L.A. Sands is an author with Aphantasia, a condition that leaves her unable to visualize mental images. As a result, her stories are crafted to be felt as much as seen, inviting readers to imagine the world in their own way. Her immersive style places readers alongside the characters, allowing them to walk the path of the story rather than simply observing it.

Adam grew up in Sydney in the 1970s doing all the usual things, like playing footy, talking too much in class, and playing music.

By day, Lainy Carslaw is a novelist, essayist, editor and writing coach. Her work has been published with Causeway Lit, The Sandy River Review, Brevity, Pink Pangea, the Nasty Women anthology, The Fourth River, and several editions of The Madwomen in the Attic anthologies. She is also a regular contributor to her local newspaper, The Hampton News.

Thank you for inviting this little ole lady to participate in an author bio! Since I have had a lifetime of ‘wanting to write,’ but only began at the tender age of eighty-one (after some amazing coincidences and challenges) I do have a few stories to tell. One of my biggest hopes is to encourage other senior citizens to write their stories, and books, and keep writing!

I’m Shawn A. Daniel, a father, author, and Black man with cerebral palsy. I write from lived experience about disability, dreams, identity, independence, and the conversations families often struggle to begin.

Author and illustrator R.M. Tembreull is a military veteran whose rich experiences and global travels inform his creativity and his writing. His passion is eco-fantasy, and he has created the world of the Blighted Earth as his literary construct for sharing amazing stories intended to highlight nature’s wonders and shift humanity’s worldview. For Earth Mother and the Natural Order!

Rob Lee is an acronym for ROBotic Letter Election Equipment, a device created by professors at Cloudsville Theoretical University. They wanted to prove that enough monkeys at enough typewriters could produce a line of Shakespeare and deduce how many monkeys were required. Unfortunately, they were denied the grant for bananas.

Kevin and Jayne reside in Belleville, IL. He is a graduate of the Northern Illinois School of Journalism and a proud member of the 100-year-old St. Louis Writers Guild. He loves traveling, family, hiking the Shawnee National Forest, and black cats. When not writing, he works part time at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Monique Hayes is a fiction author, poet, and screenwriter from Maryland. A Periplus and Hurston/Wright Fellow, she received her MFA from the University of Maryland College Park. She’s the recipient of an American Antiquarian Fellowship, an Eccles Visiting Fellowship (British Library), and a Maryland Independent Artist Award.

My name is Peter Brownlow, I am sixty-five years old, live in the UK, and write children’s books even though I have no children.