academic, all of which feed into my love of writing. I hold a doctorate in creative writing and my essays and short stories have been published in several anthologies and journals. My books include a memoir, seven novels, a collection of short stories, and a non-fiction work on women’s writing.

Victoria was born near Chicago, Illinois, where her father was a well-known artist, creator of Bill Randall’s Date Book. She has five children, including Keith Graham, an artist, and Brandon Graham, author of graphic novels King City and Escalator. She worked as a registered nurse for thirty-five years. She has had stories published in several anthologies, has written several dystopian science fiction novels and two collections of short stories, and collaborated with her siblings to publish a biography of their father, Pinups, Portraits, and Posters: The Life and Art of Bill Randall.